96 Transactions. 



Subfam. 3. Melanchrides. 

 Eyes hairy ; tibiae not spinose. 



11. Ichneutica Meyr. 



Ichneutica Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 13 (1887); type, ceraunias 

 Meyr. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in rj strongly bipectinated to 

 apex. Thorax clothed with hair, without crests. Abdomen without crest. 

 An endemic genus, doubtless a local development of Leucania. 



16. /. (Hone Huds., N.Z. Moths, 14, pi. 4, 27. 



Mount Arthur ; 4,400 ft. 



17. /. ceraunias Meyr.. Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 19. 13 : Huds.. N.Z. Moths. 14. 



pi. 4, 25, 26." 



Mount Arthur; 3,600ft, 



12. Leucania Ochs. 

 Leucania Ochs., Schmett. Eur., 4, 81 (1816) ; type, fallens Linn. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in £ bipectinated with apex 

 simple, or ciliated. Thorax clothed with hair, without crests. Abdomen 

 without crest. 



A considerable genus, of universal distribution, as now restricted. I 

 include here nearly all the species of Hampson's Borolia. 



18. L. Purdii Fer.. Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 15, 195; Huds., N.Z. Moths. 10. 



pi. 4, 11. 



Wellington, Dunedin. 



19. L. acontistis Meyr.. Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 19, 9: Huds., N.Z. Moths. 11. 



pi. 4, 14. 



Castle Hill. 



20. L. unica Walk., Cat., 9, 112 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 12, pi. 4, 17 : junci- 



color Guen., Ent, Mo. Mag., 5, 2. 

 ' Blenheim, Rakaia, Macetown. 



21. L. toroneura Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc, Loud., 1901, 565; Hamps.. Cat., 



5, 591, pi. 96, 1. 

 Mount Cook. 



22. L. lissoxyla Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 43, 70. 



Mount Arthur; 4,000ft. 



23. L. phaula Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 19, 10; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 11. 



pi. 4, 15 : dunedinensis Hamps., Cat., 5, 591, pi. 96, 2 : neurae 

 Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 37, 330, pi. 20, 5. 



Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill. Larva on tussock-grass. 



24. L. alopa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 19. 10: Huds., N.Z. Moths. 12. 



pi. 4, 16. ' 



Lakes Coleridge and Gluyon. 



25. L. blrnheimensis Fer., Trans. N.Z. Inst,. 15. 196 : Huds., N.Z. Moths. 



13, pi. 4, 23. 



Napier, Blenheim. 



