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dilated with, scales towards apex. Tibial outer spurs in (^ very short, in ? 

 half inner. 



Besides the following, Snellen attributes to this genus a species from 

 Java which I do not know. The generic name Adena Walk, is strictly 

 preoccupied, having been used as a correction of Hadena ; for this reason 

 Butler proposed to substitute Deana, but as there was already a genus 

 Deanea the suggestion was not a happy one ; in these circumstances it 

 seems better to retain Nesarcha, which has been generally adopted. 



83. N. hybrealis Walk., Cat., 18, 797 (hybreasalis) : paronalis, ibid., 797 : 



xantliialis, ibid., 27, 198. 



Auckland, Palmereton, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin. 



21. Mecyna Steph. 

 Mecyna Steph., List Brit. Mus., 5, 240 (1850) ; type, folygonalis 

 Hiib. Mnesictena Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, 328; 

 type, marmarina Meyr. 

 Antennae f. Labial palpi long or rather long, porrected, second joint 

 triangularly expanded with projecting scales, terminal joint more or less 

 concealed. Maxillary palpi dilated with scales towards apex. Tibial outer 

 spurs half inner. Hindwings with some loose hairs on and beneath median 

 vein, but without defined pecten. 



A small genus, of wide distribution ; the New Zealand species are of 

 South American affinity, except the first. 



84. M. maorialis Feld., Reis. Novar., pi. 134, 34. 



Auckland, Napier, Wanganui, Nelson, Christchurch. This is 



nearly allied to a group of similar species extending through Europe, 



'the Indo-Malayan region, and Australia, and has formerly been 



supposed identical with one or other of them, but is now regarded 



as distinct. Larva on Sophora tetraptera. 



85. M. daiclealis Walk., Cat., 19, 1017 {daidesalis) ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 



Inst., 1889, 155. 



Wellington, Dunedin. 



86. M. notata Butl., Cist. Ent., 2, 493. 



Arthur's Pass, Dunedin. 



87. M. flavidalis Doubl., Dieff. N.Z., 2, 287 : quadralis, ibid., 288 : dip- 



sasalis Walk., Cat., 18, 796 : otagaUs Feld., Eeis. Novar., pi. 134, 35. 

 North and South Islands, up to 4,000 ft. Common and variable. 



88. M. panfheropa Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1902, 277. 



Chatham Islands. 



89. M. marmarina Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, 329. 



Auckland, Palmerston, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin ; also 

 in the Chatham Islands. 



22. Proteroeca Meyr. 



Proteroeca Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, 335 ; type, comastis 

 Meyr. 

 Forehead with slight conical prominence. Antennae f , in o fasciculate- 

 ciliated. Labial palpi porrected, clothed with long rough projecting hairs, 

 terminal joint penicillate, partially concealed. Maxillary palpi filiform, 

 apex penicillate. Tibial outer spurs more than half inner. 

 Contains only the following species. 



