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or less thickened with appressed scales, loose or somewhat rough 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second or shorter, acute. Fore- 

 wings : 2 and 3 connate or stalked, seldom only approximated 

 and then 2 curved, from angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, seldom 6 

 and 7 out of 8, 7 to costa. Hind wings 1 or over 1, trapezoidal- 

 ovate, apex obtuse or pointed, termen sometimes sinuate, cilia 

 ■|-i; 3 and 4 connate, 5 rather approximated to 4, 6 and 7 nearly 

 parallel or seldom approximated at base, rarely 8 anastomosing 

 shortly with cell. 



Type P. mesochra, Low. Imago with forewings elongate. A 

 very extensive endemic genus, eighty-five species being here re- 

 corded; a large proportion of them are probably attached to 

 various species of Eucalyptus, Most of the species are obscurely 

 coloured, and their tabulation is a matter of considerable diffi- 

 culty; the table here given must be used with caution. 



1. Hindwings tawny 2. 



Hindwings not tawny 4. 



2. Second joint of palpi dark fuscous 123. caminopis. 



Second joint of palpi white 3. 



3. Anterior white blotch of forewings reaching base 



and dorsum 119. telopis. 



Anterior white blotch of forewings not reaching base 



or dorsum 121. exarista. 



4. Hindwings whitish or yellowish, posteriorly infus- 



cated 5. 



Hindwings grey, or if whitish, not infuscated pos- 

 teriorly ^ 10. 



5. Forewings with broad pale yellowish costal streak 



to f 171. tahulata. 



Forewings without such streak 6. 



6. Forewings with sharply defined broad whitish patch 



on base of costa 189. selenia. 



Forewings without such patch 7. 



7. Head fuscous .% 124. temenitis. 



Head not fuscous 8. 



8. Second joint of palpi white except base and a sub- 



apical ring 190. sodalella. 



Second joint of palpi wholly irrorated with dark 



fuscous 9. 



