418 DESCRiPiiONS OF atjstralia:n- micko-lepidopteea, 



others as are for any reason unidentifiable. New Zealand species 

 which have been already described are here indicated by a diagnosis 

 only, as they will be fully described in the Transactions of the 

 jSTew Zealand Institute. 



OECOPHOEID^. 



Head with loosely appressed hairs, forming a tuft on each side 

 of crown. Ocelli usually present, sometimes concealed. Tongue 

 well developed. Antennae moderate, shorter than forewings, 

 filiform, in male regularly ciliated, basal joint frequently with a 

 pecten of long closely-set hair-scales. Maxillary palpi iisually 

 distinct, small, simple, transversely a2)pressed to face above 

 tongue, rarely obsolete. Labial palpi well-developed, curved, 

 ascending, acutely pointed. Thorax smooth or sometimes crested. 

 Porewings oblong or elongate. Hindwings not broader (rarely 

 slightly broader) than forewings, sometimes much narrower, 

 elongate-ovate or lanceolate, hindmargin sometimes sinuate, cilia 

 moderate or long (rarely short). Abdomen moderate or broad, 

 often strongly margined. Posterior tibiss usually clothed wdth 

 long hairs. Eore wings with 12 veins (rarely 11 by coalescence 

 of 7 and 8), 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, hindmargin, or apex, 

 rarely 2 and 3, or 3 and 1 stalked, 2 from angle of cell or not far 

 before it, 1 furcate at base, upper fork rarely partially obsolete. 

 Hindwings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 from a point (very rarely slightly 

 remote or short stalked), 5 sometimes bent, 6 and 7 p)arallel. 



Larva sixteen- legged, rather stout, usually with complex marbled 

 markings in the first group, more simply marked in the second, 

 habits very various. 



In general this family may be distinguished from the Depressar'ulcd 

 by the ciliated antennse, from the Gnj])tolecliid(B by the parallel 

 veins 6 and 7 of the hindwings, from the Gelechidcehj the ciliated 

 antennae and regularly-veined normal hindwings, from the 

 Dasijceridcd by the naked antennae, from the Gh/pliiptery(jid(B by 

 the ciliated antennae and stalkinor of veins 7 and 8 of the fore- 



