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2. HYPSIDAE. 



Vein 8 of hind wings connected with cell by bar near base. 



A rather small family, chiefly tropical. The following genus was 

 formerly placed in the Arctiadae. the approximation of vein 8 being so 

 .-.lose that it appears to be anastomosis. 



3. Nyctemera Hiibn. 



Nyctemera Hiibn.. Verz.. 178 (1823) ; type, hwticinia Cram. Lepto 

 soma Boisd.. Voy. Asti. 5. 197 (1832) ; type, annulata Boisd. 



Head smooth. Tongue developed. Antennae in <$ bipectinate to apex. 

 Palpi moderately long, subascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint 

 moderate, cylindrical. Forewings with 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 connected 

 with 9 by bar. Hindwings with 6 and 7 sometimes stalked, 8 closely 

 appressed to cell towards base, connected by bars at each end of appressed 

 portion. 



An Indo-Malayan genus of some extent, spreading into Australia and 

 Africa : the New Zealand species is endemic, but approaches Australian 

 forms. . 



5. X. annulata Boisd.. Voy. Astr., 5, 197. pi. 5, 9 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S.W.. 1886.' 760: Huds.. N.Z. Moths, 2, pi. 4, 1. 2: 

 doubledayi Walk.. Cat., 2, 392. 



North. South, and Stewart Islands. Larva on Seneeio. 



3. CARADR1NIDAE. 



Vein 8 of hindwings shortly anastomosing with cell near base, thence 

 diverging ; 5 obsolete or imperfect, rising from middle of transverse vein. 



An extremely large family, of which, as explained above, only one sub- 

 family is adequately represented in New Zealand. 



Subfam. 1. Aorotides. 

 Eyes glabrous ; tibiae spinose. 



4. Heliothis Ochs. 



Heliothis Ochs., Schmett. Eur., 4, 91 (1816) ; type, dipsacea Linn. 

 Chloridea Westw.. Jard. Nat. Libr., 32, 198 (1841); type, virescens 

 Fab. 



Face with rounded prominence. Antennae in <$ ciliated. Thorax and 

 abdomen without crest. Interior tibiae with apical inner and outer claws. 



A rather small cosmopolitan genus, of which some species range very 

 widely ; one of these has reached New Zealand. There are about a dozen 

 other generic synonyms, which it seems needless to quote ; some are 

 ■explained in the preliminary remarks. 



6. H. armigera Hiibn.. Samml. Eur. Schmett., 370 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., 19, 34 : Huds.. N.Z. Moths, 32, pi. 5, 40, 41 : conferta Walk., 

 Cat., 9. 690. 



North and South Islands ; a cosmopolitan insect. Lurva poly- 

 phagous, on seeds and flowers., 



