422 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



considered to have had in the fore wings vein 1 basally 

 furcate (the furcation soon being lost), and veins 8 and 

 9 stalked ; in the hind wings 1 a, 1 h, and 1 c all present, 

 6 only approximated towards 7 at base (soon becoming 

 stalked with 7), and 8 free, but approximated to 7 in 

 middle, and soon constantly anastomosing with 7. 



The family Tineodidce, referred to above, is formed for 

 the reception of the peculiar genus Tineodes, of which 

 the generic characters have been given. The family 

 diagnosis will be as follows : — Maxillary palpi triangu- 

 larly dilated ; fore wings with 8 and 9 stalked, 7 

 separate ; hind wings with 5 and 6 from transverse vein, 

 rather nearer together than to 4 or 7, 8 anastomosing 

 at a point with 7, lower median naked. 



PTEKOPHORID^. 



The characters of this and the following family, and 

 of the genera included in them, are given in the paper 

 read with this, which will be published early in next 

 year's volume, and need not be repeated here. 



CosMOCLOSTis, Meyr. 

 Cosmoclostis aglaodesma, Meyr. 

 Sydney, New South Wales. 



Trichoptilus, Wlsm. 

 Triclioptilus scythrodes, Meyr. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Port Lincoln, South 

 Australia. 



TricJiojitilus ccramodcs, Meyr. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Port Lincoln, South 

 Australia. 



TricJioptilus xerodes, Meyr. 



Toowoomba, Queensland; Bathurst, New South Wales; 

 Adelaide, Wirrabara, and Port Lincoln, South Australia. 



Platyptiija, Hh. 



Pla iyptilia falca talis, Walk. 



Plati/ptilus falcatalis, Walk., 931 ; Meyr., Trans. N. Z. 

 'inst., 1884, 128; P. rcpletalis, Walk., 931. 



Christchurch to Invercargill, New Zealand. 



