Periptyctus Blackburn, 1895 is redescribed and transferred from Endomychidae to Corylophidae, Periptyctinae subfam. nov. Pakalukodes gen. nov. (type species: P. bimaculatus sp. nov.) is described from Queensland (Australia) and placed in Periptyctinae. Selected adult and larval features characterizing the subfamily are compared with those of other corylophid taxa and with members of the families Coccinellidae, Endomychidae and Latridiidae.