104 Transactions. 



24. Hypenodes Guen. 

 Hypenodes Guen., Delt., 41 (1854) ; type, albistrigalis Haw. 

 Head with frontal tuft. Antennae in $ ciliated. Palpi very long, 

 porrected, second joint thickened with rough projecting scales, terminal 

 rather short or moderately long, cylindrical. Thorax with appressed 

 scales. Abdomen with small crest on basal segment. Tibiae smooth- 

 scaled. Forewings with 7 separate, 9 and 10 out of 8. 



94. H. costistrigalis Steph., 111. Brit. Ent., 4, 20 ; exsularis Meyr., Trans. 



N.Z. Inst., 20, 46. 



Taranaki, Kermadec Islands. Widely distributed in Europe, Asia. 

 and Australia. 



95. H. anticlina Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1901, 566; ootids Huds.. 



N.Z. Moths, 37, pi. 6, 7. 

 Wellington. 



Subfam. 2. Catocalides. 

 Hindwings with 3, 4, 5 approximated at base ; middle and sometimes 

 posterior tibiae spinose. 



25. Ophiusa Ochs. 



Ophiusa Ochs., Schmett. Eur., 4, 93 (1816) ; type, algira Linn. 

 Achaea Hiibn., Verz., 269 (1823) ; type, melicerte Drury. Gram- 

 modes Guen., Noct., 3, 275 (1852) ; type, geometrica Fab. 

 Antennae in <$ ciliated. Palpi moderately long, ascending, second 

 joint thickened with dense appressed scales, terminal joint moderate, some- 

 what pointed. Thorax clothed with scales and hair, without crest. Abdo- 

 men without crest. 



An extensive genus, of general distribution, but principally tropical. 



96. O. melicerte Drury, 111. Exot. Ins., 1, 46, pi. 23, 1 ; traversii Fer.. 



Trans. N.Z. Inst., 9, 457, pi. 17. 



Wellington ; a casual immigrant. Widely distributed in Asia, 

 Africa, and Australia. 



97. 0. pulcherrima Luc, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1892, 258 ; Huds., Trans. 



N.Z. Inst., 37, 355, pi. 22, 4. 



Wellington, once ; probably an accidental introduction. Occurs 

 in eastern Australia. 



Subfam. 3. Plusiades. 

 Hindwings with 3, 4, 5 approximated at base ; tibiae not spinose. 



26. Plusia Ochs. 



Plusia Ochs., Schmett. Eur., 4, 89 (1816) ; type, gamma Linn. 



Antennae in <$ ciliated. Palpi rather long, curved, ascending, second 



joint rough-scaled, terminal moderate or short, more or less rough-scaled 



in front, somewhat pointed. Thorax with large central or posterior crest. 



Abdomen with one or more crests. Tibiae rough-scaled. 



An extensive nearly cosmopolitan genus ; the two New Zealand species 

 are immigrants. 



98. P. chalcites Esp., Schmett,, 447, pi. 141, 3 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 35, 



pi. 6, 3 : eriosoma Doubl., Dieff. N.Z., 2, 285 : verticillata Guen., 

 Noct., 2, 344 : rogationis, ib., 344. 



North Island, Blenheim, Nelson. A cosmopolitan insect. Larva 

 on various plants. 



