Metrick. — Revision of New Zealand Tineina. 229 



232. B. psithyra Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 181. 



Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Nelson, Invercargill. 



233. B. tristicta Meyr., Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond. 1901, 579. 



Makatoku. 



234. B. arenosella Walk., Cat. xxx, 857 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 181. 



Palmerston, Wellington, Christchurch ; also common and widely 

 distributed in Australia. Larva on seeds of Juncus. 



235. B. eucola Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 180. 



Bealey River. 



236. B. agaura Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 579. 



Whangarei, Wellington, Nelson, Mount Arthur, Invercargill. 



13. Plutellidae. 



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

 pointed, terminal joint as long as second or longer. Maxillary palpi rather 

 short, filiform, porrected. Forewings with 7 and 8 separate or stalked. 

 Hind wings trapezoidal-ovate or elongate-ovate. 



A small family of considerable antiquity. 



56. Dolichernis Meyr. 



Dolichernis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxiii, 99 (1891) ; type, 

 chloroleuca Meyr. 

 Head rough on crown. Antennae over 1, basal joint with pecten. 

 Forewings with 4 absent. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate. 

 Endemic. 



237. D. chloroleuca Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1890, 99. 



Wellington. 



57. Doxophyrtis Meyr. 



Doxophyrtis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xlvi, 112 (1914) ; type, 

 hydrocosma Meyr. 

 Basal joint of antennae without pecten. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 connate. 

 Endemic. 



238. D. hydrocosma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1913, 113. 



Kaeo, Waitakere Ranges. 



58. Protosynaema Meyr. 



Protosynaema Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xviii, 173 (1886) ; type, 

 eratopis Meyr. 



Antennae thickened with scales towards base, basal joint without pecten. 

 Forewings with 7 and 8 separate. Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote. 

 Endemic. 



239. P. steropucha Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, 174; ibid. 1913, 112. 



Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch. 



240. P. eratopis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, 174. 



Mount Arthur, Otira River. 



