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spot in the disc at 4 ; a distinct longitudinal black bar follow- 
ing this; a large, well-defined, round black discal spot at 3; the 
cilia are ochreous-brown, faintly barred with blackish. The 
hind-wings and cilia are pale ochreous-grey. 
According to M. Tonnoir the larva feeds in hardwood. 
Described and figured from a specimen kindly submit- 
ted by Mr. S. Lindsay. I am also indebted to Mr. Phil- 
pott for identifying the insect as Barea exarcha. 
Genus 16—EULECHRIA, Meyr. 
Basal joint of antennae with pecten. Thorax smooth. 
Fore-wings without tufts. Hind-wings elongate-ovate. 
A very large Australian genus represented in New 
Zealand by one species only. 
The larvae are wood-borers, feeding within the dead 
branches of trees during the autumn and winter. 
EULECHRIA ZOPHOBSSA. 
(Bulechria zophoessa, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1882), 5153 
Trans. N.Z. Inst., xvi., 8.) 
(Plate XXXII., fig. 27 9; Plate IIl., fig: 14 larva.) 
This very obscurely-marked dull-looking insect has oe- 
eurred at Wellington. 
The expansion of the wings is about } inch. The fore- 
wings are rather broad with the termen very oblique; dull ochre- 
ous thickly covered with scattzred brown and dull reddish scales, 
especially towards the terminal area; there are distinct dark 
brown costal blotches at the base, slightly beyond 4, and before 
the apex; a blackish patch on the dorsum at the base; three 
brown discal dots near the middle and one on the fold; a sub- 
terminal series of brown dots and a terminal series of blackish 
marks. The hind-wings are greyish-brown. 
The larva, which tunnels the dead branches of the 
common fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) during the 
autumn and winter, lives in an extremely tough, tight-fit- 
ting silken tube covered on the outside with minute par- 
ticles of decayed wood. This tube is in fact so tough that 
an enemy would have great difficulty in extracting the en- 
closed larva. The length of this larva when full-grown is 
about % inch; it is cylindrical and extremely slender; the 
head is minute, reddish-brown; the second segment also 
minute blackish-brown and polished; the third segment is 
slightly swollen with a blackish horny plate on each side; 
the fourth segment is soft, brownish yellow; the rest of 
the larva is brownish-yellow, with the segmental divisions 
clearly marked in blackish-brown; the whole larva has a 
somewhat velvety appearance; the last two segments are 
much shorter than the others, the terminal segment being 
blackish-brown and horny. 
The pupa is enclosed in a silken tube within one of 
the burrows eaten out by the larva. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January, 
and frequents rather dry serubby forest, but is seldom ob- 
sserved. Its colouring is specially adapted for concealment 
whilst resting on dead fuchsia stems, where it is practically 
invisible, and this fact probably accounts for its apparent 
rarity. 
TINEIDAE. 
Genus 17—LOCHEUTIS, Meyr. 
Characters same as Hulechria but antennae without 
basal pecten. There are three Tasmanian species, and one 
in Ceylon. We have one species in New Zealand. 
LOCHEUTIS VAGATA. 
(Locheutis vagata, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xlviii., 416.) 
(Plate XOX Ex fie ae): 
This very obscure-looking insect was discovered by 
Mr. R. M. Sunley on Mount Holdsworth, at an elevation 
of about 3,000 feet above the sea-level. It has also occurred 
on Mount Egmont and Mount Arthur. 
The expansion of the wings is about inch. The fore-wings 
are rather narrow with the apex obtuse and the termen very 
obliquely rounded; dull brownish-black with slight bronzy reflec- 
tions. The hind-wings are the same colour as the fore-wings. 
The antennae are furnished with long ciliations (nearly 4). 
The perfect insect appears in November. 
GROUP C. PHILOBOTIDI. 
Antennae in @ regularly ciliated; 7 of fore-wings to ter- 
men, 
Genus 18.—PAROCYSTOLA, Turner. 
Head with appressed scales, side tufts spreading; ocelli pos- 
terior; tongue developed. Antennae 3, in @ moderately or rather 
strongly ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, with pecten. 
Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint ntt or hardly reaching 
base of antennae, thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint 
as long as second, scaled, acutey Maxillary palpi very short, 
filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed wtih hairs 
above. Fore-wings with 1b furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 
8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hind-wings 1, trapezoi- 
dal-ovate, cilia 4-%; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 
Represented by one species only, which has been arti- 
ficially introduced from Australia in recent times. 
PAROCYSTOLA ACROXANTHA. 
(Ocystola acroxantha, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1884, 1066). 
(Plate XXX., fig. 27 9.) 
This common Australian species was first observed in 
New Zealand in the year 1886. Since that time it has ocea- 
sionally occurred in the immediate vicinity of Wellington. 
The expansion of the wings varies from 4 to slightly over 
8 inch. The fore-wings, which have the apex acute and the ter- 
men curved, are bright reddish-brown clouded with darker 
brown near the termen; there are three black discal dots in the 
middle of the wing and the cilia below the apex are very vivid 
orange yellow. The hind-wings are grey. 
The perfect insect appears from October till January, 
and frequents gardens and other cultivated places. Mr. 
Meyrick informs me that the larva feeds only on the Huca- 
lyptus, and hence there is no doubt that this insect has 
been accidentally introduced with young Eucalyptus plants 
and subsequently established itself. It has also become 
established in the south-west of England. 
Genus 19—EUTHICTIS, Meyr. 
Antennae without basal pecten; palpi with second joint 
smooth, scaled, not exceeding base of antennae, terminal joint 
shorter than second. Vein 7 of fore-wings to termen, 
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