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6. P. fsacasta, Meyrick, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 723 (1908). 'Transvaal, Natal. 
celyphodes, Meyrick, Ann. Transv. Mus. Vol. 2, p. 1o, pl. 4, f. 3 (1910). [R. Colony. 
mp melanatracta, Meyrick, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. Vol. 5, p. 413 (1910). Transvaal, Orange, 
8. P. helicaula, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 10, p. 59 (1912). Cape Colony. 
9. P. hiberna, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 10, p. 60 (1912). Natal, Zululand. 
10. P. ferlustrata, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 17, p. 280 (1920). Cape Colony. 
rr. P. suffusella, Walsingham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 109, pl. 5, f. 47  Transvaal, Natal, 
(189r). Zululand. 
I2. P. auturga, Meyrick, Ann. Transv. Mus. Vol. 8, p. 65 (1921). Natal. 
13. P. operosa, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 2, p. 1o, pl. 4, f. 1 (1910). — Pl. 1, "Transvaal, Natal, 
Fig. 8. ; - Zululand. 
14. P. ochraula, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 6, p. 14 (1918). "lTransvaal. 
15. P. illuminata, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 3, p. 281 (1913). Transvaal. 
16. P. pentacentra, Meyrick, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. Vol. 10, p. 59 (1912). Zululand. [Protectorate. 
17. P. tosbila, Meyrick, Ann. Transv. Mus. Vol. 2, p. 1o, pl. 4, f. 2 (1910). Transv., Orange R.,S. W. 
18. P. celeris, Meyrick, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. Vol. 17, p. 280 (1920). Cape Colony. 
19. P. magnanima, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. ro, p. 59 (1912). Orange R. Colony. 
20. P. oeconomica, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 17, p. 280 (1920). Cape Colony. 
21. P. invida, Meyrick, Ann. Transv. Mus. Vol. 3, p. 64 (1912). W. Pondoland. 
22. P. crateraula, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 6, p. 14 (1918). Natal. 
23. P. pammacha, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 3, p. 281 (1913). 'Transvaal. 
24. P. semnochroa, Meyrick, ibidem, Vol. 3, p. 281 (1913). 'Transvaal. 
24. GENUS MEGACRASPEDUS, ZELLER 
Megacraspedus, Zeller, Isis, p. 189 (1839). — Type: P. dolosella, Zeller. 
Neda, Chambers, Canad. Ent. Vol. 6, p. 243 (1874) (praeocc.). — Type : P. flutella, Chambers. 
Pycnobathra, Lower, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Australia, Vol. 25, p. 8o (1901). — Type: P. achroa, Lower. 
Autoneda, Busck, Dyar's Cat. N. Amer. Lep. p. 496 (1902). — Type : P. flutella, Chambers. 
Toxoceras, Chrétien, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Vol. 84, p. 329 (1915). — Type: P. violacella, Chrétien. 
Characters. — Head smooth; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae 4/5, in c serrate, 
ciliated, basal joint elongate, slender, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint beneath 
with dense projecting apical tuft, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very 
short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 16 
'furcate, 2 from 1/2-3/4 of cell, 6 sometimes out of 7 near base, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, r1 from or 
before middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex produced, acute, termen emarginate, cilia 2 1/2-3; 3 and 
4 remote, 5 nearer 6, 6 and 7 remote; in Q sometimes semiaborted or rudimentary. 
Remarks. — The many curious analogies between this and the quite alien Oecophorid genus 
Pleurota (probably connected with similarity of habits) are worthy of study. 
Geographical distribution of species. — Europe (southern half), West-Central Asia, and 
North Africa, 16; South Africa, 3; North America, 2; Australia, 24; New Zealand, r. This curious 
distribution leaves the Australian and New Zealand section (which are similar in character to the 
European) disconnected from the rest; I have not received a single individual from India. I can only 
infer (as in Pleurota, of which the distribution is exactly similar) that the genus is really Australian in 
origin, and that at an early period (perhaps coeval with Pleurofa) wind-borne immigrants were carried 
