62 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Declana, Walk. 

 I am rather disposed to think that the genera Detunda, 

 Walk., and Epicasis, Meyr., ought to be merged in Declana : 

 the neuration varies in each species, and to a certain extent 

 within the limits of the species, and is probably here to be 

 regarded as of specific value only ; the genus would be 

 sufficiently recognisable as a whole by the peculiar palpi. But 

 I have not been able to examine many individuals, and shall 

 be glad if others would look into the question. 



Gonophylla, Meyr. 

 Gon. nelsonaria, Feld. 

 Also from Wellington. 



Chalastea, Walk. 

 Chal. pelurgata, Walk. 

 Also from Whangarei, Wellington, and Nelson, in December. 



Azelina, Gn. 

 The genus Stratocleis, Meyr., is not sufficiently distinct from 

 this, and should be united with it. 



Azel. gallaria, Walk. 

 Also from Wellington and Dunedin, in November and 

 January. 



Azel. fortinata, Gn. 



Also from Wellington and Dunedin, in December. 



Dbepanodes, Gn. 

 Drop, muriferata, Walk. 

 Also from Whangarei, Wellington, and Nelson, in December 

 and January. 



Art. XIII. — Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina. 

 By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 6th October, 1887.] 



PYRALIDID^E. 



Diplopseustis, Meyr. 



Ocelli present, concealed. Antenmp in male moderately 

 ciliated. Labial palpi long, second joint porrected, rough-scaled, 



