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6. Xyloryctidae. 



Head with loosely appressed scales. Labial palpi long, recurved, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, appressed. Forewings with 2 remote from 

 angle, 7 and 8 stalked or separate. Hindwings broadly trapezoidal, apex 

 obtuse, terrnen faintly sinuate ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 rather approximated, 

 6 and 7 approximated or stalked. 



A large family, chiefly found in the Southern Hemisphere and Indian 

 regions ; most numerous in South America. 



35. Scieropepla Meyr. 



Scieropepla Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xviii, 165 (1886) ; type, typhicola 

 Meyr. 

 Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. 

 A small Australian genus. 



155. S. typhicola Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1885, 165. 



Christchurch ; also occurs in south-east Australia, which is 

 probably its home. Larva in seed-heads and stems of Typha. 



36. Agriophara Ros. 



Agriophara Ros., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xvi, 439 (1885) ; type, 

 cinerosa Ros. Hypeuryniis Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond. 1897, 

 389 ; type, coricopa Meyr. 



Forewings with 7 and 8 separate, 7 to apex. 



Includes a moderate number of Australian and Indian species. 



156. A. coricopa Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897, 389. 



Wellington, Greymouth. 



7. Heliodinidae. 



Head smooth. Basal joint of antennae without pecten. Labial palpi 

 long, recurved, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary or obsolete. 

 Posterior legs raised from surface in repose, tarsi with whorls of bristles 

 at apex of basal joints. Forewings with 7 and 8 separate or stalked. Hind- 

 wings lanceolate, 2-5 remote. 



A considerable family, chiefly tropical. 



37. Calicotis Meyr. 



Galicotis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxi, 170 (1889) ; type, crucijera 

 Meyr. 



Basal joint of antennae dilated to form an eye-cap. Hindwings with 4 

 absent. 



Also occurs in Australia and the Seychelles (probably the Malavan 

 region). 



157. C. crucijera Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 170. 



Taranaki, Palmerston ; occurs also in eastern Australia. Larva 

 in fructification of staghorn fern (Platy cerium). 



