BY E. METEICK, B.A. 493 



Posterior tibiaa clothed with rather short rough hairs. Forewings 

 with vein 7 to apex, 2 from before angle of cell. Hindwings with 

 vein 5 bent and approximated to 4 at base. 



Xearlv allied to N't/mpJiosfola, from which it is distinguished 

 by the structure of the palpi, of which the second joint is 

 untufted, and the terminal joint considerably shorter than the 

 second. 



55. Prot. carnifex^ Butl. 



fCryptolecliia carnifex, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 406; 

 Cryptolechia rivfosparsa, ibid. 406.) 



Media, alis ant. griseo-ochreis vel flavis, interdum ferrugineis, 

 costa f erruginea, linea perobliqua punctoque disci obscuris griseis, 

 venis omnibus punctis crebris griseis notatis ; post, albis, apice 

 leviter griseo. 



Very variable in colouring and intensity. 



Christchurch and Mount Hutt, New Zealand, in March and 

 April ; a common autumnal species. 



14. HoPLiTiCA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts moderately large, closely 

 appressed. Antennse in male moderately stout, moderately and 

 evenly ciliated (1), basal joint rather stout, without pecten ol* 

 with two or three fugitive hair-scales. Palpi rather long, second 

 joint exceeding base of antennse, thickened with appressed scales, 

 terminal joint hardly shorter than second, rather stout, strongly 

 recurved. Thorax smooth. Eorewings somewhat oblong, 

 moderately broad, apex obtusely or acutely angled, hindmargin 

 perpendicular or oblique. Hindwings somewhat narrower than 

 forewings, oblong-ovate, hindmargin sinuate beneath apex, cilia 

 \. Abdomen broadly dilated, somewhat flattened, strongly 

 margined. Middle tibiae with dense loose hairs ; posterior tibiae 

 clothed with rather short loose hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to 



