426 DES CRIP I IONS OF AIISTEALIAN MICEO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



1. Palp ARIA, Wing. 



Head witli appressed scales, sometimes projecting somewhat 

 between antennae, side tufts rather short, more or less loosely 

 appressed. Antennae moderate, in male with long fine ciliations 

 (3-5); basal joint stout, with strong pecten. Palpi moderately 

 long, second joint often exceeding base of antennae, densely 

 scaled, with a long or short dense projecting triangular tuft 

 beneath at apex ; terminal joint shorter than second, strongly 

 reflexed, somewhat roughened anteriorly. Thorax smooth. 

 Forewings elongate or broad, costa often strongly arched, apex 

 acute or falcate, hindmargin straight or sinuate, oblique. Hind- 

 wings as broad as fore wings, ovate or elongate- ovate, hindmargin 

 more or less distinctly sinuate beneath apex, cilia i-^. Abdomen 

 rather stout. Legs smoothly scaled, posterior tibiae clothed wdth 

 long fine hairs. Eorewings with vein 7 to hindmargin slightly 

 below apex, 2 from somewhat before angle of cell. Hindwings 

 normal. 



The long ciliations of the antennae, and the definite tuft of the 

 palpi, combined with the termination of vein 7 on hindmargin, 

 and the basal pecten of the antennae, separate this genus at once 

 from all others. The structure of the palpi is however subject 

 to considerable variation, the tuft being in some species long and 

 acute, in others very short and obtuse, and the relative length of 

 the terminal joint also varies much. The species also differ 

 greatly in the breadth and form of the f orewings. All these 

 differences are, notwithstanding, merely specific, and although 

 at first the extreme forms of the genus appear to have little 

 resemblance, yet the whole forms an intimately allied group, very 

 distinct and easily recognisable. The genus, with its allies, is 

 connected with the more ordinary forms of the family through 

 Eocliroa, 



The species are of moderate or large size, always elegant, and 

 often handsomely coloured with orange and rosy tints. The 



