306 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



I have not been able to examine the male, and Snellen 

 gives no characters for it. The genus is peculiar, and 

 at present of uncertain affinity ; the very oblique fore- 

 head recalls the first group of the family, but the shorter 

 antennae are a discordant character. 



Boeotarcha crassicornis, Walk. 



Botys crassicornis, Walk., SuppL, 1455 ; B. tcenialis, 

 Snell., Tijd. v. Ent., 1880, 209; ib., 1883, pi. 

 vii., 3. 



A singularly marked species. 



Port Darwin, North Australia ; one female. Also 

 from Celebes. 



NOMOPHILA, Hh. 

 Forehead flat, oblique. Ocelli present. Tongue well developed 

 Antennae two-thirds of fore wings, in male filiform, ciliated with 

 tufts of cilia (1^). Labial palpi moderately long, straight, porrected, 

 triangularly scaled, terminal joint concealed. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform. Posterior tibiae with both outer spurs less than 

 half inner. Abdomen moderately elongate, margins angularly 

 dilated, in male with short anal tuft ; valves retracted. Fore 

 wings with vein 11 moderate, oblique. Hind wings twice as broad 

 as fore wings ; 3, 4, 5 almost from a point, 4 and 5 closely approxi- 

 mated towards base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to 

 before middle. 



Also an abnormal and isolated genus, of questionable 

 affinity ; the unusually broad hind wings and narrow 

 fore wings show a resemblance to some of the Scojm- 

 riadce, but the reduced and very different maxillary palpi 

 are probably a sufficient proof that there is really no 

 close affinity. 



Nomophila noctuella, Schiff. 



Stenopteryx hyhridalis, Hb. ; Scoparia itysalis, Walk., 

 828. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Newcastle and Sydney, New 

 South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Mount Lofty range, 

 Wirrabara, and Port Lincoln, South Australia ; com- 

 mon in September, October, and from January to March. 

 Also throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. In 

 face of this wide range it should be observed that it 

 apj)ears to be absent from New Zealand and Tasmania. 



