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Genus 1—ENDOPHTHORA, Meyr. 
Head rough. Maxillary palpi long, folded. Fore-wings with 
veins 2 and 3 connate from angle, 4 absent. Hind-wings lanceo- 
late; cell open between 3 and 4, 5 and 6 stalked. (Plate K., figs. 
18, 14, 15 neuration and head of Hndophthora omogramma.) 
An endemie genus, as now restricted, comprising 
three species. 
ENDOPHTHORA OMOGRAMMA. 
(Zndophthora omogramma, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 94.) 
(Plate XXXVI., fig. 238 @.) 
This interesting little insect has occurred at Auck- 
land, Wellington, Nelson and Lake Wakatipu, and although 
rather rare, appears to be generally distributed through- 
out the country. 
The expansion of the wings is about 4 inch. The fore- 
wings are creamy-wihite faintly tinged with. pinkish-brown; there 
is a@ narrow black line on the dostal edge'from the base to 4; 
another shorter line at about 4 and a third still shorter at 3; 
the apical area is more or less speckled with reddish-brown 
scales and there are often small red blotches connected with the 
two outer costal marks. The hind-wings are pale grey. 
The larva feeds amongst moss on tree-trunks, the pupa 
being enclosed in a cocoon amongst the moss. 
The perfect insect appears from December till March, 
and frequents forest. It is generally found resting on tree 
trunks, and when thus occupied the wings are closed flat 
and parallel to each other; the antennae are placed back- 
wards under the wings; the anterior tarsi are extended 
forwards, curved and almost touching, the tips of the 
intermediate tarsi being just visible. In this position the 
insect exactly resembles a minute flake of white bark. 
ENDOPHTHORA PALLACOPIS. 
(Endophthora pallacopis, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1, 134.) 
(Plate xa fer das) 
This very beautiful little insect has occurred at 
Karori and Makara, near Wellington. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 4 inch. The 
fore-wings are elongate elliptical very pale creamy-grey, some- 
times slightly tinged with pink, thinly sprinkled with pale olive- 
green scales and with several patches of pale olive-green,; there 
is a cloudy pinkish shading on the costa at the base; three nar- 
row black marks on the costa, the first near the base, the second 
near the middle and the third beyond the middle; each of these 
has a cloudy olive-green blotch below it and there are similar 
blotches near the termen and tornus and near the middle of the 
dorsum; there is a thin sprinkling of black scales along the 
dorsum and termen and the cilia are pinkish-grey mixed with 
black. The hind-wings and cilia are greyish-cream-colour, some- 
times -slightly tinged with pink. The head is white, the thorax 
pinkish-white and the abdomen greyish-cream colour. 
The perfect insect appears in December, January and 
February, and may be looked for on tree trunks. It is 
a rare species. 
ENDOPHTHORA TYLOGRAMMA. 
(Endophthora tylogramma, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., lv., 206.) 
(Plate L., fig. 15 @). 
This very dark-looking little species was discovered at 
Wilton’s Bush, near Wellington, 
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The expansion of the wings is three-sixteenths of an inch. 
The fore-wings are lanceolate; blackish-grey mottled with black, 
the lighter portions tending to form transverse bands; the dor- 
sum and termen are bordered with whitish fawn-colour, much 
broader near the base, where the pale colour projects into the 
darker colouring of the wing as two rounded bays, the edges of 
which are broadly margined with black; the middle of each 
“pay” contains several dark fawn-coloured scales. The hind- 
wings are pale grey. All the cilia are blackish-grey. The head 
is clothed with long pale fawn-coloured hair. The anterior por- 
tions of the thorax and posterior segments of the abdomen are 
blackish-grey, the posterior portion of the thorax and base of 
the abdomen being whitish-fawn colour. 
The perfect insect appears in March and frequents 
forest. 
Genus 2.—CRYPSITRICHA, Meyr. 
Head rough. Basal joint of antennae rather dilated, with 
pecten. Labial palpi rather long, subascending, second joint with 
appressed seales, terminal joint shorter than second, slender. 
Maxillary palpi long, folded. Fore-wings with all veins present; 
on lower surface with fringe of short hairs on vein 1b in disc. 
Hind-wings lanceolate. 
Six species occur in New Zealand belonging to this 
interesting genus and one species is found in Australia. 
CRYPSITRICHA STHERHOTA. 
(Hndophthora stereota, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xlvi., 114.) 
(Plate XXXVIL., fig. 7 9.) 
This delicate little insect, which is the smallest of the 
genus, is fairly common in the neighbourhood of Auckland. 
The expansion of the wings is about five-sixteenths of an 
inch. The fore-wings are elongate-elliptical with the apex 
rounded, very pale greyish-white; there are three conspicuous 
black marks on the costa inwardly shaded with golden-brown; 
several scattered black scales in the dise and at the apex and 
two faint oblique golden-brown marks on the fold each contain- 
ing a few scattered black scales. The hind-wings and cilia are 
grey. 
The perfect insect appears in January, and is found 
resting on tree trunks in light forest. 
CRYPSITRICHA PHAROTOMA. 
(Endophthora pharotoma, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 94.) 
CPlater xr tos Abel) 
This rather obscure species has occurred at Whangarei, 
Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington and Christ- 
ehureh. 
The expansion of the wings of the male is slightly over 
2 inch; of the female barely 4 inch. The fore-wings are narrow- 
elliptical; pale ochreous; there is a blackish-binown triangular 
patch on the costa at the base and a@ large rather irregular patch 
beyond this; both are partially margined on their outer edges 
with black scales; a small, very narrow patch of dark brown is 
situated on the costa at 3; the apical half of the wing is irre- 
egularly streaked with rows of orange-ochreous scales; there is 
a cluster of dark brown scales at the apex; the cilia are ochre- 
ous with a brown sub-apical patch. The hind-wings are pale 
ereyish-ochreous, with pale ochreous cilia. 
The perfect insect appears from December till March, 
and is generally found resting on tree trunks. 
CRYPSITRICHA AGRIOPA. 
(Endophthora agriopa, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 95.) 
A single specimen of this species was captured by Mr. 
Meyrick at Wellington, 

