Meyricxk.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 5 
inspection of the Rev. T. Blackburn’s collections from the Hawaiian Islands ; 
the (cophoride appeared to be altogether absent, their place being taken by 
a peculiar group of the Gelechida. 
The following is an abstract of the family characters of the Gcophoride, 
which will be found given more fully in my paper on Australian species of 
the family :— 
Head with appressed hairs and side-tufts. Antenne shorter than fore- 
wings, in male regularly ciliated, basal joint often with a pecten of long 
hair-scales. Maxillary palpi usually distinct, small, simple. Labial palpi 
well developed, curved, ascending, acutely pointed. Hindwings not broader 
than forewings, elongate-ovate or lanceolate (not in New Zealand). Fore- 
wings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa or apex (elsewhere also to 
hindmargin), 1 furcate at base. Hindwings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 from a 
point, 6 and 7 parallel. 
Larva sixteen-legged, habits various. 
The following is a tabulation of the fourteen New Zealand genera :— 
la. Vein 7 of forewings to apex 
2a. Forewings with tufts of raised n 
3a. Ciliations of antenne moderate, even . ES de .. 7. Trachypepla. 
3b. a 3 "s long, d kara vs js .. 4. Atomotricha. 
2b. Forewings smooth. 
3a. Thorax r .. AS "i sa m ds Ln Phieopola. 
ooth. 
ks Grits bins of antenne long (5) k we .. 5. Brachysara. 
4b. 3 a DI sedes (1 to Di T .. 8. Eulechria. 
e. ry short (3). 
5a. Savai ipse en n shorty tufted beneath .. 1. Nymphostola. 
5b. n nly scaled .. .. 2, Proteodes. 
lb. Vein 7 of forewings ie cos 
2a. Terminal joint of Res ith median tooth of scales .. .. 9. Semiocosma. 
» 8moo 
da Bivona joint a palpi more or less tufted beneath. 
ye Vein 2 of forewings si ap remote from angle of cell .. 8. Aochleta. 
ar angle .. T ee ve dw EM 
: 3b. irc ‘pint of "n prc scaled. 
4a. Basal joint of antenne without per 
5a. Thorax crested .. A és .. 10. Lathicrossa. 
5b. smooth sù .. 12. Gymnobathra. 
4b. Basal joint of HACER with dome 
5a. Ciliations of antenne in an even seri . 18. Ecophora. 
5b whorled or doting vid did) 14. Cremnogenes. 
. NympuostoLa, Meyr. 
Head loosely haired, ida large, dilated posteriorly; in male an 
expansible pencil of long hairs on side of face beneath eye. Antenne in 
male stout, somewhat serrate, very shortly ciliated (1), basal joint: ‘rather 
stout, without pecten. Palpi moderately long, second joint reaching base 
of antenne, clothed with dense rather loose scales, with a short projecting 
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