266 Transactions. 



22. Epirrhanthis Hiibn. 



Epirrhantkis Hiibn., Verz. 296 (1816) ; type, pulverata Thunb. Lyrcea 

 Walk., Cat. xx, 259 (1860) ; type, alectoraria Walk. Xyridacma 

 Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx, 60 (1888) ; type, hemipteraria Guen. 

 Xynonia Prout, Gen. his. civ, 65 (1910) ; type, alectoraria Walk. 



Face with tolerably appressed scales. Palpi rather short. Antennae in 

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

 with 12 and then with 10. Hindwings : 6 and 7 approximated, 8 approxi- 

 mated to cell to about middle, with rudimentary or incomplete connection 

 near base. 



The typical species is European. The South American genus Phellinodes 

 is allied to this. 



170. E. hemipteraria Guen., Lep. ix, 220, pi. vi, 2 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 



Inst, xx, 60 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 80, pi. viii, 48, 49. 



Auckland, Wellington, Arthur's Pass. Larva on Veronica. 



171. E. alectoraria Walk., Cat. xx, 259 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 95 ; 



Huds., N.Z. Moths, 80, pi. viii, 42-47 : ustaria Walk., Cat. xxvi, 

 1519 : achroiaria Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxiii, 9 : varians ButL, Cist. 

 Ent. 2, 496. 



North and South Islands. Larva on Pittosporum evgenioides and 

 P. tenuifolium 



4. SELIDOSEMLDAE. 



Hindwings : 5 imperfect (not tubular) or obsolete, 6 and 7 usually sepa- 

 rate, 8 usually obsoletely connected with upper margin of cell near base, 

 approximated to near middle. 



A very large family in all regions, but quite inadequately represented in 

 New Zealand. It is noticeable that the larvae of many of the New Zealand 

 species feed on ferns 



23. Selidosema Hiibn. 



Selidosema Hiibn., Verz. 299 (1816); type, ericetaria Vill. Chalastra 

 Walk., Cat. xxv, 1429 (1862) ; type, pelurgata Walk. Pseudo- 

 coremia ButL, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 394 ; type, productata 

 Walk. Zylobara ButL, Cist. Ent. 2, 498 (1879) ; ' type, fenerata 

 Feld. Gelonia Meyr., N.Z. Journ. Sci. ii, 234 (1884) ; type, 

 dejectaria Walk. Meyrichia ButL, Ent. M. Mag. xxi, 133 (1884) ; 

 type, panagrata Walk. 



Face with appressed or shortly projecting scales. Antennae in $ bi r 

 pectinated, towards apex simple. Palpi rough-scaled. Thorax sometimes 

 crested posteriorly, hairy beneath." Femora nearly glabrous, posterior tibia 

 in (J dilated. Forewings in <$ with fovea ; 10 sometimes connected with 9, 

 11 sometimes out of 10 near base only, or sometimes anastomosing with 12. 



A large genus of universal distribution. 



172. S. pelurgata Walk., Cat. xxv, 1430 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 88, pi. ix, 



33-36 : cinerascens Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxi, 1 : streptophora Meyr., 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 106. 



North and South Islands. Larva on Todea hymenophylloides. 



