Meyeick. — On Neio Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 165 



Larva mining blotches in leaves of Convolvulus and 

 Ipomcea ; pupa naked, suspended. 



Dunedin ; bred freely from the larva by Mr. A. Purdie. 

 Occurs usually from September to November. Probably an 

 introduced species, found in Europe, North America, and 

 tliroughout Australia. 



16. Bed. psamminella, n. sp. 



<? $ . 9-lOmm. Head light ochreous, crown mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Palpi fuscous. AntenuEe fuscous-whitish. 

 Thorax and abdomen pale ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, 

 anterior and middle pair infuscated. Forewings lanceolate ; 

 vein 3 present, 6 absent ; pale brownish-ochreous, with a few 

 minute black irrorations towards costa posteriorly ; a small 

 black dot on inner margin at ^ of wing : cilia pale brownish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale ochreous-grey. 



Taranaki, Chiistchurch, and Dunedin, in SeptemlDer, and 

 from December to February ; common. 



ELACHISTID^. 



Head smooth. Labial palpi curved, ascending, pointed. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Hindwings lanceolate or 

 linear. 



In this family, as in the preceding, there is a strong 

 tendency to degi-adation in the nem^ation. Where this exists, 

 the neuration must not in all instances be considered of equal 

 importance ; in some cases the disappearance of one or two 

 veins must be regarded as insufficient to warrant generic 

 separation, where no variations appear in the other structure. 

 The New Zealand indigenous species seem to be entirely of 

 an Australian or South Pacific character. 



1. Basal joint of antennae dilated into a large eye 



cap •• •• ,, ,. 



Basal joint of antennse not dilated 



2. Antennse in c? with very long ciliations 



„ „ naked 



3. Antennae in i with very long ciliations 



shortly ciliated or naked 



4. Terminal joint of palpi longer than second 



not longer than second 



5. Antennse in c? ciliated 



„ „ not ciliated 



6. Forewings with all veins present 



one or more veins absent 



7. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked . . 



„ separate 



8. Forewings with vein 11 absent 



present, from middle of 

 cell 



9. Terminal joint of palpi somewhat roughened 



anteriorly 

 Terminal joint of palpi smooth, slender 



2. 

 3! 



Yanicela. 

 Calicotis. 

 StatJimopoda. 



4. 



5. 



6. 

 Limncccia. 

 Protcrocosma. 



7. 



8. 

 Syntomactis. 

 Thylacosceles. 

 Zapyrastra. 



Batrachedra. 

 Elacliista. 



