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5. Oecophoridae. 



Head with appressed hairs. Labial palpi long, recurved, acute. Maxil- 

 lary palpi very short, appressed. Fore wings with 16 furcate, 2 from near 

 angle, 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings from trapezoidal-ovate, elongate-ovate, 

 or ovate-lanceolate ; 3 and 4 connate, seldom approximated, 5-7 nearlv 

 parallel, rarely 6 and 7 stalked. 



A very large family, but especially characteristic of Australia and New 

 Zealand; it is also well developed elsewhere, but does not form nearlv so 

 large a proportion of the whole fauna as it does in these two regions. It is 

 very remarkable that under these circumstances the Australian and Xew 

 Zealand representatives of the family are not at all nearly related together, 

 and evidently do not proceed from an immediate common origin. 



Group A. Oecophorides. 



Antennae in $ regularly ciliated ; 7 of forewings to costa. 



15. Endrosis Hub. 



Endrosis Hub., Verz. 401 (1826) ; type, lacteella ScnifE. 



Hindwings ovate-lanceolate ; 5 absent. 



The single species is domestic and artificially introduced in many parts 

 of the world, its origin being uncertain. 



36. E. lacteella Schifi'.. Syst. Verz. 139 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 



160 ; subditella Walk., Cat. xxix, 657. 



North and South Islands ; common in houses. Larva on seeds 

 and dry refuse. 



16. Schiffermuelleria Hub. 



Schiffermuelleria Hiib., Verz. 421 (1826) : type, schaefferella Linn. 



Basal joint of antennae without pecten. Hindwings ovate-lanceolate. 

 Moderately numerous ; chiefly confined to the Northern Hemisphere 



37. S. ortho pinnies Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 243. 



Auckland, Nelson. 



17. Borkhausenia Hiib. 



Borkhausenia Hiib., Verz. 420 (1826) ; type, minutella Linn. Crem- 

 nogenes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xvi, 45 (1884) ; type, oxyina 

 Meyr. 



Basal joint of antennae with pecten. Hindwings elongate-ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate. 



A large genus of general distribution, but proportionately more numerous 

 in New Zealand than anywhere else. The larvae probably feed on dry 

 vegetable matter (bark, dead wood, dry leaves, &c.) rather than on growing 

 plants ; many of the species are common, and the larvae should not be 

 difficult to find in spring. 



38. B. chrysogramma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1883, 44. 



Wellington, Mount Arthur, Lake Wakatipu. 



39. B. loxotis Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 241. 



Wellington. 



