182 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Caccecia astrologana. 



Not common. January and February. West Plains. 



C. excessana. 



Common. I have reared this moth from larvae found 

 feeding on plum-leaves and black-maple. May be taken m 

 September, and is about till June. West Plains. 



Ctenopseustis obliquana. 



Abundant. May be taken all the year round, but is most 

 plentiful in the spring and autumn. In the larval stage the 

 moth is somewhat of a pest in the orchard, attacking apples 

 and plums. It does not bore deeply into the flesh of the 

 apple, but eats away the rind, causing much disfigurement. 

 Plums are eaten into much more deeply than apples, but are- 

 not so liable to be attacked. No moth with which I am 

 acquainted is easier to rear. The larva is an omnivorous 

 feeder. Besides apples and plums, I have found them feeding 

 on holly, black-maple, native fuchsia, pepper-tree, and many 

 other native shrubs. Both this moth and excessana are ex- 

 tremely variable, and it is often a hard matter to separate the 

 species. Generally distributed. 



Heterocrossa epomiana. 



Not uncommon from November to February. West Plains,. 

 Otatara. 



H. adreptella. 



Abundant during summer and autumn. Generally dis- 

 tributed. 



H. exochana. 



Not common. October to December. West Plains. 

 Microdes epicryptis. 



Pare. September to January. West Plains. 



Phryganostola achlyoessa. 



Pare. One specimen in December. 



Simcethis combinatana. 



Not common. December to March. West Plains. 



Tinea terranea. 



Fairly common about outbuildings during the spring and 

 summer. Generally distributed. 



T. tapetiella. 



Rare. A few examples in January and February. West 

 Plains. 



Blabophanes ethellela. 



Common throughout the year. Generally distributed. 

 Atomotricha ommatias. 



Plentiful during the spring. Comes readily to "sugar." 

 West Plains. 



