224 '' Transactions. 



45. Heliostibes Zell. 



Heliostibes Zell., Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien xxiv, 434 (1874) ; 

 type, maihewi Zell. 



Labial palpi with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 acute. Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex. 



Besides the following only one Chilian species is known. 



174. H. callispora Meyr., Exot. Micr. i, 41 ; Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1912, 27. 



Wellington. 



175. H. electrica Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 157. 



Nelson, Mount Arthur (4,700 ft.), Invercargill, Lake Tekapo. 



176. H. atychioides Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 405, pi. xliii, 14 ; 



Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 83. 



Whangarei, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch. 



177. H. illita Feld., Eeis. Nov. pi. cxl, 32 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 83. 



Nelson, Dunedin. 



46. Simaethis Leach. 

 Simaethis Leach, Edin. Encycl. ix, 135 (1815) ; type, jabriciana Linn. 

 Labial palpi with second joint more or less roughly scaled, terminal 

 joint shorter, thickened with scales, obtuse. Forewings with 7 to termen. 

 A considerable genus, most numerous within the tropics. 



178. S. exocha Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1906, 121. 



Lake Wakatipu. 



179. S. zomeuta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1911, 121. 



Mount Arthur (4,600 ft.). 



180. S. combinatana Walk., Cat. xxviii, 456 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 



Wales 1880, 213 ; Huds., Ent. M. Mag. 1890, 22 : abstitella Walk., 

 Cat, xxx, 997. 



Wellington. Larva on Senecio bellidioides. 



181. S. coif ota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1910, 67. 



Invercargill. 



182. S. iochondra Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1910, 77. 



Mount Holdsworth (3,000 ft.). 



183. S. symbolaea Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1887, 85. 



Arthur's Pass. 



184. S. ministra Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1911, 121. 



Mount Holdsworth. 



185. S. marmarea Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1887, 85. 



Lake Wakatipu. 



186. S. analoga Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1911, 122. 



Mount Arthur (4,000 ft.). 



187. S. mdcrolitha Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 84 ; ibid. 1911, 122. 



Castle Hill, Arthur's Pass. 



188. S. antigrapha Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1910, 76. 



Wellington. 



189. 8. barbigera Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1914, 203. 



Hunter Mountains. 



