[Read before the Nelson Philosophical Society, 4th July, 1928; received by Editor, 16th July, 1928; issued separately, 16th November, 1928.]

The Carposinidae form a small family, comprising about a hundred species, chiefly characteristic of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, but having a few outliers in other regions, as India, Europe, and North America. Though formerly placed under the Tortricoidea, the Carposinidae have latterly been disassociated from that group by several systematists and relegated to a position near the Orneodidae and the Copromorphidae. In the venation the forewing departs from the Tortricid type in the nearness of the origin of Cu 1b to the angle of the cell, in the hindwing by the absence of two branches of M; the tufts of raised scales on the forewing are also quite an unusual character. The labial palpi are certainly more or less Tortricid, but the maxillary palpi seem to be absent or extremely atrophied, whereas in normal Tortricids there are from two to four segments present. The antennae again, with their long fine ciliations, depart markedly from the usual Tortricid structure. It is in the male genitalia, however, that the greatest departure from the Tortricoidea is exhibited. Here the two groups have practically nothing in common, the Carposinidae having neither socii nor gnathos and possessing harpes and aedeagus of an altogether different type from the Tortricoidea.

Only one genus of the Carposinidae is represented in New Zealand; this is Carposina, of which 15 species have been recorded. Ten of these are dealt with in the present paper, together with a form from Auckland Island previously regarded as a variety of gonosemana Meyr. C. epomiana, described by Meyrick and afterwards sunk as a synonym of gonosemana, proves to be distinct from that species and with Mr. Meyrick's concurrence, is here resuscitated.

Carposina Herrich-Schaffer.

The genitalia are comparatively simple; though there has been considerable specialization the parts are not of elaborate or intricate structure, and there is little difficulty in their interpretation.

The tegumen is well developed and ends in a long thin strongly-curved uncus. Usually the shoulders of the tegumen (the areas on each side of the base of the uncus) are produced into a pair of processes, which may be long and sharp or short and rounded; frequently these bear a patch of stiff spines. Ventrally the margins of the tegumen are usually broadly and irregularly folded inwards, the edges being armed with double series of minute spines or teeth. There is no trace of socii or gnathos. The vinculum is small and weak, the thin arms articulating with the bases of the harpes. The aedeagus consists of a rather long and very thin basal rod, which