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1. Phycitidae, 



Maxillary palpi not triangular. Forewings with vein 7 absent. Hind- 

 wings with defined pecten of hairs on lower margin of cell. 



A very large and highly developed family of recent origin, barely repre- 

 sented in New Zealand ; it is not improbable that none of the three species 

 is truly indigenous. 



1. Sporophyla Meyr. 



Sporophyla Meyr., Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond., 1905, 224 ; type, oenospora 

 Meyr. 



Tongue developed. Antennae in (^ simple, shortly ciliated. Labial 

 palpi moderately long, obliquely ascending, second joint much thickened 

 with dense scales, terminal joint short, obtuse. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 

 Forewings with 4 absent, 3 and 5 connate, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings 

 with 2 almost from angle, 4 absent, 3 and 5 stalked, 6 and 7 connate, 

 8 closely approximated to cell and anterior portion of 7. 



The single species is apparently endemic, but I think it may prove to be 

 derived from Tasmania. The genus is nearly allied to the following. 



1. S. oenospora Meyr., Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond., 1897, 388. 



Castle Hill, Dunedin. 



2. Crocydopora Meyr. 



Crocydopora Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1882, 158 ; type, 

 cinigerella Walk. 



Tongue developed. Antennae in d* ciliated, with large tuft of scales 

 in a sinuation at base. Labial palpi long, stout, densely scaled, porrected, 

 terminal joint short, obtuse. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Forewings 

 with 4 absent, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with 2 almost from angle, 

 4 absent, 3 and 5 stalked, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 closely approximated to cell 

 and anterior portion of 7. 



Includes only the following species, which is doubtless of Australian 

 origin, and probably recently introduced into New Zealand. 



2. C. cinigerella Walk., Cat., 35, 1719 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1888, 



72 : stenopterella Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1878, 200. 



Whangarei, Nelson. Common and widely distributed in Australia. 



3. Homoeosoma Curt. 



Homoeosoma Curt., Ent. Mag., 1, 190 (1833) ; type, sinuella Fab. 



Tongue developed. Antennae in (^ ciliated, with a notch above basal 

 joint. Labial palpi moderately long, arched, ascending with appressed. 

 scales, terminal joint rather short, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 moderate, loosely scaled. Forewings with 4 and 5 stalked, 9 absent. Hind- 

 wings with cell not nearly reaching middle, 4 absent, 3 and 5 approximated 

 or connate, 7 anastomosing with 8 to near apex. 



A cosmopolitan genus, but not numerous in species. As I have now 

 undoubted examples of vagella from New Zealand, including an unusually 

 large and strongly marked specimen, I am disposed to regard my anaspila 

 as an obscure form of that species ; but the point deserves further investiga- 

 tion. Larvae of this genus usually feed in heads of Compositae. 



