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19. Theoxena Meyr. 



Theoxena Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 56 (1884); type, scissaria 

 Guen. 

 Face smooth.. Palpi moderate, rough-scaled. Antennae in J fasciculate- 

 ciliated. Forewings : 10 anastomosing with 9, 11 anastomosing with 10, 

 sometimes also very shortly with 12. Hindwings : 6 and 7 connate or 

 stalked, 8 approximated to be} 7 ond middle of cell. 

 Endemic. 



163. T. scissaria Guen., Ent. M. Mag. v, 43 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 



56 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 79, pi. viii, 41. 

 rhristchurch. 



20. Adeixis Warr. 



Adeixis Warr., Nov. Zool. iv, 27 (1897) ; type, inostentata Walk. 

 Paragyrtis Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 222 ; type, in- 

 ostentata Walk. 

 Face obliquely prominent, with small cone of scales. Palpi moderately 

 long, rough-scaled. Antennae in <$ bipectinated. Forewings : 10 anas- 

 tomosing with 9 above 7. Hindwings : 6 and 7 approximated, 8 approxi- 

 mated to beyond middle of cell. 



The single species is Australian, and has made its way to New Zealand. 



164. A. inostentata Walk., Cat. xxiii, 1012 ; Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 



1905, 222 : insignata Warr., Nov. Zool. iv, 27 : griseata Huds., 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxxv, 244. 



Ohakune, Kaitoke, Invercargill. Also common and widely distri- 

 buted in Australia. 



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21. Dichromodes Guen. 



Dichromodes Guen., Lep. ix, 320 (1858); type, ainaria Guen. Caco- 

 psodos Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 395; type, nigra Butl. 



Face with cone of scales. Palpi moderate to very long, rough-scaled. 

 Antennae in <$ unipectinated. Forewings : 10 usually anastomosing with 9, 

 but sometimes separate. Hindwings : 6 and 7 approximated, 8 approxi- 

 mated to beyond middle of cell. 



A characteristic Australian genus of considerable extent, which has esta- 

 blished a small colony of species in New Zealand, forming a homogeneous 

 endemic group. 



165. D. ida Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxxvii, 356, pi. xxii, 2 ; simulans 



Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xl, 107. 



Mount Ida, Old Man Range ; 4,000 ft. Larva probably on lichens. 

 165. D. petrina Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxiv, 216 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 78, 

 pi. viii, 39 : ? sphaeriata Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxi, 14. 



Paekakariki, Wellington, Kekerangu, Dunedin. 



167. D. cynica Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xliii, 60. 



Lyttelton. 



168. D. nigra Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 395, pi. xliii, 4 ; Meyr., 



Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx, 60 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 78, pi. viii, 40. 

 Nelson, Otira Gorge ; 1,500-2,000 ft, 



169. D. gypsotis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx, 60; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 78 : 



niger Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 94. 

 Lake Wakatipu ; 1,500 ft. 



