78 LEPIDOPTEROLOOICAL GLEANINGS. 



fuscous ; a costal streak from base to f , thickened in middle ; 

 a short inwardly oblique fine streak from J dorsum ; a- 

 moderate transverse fascia at f, constricted in middle, 

 expanded at extremities ; a broad terminal band, its anterior 

 edge minutely dentate ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings pale 

 ochreous with some - pale fuscous irroration and a large 

 pale fuscous apical patch ; cilia pale ochreous with a fuscous 

 sub-basal line. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



W.A. Dore Is'and, Shark's Bay, in October; one 

 specimen received from Mr. Grant- Watson. 



Fam. AEGERIAD^ 



This family is scantily represented in the Austra ian 



fauna ; the few known species are of Indo-Malayan origin. 



C Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked 2 



■ (Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate 4 



r Fore wings with 2 absent 3 



) Fore wings with 2 present ^ Trochilium 

 I ^ with tongue absent, and posterior 

 ] tibiae heavily tufted above Lophocnema 



I Tongue present in both sexes, posterior 

 ^ tibiae of ^ without tuft Diapyra 



Antennae clubbed and hooked, posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi densely clothed with 

 long hairs MeMttia 



Antennae hooked but not clubbed, 



posterior tibiae only moderately hairy 

 ■\ Sciapleron 



Gen. LOPHOCNEMA nov. 

 Xo(poHvi]jtjog, with crested legs. 



Tongue absent in ^ , present in 9 • Palpi short, 

 ascending, not reaching base of antennae ; second joint 

 shortly rough-haired ; terminal joint thickened with loosely 

 appressed hairs. Posterior tibiae of ^ with a large dense 

 crest of scales on posterior half of dorsum ; middle tibise 

 of (J thickened with long hairs. Forewings densely scaled 

 throughout except between basal portions of veins 4 and 7 ; 

 2 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex. Hindwings with 3 

 and 4 stalked. 



