290 REVISION OP AUSTRALIAN LEPIPOPTERA, vi., 



Gen. 61. Idiodes. 



Idiodes, Gn., Lep., ix., p.39; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, 1891, p.643. 



Face with projecting tuft of hairs. Tongue well-developed. 

 Palpi moderately long, ascending, clothed with dense rough hairs; 

 terminal joint very short, Antennae of $ stout, simple, ciliations 

 extremely minute. Thorax not crested; beneath hairy. Femora 

 hairy; postei'ior tibiae of £ usually strongly dilated with internal 

 groove containing a large tuft of long hairs from base. Fore- 

 wings in <J without fovea; 10 and 11 arising separately from 

 cell, very rarely 10 out of 9 or 11 near base, 10 anastomosing 

 with 1 1 and usually also with 9, occasionally 1 1 anastomosing 

 with 12 before 9. Hindwings normal. 



An isolated genus in the Australian fauna. 



Type, /. apicata Gn. 



1. Forewings with distinct, pale, antemedian line ceramopia. 



Forewings without distinct antemedian line 2. 



2. Posterior tibiaj of 6 dilated 3. 



Posterior tibiae of 6 not dilated fictUia. 



3. Wings uniformly fuscous homophcea. 



Wings not uniformly fuscous 4. 



4. Thorax slender 5. 



Thorax stout apicata. 



5. Forewings with a dentate subterminal shade following 



postmedian line prionosema. 



Forewings wi thout such marking isclmora. 



182. Idiodes apicata. 

 Idiodes apicata, Gn., Lep., ix., p.40; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. »S. Wales, 1891, p.643. Idiodes mitigata, Gn., Lep., ix., p.40, 

 PI. xiii., f.l. Idiodes inspirata, Gn., Lep., ix., p.40; Feld., Reise 

 Nov., PI. 124, f.3. Idiodes rinata, Gn., Lep., ix., p.40. Idiodes 

 introducta, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xx., p. 30. Tacparia zalissaria, 

 Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xx., p. 234. Choara sicn.loides, Wlk., Cat. 

 Brit. Mus., xxi., p. 291. PhaUaria conductaria, Wlk., Cat. Brit. 

 Mus., xxvi., p. 1525. PhaUaria inductaria, Wlk., Cat. Brit. 

 Mus., xxvi., p. 1526. Acidalia primaria, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., 

 xxvi., p. 1610. Idiodes inomata, Wlk., Char. Undesc. Lep., p. 74. 

 Idiodes puncti y/ <er, Feld., Reise Nov., PI. 124, f.4. 



