208 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTRAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



GLYPHIPTEEYGID^E . 



The eight genera hiterto found in Australia may be tabulated 

 as follows : 



I. Hind-wings broader than fore-wings. 



A. veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings stalked . . Hypertropha 



B. veins 7 and 8 of fore- wings separate. 



1. second joint of palpi roughly scaled 



beneath . . . . . . . . Simaethis 



2. second joint of palpi with long, erect 



bristles beneath . . . . . . Choreutis 



II. Hind- wings narrower than, or hardly as broad 



as fore-wings. 



A. second joint of palpi beneath smooth, with 



appressed scales. 



1 . fore-wings with 1 1 separate veins . . Eupselia 



2. fore-wings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked Aeolocosrna 



B. second joint of palpi beneath roughly scaled 



in somewhat projecting whorls . . . . Glyphipteryx 



C. second joint of palpi with long, loose, pro- 



jecting hairs, tuft-like. 



1 . veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings stalked . . Apistomorpha 



2. veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings separate. . Phryganostola 



HYPERTROPHA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennse half 

 as long as fore- wings, fiiliforrn, simple. No maxillary palpi. 

 Labial palpi short, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, 

 terminal joint slender, hardly acute. Thorax with a bifid crest 

 behind. Fore-wings very broadly triangular, less than twice as 

 long as broad, costa rounded, apex somewhat produced, hind- 

 margin waved, hardly oblique. Hind-wings rounded-triangular, 

 slightly broader than fore-wings, cilia short. Abdomen short, 

 rather stout. Legs short, stout, anterior and middle tibiae 



