'46 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



H. Tongue weak or absent W. PlieraspU. 



HH. Tongue well developed \2. 'Themerastis. 



GGGG. Antennte of <^ not pectinated. 



H. Palpi hairy.. 13. Phalera. 



HH. Palpi not hairy \A. Jyiscophlehia. 



CC. I'alpi long, second joint slightly ascending, 



terminal joint porrect lo. Gallaha. 



CCC. Palpi long, recurved, terminal joint ascend- 

 ing. 



D. Thorax with an anterior crest. 16. Ecnomodes. 



DD. Thorax not crested or with posterior crest 

 only. 

 E. Forewings with areole broadly lozenge- 

 shaped 17. Gnn/efta. 



EE. Forewings with areole narrow. 



F. Forewings with veins 7 and 10 arising 

 from 8-r9 beyond areole, which is 



short 18. Osica. 



FF. Forewings with veins 7 and 10 arising 



from areole, which is long 19. Cascera. 



Gen. 1. H Y L EO R A. 

 [vXricopus, a forest-ranger.] 

 HylcEora, Dbld., P.Z.S. 1848, p. 117. 



Head clothed with dense hairs, including a pair of long tufts 

 from base of antennae which form a crest on crown. Eyes naked. 

 Tongue well developed. Palpi short, porrect, clothed with long 

 ■dense hairs beneath ; terminal joint short, abruptly truncate. 

 AntennjB of ^ pectinated to apex or near!}'- so. Thorax densel}^ 

 hairy above and beneath, with a high, erect, anterior crest, con- 

 tinuous with a lower, dense posterior crest. Abdomen hairy, 

 with long hairs on mid-dorsum and at sides. Legs with femora 

 <lensely hairy; posterior tibi?e with two pairs of spurs. Fore- 

 wings with vein 2 from i, 3 from before angle, 5 from above 

 middle of cell, 6 from upper angle of cell or from areole near 

 base, 7 from areole, 10 from 8 -f 9 beyond areole. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated to near end 

 of cell. 



