258 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



EREUNETIS, n. g. 



Head rough all over, tufted between eyes ; with, ocelli ; no 

 tongue. Antennae shorter than fore wings, in $ somewhat 

 thickened, basal joint broadly compressed. Maxillary palpi 

 moderate, folded. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, 

 second joint beneath with a more or less long and dense fringe 

 of hairs ; terminal joint shorter, bluntly pointed, sometimes 

 concealed in hairs of second joint. Fore-wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, tolerably evenly pointed. Hind- wings lanceolate, rather 

 narrower than fore-wings, cilia rather broader. Abdomen 

 elongate. Legs moderate, posterior tibiae beneath or entirely 

 clothed with long hairs. Fore-wings with 1 1 veins ; sub-costal 

 obsolete towards base ; secondary cell indicated ; 6 and 7 stalked, 

 both to costa ; 1 simple. Hind- wings with 8 or 7 veins (vein 7 

 being sometimes obsolete) ; sub-costal obsolete before middle ; 5 

 and 6 stalked, one to either side of apex. 



Distinguished from all the other genera by the stalking of 

 veins 6 and 7 of fore- wings ; from jErechthias, to which it comes 

 nearest, also by vein 1 of fore-wings not being furcate at base. 

 In one species the hind- wings (? in <$ only) possess a peculiar 

 thickened patch of scales on disc near base, and in another a 

 transparent hyaline spot in the same place. The species are 

 rather retired and sluggish in habit ; the only larva known 

 appears to feed in the bark of trees. There are three species 

 known to me, distinguished as follows : 



A. Hind- wings with a transparent patch at 



base . . . . . . . . 3. iuloptera 



B. Hind- wings without a transparent patch 



at base. 



1 . Fore-wings with faint ochreous-yellow 



bands . . . . . . 1. selenophanes 



2. Fore-wings with dark fuscous and 



ochreous markings . . . . 2. brontoctypa 



