264 Transactions. 



157. L. catapyrrha Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 392, pi. xliii, 2 ; 



Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 64 : euclidiata Huds., N.Z. Moths, 68, 

 pi. viii, 35. 



Lake Kotoiti, Lake Guyon, Otira Gorge, Dunedin, Lake Waka- 

 tipu, Invercargill. 



158. L. siris Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xl, 106, pi. xv, 1. 



Old Man Eange ; 4,000 ft. 



159. L. chrysopeda Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx, 48 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 68, 



pi. viii, 33, 34. 



Mount Arthur ; 3,000-4,000 ft, 



2. STERRHIDAE. 



Forewings : 10 rising out of 9, 11 anastomosing or connected with 9. 

 Hin d wings : 5 fully developed, rising from middle of transverse vein, parallel 

 to 4, 8 very shortly anastomosing with upper margin of cell near base, 

 thence rapidly diverging. 



A very considerable family, well represented in all regions except New 

 Zealand, where the single species is an immigrant from Australia. 



17. Leptomeris Hiibn. 

 Leptomeris Hiibn., Verz. 310 (1816) ; type, umbellaria Hiibn. 

 Antennae in $ fasciculate-ciliated. Posterior tibiae in $ dilated, with- 

 out spurs, in $ with all spurs present, 



A large genus of almost universal distribution. 



160. L. rubraria Doubl., Dieff. N.Z. 2, 286 ; Mevr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 



57; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1887," 852 ;. Huds., N.Z. Moths, 

 77, pi. viii, 37, 38 : repletaria Walk., Gat. xxiii, 778 : attributa ib. 779 : 

 acidaliaria ib. xxiv, 1037 : figlinaria Guen., Lep. ix, 454, pi. xii, 8. 



North and South Islands ; Kermadec Islands ; abundant and 

 generally distributed in Australia and Tasmania. 



3. MONOCTENIADAE. 



Hind wings : 5 fully developed, parallel to 4, 8 approximated to upper 

 margin of cell to middle or beyond, sometimes with connection near base. 



A family of moderate extent and early type, better represented in Aus- 

 tralia than elsewhere. The first four genera are of Australian type, the 

 fifth American and European. 



18. Samana Walk. 

 Samana Walk., Cat. xxvii, 197 (1863) ; type , falcatella Walk. 

 Face with cone of scales. Palpi very long, rough-scaled. Antennae in 

 <J shortly ciliated. Forewings : 10 anastomosing with 9, 11 anastomosing 

 with 10. Hindwings 6 or 7 connate or stalked, 8 approximated to beyond 

 middle of cell. 

 Endemic. 



161. S. acutata Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond, 1877, 401 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 



Inst, xvii, 67 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 76. 

 "Sea-level, South Island." 



162. S. falcatella Walk., Cat. xxvii, 197; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 93; 



Huds., N.Z. Moths, 76, pi. viii, 36. 

 Nelson, Dunedin. 



