208 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



aLYPHIPTEEYGID^ . 



TKe eight genera hiterto found in Australia may be tabulated 

 as follows : — 



I. Hind-wings broader tban fore-wings. 



A. veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings stalked . . Hypertropba 



B. veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings separate. 



1. second joint of palpi rougMy scaled 



beneath. . . . . . . . . Simaetliis 



2. second joint of palpi with long, erect 



bristles beneath . . . . . . Choreutis 



II. Hind-wings narrower than, or hardly as broad 



as fore-wings. 



A. second joint of palpi beneath smooth, with 



appressed scales. 



1 . fore-wings with 1 1 separate veins . . Euj)selia 



2. fore- wings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked Aeolocosma 



B. second joint of palpi beneath roughly scaled 



in somewhat projecting whorls . . . . Glyi)hii3teryx 



C. second joint of palpi with long, loose, pro- 



jecting hairs, tuft-like. 



1 . veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings stalked . . Apistomorpha 



2. veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings separate. . Phryganostola 



Hypertropha, n. g. 



Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennee half 

 as long as fore-wings, fiiliform, simple. No maxillary palpi. 

 Labial palpi short, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, 

 terminal joint slender, hardly acute- Thorax with a bifid crest 

 behind. Fore-wings very broadly triangular, less than twice as 

 lono- as broad, costa rounded, apex somewhat produced, hind- 

 margin waved, hardly oblique. Hind-wings rounded-triangular, 

 slightly broader than fore-wings, cilia short. Abdomen short, 

 rather stout. Legs short, stout, anterior and middle tibiee 



