158 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



AusT. : Albany; from September to April. Lower's description 

 is good and sufficient. 



PHALONIAD^. 



Ocelli usually present. Forewings with 2 from posterior fifth 

 of cell. Hindwings without basal pecten on lower margin of 

 cell; 5 present, 7 to costa. 



As thus limited, this family is characteristically European; 

 about 200 species are known from that region, whilst elsewhere 

 it is represented only by a few stragglers. Of the two Australian 

 genera, Heliocosma, though endemic and distinct, is a normal 

 exponent of the family; but Hyperxena presents dubious features. 



7. Heliocosma Meyr. 



Heliocosma Meyr., Troc. Linn. Sou. N. S. Wales, 1881, 



693 ... ... ... ... ... type i7icongrtiana. 



Antennte in ^ broadly compressed and iiatteiied. Palpi very 

 long, porrected, second joint with rough projecting scales dimin- 

 ishing anteriorly, terminal moderately long, exposed. Thorax 

 without crest. Forewings with scale-tufts on surface, 7 to termen, 

 8 separate. Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 

 remote, nearly parallel. 



At present only known from the Australian region; though 

 similar to Eui'opean forms, it differs from them all by the parallel 

 veins 6 and 7 of hindwings, which are closely approximated or 

 sstalked in all European genera. 



26. II. anthodes, n.sp. 



(^J. 17-18 mm. Head and thorax in ^ vvhitish-oclireous, 

 tinged with crimson on face and shoulders, in Q yellower and 

 more largely suffused with light crimson. Palpi crimson-whitish 

 •or light crimson, becoming fuscous towards apex, whitish towards 

 base. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous, in Q tinged with gre}'. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow towards base, dilated posteriorly, 

 costa slightly arched, more strongly posteriorly, apex round- 

 -pointed, termen sinuate, oblique; ochreous-whitish; a pale crimson 



