222 Transactions. 



38. Vanicela Walk. 



Vanicela Walk.. Cat. xxx, 1039 (1864) ; type, disjunctella Walk. 



Antennae in <$ with long ciliations, basal joint dilated to form an eye-cap. 

 Anterior legs thickened with scales. Hindwings with 4 present. 

 There are three other species in eastern Australia. 



158. V. disjunctella Walk., Cat, xxx, 1039 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 



166. 



Wbangarei, Auckland, Taranaki, Palmerston, Masterton, Wel- 

 lington, Nelson. 



39. Stathmopoda Staint. 



StatJunopoda Staint., Ins. Brit, Tin. 227 (1854) ; type, pedella Linn. 

 Boocara Butl., Cist. Ent. ii, 562 (1880) ; type, shelloni Butl. 



Antennae in <$ with long ciliations. Hindwings with 4 present. 

 A large genus, especially characteristic of the Indian and Australian 

 regions. 



159. S. caminora Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1889, 219. 



Wellington. 



160. S. campi/locJta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 168. 



Wellington, Dunedin. 



161. S. holochra Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 168. 



Wellington. 



162. S.jusilis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1913, 111. 



Wellington. 



163. S. phlegyra Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 168. 



Kaeo, Auckland, Taranaki, Palmerston, Wanganui, Wellington. 



164. S. shelloni Butl., Cist. Ent, ii, 562 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 169. 



Taranaki, Palmerston, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson. Christchurch, 

 Dunedin, Lake Wakatipu, Invercargill. 



165. S. aposema Meyr., Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond. 1901, 575. 



Auckland. 



166. S. plumbiflua Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1910, 75. 



Invercargill. 



167. S. mysteriastis Meyr., Trans. Ent, Soc, Lond. 1901, 575. 



Auckland, Wellington. 



40. Pachyrhabda Meyr. 



Pachi/rhabda Meyr., Proc, Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales xxii, 312 (1897) ; 

 type, steropodes Meyr. 



Antennae in £ stout, simple. Hindwings with 4 absent. 

 Includes a few species from India, Australia, and Africa. 



168. P. epichlora Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 169. 



Auckland, Wellington, Otira River. 



169. P. antinoma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1909. 72. 



Kermadec Islands. This widely distributed species, which ranges 

 from India to eastern Australia, may perhaps occur in the North 

 Island. 



