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apex beneath. Maxillary palpi long, folded. Forewings with all veins 

 present, 7 separate. Hind wings ovate-lanceolate ; 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to 

 termen. 



Endemic. 



280. E. melichrysa Mevr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1880, 257 ; Trans. 



N.Z. Inst, 1908/16. 



Whangarei, Auckland, Kaeo, Nelson, Dunedin, Invercargill. 



281. E. derogatella Walk., Cat. xxviii, 485. 



Auckland, Masterton, Wellington, Christchurch, Invercargill. 



16. TlNEIDAE. 



Head usually rough ; tongue usually absent, Labial palpi porrected 

 or subascending, more or less obtuse. Maxillary palpi often long, folded. 

 Forewings with 7 usually to costa, separate. Hind wings elongate-ovate 

 or lanceolate ; 2—4 usually remote, parallel, 5 and 6 sometimes stalked, 

 7 separate. 



A very large family of universal distribution, but relatively most numerous 

 in Africa. The larvae usually feed on dead wood, lichens, refuse, &c. 



74. Endophthora Meyr. 



Endophthora Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst, xx, 93 (1888) ; type, omo- 

 gramma Meyr. 



Head rough. Maxillary palpi long, folded. Forewings with 2 and 3 

 connate from angle, 4 absent. Hindwings lanceolate ; cell open between 

 3 and 4, 5 and 6 stalked. 



Endemic, as now restricted. 



282. E. omogramma Meyr., Trans. X.Z. Inst. 1887, 94. 



Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Mount Arthur. 



75. Crypsitricha n.g. 



Head rough. Basal joint of antennae rather dilated, with pecten. Labial 

 palpi rather long, subascending, second joint with appressed scales, terminal 

 joint shorter than second, slender. Maxillary palpi long, folded. Forewings 

 with all veins present ; on lower surface with fringe of short hairs on vein 16 

 in disc, Hindwings lanceolate. 



Type, mesotypa Meyr. Besides the following there is one Australian 

 species. 



283. C. stereota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1913, 114. 



Auckland. 



284. C. pharotoma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 94. 



Whangarei, Palmerston, Christchurch. 



285. C. agriopa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 95. 



Wellington. 



286. C. mesotypa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 94. 



Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Lake Wakatipu, Invercargill. 



287. C. roseata Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1912, 28. 



Wadestown, Wainuiomata. 



