82 NEW ZEALAND MACRO-LEPIDOPTEBA. 



Of this extensive family we have nine genera represented in New Zealand : — 

 1. Selidosema. 4. Sestea. 7. Azelina. 



'2. Hybeenia. 5. Gonophylla. 8. Ipana. 



3. Chalastka. 6. Deepanodes. 9. Declana. 



Genus 1.— SELIDOSEMA, Hb. 



" Face with appressed or shortly projecting scales. Tongue developed. Antennae in male bi- 

 pectinated, towards apex simple. Palpi rough-scaled. Thorax sometimes crested posteriorly, hairy 

 beneath. Femora nearly glabrous ; posterior tibia? in male dilated. Fore-wings in male with fovea ; 

 vein 10 sometimes connected with 9, 11 sometimes out of 10 near base only, or if separate, sometimes 

 anastomosing with 12." — (Meyrick.) (Plate II., figs. 59 and 60, neuration of Selidosema dejectaria.) 



This genus is universally distributed and of considerable extent. We have nine 

 species in New Zealand. 



SELIDOSEMA FENEEATA, Feld. 

 (Rhyparia fencrata, Feld. exxxi. 7. Zylobam fenerata, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii. 498. Meyr., Trans. N. Z. 



Inst. xvi. 97.) 

 (Plate VIII. , fig. 50 $, 51 2.) 



This species is common, and generally distributed throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about D inches. The fore-wings of the male are very pale 

 ochreous-brown ; there is a double jagged transverse line near the base, a single jagged line a little 

 before the middle, and a double one a little beyond the middle ; an almost continuous jagged line near 

 the termen. The hind-wings are very pale ochreous, almost white; their outline is peculiar ; the 

 dorsum is very short, the termen very long, first oblique and then rounded with a small projection 

 midway between the apex and the tornus. The female has the fore-wings pale grey, and the hind- 

 wings dull white ; the markings resemble those of the male, but the outline of the hind-wing is 

 of the usual form. 



This insect varies slightly in the depth of its colouring. It may be distinguished 

 from the allied species by the peculiar outline of the hind-wings in the male, and by 

 the pale grey colouring of the female. 



The perfect insect appears from October till March and is very common. It has 

 a great liking for the faded fronds of tree-ferns, from which specimens may often be 

 dislodged. Both sexes are very abundant at various blossoms during the evening, and 

 are also attracted by light. The female is sometimes observed in the winter months, 

 and probably hibernates. 



SELIDOSEMA EUDIATA, Walk. 



(Cidaria rudiata, Walk. 1420. Boarmia astrapia, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xxii. 218. Boarmia rudiata, 



Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst, xxiii. 101.) 



(Plate IX., fig. 1<? , 2? .) 



This species is fairly common in the neighbourhood of Wellington, and has 

 occurred at Dunedin, and at Stewart Island. It is probably generally distributed 

 throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings of the male is H inches, of the female If inches. The fore-wings 

 are very pale ochreous-brown ; there are two interrupted jagged transverse lines near the base ; a 

 single very indistinct line in the middle ; a double, nearly continuous jagged transverse line beyond 

 the middle; a double jagged line near the termen completely interrupted in the middle; there is 

 generally a dark patch on the termen just below the apex of the wing. The hind-wings are very 

 pale ochreous. There is a series of black dots on the termen of both fore-wings and hind-wings, 

 and the termen of the hind-wing is slightly indented. 



This species varies a good deal in size ; the specimens from Stewart Island are 



