132 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



triangular black patch resting on lower half of ternien, with an 

 anterior transverse golden-metallic mark, and four variable some- 

 times parth^ conjoined golden-metallic dots; above this a patch 

 of more or less indicated paler longitudinal lines, sometimes 

 separated by fine black lines : cilia whitish, basal third golden- 

 bronze limited by a dark fuscous shade, not indented beneath 

 apex, abo^'e apex dark fuscous marked with white. Hindwings 

 dark grey; cilia grey. 



Albany, West Australia, in September and October ; nine 

 specimens. 



38. Snellenia Wals. 



Head smooth; tongue developed. Antenn?^ nearly 1, clothed 

 above with long rough fringe of dense scales from base to near 

 apex, basal joiut elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi extremely 

 long, recurved, second joint very long, somewhat rough-scaled 

 anteriorly, terminal joint shorter than second, somewhat rough- 

 scaled anteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform. 

 Abdomen margined with projecting scales, in ^ with expansible 

 anal tuft. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled, with expansible whorls 

 of scales at origin of spurs. Fore wings with lb furcate, 2 from 

 i 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 1 1 from middle. 

 Hindwings under 1, very elongate-ovate, cilia 1; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5-7 parallel. 



This and the next genus, with the South American 7'ijiaegen'a, 

 constitute a group of singular facies, but are certainly to be 

 regarded only as a peculiar development of the Phitella group. 

 I think there must be a real phylogenetic connection with the 

 Aegeridae^ which probably originated from this group, being 

 structurally distinguished therefrom by the loss of vein 8 of hind- 

 wings. I do not, however, see any clear evidence of near relation 

 to the Elachistid genera Oedenintopoda and its allies, although it 

 is possible. 



265. S. lineata Walk. 



{Tinaegeria lineata Walk. Cat. viii., 261; Eretmocera sesioides 

 Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxL, 22; Snellenia /i/iea^a Wals., Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lend. 1889, 16, pl.vi., 4.) 



