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triangular tuft of scales beneath towards apex, terminal joint as long as 
second, stout, strongly reflexed. Thorax smooth. Forewings somewhat 
oblong, broad, apex obtusely rounded, hindmargin perpendicular, rounded 
beneath. Hindwings as broad as forewings, broadly ovate, apex and hind- 
margin evenly rounded, cilia 1. Abdomen moderate. Middle tibie 
roughly haired beneath; posterior tibi» clothed with rather short rough 
hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to apex, 2 fron’ distinctly before angle of 
cell. Hindwings with vein 5 bent and approximated to 4 at base. 
This and the next genus are very closely allied, differing mainly in the 
structure of the palpi. Both are confined to New Zealand, but remote in 
character from the other New Zealand genera of the family, closely ap- 
proaching the Australian Hoplitica, from which they are distinguished by 
the very short ciliations of the antenne. Both must be regarded as des- 
cendants of a common ancestor, very nearly resembling Hoplitica, and 
doubtless an immigrant from Australia. 
1. Nymph. galactina, Feld. 
(Cryptolechia galactina, Feld., Reis. Nov., Pl. CXL., 34; (Nymphostola) Meyr., Proc. 
Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1882, 492). 
Media, alis ant. niveis, puncto disci postico nigro, venis omnibus punctis 
minimis griseis notatis ; post. niveis. 
Male, female.—23-26 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, abdomen, and 
legs snow-white. Forewings broad, costa strongly arched, apex obtuse, 
hindmargin straight, not oblique; white, with a faint greenish tinge 
between the veins ; all the veins are marked at regular intervals with faint 
minute dark grey dots; a more conspicuous dark grey dot in dise beyond 
middle; a very slender indistinct dark grey hindmarginal line: cilia 
white. Hindwings and cilia white. 
A very delicate and conspicuously distinct species. 
Stated by Professor Hutton to have been bred from a green pupa found 
on Myrtus bullata. 
Hamilton, Dunedin, and Otira Gorge, in January ; probably widely dis- 
tributed in forest regions. 
2. Prorropes, Meyr. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts large, spreading. Antenne in 
male moderate, somewhat serrate towards apex, very shortly ciliated (4), 
basal joint moderate, without pecten. Palpi moderately long, second joint 
reaching base of antenne, thickened with appressed scales, rather rough 
beneath, terminal joint much shorter than second, rather stout, slightly 
rough anteriorly. Thorax smooth. Forewings somewhat oblong, mode- 
rately broad, apex obtusely rounded, hindmargin not oblique. Hindwings 
as broad as forewings, ovate, rounded, cilia 1. Abdomen moderate. 
