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REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Fam. HYPONOMEUTID^. 



Under this name it is convenient to describe a small group of 

 genera allied to Hyponomeuta, Latr., and Enstixxs, Hb. = Mieza, 

 Wlk., — Enaemia, Zel. 8ome of these forms approach in structure 

 to the Oecophoridce, from which they ma}^ be distinguished inter 

 alia by the smooth posterior tibite. They show, however, much 

 greater variation in the neuration than the latter family. To the 

 Glyphipterygidce they are allied, and Mr. Meyrick merges both 

 into the family PluteUidcn. As I am not at present competent 

 to express any opinion as to whether the Hyponomeiitidde are 

 to be regarded as a distinct family, I shall not attempt any 

 definition. 



The Australian species, of which about twenty are at present 

 known, have hitherto been much confused, although they are all 

 fine and conspicuous insects. In their study I have derived 

 assistance from Walsingham and Durrant's contribution to 

 Swinhoe's 'Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Oxford 

 Museum' (Vol.ii. p. 558): and I am indebted to Lord Walsingham 

 for permission to describe several species, the types of which 

 are in his Collection. Mr. Lower has kindly lent me for 

 examination the types of two species described by him. 



