2 40 Transactions . 



89. Titanomis Meyr. 



Titanomis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx, 104 (1888) ; type, sisyrota 

 Meyr. 



Head shortly rough-haired ; tongue well developed. Labial palpi 

 moderate, subascending, second joint shortly rough-scaled beneath, terminal 

 joint short, stout. Maxillary palpi long, folded. Thorax with slight crest, 

 densely short-haired beneath. Forewings with 3 and 4 stalked, 7 to termen. 

 Hindwings over 1, oblong-ovate. 



Endemic. 



317. T. sisyrota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 104. 



Otaki, Nelson. 



90. Taleporia Hub. 



Taleporia Hub., Verz. 400 (1826) ; type, pseudobombycella Hub. 



Head rough. Labial palpi moderate, porrected. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Forewings with 7 to termen, 7 and 8 sometimes stalked. Hind- 

 wings elongate-ovate, 2-7 separate. Female apterous. 



A small European genus. Larvae feed on lichens. 



318. T. scoriota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1908, 16. 



Wellington, Invercargill. 



319. T. aphrosticha Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1911, 123. 



Hump Ridge (3,500 ft.). 



91. Mallobathra Meyr. 



Mallobathra Meyr., Trans. [N.Z. Inst, xx, 102 (1888) ; type, 

 crataea Meyr. 



Head loosely haired. Labial palpi moderate or. short, porrected. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Forewings, with 6 seldom absent, 7 to termen, 

 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings elongate-ovate, 6 sometimes stalked with 7 

 or absent. Female winged. 



Endemic. 



320. M. microphanes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 103. 



Christchurch, Dunedin. 



321. M. araneosa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. .1913, 117. 



Ben Lomond and The Hump, 2,000-3,000 ft. 



322. M. globulosa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1913, 117. 



Invercargill. 



323. M. metrosema Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 103. 



Christchurch. 



324. M. lapidosa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1913, 117. 



Wellington. 



325. M. crataea Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 102. 



Mount Arthur (4,000 ft.), Invercargill. 



326. M. homalopa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1890, 100. 



Wellington. 



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