258 Transactions. 



70. A. rufescens Butl., Cist. Ent. 2, 502 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvii, 



63 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 56 : cymosema Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 

 xvi, 63. 



Dunedin, Stewart Island. 



12. Paradetis Meyr. 



Paradetis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xviii, 184 (1886) ; type, porphyrias 

 Meyr. 



Face smooth. Antennae in both sexes bipectinated, apex simple.' Palpi 

 short, slender, loosely scaled. Forewings : areole simple. Hindwings in 

 both sexes with 8 connected with cell by oblique bar before angle ; in <J 2 

 absent. 



Endemic. If related to any New Zealand genus it must probably be 

 to Asaphodes, but the modification of hindwing is very remarkable ; it 

 resembles that found in Tatosoma and its allies, but there does not seem to 

 be any other relationship with them, nor is there any apparent lobe or gland 

 in the male which would account for the absorption of vein 2. This absorp- 

 tion, with reduction of the dorsal area, has been compensated by exten- 

 sion in the costal area, and conversion of the normal anastomosis of 8 into 

 a connection by bar only, and this structure has been ultimately trans- 

 ferred to the female also, notwithstanding that in this sex there was no need 

 for it, 2 being present as usual. 



71. P. porphyrias Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 58 ; ib. xviii, 184 ; Huds., 



N.Z. Moths', 41, pi. vi, 36. 



Wainuiomata, Mount Arthur, Otira Kiver, Castle Hill, Lake 

 Wakatipu. 



13. Xanthorhoe Hubn. 



Xanthorhoe Hubn., Verz. 327 (1816) ; type, montanata Borkh. 

 Helastia Guen., Ent. M. Mag. v, 94 (1868) ; type, cinerearia 

 Doubl. Epyaxa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 71 (1884); type, 

 rosearia Doubl. 



Face with cone of projecting scales. Antennae in £ bipectinated, apex 

 usually simple. Palpi moderate, rough-scaled. Forewings : areole double. 

 Hindwings normal. 



A cosmopolitan genus of considerable extent, but relatively far more 

 prominent in New Zealand than anywhere else ; the species are numerous 

 and varied, and evidently by no means yet exhausted. 



72. X. chlamydota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 72 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 



59, pi. vii, 28. 



Waiouru, Wellington, Christchurch, Akaroa. 



73. X. lophogramma Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897, 386 ; Huds., N.Z. 



Moths., 59, pi. vii, 47, 48. 

 Castle Hill. 



74. X. orophyloides Huds., Subantarct. Isl. N.Z. 68, pi. ii, 12 (orophylloides). 



Auckland and Campbell Islands. 



75. X. orophyla Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 71 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 



58, pi. vii, 24, 25. 



Nelson, Castle Hill, Mount Hutt, Dunedin, Lake Wakatipu ; 

 2,500-4,000 ft 



