126 Mr. E. Meyrick on the 



allied to a New Zealand genus that there can be little 

 doubt of its position. 



Of the unity of this family I have no doubt ; the 

 Australian species traverse the whole range of the genera 

 given above, and extend considerably beyond them, 

 whilst still preserving their family characters with an 

 extraordinary persistency. 



DASYCEKID^E. 



Antennae thickened with dense scales, ciliated in male. 

 Fore wings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 2 

 from or near angle of cell. Hind wings with 8 veins, 

 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 separate or from a point. 

 Hind wings not broader than fore wings, hind margin 

 rounded. 



A small but peculiar family, not capable of being in- 

 corporated with any other ; widely distributed, occurring 

 in Europe, North America, India, South Africa, and 

 Australia. Some species have the singular habit of 

 carrying the posterior legs erect above the back, as in 

 some genera of Elachistidce, but it is certain that the 

 similarity of habit does not here indicate affinity. About 

 fifteen species are known altogether. The described 

 genera are : — 



Dasycera, Htv. Atkinsonia, Stt. 



Eretmocera, Z. 



Of these Dasycera occurs in Europe and North America, 

 Eretmocera in South Africa and Australia, and Atkinsonia 

 in India and Australia. 



These six families constitute the group above men- 

 tioned. In connection with them may also be noticed a 

 seventh, which, although separated from the main group 

 by having veins 7 and 8 of the fore wings commonly 

 separate, is yet in other respects nearly allied to them, 

 especially to the (Ecophoridce. 



glyphipterygidje 



Antennae simple or ciliated in male. Fore wings with 

 12 veins (rarely 11 by coalescence of 7 and 8), 7 and 8 

 separate or rarely stalked, 7 to hind margin, 2 from near 

 angle of cell, 1 simple at base or sometimes furcate. 

 Hind wings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 



