58 Transactions.—Z ooloyy. 
The genera occurring in New Zealand may be thus tabulated T: Pyles tul = 
I. Forewings with 12 veins. Odd ANI 14 hoi 
A. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings from a point. lo BE 
1. Thorax erested .. m ve Re e um .. 12. Epaleiphora. fe TTE IH 
a. » smooth. 
a. Forewings in male with costal fold eee Dc PEN 
b. s » , Semple... ds = rem s: ide Aphega;. 
B. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings stalked or coincident. MAL ka 
1. Forewings in male with costal fold. 
a. Antenne of male notched above basal joint .. eu es Streit xxp 7? 
b nc» RIO es m. <n a .. 16. Protithona. 
2. Forewings in male simple. 
a. Hindwings in male with discal groove and ridge near 
base e > A 
[ur 
Or 
. os ee as . Carpocapsa. 
b. EX 5 » ‘Simple xt s s .. 19. Ezoria. : 
II. Forewings with 11 veins. ks xat d ew ve P .. 18. Hendecasticha. 6 y Paa. 
12. ErarxiPHoRa, Meyr. : 
Thorax with a very large erect crest on each side of back, and a s Yeh 
double crest behind. Antenne in male thinly ciliated. Palpi moderate, 
straight, porrected, second joint with appressed scales. Forewings with 
costa in male simple, apex falcate. Hindwings broader than forewings. 
Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 separate, 7 to hindmargin. Hindwings 
with 8 veins, 8 and 4 from a point, 5 moderately approximated to 4 at base, 
6 and 7 stalked. : 
A very peculiar genus, remote from any other known to me; it contains 
only one species. 
28. Epala. axenana, Meyr. 
(Epalxiphora axenana, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1881, 648.) 
Media, alis ant. ochreo-albidis, dilute rufo-nebulosis, fascia angusta 
dentata antica, duabus aliis ad costam confluentibus, signo disci trirami, 
macula coste triangulari, strigaque postica sinuata saturate rufis; post. 
griseo-albidis. 
Male.—26 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, mixed with ochreous 
and dark fuscous. Forewings oblong, moderately broad, costa rather 
strongly arched, dilated before middle, apex falcate, hindmargin obliquely 
sinuate; whitish-ochreous, irregularly mixed and clouded with brownish- 
ochreous; veins posteriorly slenderly dark fuscous; markings ochreous- 
fuscous, becoming darker reddish-fuscous on costa and inner margin; outer 
edge of basal patch represented by a slender irregular, twice deeply dentate, . 
fascia from 1 of costa to 2 of inner margin; margins of central fascia repre- 
sented by similar slender irregular fascie, both starting together from 2 of 
costa, separating immediately below costa, anterior one proceeding nearly 
directly to inner margin beyond middle, posterior one sharply angulated 
