BY E. HEYRICK, B.A. 235 



F,i)l>. sericaria, Scott., Proc. Zool. Soc., LoncL, 1859, 207, pi. Ixi., 

 (Hy pliant idium) . 



I have not seen specimens of this species, but the characters 

 given by Mr. Scott indicate a true Epheatia ; and the larval habit 

 of spinning continuous silken sheets of web of great extent, 

 although sufficient to prove that the species is distinct from those 

 known in Europe, cannot be regarded as in itself of generic 

 importance. The description of the imago is, unfortunately, 

 valueless for specific distinctions, as it would apply equally well 

 to every species of the genus ; according to the figure, the insect 

 typroatiheajlculetta in shape, but differs in the somewhat angulated 

 first line, and the presence of two other transverse dark lines 

 between the first line and base ; it would be unsafe to draw 

 further distinctions from the figure alone. 



The larva? from which Mr. Scott's specimens were bred fed on 

 maize, and covered the whole walls of the room with a closely- 

 woven sheet of white web, covering in this particular instance 

 about 250 square feet : the imagos appeared in October. The 

 locality was in the district of Wollombi, New South Wales. 



GALLEEID^E. 

 APIIOMIA, HI. 



Fore-head in male with a broad projecting cone of scales. 

 Antennae filiform, basal joint sometimes with a small tooth of 

 scales. Labial palpi in male short, ascending, terminal joint 

 pointed, excavated behind, notched ; in female as long as thorax, 

 slender, filiform, with appressed scales, porrected. Maxillary- 

 palpi very short. Fore-wings varying in breadth, sometimes very 

 narrow, hind- margin obliquely rounded ; hind- wings flatly 

 rounded. Fore-wings with 12 veins; discoidal cell of male in 

 some species very broad and long, in others normal, in female 

 always moderate ; 8 and 9 rising near together from 7 ; 4 and 5 

 stalked or separate. Hind-wings with 7 veins, 5 being absent. 



