638 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, IV., 



16. Posterior femora of J* with a dense hair-tuft 17. Perixera. 



Posterior femora of ^ smooth IS. Anisodes. 



17. Posterior tibipe of S with a single middle spur 19. Pisoraca. 



Posterior tibiae of S' with all spurs present 20. Dizuga. 



Gen. 1. Mnesterodes. 



Ifnesterodes MejT., Trans. Ent. 8oc. 1889, p. 483. 



Face smooth. Palpi short, slender, porrect, or slightly ascend- 

 ing. Antennae in ^ serrate, ciliated. Posterior legs in ^ 

 rudimentary, tibiae moderately thickened towards apex, tarsi 

 subaborted, posterior tibiae in 5 without middle spurs. Fore- 

 wings in (J without scales on dorsal part of disc beneath; 3 and 

 4 separate, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 anastomosing with their common 

 stalk. Hindwings with termen incised at tornus in both sexes, 

 but more deeply in (J; in ^ with a pencil of long hairs from base 

 of costa above, a central oval glandular swelling, and no scales 

 on central portion of disc on uppersurface; 3 and 4 widely 

 separate at base, 5 from middle of cell, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A development of Eois. The hindlegs of ^ are intermediate 

 between the two sections of that genus. The characters given 

 are those of the type; further discoveries ma}' lead to their 

 extension. 



I.MnESTERODES TRYPHEROPA.f 



g. Mnesterodes trypheropa Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p.483. 

 9. Ptychopoda angustipennis Warr., Nov. Zool. 1897, p. 223. 



(J. 12-13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous: face and palpi fus- 

 cous. Antennae whitish-ochreous; in ^ serrate with short 

 ciliations (|). Thorax and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous; anterior pair fuscous; posterior tarsi of ^ i 

 length of tibia. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen long, bowed, oblique, dorsum short; 

 whitish-ochreous; a small discal dot, and a broad ill-defined sub- 

 terminal fascia fuscous; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings with 



* fj.v€crTi]pa)Br]s, like a wooer. 

 t Tpv(pepa>Tros^ of delicate appearance. 



