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Trct'n'Sactions. 



3. H. vagella Zell., Isis, 1848, 863 ; Meyr., ^f ^- ^^^^.i^,^^:,^-^-^-' ^^^^' 

 214 : anasvila Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond 1901, 566. 



Kermadec Islands, Waipukurau, Cliristcliurcli, InvercargiU. Com- 

 mon throughout Australia. 



2. Galleriadae. 



Maxillary palpi not triangular. Forewings with 8 and 9 out of 7. Hind- 

 win ^s with defined pecten of hairs on lower margin of ceil. 



i rather s^allimily of general distribution, but only represented in 

 New Zealand by one artificially introduced species. 



4. Meliphora Guen. 

 Melivhora Guen., Eur. Micr. Ind., 70 (1845) ; type, OriseU^J^h. 

 Achroia Hiib., Verz., 163 (1826) (praeocc.) ; type, gnsella Fab. 

 Labial palpi very short, m <S ascending, in $ porrected. /ovewmg^ 

 with 4 and 5 stalked, 10 absent. Hmdwmgs in ^ with long dorsal hair 

 with 4 and o sta anastomosmg with 8 to beyond middle. 



^^^'^::^:s\s;^ ^ European'ongm, but has been carried 

 by man over a large part of the world. 



4. M. gnsella Fab., Ent. Syst., 3, 289 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1888, 

 7^ • niyfirpllM Walk., Cat. 28, 483. 



Nefs n Christchu'rch. Widely distributed m Australia, and occur. 

 als7in Europe, central Asia, and North America. Larva on wax 

 m Lehives, to which it is often very mjurious ; also on dried apples. 



3. Crambidae. 

 T 1 ■ 1 „,l„i n-iiallv verv long, straigM, porrected, loosely rough-scaled, 

 attetaMwaX Vaifllarf palp, 'well developed, strongly tmngula. 

 FtrewTngs w"h 7 separate or out of 9. Hindwmgs w.th defined pecten 



""Tu^Vrrrrt.^gtln.ly, .ound everywhere, but spe.,al.y P- 

 n^inent „?Kew Zealand where tWco^^^^^^^^^^ 



5a5H^i£irglr§r^^?^.s^^^t 



virtually absent. 



5. Orocrambus Meyr. 



Orocrar«bus Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1886, 133 ; type, ,,,,Umpelrm 

 Meyr. , , 



ni. r,.v. of Crambus but with the under-surface of thorax and coxae 

 M^^^^^o^^^ with dense rough hairs, except towarda 



^^'In interestmg endemic genus, derived from Crm.hus. 



5. 0. .nela>uveirns Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1885, 133 ; N.Z. Journ. 

 ^'k!t'leHill Mount Hutt, Arthur's Pass ; 3,000-5,000 ft. Hampson 



furnished by myself as an abstract of my paper. 



