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22. GENUS CATAMECES, TURNER 
Catameces, Turner, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. Vol. 31, p. 122 (1919). — Type : C. thiophara, Turner. 
Characters. — Head with appressed scales; tongue developed. Antennae 3/4, basal joint 
without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint very long, thickened anteriorly with long 
rough scales forming a small apical tuft, terminal joint about half second, rather stout, acute. Maxillary 
palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Forewings with 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. 
Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex pointed, strongly produced, termen sinuate; 3 and 4 remote, 5 nearer 
6 than 4, 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 
Remarks. — I have not seen this genus, which D* Turner considers to be of uncertain affinity. 
It must however by the hindwings undoubtedly belong to this group, and I have thorefore ventured 
to assume that his description of the termination of vein 7 of the forewings as apical is an inaccuracy, 
since in this group it is invariably costal. 
"Geographical distribution of species. — Australian. 
Larva unknown. 
1. C. thiophara, Turner, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. Vol. 3r, p. 122 (1919). Queensland. 
23. GENus PYCNOSTOLA, MEYRICK 
Pycnostola, Meyrick, Ent. M. Mag. Vol. 53, p. 113 (1917). — Type : P. oferosa, Meyrick. 
Characters. — Head with appressed scales; ocelli small, posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae 4/5, in gf simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, 
second joint beneath with compact apical projecting tuft of dense scales, terminal joint as long as second 
(in auturga half second), slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 
Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 1? furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 
out of 6, 7 to costa, 11 trom middle. Hindwings 1 or under r, narrow-trapezoidal, apex produced, termen 
emarginate, cilia 1 1/2-2 1/2; 3 and 4 remote, 5 nearer 6, 6 and 7 remote, diverging. 
Remarks. — This and the next three genera are perhaps correlated developments from Aristotelia. 
Geographical distribution of species. —  Characteristically South African and rather 
numerous in that region, whence the single South European and group of three Australian species are 
probably stragglers. 
Larva (Aelicaula) living in a case formed of a silken refuse-covered tube coiled in a spiral cone of 
three whorls, resembling a snail-shell (Helix). 
Foodplant unrecorded. 
1. P. actias, Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. 29, p. 272 (1904). S. & W. Australia, Tas- 
2. P. sciopola, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 29, p. 272 (1904). New S. Wales. [mania. 
3. P. stalactis, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 29, p. 271 (1904). W. Australia, Tasmania. 
4. P. bohemiella, Nickerl, Wien. Ent. Monatsschr. Vol. 8, p. 5, pl. 5, f. 9. Bohemia, S. Russia. 
(1864). 
5. P. merisía, Meyrick, Ann. Transv. Mus. Vol. 6, p. 14 (1918). Transvaal. 
