46 Transaetiont. 



26. Diplopseustis Meyr. 



Diflofseustis Meyr., Trans, Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, 284 ; type, 

 perieralis 5Valk. 



Labial palpi rather long, porrected, second joint with dense rather short 

 projecting scales, forming a short apical tuft beneath, terminal joint 

 moderate, slender, obliquely ascending. Maxillary palpi moderate, tri- 

 angularly dilated with scales. Forewings with 4 and 5 stalked. Hind- 

 wings with 4 and 5 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Perhaps contains only the following species. 



181. D. perieralis Walk., Cat., 19, 958 (perieresalis) : minima Butl., Proc. 



Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880, 684 ; Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, 

 285 ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1888, 63. 



Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch. Also common in eastern 

 Australia, and occurs in Fiji, Formosa, Borneo, and Assam. It 

 occurs near towns, and is probably attached to some cultivated 

 plant. 



27. Pyralis Linn. 



Pyralis Linn., Syst. Nat. (12), 881 (1767) ; type, farinalis Linn. 



Labial palpi ascending, second joint rough-scaled, terminal joint 

 moderate. Maxillary palpi filiform. Forewings with 4 and 5 stalked. 

 Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked, 8 free. 



A genus of about 20 species, chiefly Indo-Malayan, but some of the 

 species have been very widely spread. 



182. P. farinalis Linn., Syst. Nat. (10), 226 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 



1885, 122. 



Christchurch. Generally distributed in Australia, and occurs also 

 through most of the world, but probably Central Asiatic in origin. 

 Larva on flour and corn-refuse, and therefore readily imported by 

 man. 



6. Thyrididae. 



Maxillary palpi obsolete. Forewings with 8 and 9 usually separate. 

 Hindwings without defined pecten of hairs on lower margin of cell, 1 absent, 

 8 usually free. 



A family of moderate size, mainly tropical in distribution ; only one 

 species reaches New Zealand. 



28. Morova Walk. 



Morova Walk., Cat., 32, 523 (1865) ; type, subfasciata Walk. 



Face prominent. Labial palpi short, stout, subascending, with appressed 

 scales, terminal joint very short, obtuse. Forewings with 8 and 9 short- 

 stalked or approximated towards base. Hindwings with 5 tolerably remote 

 from angle, 7 from before upper angle, 8 free. 



Includes only the following species. 



183. M. subfasciata Walk., Cat., 32, 523 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1884, 



108 : gallicolens Butl., Voy. Ereb. Terr., Ins., 46. 



Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Also occurs in Fiji. Larva 

 in gall-like swellings of the stem of Parsonsia. 



