Meyrick. — Revision of Jew Zealand Tineina. 231 



14. Nepticulidae. 



r^| Head roughly tufted. Basal joint of antennae forming an eye-cap. 

 Labial palpi short, drooping. Maxillary palpi long, folded. Forewings 

 with cell open, 3-5 absent, 9 absent. Hindwings lanceolate, cell open, 

 3-5 absent ; frenulum multiple in both sexes. 



These minute insects are so generally overlooked that their distribution 

 is little known, but they occur in all regions. 



62. Nepticula Heyd. 

 Nepticula Heyd., Ber. Ver. Nat, Mainz. 1842, 201. 



252. N. ogygia Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 187. 



Dunedin. 



253. N. tricentra Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 187. 



Christchurch. 



254. N. propalaea Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 187. 



Arthur's Pass. 



15. Lyonettadae. 



Head usually tufted on crown, sometimes smooth. Antennae with basal 

 joint often forming an eye-cap. Labial palpi porrected or subascending, 

 more or less obtuse. Maxillary palpi usually long, folded. Forewings with 

 apex bent up or down. Hindwings lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. 



A considerable family, generally distributed. 



63. Bedellia Staint. 



Bedellia Staint., Cat. Brit. Tin. 23 (1849) ; type, somnulentella Zell. 



Head rough on crown, face smooth. Basal joint of antennae rather 

 stout, with large dense pecten. Labial palpi short, porrected. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary. Forewings with 4 and 5 absent. Hindwings linear- 

 lanceolate ; 3 and 4 absent. 



A small genus of scattered species. 



255. B. somnulentella Zell., Isis 1847, 894 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 



164. 



Dunedin. Nearly cosmopolitan in suitable localities, but pro- 

 bably artificially introduced. Larva mining in leaves of Convoloulus 

 and Ipomoea. 



256. B. psamminella Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 165. 



Taranaki, Christchurch, Dunedin. 



64. Cateristis Meyr. 



Cateristis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxi, 163 (1889) ; type, eustyla 

 Meyr. 



ead rough on crown, face smooth. Basal joint of antennae enlarged, 

 with dense pecten forming an eye-cap. Labial palpi short, drooping. 



