492 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



roughly haired beneath ; posterior tibias clothed with rather short 

 rough hairs. Porewings with vein 7 to apex, 2 from distinctly 

 before angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 bent and approxi- 

 mated to 4 at base. 



This and the following genus are closely allied, and are both 

 restricted to New Zealand, where there can be no doubt that both 

 have developed from a common ancestor, which must itself have 

 been very nearly allied to Hoplitica, of which both genera preserve 

 the exact neuration and other essential characters ; both differ 

 from Hoplifica and its allies in the very short ciliations of the 

 antennae, and JSfympliostola also in the loose tuft of the palpi, as 

 well as other minor characters. The cilia of the hindwings are 

 unusually short, and the abdomen is not dilated. 



54. NympJi. galactina, Feld. 



(CryptoUcJiia yalactina, Feld., Eeis. Nov. PI. cxl., 34.) 



Media, alis ant. niveis, puncto disci postico nigro, venis omnibus 

 punctis minimis griseis notatis ; post, niveis. 



Conspicuously distinct by its white colour ; when fresh, faintly 

 tinged with greenish. 



Hamilton and Dunediu, New Zealand, in January ; rather 

 common. 



13. Proteodes, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts large, spreading. 

 Antennae in male moderate, somewhat serrate towards apex, very 

 shortly ciliated (i), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Palpi 

 moderately long, second joint reaching base of antennae, thickened 

 with appressed scales, rather rough beneath, terminal joint much 

 shorter than second, rather stout, slightly rough anteriorly. 

 Thorax smooth. Porewings somewhat oblong, moderately broad, 

 apex obtusely rounded, hindmargin not oblique. Hindwings as 

 broad as f orewings, ovate, rounded, cilia i. Abdomen moderate. 



