BY E. MEYRICK. 147 



Antennae in ^ with moderate or long ciliations (1-4). Palpi 

 rather long or very long, longer in Q, porrected, second joint 

 with projecting scales above and beneath, terminal more or less 

 concealed. Forewings : 8 separate. Hindwings with basal 

 pecten on cell, sometimes in ^ developed into a large expansible 

 tuft of hairs; 3 and 4 stalked, 6 absent. 



The largest genus of the family, with an interesting distrilni- 

 tion, the species at present known comprising 2 from Europe, 1 

 Maderia, 2 North America, 12 Australia, 8 New Zealand, and 

 3'^ Hawaiian Islands, indicating an ancient South Pacific (pro- 

 bably Australian) origin; the case is analogous to that of the 

 Pyralid genus Scoparia. The few larvie known feed in fruits 

 and shoots. 



S. C. viediella Walk. 



{Enopa mediella Walk., Cat. xxxv., 1738; Oistophora ptero- 

 ■cosmana Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1881, 699.) 



Vic: Melbourne(Raynor) — Tasm.: Deloraine — S. Aust.: Mount 

 Lofty(Guest) — W. Au.ST.: Albany; in November and December. 

 My Sydney record is erroneous, and refers to the following 

 species; the distinguishing characters are given below. This and 

 the next species are the only two known to possess the large 

 expansible tuft of hindwings, but some of the others are only 

 known in the female sex. The female does not possess this tuft; 

 otherwise it resembles the male. 



9. C. taractis, n.sp. 



(J 9. 18-19 mm. Head whitish, in 5 tinged with ochreous. 

 Palpi in ^ dark fuscous, in 9 ochreous mixed with dark fuscous, 

 upper hairs white. Antennse in ^ shortly ciliated (1). Thorax 

 white, collar and shoulders brown, iu 9 dorsally spotted with 

 brownish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, segmental margins white. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen almost straight, oblique- 

 whitish, irregularly mixed with ochreous-fuscous, and thinlj' 

 sprinkled with black; a black dot near base in middle, and a 

 blackish dot beyond it towards dorsum; a small blackish mark 



