COSMODES. 17 



68. Palpi smoothly scaled ; hind wing 

 with vein 5 from middle of disco- 



eellulars AjiPiiirrRA, p. 26. 



/'.Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 «8. Head and thorax clothed with rough 



hair and spatulate scales OROPLE.'crA, p. 510. 



b^. Head and thorax smoothly clothed 

 with hair and hair-like scales. 

 a9. Frous with ridges of hair above 



and between antennce Mimleucania, (2) p. 285. 



b^. Frons without ridges of hair. 

 ^io_ Pore wing with the apex some- 

 what produced and acute Cai.ymnia, p. 



510. Fore wing with the apex rounded. JJicycla, p. 

 c". Thorax clothed with hair only. 

 aJ. Eyes small, reniform. 

 as. Palpi extending about the length 



of head Eitjucopis, p. 



bs. Palpi extending to just beyond 



frons Panemeria, p. 



b'. Eyes large, round. 



«8. Abdomen dorsally flattened Bitvla, p. 41. 



is. Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 a^. Abdomen entirely clothed with 



rough hair Dapidenura, p. 



i". Abdomen with rough hair at base 

 only. 

 «!". Build stout, 

 a'l. Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 

 moderately fringed with hair 



in front ,. E.vargia, p. 



^11. Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint 

 fringed with long hair below. 



fc^-. Fore wing narrow Calamia, p. 



6'^. Fore wing broad Okta, p. 



/;'". Build slender Hypoccena, p. 



c^. Abdomen smoothly scaled. 



«!". Palpi upturned Ommatostola, p. 



61". Palpi porrect Hypocalamia, p. 



Genus COSMODES. 



Type. 



Cosmodes, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 289 (1852) elcgans. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about 

 to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd shoi-t ; frons 

 smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenufB of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost 

 entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibire 

 moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments 

 and large crest on 3rd segment. Fore wing with the apex rather produced and 

 acute, the termen excised to vein 3 where it is angled, then excised to tornus 

 where there is a scale-tooth ; veins 3 and .5 from near angle of cell ; (i from 

 upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 fron) angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked or from angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 



3591. Cosmodes elegans. 



Phaltsna elegans, Donov. Ins. New Holl. pi. 36. f. 5 (1805) ; Hudson, New- 

 Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 33, pi. vi. f. 2. 



d" . Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, whitish at tips ; 



YOL. viii. , t; 



