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Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. 



By A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.E.S. 



[Read June 14, 1917.] 



Family TINEIDAE. 



Subfamily OECOPHORINAE. 



Mr. E. Meyrick has kindly sent me some criticisms on 

 my paper in these Proceedings (1916, p. 333), which arrived, 

 unfortunately, after its publication. I propose to refer to 

 them now, and to deal with genera and species belonging to 

 the groups Phil oh ot ide* and Depressariades. 



BORKHAUSENIA ANTHEMODES. 



Oecophora anthemodes, Mevr. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 1885, p. 780. 



BorUhausenia tetraphaea, Turn: Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, 1916, p. 337. 



Mr. Meyrick points out that these names refer to the 

 same species. 



Hab.— New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (5,000-6,000 

 feet) : Victoria : Fernshaw, Warragal ; Tasmania : Mount 

 Wellington (1,000 feet). 



COPRIODES. 



Mr. Meyrick writes: — "I think you are mistaken in 

 regarding the termination of vein 7 as costal ; it is really 

 indefinite, owing to the oblique rounding off of the apex (as 

 in most stenomids = xyloryctids), but it represents a natur- 

 ally apical termination ; therefore, I do not adopt the genus." 

 1 am disposed to admit that the affinities of the genus may 

 be with the Eitlechrkules, the apparent termination of vein 7 

 being secondary to the peculiar shape of the forewing, a 

 secondary adaptation for the purposes of protective resem- 

 blance ; but, at the same time, I think the peculiar form of 

 wing is sufficient ground for generic separation from Pilo- 

 prepes, which, as heretofore constituted, does not seem a 

 natural assemblage. 



Barea consignatella. 

 Barca consignatella, Wlk. : Cat. Brit. Mus., xxix., p. 819. 

 Part of this reference was accidentally omitted. 



Barea eophila, n. sp. (^uk^iAos, loving the dawn). 



I propose this name for the species described by me as 

 Barea pyrora, Mevr. Mr. Meyrick, to whom I have sent an 



