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be extraordinary anywhere, but is singularly different from the 

 usually sombre insects of New Zealand. 



CoNOPOMOEPHA, Meyr. 



Vein 11 of forewings should have been given as present, 

 from near base of cell. The generic characters have been 

 given previously, and need not be repeated. The genus is dis- 

 tinguished from Gracilaria by the rough hairs of posterior 

 tibiaj, the rough scaling of palpi, and the stalking of veins 3 

 and 4 of forewings. 



49. Con. cyanosinla, Meyr. 

 {Conopomorpha cyanospila, Meyr., "Trans. N.Z. Inst.," 1885, 183.) 

 I need not repeat here the details given under the above 

 reference, to which I have nothing to add. 



NEPTICULID^. 



Head rough-haired all over. Antennae shorter than fore- 

 wings, basal joint dilated to form an eyecap. Maxillary palpi 

 developed. Hindwings lanceolate, cell open. 



Probably this family should be included in the Tineida, to 

 which it is closely allied, and from which it differs essentially 

 only by the eyecap of the antennae, not a very important point. 

 At present I place them separate, until further consideration. 

 The neuration of the known genera is of a very degraded type, 

 and the species are amongst the smallest known Lcpidoptera. 



Nepticula, Z. 



Head densely rough-haired ; no ocelli ; tongue absent. 

 Antennae -|— |, in male simple, filiform, basal joint dilated and 

 excavated beneath to form an eyecap. Labial palpi short, por- 

 rected, filiform or loosely scaled. Maxillary palpi moderately 

 long, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough 

 hairs above. Forewings with vein 1 obsoletely furcate, cell 

 open between 2 and 6, 3, 4, 5 absent, 8 out of 7 or absent, 7 

 to costa, 9 absent, 11 from before middle. Hindwings ^f, 

 lanceolate, cilia 3-4 ; veins 3, 4, 5 absent, cell open between 

 2 and 6, 6 and 7 apparently from a point. 



The genus is probably cosmopolitan. In Europe and North 

 America it is extensively developed, and I am acquainted with 

 about twenty Australian species, some of which are very similar 

 to the European. The larvae have 18 rudimentary legs, and 

 mine blotches or galleries in leaves ; the Australian larvae 

 have the same habits as the European, but I have not ob- 

 served signs of the larvse in New Zealand. I have not pro- 

 perly examined the neuration of the following species, owing to 

 the small size of the insects and the possession of only single 

 specimens, but it appears normal. 



