228 Transactions. 



222. P. aethalota Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1880, 143 ; Trans. 



N.Z. Inst. 1888, 185. 

 Dunedin. 



223. P. leucocyma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 184. 



Auckland. 



224. P. aellomacha Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1880, 158. 



Wellington, Christchurch. 



225. P. miniella Feld., Keis. Nov. pi. cxl, 42 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 



1888, 185; Gen. Ins. 128, f. 3; ethela Meyr.,' Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales 1880, 152. 



Kaeo, Waitakere Ranges, Hamilton, Palmerston, Taranaki, 

 Wellington. 



54. Gracilaria Haw. 

 Gracilaria Haw., Lep. Brit. 527 (1828) ; type, syringella Fab. 

 Middle tibiae thickened with dense scales ; posterior tibiae without 

 bristly scales. 



A large genus, universally distributed. 



226. G. octopunctata Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1894, 123. 



Kermadec Islands ; also in India, Australia, and Africa. Larva 

 on Dalbergia sissu. 



227. G. linearis Butl, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 406 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 



Inst. 1888, 183 ; ibid. 1910, 67. 



Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Arthur's Pass, Invercargill. 



228. G. elaeas Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1910, 66. 



Castle Hill. Larva on Coriaria. 



229. G. selenitis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1908, 15. 



Mount Holdsworth (3,000 ft.). 



230- G. clmjsitis Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxl, 43; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 

 1888^ 183 : adelina Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1880, 142 : 

 rutilans Butl., Cist. Ent. ii, 561. 



Kaeo, Hamilton, Palmerston, Wellington, Christchurch. 



231. G. chalcodelta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 183. 



Whangarei, Auckland, Taranaki, Masterton, Makatoku, Wellington. 



12. COLEOPHORIDAE. 



Head with appressed scales. Labial palpi bent, ascending, pointed, with 

 scales of second joint somewhat angularly projecting beneath at apex. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Forewings with 5 absent, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 

 Hindwings linear-lanceolate. 



A considerable family of wide distribution. 



55. Batrachedra Staint. 



Batrachedra Staint., Ins. Brit. Tin. 230 (1854) ; type, praeangusta 

 Haw. 

 A genus of some extent, principally Indo-Australian. 



