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lated below middle, suffused beneath, second and third 

 roughly parallel to hindmargin, second beyond middle, rather 

 broader ; cilia as in forewings. 



Taranaki and Napier ; sometimes common. I have found 

 the larva at Taranaki feeding on a species of Convolvulus 

 growing on the coast sandhills ; but it will feed on almost any 

 species of Convolvulacece. The insect occurs throughout 

 Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the islands of the South 

 Pacific, wherever a suitable situation is found, and has been 

 met with far out at sea. In America it is represented by a 

 form which seems to be regarded as specifically distinct, but I 

 think this is very doubtful. 



HYPSINA. 



SESIADiE. 



Ocelli present, large. Antennae about f , thickened towards 

 apex. No maxillary palpi. Posterior tibise with all spurs 

 present. Forewings with vein 1 shortly fui'cate or simple, 2 

 from near angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 11 from f of cell. 

 Hindvvings with frenulum developed, Ic present, 8 free. 



This family is a development of the ZygcBuidcs, and has no 

 relationship whatever to the SiihingidcB, with which it has 

 been often classed. It is represented in New Zealand only by 

 one artificially-introduced but well-established species. 



6. Sesia, F. 



Tongue well developed. Antennae thickened on terminal 

 half, apex sometimes more swollen in $ , more or less strongly 

 ciliated in ^ , terminating in a small apical fascicle. Labial 

 palpi moderately long, arched, ascending ; second joint shortly 

 rough-scaled beneath ; terminal joint moderate, cylindrical, 

 tolerably pointed. Abdomen with large expansible anal tuft. 

 Posterior tibi» rough-haired above. Forewings with vein 7 

 running to apex. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 approxi- 

 mated at base or short-stalked, 5 from about middle of trans- 

 verse vein, 6 absent, 7 from angle of cell. 



The neuration of the forewings, as given by me in the 

 " Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 

 for 1886," is wrong, and founded on a mistaken comprehen- 

 sion. I now correct it. 



13. Ses. tlpuliformis, CI. 

 J . 18-19mm. Head and thorax black, collar slenderly 

 orange. Palpi black, longitudinally ochreous-yellow beneath. 

 iVntennae black. Abdomen black, with slender ochreous- 

 yellow subbasal, median, and subapical rings. _ Forewings 

 very narrow, elongate, gradually somewhat dilated, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin oblique, hardly rounded; colourless, 



