490 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



which are two white dots on middle of inner margin ; four small 

 white spots on apical half of costa ; one or two whitish spots 

 towards anal angle : cilia snow-white, base blackish-fuscous. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; one specimen received from Mr. G. 

 Barnard. 



5. Xysmatodoma, Z. 



Head shortly rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. 

 Antennae from under i to f , in $ flatly subdentate or almost 

 filiform, ciliated (1-2), basal joint with pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate or short, subascending or porrected, second joint with 

 loose or rough projecting scales beneath or rarely tufted in front, 

 terminal joint shorter than second, tolerably pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary or absent. Posterior tibiae clothed with long 

 hairs. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, rarely 2 and 3 stalked, 7 

 and 8 stalked or coincident, 7 when present running to apex or 

 hindmargin, 8 and 9 sometimes stalked, 11 from before middle. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1-^ ; veins 4 and 5 sometimes 

 stalked, 6 and 7 somewhat approximated at base. 



Hitherto only known as containing two European species, this 

 genus reaches a considerable degree of development in Australia, 

 and may be regarded as the type of one main group of the family. 

 The European genus Talaeporia only differs from it in the apterous 

 Q, and as that sex is unknown in some of the following species, it 

 is conceivable that representatives of Talaeporia may hereafter be 

 found among them. In Xysmatodoma the ^ is usually somewhat 

 smaller than the (J, but always fully winged. The larvae are all 

 case-bearers, and feed either on lichens or indiscriminately on 

 various plants. 



1. Palpi with second joint tufted in front 11. manrella. 



Palpi with second joint not tufted 2. 



2. Head ochreous-yellow 3. 



Head not yellow 7. 



3. Forewings with yellow markings 4. 



Forewings with white markings 5. 



