6 Transactions. — Zoology. 



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 £. Abdomen moderate. Middle tibiae 

 roughly haired beneath ; posterior tibiae clothed with rather short rough 

 hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to apex, 2 from 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 antennae. 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., Keis. Nov., PI. CXL.,34; (Nymphostola) Meyr., Proc. 



Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1882, 492). 



Media, ahs ant. niveis, puncto disci postico nigro, venis omnibus punctis 

 minimis griseis notatis ; post, niveis. 



Male, female. — 23-26 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, 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 disc 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. Proteodes, Meyr. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts large, spreading. Antennae in 

 male moderate, somewhat serrate towards apex, very shortly ciliated (^), 

 basal joint moderate, without pecten. Palpi moderately long, second joint 

 reaching base of antennae, 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 i. Abdomen moderate. 



