88 T idiisactions. 



above and beneath, sometimes tufted beneath, terminal short. Thorax 

 without crest. Forewings 7 separate, to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 

 4 long-stalked or coincident, 5 closely approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 

 approximated towards base. 



A genus of moderate extent and wide distribution, but principally 

 Australian ; two of the New Zealand species occur also in Australia. 



74. 8. charopa Me^'r., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1887, p. 73. 



Whangarei, Auckland. 



75. ^S'. dolopaea Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 232. 



Wellington. 



76. ;S'. parthenia Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1887, p. 73. 



Auckland. 



77. ;S'. zopherana Meyr., Proc Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1881, p. 688 ; Trans. N.Z. 



Inst., 1882, p. 64. 



Hamilton, Wellington, C'hristchurch, Dunedin. Also in Aus- 

 tralia. 



78. S. emplasta Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 190L p. 571. 



Invercargill. 



79. S. chaophila Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1908. p. 10. 



Wellington. 



-80. >S'. ejectana Walk., Cat., vol. 28, p. 350 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 

 1881, p. 681 ; Trans. N.Z. List., 1882"^ p. 63 : servilisana Walk., 

 Cat., vol. 28, p. 356 : saxana, ib., p. 357 : ligniferana, ib., p. 363. 



Hamilton, Palmerston, Wellington, Christchurch, Lake Waka- 

 tipu. Also common and widely distributed in Australia. Larva 

 amongst spun leaves and shoots of Kunzca capitata and Darwinia 

 fasciculata. 



16. Eucosma Hb. 



Eucosma Hb., Zutr. Exot. Schm., p. 28 (1823) ; type, circulana. 

 Epihhma Hb., Verz., p. 365 (1826) ; type, foenella. Protithona 

 Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1882, p. 62 ; type, fugitivana. Exoria 

 Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1882, p. 65 ; type, mochlophorana. 

 Parienia Berg., Com. Mus. Buen. Air., vol. 1, p. 78 (1899) ; type, 

 inocJilophorana. 



Antennae in ^ ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint with 

 "dense rough projecting scales above and beneath, terminal short. Thorax 

 without crest. Forewings with 7 separate, to termen. Hindwings with 

 3 and 4 usually stalked, sometimes connate or coincident, 5 approximated 

 to 4 at base, 6 and 7 approximated towards base. 



A very extensive genus, but principally characteristic of the Northern 

 Hemisphere. The full generic synonymy includes a large )iuniber of addi- 

 tional names. 



81. E. viochlopliorand Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1882. p. 65. 



Rakaia, Lumsden. 



82. E. aphrias Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1901. j). 578. 



Invercargill. 

 .;83. E. jiKjitivana Meyr., Tran^-. N.Z. Inst., 1882, p. (52. 

 Lake Coleridtic. 



