BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 443 



The exact position of this curious and peculiar genus is not yet 

 fully apparent, but it certainly belongs to the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of Hoplitica and Heliocausta, as indicated by the absence 

 of the basal pecten of autennse, the bent vein 5 of hindwings, and 

 the crimson tints, especially of the legs, so characteristic of this 

 group. But the termination of vein 7 of the forewings in the 

 costa is quite exceptional here (though shared hj Euphiltra),2iJ\A 

 the palpi are almost unique in character also, though approxi- 

 mating somewhat to some forms of Palparia. The very short 

 ciliations of the antennae (i) are found again in Nympliostola and 

 JBroteodes. 



Only one species is yet knwn, belonging to x-Vustralia, 



14. Encli. (jlcmcopis, u. sp. 



Media, alls ant. griseis, costa venisque Isete roseis, fascia angusta 

 ante medium saturation, macula dorsi media flava, roseo-suf£usa, 

 interdum altera nigra ; post, griseis. 



^ ? . 15^-22 mm. Head and thorax greyish-ochreous-browa, 

 slightly mixed and sometimes suffused with carmine, face whitish. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, strongly mixed with dark fuscous, 

 suffused wdth carmine, especially on upper edge and towards base. 

 Antennae grey, towards base suffused with carmine. Abdomen 

 grey, anal tuft of male whitish-ochreous. Anterior legs bright 

 deep carmine, beneath white ; middle tibiae ochreous- white 

 suffused above with carmine, tarsi bright carmine, beneath 

 ochreouswhite ; posterior legs ochreous- white, tarsi bright carmine 

 towards apex above. Forewings oblong, moderately broad, costa 

 gently arched, strongly bent towards base, apex rounded, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded ; fuscous-grey, margins narrowly dark 

 fuscous ; costal edge, hindmarginal edge, and all veins marked by 

 bright carmine lines ; a very ill-defined straight oblique cloudy 

 dark grey transverse line from middle of costa to inner margin 

 at i ; a very ill-defined roundish pale yellow spot on middle of 



