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Some specimens are more distinctly marked than 
others and the depth of the ground colour of the fore- 
wings is also subject to slight variation. 
The perfect insect appears from January till March. 
It frequents forest from the sea-level to elevations of about 
3,000 feet, but is not a common species. 
Genus 26—SYMMOCA, Hiibn. 
Basal joint of antennae without pecten. Second joint of 
labial palpi with appressed scales. Thorax smooth. Fore-wings 
with 7 to costa. Hind-wings elongate-ovate, 6 and 7 stalked. 
A genus of some extent, chiefly European. The fol- 
lowing species must be an accidental introduction. 
SYMMOCA QUADRIPUNCTA. 
(Symmoca quadripuncta, Haw., Lep. Brit., 557; Meyrick Hand- 
book British Lepidoptera, 611.) 
(Plate XOCXII., fig, 12 @.) 
This very distinctly-marked British insect was discoy- 
ered at Nelson, by Mr. R. M. Sunley, in 1908. 
The expansion of the wings is about 4 inch. The fore- 
wings, which have the costa straight and the apex somewhat 
acute, are pale yellow; there are four irregular broad blackish- 
brown transverse bands and two discal dots. The hind-wings 
are very pale greyish-white. 
The perfect insect appears in February. Mr. Meyrick 
gives its distribution as South England to Suffolk and 
Gloucester, Hast Ireland; Central and South Europe and 
West Central Asia to North Persia. It has probably been 
accidentally introduced into New Zealand from Britain. It 
is attached to the neighbourhood of houses but its larval 
habits are not known. 
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Genus 27.—EUTORNA, Meyr. 
Basal joint of antennae without pecten. Second joint of 
labial palpi thickened with dense appressed scales. Thorax 
smooth. Fore-wings with 6 to apex. Hind-wings elongate-ovate; 
3 and 4 separate, 5 bent. (Plate H., figs. 4, 5, 6, neuration and 
head of Hutorna caryochroa.) 
Contains about a dozen Australian species and one 
Indian. It is represented in New Zealand by two species. 
EHUTORNA CARYOCHROA. 
(Hutorna caryochroa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxi., 158.) 
(Plate XXXII., fig. 9 ¢@.) 
This very richly-marked little insect has occurred at 
Waimarino, Wellington, Castle Hill, Otira River, Dunedin, 
Lake Wakatipu and Invercargill. It is a rare species in 
the Wellington district, although stated to be rather com- 
mon elsewhere. 
The expansion of the wings is } inch. The fore-wings have 
the costa strongly arched at the base and the apex and tornus 
rounded; deep chocolate brown; there is a very broad, doubly 
curved cloudy yellow discal streak from the base almost to the 
termen; a narrow black streak along the fold to about 4; a large, 
somewhat triangular, patch of purplish-grey and white scales on 
the costa near the middle; a small clear white mark on the 
costa before the apex; a black centred white discal spot at 3; 
a sub-terminal cloudy white band and a terminal series of black 
spots. The hind-wings are dark greyish-brown, darker towards 
the apex, 
TINEIDAE. 295 
The perfect insect appears in December and January, 
frequenting forest and serub. It flies freely in the day- 
time and is fond of basking on leaves in the hottest sun- 
shine. It seems to be attached to the totara (Podocarpus 
totara. ) 
HUTORNA SYMMORPHA. 
(Eutorna symmorpha, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxi. 158.) 
(Plate XXXII., fig. 8 @.) 
Although rare in the neighbourhood of Wellington, 
this rather inconspicuous species appears to be generally 
distributed throughout the country. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 4 inch. The 
fore-wings are narrow wtih the apex and tornus rounded; light 
brown, somewhat paler on the veins and in the disc; there is a 
darker brown streak on the fold near the base, and a less dis- 
tinct streak from below the costa at 4 to the apex; two unequal 
black dots are situated in the disc at about % and a marginal 
series of minute black marks near the apex. The hind-wings 
are pale grey. 
The perfect insect appears from November till April, 
and is found amongst rough herbage and on the edges of 
forest. 
Sub-family 4.—XYLORYCTIDES. 
Head with loosely appressed seales. Labial palpi long, re- 
curved, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed. Fore-wings 
with 2 remote from angle, 7 and 8 stalked or separate. Hind- 
wings broadly trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate; 
3 and 4 connate, 5 rather approximated, 6 and 7 approximated 
or stalked. (Plate G., figs. 37, 38, 39.) 
A large sub-family, chiefly found in the Southern 
Hemisphere and Indian regions; most numerous in South 
America. It is represented in New Zealand by two genera. 
1, SCIEROPEPLA. 2. AGRIOPHARA. 
Genus 1.—SCIEROPEPLA, Meyr. 
Fore-wings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. 
A small Australian genus, of which one species also 
occurs in New Zealand. 
SCIEROPEPLA TYPHICOLA. 
(Scieropepla typhicola, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xviii., 165.) 
(Plate XXXII., fig. 15 9.) 
This species has occurred at Christchurch. 
The expansion of the wings is # inch. The fore-wings are 
rather elongate with the costa arched and the apex acutely 
pointed; pale ochreous with the veins clearly marked by scat- 
tered blackish scales; similar scales are also thinly strewn in 
the disc and on the dorsum. The hind-wings, which have the 
apex rather acute are dull white, with the cilia whitish-ochreous. 
The larva has 16 legs, is stout, cylindrical; whitish, 
sometimes slightly tinged with pale flesh colour; the dor- 
gal line is slender, dark flesh colour; the subdorsal and 
spiracular lines are broader, indistinct, flesh colour; the 
head is pale amber with the mouth brown; the second seg- 
ment with a faint pale amber shield, black margined on 
the sides; the anal segment is speckled with black. It 
feeds in the seed-heads of the bullrush (Typha angustt- 
folia) burrowing amongst the seeds, and eausing the down 
to hang out in large loose masses; sometimes also boring 

