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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
We regard Amblyptilia atrodactyla Pagenstecher, 1900, from the 
Bismarck Islands, as congeneric. 
Key to the species of Fletcherella 
1. Abdomen with a white basal ring atrodactyla Pagenstecher 
Abdomen with white lateral spots at base. . . . niphadothysana spec. nov. 
Fletcherella niphadothysana spec. nov. (figs. 1, 9) 
vupdi; = snow, &vaavog = fringe 
3 14 mm. Head fuscous-blackish with deep purple gloss, face mixed 
with whitish scales. Palpus fuscous-blackish, terminal segment paler, 
median with lower half mixed with whitish. Thorax fuscous-blackish 
with purple gloss, a triangular whitish spot at each side anteriorly, pleura 
with a large yellowish-white spot anteriorly, caudal surface between 
posterior legs pale yellow. Abdomen dark luscous-blackish, less glossy, 
posterior margins of segments fuscous-whitish, basal segment with a small 
whitish lateral spot at extreme base, second segment with a single whitish 
lateral scale. Legs fuscous-blackish , anterior tibia wi t h three white dots above, 
tarsal segments with white base; median tibia with a pale median ring, 
spurs whitish on inner side; posterior tibia with two elongate white spots 
above: before middle and at 2 / 3 , respectively, posterior spurs with a broad 
median wh ite ring, narrowly open above, posterior tarsus with apical half 
of basal segment except below and with two apical segments entirely: 
white. Fore wing narrow, rather abruptly dilated at 3 / 5 , cleft along terminal 
1 / 3 , costa gently concave in middle; first segment moderately broad, costa 
gently curved, curve becoming stronger posteriorly, apex obtusely pointed, 
termen straight; second segment broader, costal edge faintly concave, 
apex acute, termen twice sinuate, with a rounded prominence in middle, 
oblique, dorsum of wing concave posteriorly, slightly projecting at 1 / 3 ; 
dark fuscous-blackish, with purple gloss in certain lights; an indication 
of two small whitish discal spots: at a / 3 and 1 / 2 ; a small elongate and 
narrow costal white dot before middle of first segment, a small wedge- 
shaped, inwardly oblique whitish costal mark before apex, another similar 
mark on 2 / 3 of dorsum of first segment, third mark on 2 / 3 of costa of second 
segment, thus situated slightly before preceding; fourth whitish mark 
longitudinal, somewhat beyond centre of second segment. Cilia dark 
fuscous, along anterior half of cleft snow-white, two broad white bars: 
at x / 3 , and % of tornus of second segment, respectively ; dorsum of fore 
wing with cilia white to before tornus, a suffused blackish bar before 2 / 3 of 
wing. Hind wing fuscous-blackish, third segment with an elongate white 
spot at its basal 1 / 4 , narrowly edged with blackish along dorsum; cilia 
whitish, towards apex of first and second segment and along first clelt 
except at its base suffused with light fuscous ; a tuft of black scales opposite 
dorsal prominence of second segment ; cilia of third segment with some 
