102 Transactions. 



81. M. levis Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst.. 37, 330, pi. 20. 4. 



Invercargill. 



82. M. lithias Mevr.. Trans. N.Z. Inst,. 19. 17 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 17, 



pi. 4, 33. 

 Castle Hill. 



83. M. homoscia Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 21 ; Huds.. N.Z. Moths. 



21, pi. 5, 7 ; Hamps., Cat,, 5, 378, pi. 88, 30. 



Wellington, Blenheim. Larva on Pomaderris ericifolia. 



84. M. temperata Walk., Cat,, 15, 1648 ; Hamps., Cat., 5, 385, pi. 89, 6 : 



inceptura Walk., Cat., 15. 1736 : deceptura, ib., 1737. 

 Locality unknown. 



85. M. prionistis Meyr.. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 27 ; Huds.. N.Z. Motha, 



27, pi. 5, 21 ; Hamps., Cat,. 5, 384, pi. 89, 5. 

 Wellington, Rakaia. 



86. M. phricias Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 20, 46 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 27. 



pi. 5, 22 ; Hamps., Cat,, 5, 385, pi. 89, 7. 



Manawatu district, Blenheim, Christchurch, Lake Coleridge. 



19. Dasygaster Guen. 

 Dasygaster Guen., Noct., 1, 201 (1852) ; type, hollandicu' Guen. 



Face with slight rounded prominence with ridge below it. Antennae 

 in <$ ciliated. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-scales, with anterior 

 and posterior crests. Abdomen with dorsal crests towards base, and dense 

 lateral tufted fringes, especially in <$. 



A small characteristically Australian genus ; the following species is 

 perhaps a recent immigrant. 



87. D. hollandiae Guen., Noct., 1, 201 ; Hamps., Cat., 5, 476 : leucanioides 



Guen., Noct,, 1, 202 : facilis Walk., Cat,, 11, 745. 



Waipori. Common in south-east Australia and Tasmania. 



Subfam. 4. Caradrinides. 

 Eyes glabrous, without marginal cilia ; tibiae not spinose, 



20. Bityla Walk. 



Bityla Walk., Cat., 33, 869 (1865) ; type, defigurata Walk. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in <$ ciliated. Thorax clothed 

 with hair, without crests. Abdomen without crests. 

 Apparently endemic. 



88. B. defigurata Walk., Cat,, 33, 756 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 29. pi. 5, 33 : 



thoracica Walk., Cat., 33. 869. 

 North and South Islands. 



89. B. sericea Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 387, pi. 42, 12 ; Huds., 



N.Z. Moths, 29, pi. 5, 34. 



Wellington, Christchurch, Lake Guyon. 



90. B. pallida Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 37, 355; Hamps., Cat., 7, 42, 



pi. 109, 6. 

 Napier. 





