232 Transactions. 



Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Forewings with 3 and 4 absent, 9 absent. 

 Hindwings lanceolate ; 3 and 4 absent. 

 Contains only the following species. 



257. C. eustyla Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 164. 



Christchurch ; also occurs in Tasmania. 



65. Opogona Zell. 



Opogona Zell., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxvi, 507 (1853) ; type, 

 dimidiatella Zell. Lozoslonia Staint., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 

 v, 124 (1860) ; type, flavqfasciata Staint. 



Head smooth, with raised fillet between antennae. Basal joint of 

 antennae very long, flattened, concave beneath. Labial palpi moderately 

 long, porrected, diverging. Maxillary palpi long, folded. Forewings with 

 6-8 stalked. Hindwings lanceolate. 



A considerable genus, widely distributed in warm regions. The larvae 

 feed on dry vegetable matter. 



258. 0. comptella Walk., Cat. xxx, 1007 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 



1897, 416. 



Nelson. Common in south-east Australia, whence it must have 

 been accidentally introduced. 



259. 0. aurisquamosa Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii, 403. 



Kermadec Islands ; also in Hawaiian, Marquesas, and Society 

 Islands. Bred from sugar-cane, &c. 



66. Hieroxestis Meyr. 



Hieroxestis Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1892, 567 ; type, 

 omoscopa Meyr. Amphixystis Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 1901, 576 ; type, hapsimacha Meyr. 



Head smooth, with raised fillet between antennae and tuft of hairs 

 behind it. Basal joint of antennae very long, flattened, concave beneath. 

 Labial palpi moderately long, subascending, diverging. Maxillary palpi 

 long, folded. Forewings with 6-8 stalked. Hindwings lanceolate. 



Attains some development in Indian and African regions. 



260. H. omoscopa Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1892, 567. 



Kaeo, Waikino ; also in Australia and South Africa, the latter 

 country being apparently its home. Has been bred from cork, with 

 which it is probably introduced. 



261. H. hapsimacha Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 577. 



Kaeo, Wellington. 



67. Eugennaea n.g. 



Head rough. Basal joint of antennae somewhat dilated. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, porrected, second joint with projecting scales beneath 

 towards apex, terminal joint shorter than second, loosely scaled, somewhat 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi long, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae clothed 

 with hairs. Forewings with 4 absent, 6 almost to apex, 7 absent. Hind- 

 wings elongate-ovate ; 2-4 parallel, 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to termen, 7 parallel. 



Endemic. Differs from Decadarchis by 6 of hindwings running]|to 

 termen. 



