Meyrick.— Revision of New Zealand Tineina. 227 



wings with costal stigmatium between 11 and 12,V7 and Separate or stalked, 

 7 to termen. Hindwings elongate-ovate or lanceolate ; 4 absent. 



A considerable family, generally distributed, but almost absent from 

 New Zealand. 



50. Zelleria Staint. 



Zelleria Staint., Cat. Brit. Tin. 22 (1849) ; type, hepariella Staint. 

 Hofmannia Wocke, Hein. Scbmett. Deutscb. ii (2), 644 (1877) ; 

 type, saxifragae Staint. Gircostola Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxi, 

 163 (1889) ; type, copidota Meyr. 



Head rough on crown. Hindwings lanceolate. 

 Of moderate extent and generally distributed. 



218. Z. copidota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 163. 



Wellington, Nelson, Otira Eiver, Lake Wakatipu. 



219. Z. sphenota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1888, 162. 



Cbristcburcb. 



51. Hyponomeuta Latr. 

 Hyponomeuta Latr., Gen. Crust. Ins. iv, 222 (1796). 



Head with appressed scales. Hindwings elongate-ovate. 

 Includes about fifty species, generally distributed. 



220. H. cuprea Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond. 1901, 575. 



Wellington, Lake Wakatipu. 



11. Gracilariadae. 



Head with appressed scales. Antennae 1 or over 1. Labial palpi 

 slender, ascending, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform, 

 porrected. Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked or separate. Hindwings lanceo- 

 late or linear. 



An extensive family of general distribution. 



52. Acrocercops Wall. 



Acrocercops Wall., Ent, Tidskr. ii, 95 (1881) ; type, brongniardella 

 Fab. Conopomorpha Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, xviii, 183 (1886) ; 

 type, cyanospila Meyr. 



Middle tibiae not thickened ; posterior tibiae with series of projecting 

 bristly scales above. 



A large genus, principally developed in the Indo-Australian region. The 

 larvae usually mine blotches in leaves. 



221. A. cyanospila Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1885, 183. 



Taranaki, Palmerston, Masterton, Makatoku, Wellington. 



53. Parectopa Clem. 



Parectopa Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1860, 210 ; type, 

 lespedezifoliella Clem. 



Middle tibiae not thickened ; posterior tibiae without bristly scales. 

 Of considerable extent and generally distributed. 



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