256 Transactions. 



54. H. deltoidata Walk., Cat. xxv, 1321 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvL 



70 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 47, pi. vii, 1-9 : inclarata Walk., Cat. xxv, 

 1411 : perductata ib. 1412 : congressala ib. 1412 : conversata ib. 

 1413 : descriptata ib. 1414 : bisignata ib. 1415 : aggregata ib. 1415 : 

 congregata ib. 1415 : plagifuscata ib. 1416 : pastinaria Guen., Ent. 

 M. Mag. v, 64 : inopiata Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxii, 3 : monoliata 

 ib. 8 : perversata ib. 14, 24. 



North and South Islands. Larva en Plantago. 



55. H. prionota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 73 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths. 47, 



pi. vi. 47. 



Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, Dunedin. 



56. H. subochraria Doubl., Dieff. N.Z. 2, 285 ; Butl. Cat. Up. N.Z.. pi. iii, 



16 ; Mevr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 73 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 

 1890, 851 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 48, pi. vi, 45, 46 : euboliaria Walk., 

 Cat. xxvi, 1684 : strangulata Guen., Lep. x, 423 : fuscinata Guen., 

 Ent. M. Mag. v, 92. 



North, South, and Stewart Islands. Also widely distributed in 

 Australia and Tasmania. 



57. H. lithurga Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xliv, 71. 



Makara. I think this may prove to occur in Australia. 



8. Asthena Hiibn. 



Asthena Hiibn., Verz. 310 (1816) ; type, candidala Schiff. 



Face smooth, fiat. Antennae in c? ciliated. Palpi short, slender, loosely 

 scaled. Fore wings : areole double. Hindwings normal. 



A small genus of wide distribution ; the New Zealand species are of 

 Australian type 



58. A. schistaria Walk., Cat. xxiii, 782 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 69 ; 



Huds., N.Z. Moths, 52, pi. vi, 39-42 : subpurpureata Walk., Cat. 

 xxvi, 1588 : tukuata Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxviii, 5. 



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



59. A. pulchraria Doubl., Dieff. N.Z. 2, 286 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx, 



69 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1890, 813 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 

 52, pi. vi, 37, 38 : plurilineata Walk., Cat. xxii, 563, 676 : ondinata 

 Guen., Lep. ix, 438, pi. xix, 4 ; Butl., Cat. N.Z. Lep., pi. iii, 20 ; Feld., 

 Reis. Nov. pi. cxxviii, 17. 



North and South Islands. Common and widely distributed in 

 Australia and Tasmania. 



9. Euchoeca Hiibn. 



Euchoeca Hiibn., Verz. 298 (1816) ; type, obliterate!, Hufn. Epicyme 

 Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xviii, 184 (1886). 

 Face smooth, flat. Antennae in o ciliated. Palpi short, slender, loosely 

 scaled. Fore wings : areole simple. Hindwings normal. 

 Also small and widely distributed. 



60. E. rubropunctaria Doubl., Dieff. N.Z. 2, 287 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 



xvi, 60 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1890, 811 ; Huds., N.Z. 

 Moths, 51, pi. vi, 35 : pulchraria Walk., Cat. xxiii, 780; Butl., Cat. 

 N.Z. Lep. pi. iii, 18 : risata Guen., Lep. ix, 438 : mvllata Guen., Ent. 

 M. Mag. v, 42. 



North, South, and Stewart Islands ; Kermadec Islands. Widely 

 distributed in Australia and Tasmania. Larva on Halorrhagis alata. 



