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cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 10 from near angle, 11 absent. 

 Hindwings \, linear-lanceolate, cilia 5 ; veins 2, 3, 4 parallel, 

 cell open between 4 and 5, 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to close below 

 apex, 7 approximated to 6 at base. 



Allied to the Eiiropean genus Clirysoclista, from which it 

 differs principally in the neuration of forewings. The group 

 of Laverna, to which it belongs, although extensively repre- 

 sented in Australia, has probably no truly indigenous repre- 

 sentatives in New Zealand ; the present species, common to 

 both countries, is in all probability really Australian, and has 

 found its way over within comparatively recent times. 



26. Zap. calUphana, n. sp. 



^9. 5-8mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs dark shining bronze, face whitish-bronze, legs spotted 

 with white. Forewings lanceolate ; bright dark golden- 

 bronze ; markings pale violet-golden-metallic ; a fascia near 

 base, often ill-defined ; a nearly perpendicular fascia before 

 middle ; a dot in disc beyond middle, beneath which is a black 

 dot or small spot on fold ; an inwardly-oblique fascia at f ; 

 a small spot on anal angle ; a streak along hindmargin from 

 apex ; a triangular snow-white spot on costa near apex : cilia 

 fuscous-grey, round apex with two blackish lines, and a 

 minvite white dot above apex. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia 

 fuscous-grey. 



Christchurch and the Bealey River ; rather common from 

 December to February, frequenting Lcptospcrmum, on which 

 the larva must certainly feed. The species is common also in 

 New South Wales and Tasmania, frequenting the same plant, 

 from September to April. 



LiMNCECIA, Stt. 



Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. An- 

 tenna f , in male serrate, moderately ciliated (1), basal joint very 

 elongate, dilated towards apex, with one or two hair-scales at 

 base. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint thickened 

 with appressed scales, terminal joint longer than second, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Thorax in male with a long fine 

 curved pencil of hairs from each side beneath, directed back- 

 wards. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Fore- 

 wings with vein 1 furcate, 2 from f of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to costa, 11 from before middle of cell. Hindwings f, 

 elongate-lanceolate, cilia 2 ; veins all separate and tolerably 

 parallel. 



Stainton was undoubtedly mistaken in reuniting this genus 

 to Laverna, to which it is by no means closely allied, diii'ering 

 in several essential points. 



