230 Transactions. 



59. Phylacodes Me^yr. 



Phylacodes Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 241 ; type, cauta 

 Meyr. 

 Antennae thickened with scales on basal half, basal joint without pecten. 

 Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked. Hind wings with 3 and 4 rather approxi- 

 mated. 



Endemic. 



241. P. cauta Meyr., Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond. 1905, 242. 



Dunedin. 



60. Orthenches Meyr. 



Orthenches Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xviii, 175 (1886) ; type, 

 chlorocoma Meyr. 

 Basal joint of antennae with pecten. Forewings with 7 and 8 separate. 

 Hind wings with 3 and 4 remote. 



Besides the following there are at present known only one Australian 

 and one Indian species. 



242. 0. saleuta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1912, 28. 



Waiouru. 



243. 0. drosochalca Meyr., Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond. 1905, 242. 



Wellington, Otira River. 



244. O. porphyritis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, 176. 



Otira River, Dunedin, Invercargill. Larva on Podocarpus totara. 



245. O. chlorocoma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, 175. 



Christchurch. Larva on Carmichaelia australis. 



246. O. prasinodes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, 176. 



Christchurch, Wainuiomata, Greymouth. 



61. Plutella Schranck. 



Plutella Schranck, Faun. Boic. ii, 169 (1802) ; type, porrectella Linn. 



Basal joint of antennae with dense pecten. Labial palpi with second 

 joint tufted beneath. Forewings with 7 and 8 separate. Hindwings with 

 3 and 4 connate or somewhat approximated. 



A small cosmopolitan genus. 



247. P. megalynta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1914, 203. 



Wellington. 



248. P. sera Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1885, 178. 



Whangarei, Taranaki, Palmerston, Makatoku, Christchurch ; 

 also common in Australia and India, Probably artificially intro- 

 duced. 



249. P. antiphona Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 576. 



Wellington. 



250. P. psammochroa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, 179. 



Otira River; also occurs in Australia. 



251. P. maculipennis Curt., Brit. Ent. pi. 420 ; cruciferarum Zell., Meyr. 



Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1885, 177. 



Cambridge, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Bealey 

 River, Lake Wakatipu, doubtless universal ; Kermadec Islands. 

 Occurs throughout the world, being the most cosmopolitan of the 

 Lepidoptera. Larva on cabbage, turnip, and other Cruciferae. 



