MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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30. Palpus ascending, appressed to face, mostly thickened, rather short .... 
Homona Walker 
Palpus subascending: slender and moderately long, or cylindrical and with 
closely appressed scales 31 
31. Palpus rather thick, cylindrical, long, with closely appressed scales .... 
Aeolostoma Meyrick 
Palpus slender, moderate, not cylindrical . Rhomboceros Meyrick, females 
32. Palpus moderately long or rather long, median segment with appressed scales 
above, with scales beneath projecting towards apex, forming a wedge-shaped 
tuft Carphomigma gen. nov. 
Palpus without such tuft 33 
33. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked 34 
Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 connate Epagoge Hubner (part) 
34. Antenna in male thickened towards base . . Rhomboceros Meyrick, males 
Antenna in male not thickened towards base 35 
35. Palpus dilated by roughly projecting scales above and beneath 
Epagoge Hubner (part) 
Palpus slender or very slender, smoothly scaled above, roughish below. 36 
36. Fore wing in male with costal fold ; male genitalia of Rhomboceros type . . 
Aplastoceros gen. nov. 
Fore wing in male without costal fold; male genitalia of Cnephasia type . 
Cleptacaca gen. nov. 
37. Fore wing with veins 8 and 9 stalked Antdgraptis Meyrick 
Fore wing with veins 8 and 9 separate 38 
38. Fore w’ing with vein 6 apparently to costa .... Eboda Walker (part) 
Fore wing with vein 6 to termen 39 
39. Fore wing with veins 3 and 4 connate or stalked 40 
Fore wing with veins 3 and 4 separate 42 
40. Hind wing with vein 4 absent Eboda Walker (part) 
Hind wing with vein 4 present 41 
41. Fore wing with vein 2 from 1 / 3 of cell Beryllophantis Meyrick 
Fore wing with vein 2 from 2 / 3 - 3 / 5 of cell Spatalistis Meyrick 
42. Hind wing with cubital pecten Arctephora gen. nov. 
Hind wing without cubital pecten 43 
43. Fore wing with vein 7 to apex or costa 44 
Fore wing with vein 7 to termen (in one species to apex, then fore wing 
without scale-tufts) 45 
44. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 approximated towards base, palpus very long; 
thorax with double posterior crest Lophoprora Meyrick 
Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked; palpus moderate or moderately long; 
thorax without crest Polyortha Dognin 
45. Anal tergite and its scaling in male very large, forming a shining smooth 
cap over anal segment Leptochroptila Diakonoff 
Anal tergite in male normal 46 
46. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 separate, or vein 4 absent (seldom 3 and 4 
connate or short-stalked in Parachorista, Epichorista and Anisotenes . . 47 
Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 connate or stalked 50 
47. Thorax without crest 48 
Thorax with a more or less developed posterior crest 49 
48. Fore wing mostly without costal fold; male genitalia with a simple valva 
( Epagoge type) Epichorista Meyrick 
Fore wing with costal fold; male genitalia with complicated valva ( Isotenes 
type) Parachorista Diakonoff 
49. Fore wing with cell dilated, parting vein present. . . Harmologa Meyrick 
F ore wing with cell narrowed, parting vein absent. Anisotenes Diakonoff 
