Mr. E. Meyrick on the dassification 



palpi moderately long, somewhat expanded terminally. Posterior 

 tibia) with outer spurs less than half inner. Abdomen stout, in 

 male with short truncate tuft ; valves retracted. Fore wings with 

 vein 11 moderately long, oblique. Hind wings broader by one- 

 half than fore wings ; 3 closely approximated to 4 at base, 4 and 5 

 in male stalked, in female closely approximated towards base, 7 

 out of G near origin, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 



I have only seen one poor male, and am not sure of 

 the characters of that sex, but the genus is sufficiently 

 distinguished from its allies by the breadth of the hind 

 wings, which are half as broad again as the fore wings. 

 The genus is truly intermediate between Eurycreon and 

 Scoparia, and certainly approximates to the ancestral 

 form of Botydidce. 



Tritceaustalis, Walk. 



Scopula vstalis, Walk., SuppL, 1477 ; S. turhidalis, 

 ib., SuppL, 1477 ; Botys ajjinitalis, Ld., 475, 

 pi. xii., 4. 



Lederer's figure is exceedingly poor, the fore wings 

 being much too broad. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Sydney and Blackheath (3500 

 feet), New South Wales; Adelaide, Wirrabara, and 

 Ardrossan, South Australia ; rather common, in October 

 and March. 



SCOPARIAD^. 

 Fore wings with veins 8 and 9 stalked, 7 separate, 10 separate. 

 Hind wings with vein 6 from upper angle of cell, 7 stalked with G, 

 anastomosing with 8 (or very rarely fi-ec) ; 4 and 5 generally fi-om 

 a point or stalked ; lower median naked, or sometimes with well- 

 defined pectination. Abdomen in male with valves usually 

 exsertcd ; claspers not developed ; uncus generally devcloiied. 

 Maxillary palpi broadly triangularly dilated, porrected, not resting 

 on labial palpi. 



I am not yet confident of the limits of this family, 

 but believe it can be constantly distinguished from the 

 Botydidce by the characters as given, especially by the 

 development of the uncus. Should the latter character 

 not prove invariable, the form and position of the maxil- 

 lary palpi, and the structure of veins 4 and 5 of the 

 hind wings, are additional points. Similarly a majority 

 of characters must be used to separate the family from 



