346 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



Sydney, New South Wales ; several specimens in 

 January and March, frequenting swampy scrub, and 

 flying in the sunshine. Also occurs in India and Mada- 

 gascar, without variation. 



Nyctarcha atra, Butl. 



Orosana air a, Butl. 



Castle Hill and Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand ; not 

 uncommon in December and January, flying on dry 

 grassy mountain slopes, at 2000 — 3000 feet, hard to 

 see. 



SCOPARIA, HtV. 

 Forehead flat, vertical. Ocelli present. Tongue well developed. 

 AntenntE two-thirds of fore wuigs, in male filiform, evenly ciliated 

 (about w). Labial palpi moderate or long, tolerably straight, por- 

 rected, 2nd joint beneath with long dense projecting scales, longer 

 towards apex, terminal joint moderate. Maxillary palpi rather 

 long, strongly dilated with scales towards apex, obhquely truncate. 

 Posterior tibias with outer spurs about half inner. Abdomen 

 moderate, in male with moderate anal tuft ; valves exserted, uncus 

 short. Fore wmgs with vem 11 rather short, tolerably oblique. 

 Hind wings from one-third broader to twice as broad as fore wings ; 

 3 remote from 4, 4 and 5 from a point or stalked, 7 out of 6 near 

 origin, anastomosing with 8 to one-third to one-half. Hind wings 

 with discal area above lower median without hau's. 



I have not made a complete examination of the species 

 which I possess of this and the two following genera, 

 which are very numerous ; and the characters given 

 above may require some modification. I do not propose 

 now to describe any of these species, as they will all be 

 fully described in a paper shortly to appear in the 

 * Proceedings ' of the New Zealand Institute ; I give, 

 however, a list of those described already by other 

 authors, and identified by me as belonging here. I have 

 altogether about sixty species of Scoparia, by far the 

 larger number being from New Zealand ; none are com- 

 mon to Australia and New Zealand. 



Scoparia exhihitalis, Walk. 



Scoparia exhihitalis, Walk., 1500. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; from August to October, 

 common. 



