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26. L. semivittata Walk., Cat,, 32, 628; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 13, pi. 4, 



21, 22. 



North and South Islands. 



27. L. sulcana Fer., Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 12, 267, pi. 9, 3 ; Huds... N.Z. Moths. 



13, pi. 4, 19, 20. 

 Akaroa, Dunedin. 



28. L. stulta Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst.. 37, 330. pi. 20. 1. 



Invercargill district. 



13. Aletia Hiibn. 



Aletia Hiibn., Verz., 239 (1823) ; type, conigera Fab. Sideridis 

 Hiibn., Verz., 232 (1823) ; type, evidens Hiibn. Hyssia Guen.. 

 Noct,, 1, 345 (1852) ; type, cavernosa Ev. Chabuata Walk., 

 Cat,, 14, 1034 (1857) ; type, ampla Walk. Cirphis Walk., Cat., 

 32, 622 (1865); type, costalis Walk. Alysia Guen., Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., 5, 3 (1868) ; type, nullijera Guen. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in <$ ciliated, or bipectinated 

 with apex simple. Thorax clothed with hair or hair-scales, with anterior 

 and posterior spreading crests. Abdomen with small crest on basal seg- 

 ment. 



A very large and cosmopolitan genus. Hampson includes micrastra in 

 Physetica, on the ground of the increased size of the spines of the anterior 

 tibiae ; the difference is, however, merely comparative, and, as there seems 

 to be no near relationship in other particulars, insistence on this particular 

 character produces an artificial and unnatural collocation. 



29. A. micrastra Mevr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1897, 383; Huds., N.Z. 



Moths, 12, pi.' 4, 10. 

 Wellington. 



3D. A. Loreyi Dup., Lep. Fr., 7, 81, pi. 105, 7 ; Hamps., Cat,, 5, 492. 



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

 and Australia. 



31. A. unipuncta Haw., Lep. Brit., 174 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 13, pi. 4, 24 : 



cxtranea Guen., Noct., 1, 77. 



North and South Islands. A cosmopolitan species. Larva on 

 grasses. 



32. A. nullijera Walk., Cat., 11, 742; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 9, pi. 4, 9: 



specifica Guen., Ent, Mo. Mag., 5, 3. 



Taupo, Wellington, Mount Arthur (4,000 ft,), Christchurch dis- 

 trict. 



33. A. moderata W^alk., Cat., 32, 705 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 20, 45 : 



sistens Guen., Ent, Mo. Mag., 5, 39 : mitis Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1877, 383, pi. 42, 5 : griseipennis Huds., N.Z.. Moths, 9, pi. 4, 8. 

 North and South Islands. 



34. A. griseipennis Feld., Reis. Nov., pi. 109, 22; virescens Butl., Cist. 



Ent. 2, 489. 



Wellington, South Island. 



35. A. temenaula Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 39, 107. 



Rakaia, Dunedin. 



36. A. pachyscia Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 39, 107. 



Mount Arthur (4,700 ft,), Lake Wakatipu. 

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