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7. Hydriomena Hiibn. 



Hyd/riotnena Hiibn., Verz. 322 (1816) ; type, elatata Hiibn. Cepha- 

 lissa Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst. xvi. 93 (1884) ; type, siria Meyr. 

 Anachloris Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst, xviii, 184 (1886) ; type, suh- 

 ochraria Doubl. 



Face with cone of scales. Antennae in q ciliated. Palpi moderate, 

 rough-scaled. Abdomen sometimes crested on two basal segments. Fore- 

 wings : areole double. Hindwings normal. 



A very large genus, dominant in almost all regions, and extensively 

 developed in Aiistralia, but comparatively much less important in New 

 Zealand. 



44. H. siria Mevr., Trans. X.Z. Inst, xvi, 93 ; Huds., X.Z. Moths, 51, 



pi. vi, 48." 



Dunedin, Invercargill. Isolated in New Zealand, but I have seen 

 a Chilian species apparently closely related to it. 



45. H. triphragma Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst, xvi, 74 ; Huds.. X.Z. Moths, 



49: siris Hawth., Trans. X.Z. Inst, xxix, 283; Huds., X.Z. Moths, 

 55, pi. vii, 16. 



Wellington, Blenheim. Dunedin. 



46. //. purpurif&ra Fer., X.Z. Joum. Sci. 1. 531 ; Mevr.. Trans. X.Z. Inst. 



xvi, 75 ; Huds., X.Z. Moths, 49, pi. vii, 12. 

 Ohakune, Mount Arthur, Mount Hutt, Castle Hill, Dunedin, Lake 

 Wakatipu. 



47. H. rixata Feld., Reis. Xov. pi. cxxxii, 1 ; Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst, xvi, 



75; Huds., X.Z. Moths, 49, pi. vii. 11 ; squalida But].. Cist. Ent. 

 2, 505. 



North and South Islands. 



48. H. similata Walk., Cat. xxv, 1413 ; Meyr.. Trans. X Z. Inst, xvi, 



76; Huds., X.Z. Moths, 50, pi. vii. ]4 : timarata Feld., Reis. Xov. 

 pi. cxxxii, 19. 



Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Lake Wakatipu. In- 

 vercargill. Larva on Coprosma. 



49. H. callichlora But!., Cist. Ent. 2, 509 ; Mevr.. Trans. X.Z. Inst, xvi, 



76 ; Huds., X.Z. Moths, 50, pi. vii, 13. 



Wellington, Otira Biver, Christchurch, Invercargill. 



50. H. arida Butl., Cist. Ent. 2, 509 ; Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst. xvii. 64 ; 



Huds., X.Z. Moths, 50 pi. vii, 15: chaotica Mevr., Trans. X.Z. Inst. 

 xvi, 76. 



Picton, Mount Arthur. Akaroa, Mount Hutf, Arthur's Pass, 

 Dunedin, Stewart Island. 



51. H. hemizona Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897, 385; Huds., X.Z. 



Moths, 48, pi. vii, 10. 



Wellington, Mount Arthur, Lake Wakatipu. 



52. H. officiosa Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst, xlii, 69. 



Kermadec Islands. 



53. H. subrectaria Guen., Lep. x, 411 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. X.ti.W. 



1890, 829 : responsata Walk., Cat. xxv, 1409 : casta Butl., Cist. 

 Ent. 2, 553. 



Queenstown ; also widely distributed in south-east Australia 

 doubtless its home. 



