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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  from 
  near 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  an 
  internal 
  vein 
  runs 
  from 
  between 
  5 
  and 
  

   6 
  to 
  near 
  base 
  of 
  11. 
  Hind 
  toings 
  trapezoidal, 
  with 
  produced 
  apex 
  

   and 
  oblique 
  outer 
  margin. 
  Neuration 
  8 
  veins 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  a 
  

   common 
  stem 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  a 
  point, 
  or 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem, 
  

   from 
  the 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  5 
  from 
  or 
  near 
  angle 
  of 
  cell. 
  Legs 
  : 
  

   hind 
  tibi^ 
  clothed 
  with 
  smooth 
  appressed 
  scales. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  include 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  forms 
  from 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  which 
  have 
  

   hitherto 
  been 
  confounded 
  with 
  Zeller's 
  genus 
  Crypto- 
  

   leckia, 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  differ 
  in 
  having 
  veins 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  of 
  

   the 
  hind 
  wings 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem, 
  instead 
  of 
  separate 
  

   and 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  as 
  in 
  his 
  original 
  type 
  of 
  that 
  genus, 
  

   Cryptolechia 
  straminella, 
  from 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  name 
  CryptolecMa 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  retained 
  for 
  the 
  

   species 
  originally 
  described 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  that 
  genus, 
  — 
  

   and 
  I 
  fail 
  to 
  see 
  how 
  the 
  rule 
  can 
  be 
  departed 
  from 
  in 
  

   this 
  instance, 
  — 
  any 
  family 
  founded 
  upon 
  an 
  alliance 
  with 
  

   that 
  genus 
  must 
  at 
  least 
  retain 
  its 
  essential 
  characters, 
  

   and 
  cannot 
  be 
  established 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  forms 
  in 
  which 
  

   veins 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  are 
  not 
  separated, 
  this 
  

   wide 
  difference 
  in 
  neuration 
  being 
  admitted 
  by 
  all 
  

   authorities 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  utmost 
  importance 
  in 
  systematic 
  

   classification. 
  It 
  follows 
  that 
  Zeller's 
  genus 
  Crypto- 
  

   lechia 
  falls 
  into 
  the 
  family 
  G^cophoridcs 
  of 
  Meyrick, 
  and 
  

   annihilates 
  Meyrick's 
  family 
  CryptolechidcB, 
  which 
  was 
  

   not 
  founded 
  on 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  Mr. 
  Meyrick, 
  recog- 
  

   nising 
  this, 
  has 
  since 
  recharacterised 
  his 
  family 
  Crypto- 
  

   lechidcB 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Xyloryctidce 
  (Tr. 
  Eoy. 
  Soc. 
  

   South 
  Australia, 
  1890, 
  23—4). 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  explained 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  establish 
  this 
  

   genus 
  Odites 
  on 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  its 
  neural 
  characters 
  ; 
  

   these 
  exhibit 
  affinities 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  Gelechidce 
  of 
  Heine- 
  

   mann 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  (EcophoridcB 
  of 
  Meyrick, 
  and 
  

   moreover 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  all 
  genera 
  yet 
  described, 
  

   not 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  now 
  suppressed 
  family 
  CryptolechidcB, 
  

   but 
  even 
  more 
  strongly 
  from 
  the 
  CEcophoridcB 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  retained, 
  provided 
  always 
  that 
  they 
  agree 
  with 
  

   the 
  original 
  typical 
  OEcophora, 
  whatever 
  that 
  may 
  be. 
  

   The 
  error, 
  for 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Meyrick 
  cannot 
  rightly 
  be 
  held 
  

   responsible, 
  has 
  evidentl}^ 
  arisen 
  through 
  the 
  confusion 
  

   which 
  Zeller 
  created 
  by 
  his 
  attempts 
  to 
  expand 
  and 
  

   amplify 
  his 
  original 
  work. 
  These 
  attempts 
  (Lin. 
  Ent., 
  

   IX., 
  353, 
  ctseq. 
  (1854), 
  and 
  Hor. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Eoss., 
  XIIL, 
  

  

  