Classification of the .Pt/raliJas. 



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Genus Cardamyla. 



CanJajnyla.Wlk., xvii., 282 (1859). 



Proboscis strong ; palpi upturned, slender, and smoothly scaled, 

 the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd Avell developed ; 

 maxillarj' palpi filiform ; frons hairy ; antennfe thickened ; tibiae 



Cardamyla carinentalh, $ , |. 



thickly scaled ; male with the anal tuft and claspers large. Fore- 

 wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell : 6 from upper angle ; 

 7 given off from 8 before 9 ; 10, 11 free. Hindwing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper 

 ansle. 



Type. +CARDAMYLA CAP.IXEXTALIS, Wlk., xvii, 283, 

 Led., Wien Ent. Mon., 18G3, pi. G, fig. 9 . 



Genus Stemmatophoea. 



Australia. 



Stemmatophora, Guen., Delt. and Pjr., p. 129 (1854). 

 Maradana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl., iii., p. 57 (1884). 

 Koremalepis, Hmpsn., 111. Het., viii., p. 129 (1891). 



Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 2nd joint 

 fringed with hair in front, the 3rd minute ; maxillary palpi minute; 



Stemmatophora tactilis, $ , \ (from Moths Ind., vol. iv,). 



antenuse of male with fascicles of long cilia ; tibise somewhat 

 hairy, the outer spurs short. Forewing short and broad, the apex 



