BY E. MEYETCK, B.A. 509 



and moderately or rather strongly ciliated (1 to 2), basal joint 

 moderate, with strong pecten. Palpi moderate, or rather long, 

 second joint hardly reaching or rarely somewhat exceeding base 

 of antennae, thickened with appressed scales, somewhat loose or 

 slightly rough beneath, terminal joint somewhat shorter than 

 second, moderate, recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, apex rounded more or less strongly, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded. Hindwings slightly narrower than 

 forewings, elongate-ovate, hindmargin rounded, cilia -^ to 1. 

 Abdomen moderate, generally strongly margined. Posterior 

 tibisB clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with vein 7 to 

 apex, 2 from or close before angle of cell. Hindwings normal. 



An extensive genus, forming the type of one of the principal 

 groups of the family, essentially characterised by the termination 

 of vein 7 in the apex, and the strong basal pecten of the antennae. 

 None of the genera hitherto given belong to this branch, but a 

 number of the small genera, which immediately succeed, are 

 attached to it. Eulecliri t must be regarded as originating from 

 PJiJoeopola ; that is,' the species of the latter present the nearest 

 approach amongst known genera to the ancestral form oiEulechria 

 which genus differs from Vhloeopola especially by the absence of 

 the thoracic crest. 



Although some of the species are abundant, I have not met 

 with any of the larvae. I have described here thirty- seven 

 Australian species, and two from New Zealand. The following 

 is the best tabulation which I can contrive ; but the species are 

 in general so obscurely coloured and deficient in special 

 characteristics, that a clear analysis is quite impracticable ; the 

 principal defect in this is that the character by which the genus 

 is divided into two main groups, viz. the form of the posterior 

 line, although a natural distinction, is sometimes hard to observe 

 accurately from the obsolescence of the line itself. 



la. Forewings white with two dark fasciae. 





