
NV.—THE 
Sub-family 3—EHuvcosmipes. 
Ocelli present. Fore-wings with vein 2 from before #4 of 
lower margin of cell. Hind-wings with cubital pecten, 5 present. 
(Plate F., figs. 10-18 and 22-24.) 
This family is very scantily represented in New Zea- 
land, though very numerous throughout the Northern 
Hemisphere. (Meyrick.) 
The following seven genera are represented in New 
Zealand :— 
(1.) HENDECASTICHA. 
(2.) SPILONOTA. 
(3.) HEUCOSMA. 
(4.) CROCIDOSEMA. 
(5.) BACTRA. 
(6.) LASPHEYRESIA. 
(7.) ARGYROPLOCE. 
Genus 1—HENDECASTICHA, Meyr. 
Antennae in male eiliated, with an excavated notch in stalk 
towards base. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint with dense 
rough projecting hairs above and beneath, terminal short. Thorax 
without crest. Fore-wings with vein 7 absent, 8 to costa. Hind- 
wings with vein 4 absent, 5 somewhat approximated towards 3 
at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Ccntains only the single species; a local modification of 
Spilonota. 
HENDECASTICHA AETHALIANA. 
(Hendecasticha aethaliana, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W., 1881, 
692; Trans. N.Z. Inst., xv., 64.) 
GElAtePOL Vee ties alae) 
This sturdy-looking little species was discovered by 
Mr. Meyrick at Hamilton in January, 1880. Apparently 
it has not been found by subsequent collectors. 
The expansion of the wings is about 3 inch. The fore-wings 
are elongate-oblong with the costa almost straight and the termen 
oblique; dark brown; there are two diffused patches of pale 
brown, a large one on the dorsum near the middle and a much 
smaller one near the middle of the termen; the basal and median 
areas are heavily sprinkled with whitish scales and there are two 
faint curved bluish-white sub-terminal bands. The hind-wings, 
which have the apex round pointed, are dark brown. 
The perfect insect was found amongst rough herbage 
near a Swamp, where it was rather common. 
Deseribed and figured from one of the original spect 
mens kindly given to me by Mr. Meyrick. 
Genus 2.—SPILONOTA, Steph. 
Antennae in male ciliated, with an excavated notch in stalk 
towards base. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint with dense 
rough projecting scales above and beneath, sometimes tufted be- 
neath, terminal short. Thorax without crest. Fore-wings with 
vein 7 separate, to termen. Hind-wings with veins 3 and 4 long- 
stalked or coincident,* 5 closely approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 
7 approximated towards base. (Plate F., figs. 10, 11 neuration 
of Spilonota chaophila; fig. 12 head of ditto.) 
A genus of moderate extent and wide distribution, but 
principally Australian; two of the New Zealand species 
occur also in Australia. 

*Veins 3 and 4 of the hind-wings are distinctly separate in 
Spilonota chaophila. 
TORTRICIDAE. 245 
Represented in New Zealand by eight species, two con- 
fined to the North Island, one to the South Island, and five 
common to both islands. 
SPILONOTA CHAROPA. 
(Strepsicrates charopa, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 73.) 
This species has occurred at Whangarei and at Auck- 
land. 
The expansion of the wings is about 4 inch. The fore-wings 
are elongate, narrow, pale ochreous somewhat suffused with 
deeper ochreous; a few fine scattered dark fuscous scales; a short 
leaden-metallic erect streak from tornus and a similar one before 
middle of termen; cilia light ochreous with an ill-defined blackish 
apical spot. Hind-wings grey, apex tinged with whitish-ochreous; 
cilia grey-whitish with a cloudy darker line. 
The perfect insect appears in December. 
I am unacquainted with this species. 
abridged from the original description. 
The above is 
SPILONOTA ‘DOLOPAEA. 
(Strepsicrates dolopaea, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, 232.) 
(Plate XXVIL., fig. 25 @; Plate XLVIL., fig. 5 9.) 
At present this species has only been recorded from 
Wellington and Christchurch. 
The expansion of the wings is about $4 inch. The fore-wings 
are elongate, rather narrow with the termen oblique, slightly 
curved and rounded beneath; dull white in the male, more or less 
speckled with coppery-brown; a large patch of coppery-brown on 
the costa reaching the apex and extending along the termen 
almost to the tornus; an obscure oblique lead-coloured mark from 
the costa just before the apex to the middle of the termen and 
another duller mark inside this. The hind-wings are pale grey, 
becoming brownish towards the tips; the cilia of all the wings 
are whitish grey. The male has a long expansible blackish hair 
pencil from base lying in a dorsal fold of the hind-wings. In the 
female the fore-wings are much clouded and mottled with choco- 
late-brown; there is a number of oblique stripes on the costa and 
dark patches before and beyond the disc; the dull lead-coloured 
marks are larger and more conspicuous than in the male. The 
hind-wings are almost white. 
Apparently both sexes vary considerably in the depth 
and extent of the dark markings on the fore-wings. 
The perfect insect appears in October and November 
and is found in glades amongst forest or scrub. It seems 
to be a rare species. 
SPILONOTA PARTHENIA. 
(Strepsicrates parthenia, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 73.) 
(Plate XXVIL., fig. 26 2.) 
This very distinctly-marked species has occurred in 
the Waitakere Ranges near Auckland, and at Gollan’s Val- 
ley and other localities, near Wellington. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly under 4 inch. The 
fore-wings are elongate, with the apex pointed, and the termen 
obliquely rounded; a broad white longitudinal band along costa; 
a deep chocolate-brown, or blackish, band below this, extending 
from about 4 to apex; in the female } of the entire wing towards 
dorsum is clouded with pale brown, but in the male this area is 
white, usually with several large blackish blotches and striae; 

