BY E. MEYRICK. 157 



Antennse in ^ thickened-dentate, strongly ciliated (3), basal 

 joint swollen. Palpi in ^ moderately long, subascending, second 

 joint densely rough-scaled beneath and clotlied with long curled 

 expansible hairs above, terminal very short, exposed; in ^ very 

 long, porrected, second joint evenly thickened with dense toler- 

 ably appressed scales, towards base above forming an abrupt 

 rough projection, terminal moderate, exposed. Forewings in ^ 

 with longitudinal membranous bladder-like ridge in disc ante- 

 riorl}'^, clothed with flap of dense scales; 8 separate. Hindwings 

 without basal pecten on cell; 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 6 

 absent. 



An endemic genus, containing only the single species. 



24. C. improbana Meyr. 



{Coscinoptycha improbana Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1881, 701). 



Q.: Brisbane(Turner) — N.S.W.: Sydney; from July to Sep- 

 tember, in December, January, and April. 



6. SOSINEURA, n.g. 



Antennse in ^ strongly ciliated (3), basal joint dilated. Palpi 

 in ^ moderate, subascending, in ^ longer, porrected, with 

 appressed scales expanded above towards apex, terminal joint 

 very short, exposed. Forewings in ^ with deep longitudinal 

 groove in cell anteriorly, causing margins of cell to be approx- 

 imated towards base; 8 separate. Hindwings in ^ with large 

 basal patch of modified scales, without basal pecten, in ^ with 

 basal pecten on cell; 3 and 4 stalked, 6 present, remote, parallel 

 to 7 anteriorly. 



Type S. mimica Low. This appears to be the most primitive 

 form of the family at present known; the genus is endemic, and 

 contains only one species. 



25. S. mimica Low. 



{Heterocrossa mimica Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1893, 

 168.) 



N.S.W.: Sydney — Vic: Melbourne(Kersha\v), Gisborne(Lyeli) 

 — Tasm.: Hobart(Lyell)— S. Aust.: Mount Lofty(Guest) — W 



