252 Transactions. 



2. Elvia Walk. 

 Elria Walk., Cat. xxv, 1430 (1862) ; type, glaucata Walk. 



Face with cone of scales. Antennae in $ flattened, bipectinated. Palpi 

 rather long, rough-scaled. Forewings: areole simple, 11 running into 12. 

 Hindwings normal. Wings longitudinally folded hi repose. 



Endemic. 



9. E. glaucata Walk., Cat. xxv. 1431 ; Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxii, 25 ; 

 Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 65 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 46, pi. vi, 

 23, 24 : donovani Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxii. 5. 

 North and South Islands. 



3. Microdes Guen. 



Microdes Guen., Lep. x, 296 (1857) ; type, villosata Guen. 



Face with cone of scales. Antennae in <$ simple or ciliated. Palpi 

 long or very long, rough-scaled. Forewungs : areole simple, 11 running 

 into 12. Hindwings in $ reduced, narrowed or distorted. 



A genus of very few species, confined to Australia and New Zealand. 



10. M. epicryptis Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897. 384. 



Wellington. 



11. M. villosata Guen., Lep. x, 297, pi. xv, 8; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N.S.W., 1890, 802: quadristrigata Walk., Cat. xxiv, 1200; Meyr., 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvii, 67 : mterclusa Walk., Cat. xxiv, 1202 : 

 mixtaria Walk., Cat. xxvi, 1663 : toriata Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxi, 

 34 : rectilineata Huds., N.Z. Moths. 15, pi. vi, 22 (bis). 



Wellington, Stewart Island ; common and widely distributed in 

 Australia and Tasmania. 



4. Phrissogonus Butl. 



Pkrissogonus Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) ix, 94 (1882); type, 

 laticostatus Walk. 



Face with small cone of scales. Antennae in <$ simple or ciliated. 

 Palpi moderate, rough-scaled. Abdomen slightly crested. Forewings in $ 

 with glandular swelling or projecting tuft on costa ; areole simple, 11 

 running into 12. Hindwings normal. 



A small Australian genus, of which two species are found also hi New 

 Zealand. 



12. P. laticostatus Walk., Cat. xxiv, 1196; Meyr.. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 



■ 1890, 801 ; id. Trans. N.Z. Inst, xlv, 22 : canata Walk., Cat. xxv, 

 1357 ; Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) ix, 94. 



Nelson ; Kermadec Islands ; very common and generally dis- 

 tributed in Australia and Tasmania. 



13. P. denotatus Walk., Cat. xxv. 1361 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. 53 ; 



id. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1890, 798; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 45, 

 pi. vi. 19 : parvalata Walk., Cat. xxvi, 1721. 



North and South Islands; Kermadec Islands; common and 

 widely distributed in Australia and Tasmania. Larva on flowers 

 of Brachyglottis repanda. 



