BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 155 



Gen. 0. Prtonopteryx, Stph. 



Antennae of male finely ciliated. Labial palpi rather lon^^, 

 hardly attenuated. Forewings with hindmargin once indented 

 above middle ; with 9 veins, 6 and 7 stalked, 6 running to costa. 

 Hindwings with 7 veins, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 remote at oricrin 

 from G, G and 7 stalked, cell closed. 



apicistric/ella, Meyr., A^ol. lA'^,, 209. 



Fam. III. PHYCIDJE. 



Labial palpi porrected or recurved. Maxillary palpi pencil- 

 like or usually filiform, generally concealed, sometimes absent. 

 Forewings with 11 (rarely 13 or 9) veins, 1 simple, normal veins 

 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings with 8 or 7 veins, 4 and 5 usually 

 stalked, 3 sometimes from same stalk, normal veins 7 and 8 

 stalked, lower median pectinated at base. 



Gen. 1. Ceroprepes, Z. 



Antennse of male strongly pectinated on one side, towards apex 

 simple, with a small tooth of scales on basal joint, and a small 

 thickened tubercle above it. Labial palpi moderate, curved, 

 ascending. Maxillary palpi short, filiform. Forewings with 11 

 veins, 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings with 8 veins, 4 and 5 stalked, 

 7 and 8 stalked. 



ahnella, Meyr., Vol. III., 210. 



Gen. 2. Myelois, Z. 



Antennas of male finely ciliated. Labial palpi moderate, 

 curved, ascending. Maxillary palpi short, filiform. Forewings 

 with 11 veins, 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings with 8 veins, 4 and 

 5 from a point (or stalked in extra- Australian species), 7 and 8 

 stalked. 



cenoharella, Meyr., Vol. lY., 228. 



