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to be referred here ; but I am indebted to Lord Walsingham for 

 pointing out that the original type of Zeller's Cryjitolechia be- 

 longs in fact to the Oecoj^horidfH. It is therefore impossible to 

 employ for this family the name Cryi'ttolechiachF, which I formerly 

 used for it, and I have renamed it accordingly. It consists of a 

 group of Australian genera wliicli are intimately connected to- 

 gether ; and even if it should be found hereafter that many 

 Soutli American and African forms are capable of being placed 

 with them, they would probably not interrupt the close connec- 

 tion of the Australian genera, and any systematic change that 

 might be necessary would perhaps be rather in the direction of a 

 widening of the family characters. 



The structure of the head is essentially identical with that of 

 the Oecophoridoe. The neuration of the forewings is also identical 

 in the typical forms, except that vein 2 is commonly much more 

 widely remote from 'the angle of cell ; but there is a wider range 

 ■of structure, since there can be no question that the forms in 

 which veins 7 and 8 are separate are rightly included. The hind- 

 wings are almost always relatively broader, and the neuration as 

 described contains the essential points of distinction of the family; 

 but I may say that the connecting bar between vein 8 and the 

 cell, often very short when these are close together, is by no means 

 so conspicuous a structure as might be supposed, and may very 

 readily be passed over, especially when near the base ; I have 

 however satisfied myself that it is invariably present. 



The following is a tabulation of the genera : — 



1. Antennae of male bipectinated. 2. 



" ciliated or simple. 3. 



2. Forewings with vein 7 absent (coincident with 8). 



2. Pilostihes. 

 " " present. 3. Cryj^tojjliaga. 



3. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 separate. 4. 



" " from a point or stalked. 8. 



4. Thorax crested. 10. Notosara. 



" smooth. 5. 



5. Hindwings in male with long costal hair-pencil from base. 



8. Crypsicharis. 

 " without costal hair-pencil. 6. 



6. Terminal joint of palpi longer than second. 7. Phthonerodes. 



" " not longer than second. 7. 



7. Posterior tibia3 rough-haired. 9. Lichenaula. 



" smooth-scaled. 6. Catoryctis. 



<S. Hindwings in male with very long costal hairs towards base- 



9. 

 " without long costal hairs. 10. 



