BY E. MKYKICK. 101 



second joint more ov less rough or hairy beneatli, teiiijinal joint 

 slioi't, obtuse or somewhat pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete 

 Posterior tibiitt rough-scaled above. Forewings with 1^ long- 

 furcate, 2-4 approximated from angle, 7 to apex, 8-10 from near 

 7. 11 from middle, no secondary cell. Hindwings over 1, ovate, 

 cilia 1-1; 3 and 4 connate or stalked, 5-7 parallel. 



This genus is the Australian representative of the European 

 iJrachodes (formerly better known as Atychm), with which it 

 agrees in all structural and superficial characteristics except the 

 neuration of hindwings, which is quite different : in Brachodes 

 veins 2 and 3 are closely approximated or connate, 3 and 4 remote 

 and parallel, whilst in Miscera 2 and 3 are remote, 3 and 4 connate; 

 as the latter is the normal structure of the Simaethis and Tortyra 

 groups, I infer that Miscera is more ancestral than Brachodes. 



1. Forewings with whitish streak from base \&^. ejn.scota. 



Forewings without such streak 2, 



2. Hindwings marked with yellow or white 3. 



Hindwings wholly fuscous 173. omichleuiis. 



3. Palpi with long rough hairs 167. mcsochry.sa. 



Palpi at most with short scales 4. 



4. Hindwings yellow, with base and terminal fascia dark 



fuscous 9. 



Hindwings dark fuscous, with white or yellow markings 6. 



5. Forewings dark fuscous, with whitish-ochreous discal 



spot ... 165. resumjytana. 



Forewings light fuscous, without discal spot 171. holodisca. 



6. Hindwings with yellowish fascia only. .. 7. 



Hindwings with one or more separate spots 8. 



7. Forewings obviously dilated, not whitish-sprinkled 170. ceH^/■ojJ^"»■. 



Forewings hardly dilated, whitish-sprinkled 166. orthavla. 



8. Hindwings with white anterior fascia and median sub- 



costal spot ... 164. leuco2ii-'^- 



Hindwings with series of three whitish or yellowish 



spots 9. 



9. Abdomen with pale rings throughout, spots of hind- 



wings obscure 172. mkrastra. 



Abdomen without pale rings on basal half, spots well- 

 marked 168. de^motowa. 



