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9I. GeENUs STEGASTA, MEYRICK 
Stegasta, Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. 29, p. 313 (1904). — Type: S. variana, 
Meyrick. : 
Characters. — Head with appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae 3/4, 
in gf simple, basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint 
thickened with scales, rather rough beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary 
palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings 
with r5 furcate, 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 stalked'or connate. 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, rr from 
middle; in gf beneath with a reflexed fringe of scales from anterior half of costa protecting an 
expansible pencil of long hairs from base. Hindwings r, elongate-trapezoidal, termen. more or less 
sinuate, cilia 1-1 1/2; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 stalked or approximated. 
Remarks. — Allied to Gelechia. 
Geographical distribution of species. ... Tropical American and Australian, but one species 
has been widely distributed with cultivated plants throughout the Indo-Malayan and African regions. 
The home of the genus is America, and its connection with Australia may be contemporaneous with 
that of the Oecophorid genus Machimia. 
Larva feeding between spun leaves. 
Foodplants Leguminosae, especially Cassia. 
- tenebricosa, ' Turner, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. Vol. 31, p. 124 (1919). — Queensland. 
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2. S. allactis, Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales,Vol. 29, p. 314 (1904). S. & W. Australia. 
3. S. cosmodes, Lower, ibidem, Vol. 24, p. 98 (1899). New South Wales. 
4. S. conjugella, Caradja, Iris, Vol. 34, p. 102 (1920). W. Turkestan. 
5. S. cephalella, Caradja, Iris, Vol. 34, p. 101 (1920). Uralsk. 
6. S. capitella, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Vol. 3 (2), p. 33o (1794). Cuba, Jamaica, Portorico, 
robustella, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 29, p. 597 (1864). Virgin Islands. 
nd rivulella, Móschler, Abhandl. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. Vol. 15, p. 344 (1900), 
7. S. zygotoma, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 48 (1917). Colombia, Ecuador, 
8. S. comissata, Meyrick, Exot. Microlep. Vol. 3. p. 18 (1923). Brazil. [Peru. 
9. S. variana, Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. 29, p. 314 Australia, Indo- Malayan 
'— (1904). — PI. 2, Fig. 81. region, Africa. 
Io. S. bosquella, Chambers, Canad. Ent. Vol. 7, p. 92 (1875) (Pasqueella). E. United States, Ja- 
costipunctella, Móschler, Abhandl. Senckenb,. Naturf. Ges. Vol. 15, p. 344 maica, Portorico, An- 
(1900) tilles. 
1I. S. biniveipunctata, Walsingham, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 75 (1897). Grenada. 
12. S. postpallesceus, Walsingham, ibidem, p. 76 (1897) Grenada. 
13. S. fhalacra, Walsingham, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Lep. Het.Vol.4, p.61(rgrr). Mexico. 
14. S. donatella, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 29, p. 596 (1864). Cuba, Jamaica. 
92. GENUS THYMOSOPHA, MEYRICK 
Thymosopha, Meyrick, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. Vol. 10, p. 244 (1914). — Type : T. antileuca, Meyrick. 
Characters. — Head smooth; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae 3/4, in Cf minutely 
ciliated, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with 
Scales, slightly roughened anteriorly, terminal joint shorter, thickened with scales projecting posteriorly 
