30 



Genus 5. Lycena, Fabricius. 

 lingers Mag. VI., p. 285 (1808). 



9. Lyc^na Oxleyi. 



Lvcaena O.xleyi, Fdder, Reise der Novara, Lep. II., p. 280, 

 «. 354; js^. 35,/. 6 (1865). 



New Zealand {Colenso). B.M. 



Section Hetekocera, Boisduval. 



Tribe 1. Sphingii, Walker. 



Family 3. Sphingid^, Walker. 



lep.ffct.YIll.,p. 76 (1856). 



Genus 6. Sphinx, Linnaeus. 

 Syst.Nat. 1,2, p. 796 (1766j. 



10. Sphinx Convolvuli (var. S. distam). Tab. 9. fig. 11. 



Sphinx Convolvuli, Linnmus, Syst. Nat. 1, 2, p. 789, n. 6 

 (1766) ; White, in Taylor's New Zealand and its inhabitants, 

 pi. l,f. 13 (1855). 



Sphinx Convolvuli, var. y. Walker, Lep. Hct. VIII., 

 p. 213 (1856). 



New Zealand (Sinelair and Bolton). Type. B.M. 



This form, if it proves to be constant, wiU certainly rank 

 HS.a distinct species from (S*. Convolvuli; it is altogether 

 smaller, darker, less tinted with rosy on the body, and lias 

 the markings on primaries more confused ; the figure in 

 Taylor's New Zealand is, like his other figures very poor, 

 and gives but a vague idea of the species. 



Tribe 2. Bombycites, Latreille. 



Family 5. Lithosiid.^, Stephens. 

 m. Brit. Ent. Haust. II., p. 88 (1829). 



Genus 8. Nyctemera, Hiibner. 

 Verz. bek Schmett,p. 178 (1816). 



12. Nyctemera annulata. 



Leptosoma annulatum, Boisduval, Voy. de V Astrolabe, 

 pi. 5,/. 9 (1853) ; Doubleday, Dieff. N. Zeal. II., App.,p. 284, 

 n. 115 (1843). 



Nyctemera Doubledayi, Walker, Lep. Het. II., p. 392 

 n. 2 (1854) ; White in Taylor's New Zealand and its 

 inhabitants, jyl. \,f. 12 (1855). 



New Zealand {Colenso, Sinclair, Parry & Ross). 



Type. B.M. 



The generic name Leptosoma being already preoccupied 

 in Coleoptera (1819) ; Crustacea (1826) ; Pisces (1827) ; 

 and the name Leptosomus having also been iised in Aves 

 (1816) and Coleoptera (1826) ; I think we have sufficient 

 ground for rejecting it in favour of Nyctemera (Hiibner) 

 Walker ; whether all the species of Nyctemera are con- 

 generic or not, is a question that can only be settled by a 

 careful examination of all the structural characters, but I 

 am inclined to suspect that they are not. 



" The larvae are black hairy caterpillars, which do not 

 seem to be at all particular as to what they eat, for they 

 seem to devour indiscriminately the grass and other small 

 herbage." " There are probably two broods a year, for the 

 moths from the early brood come out about the end of 

 November and beginning of December." (A. Bathgate, 

 Trans. Proc. N. Zeal. Inst. III., p. 140 (1871). 



The larvae of N. annulata are according to Mr. Fereday 

 (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 4, p. 218) common on a species of 

 ragwort. 



Family 4. ^geriidyE, Stephens. 

 //;. Brit. Ent. Haust. f am. 8 (1829). 



Genus 7. ^geria, Fabricius. 

 Illiger's Mag. \I.,p. 289 (1808). 



11. ^geria Tipuliformis. 



Sphinx Tipuliformis, Linn., Faun. Succ.,jj. 289, n. 1096. 



Setia Tipuliformis, {sic). Fab., Ent. Syst. III., I, ^x 385, 

 «. 21 (1793). 



Sesia Tipuliformis, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. II., ^j. 119, n. 25 ; 

 )>'■ t52,/. 2. 



>(Egeria Tipuliformis, Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. Haust. 1., 

 IK 142 (1829). 



Trochilium Tipuliforme, Newman, Ent. Mag. I., p. 78. 



Sphinx Salmachus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 493, 

 n. 30. 



( 'hristchurch {Fereday). 



Bred liy Mr. Fereday from currant-bushes at Christchurch, 

 and su])posed by him to have been imported with them 

 into New Zealand (Phit. Mo. Mag. VI., p. 146). 



Family 6. Drepanulid.^, Walker. 

 Lep. Het. Y.,p. 1158, fain. 7 (1855). 



Genus 9. Morova, Walker. 

 Lep. Hct. Supp>l. II., p. 523 (1865). 



13. MOROVA SUBFASCIATA. 



Morova subfasciata. Walker, Lep. Hct. Suppl. II., p. 523 

 (1865). 



Auckland {Oxley). 



The type is probably in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



Family 7. Hepialid.?:, Stephens. 

 ni. Brit. Ent. Haust. II., p. 3 (1829). 



Genus 10. Charagia, Walker. 

 Lep. Het. Yll.,p. 1569, ^m. 8 (1856). 



14. Charagia virescens. 



Hepialus virescens, Douhleday, Dieff. N. Zeal. 11. App., 



