218 Transactions. — Zoology. 



TOETEICID^. 

 Pyrgotis plinthoglypta, u. sp. 



<y . 16mm. Head and palpi light reddish-ochreous. An- 

 tennae fuscous, ciliations 1. Thorax reddish-ochreous, with a 

 curved dark fuscous mark above middle. Abdomen pale grey. 

 Legs whitish, anterior pair and middle tibiae dark giey above. 

 Forewings elongate - triangular, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin rather strongly sinuate, oblique ; pale 

 fuscous-reddish, irregularly spotted with ochreous ; markings 

 deep ochreous, partially mixed with black and ferruginous ; a 

 streak from base of costa to middle of inner margin ; a second 

 from i of costa to | of inner margin ; a third from costa im- 

 media'tely beyond second, suddenly bent round above middle, 

 and terminating on costa at *-, edged above from angle on- 

 wards by a snow-white streak attenuated posteriorly ; a fourth 

 from costa, immediately beyond termination of third, obliquely 

 inwards to disc beyond middle, thence acutely angulated to 

 middle of hindmargin, edged on apical side throughout by a 

 clear white streak interrupted on each side of angle, included 

 apical space ochreous, marked with black on hindmargin ; 

 two small leaden-grey spots between second and third streaks 

 towards costa, and two others between third and fourth, lower 

 of these larger ; an ochreous streak along lower half of hind- 

 margin, edged with black on margin : cilia ochreous, with a 

 dark fuscous apical bar. Hindwings pale whitish-grey, suf- 

 fusedly spotted with grey; cilia grey-whitish, round apex 

 W'hitish-ochreous. 



One specimen. Allied to P.ylagiatana, but very distinct. 



CECOPHOEID.^. 

 Trachypepla hieropis, n. sp. 



S . 13mm. Head, palpi, and antennae dark fuscous. 

 Thorax snov*--white, anterior margin dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 grey. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair grey-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, apex round - pointed, hindmargin extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; snow-white ; base of costa blackish ; a 

 short dark-grey streak, narrowed anteriorly, along costa from 

 f to f ; a dark-grey trapezoidal dorsal blotch, extending on 

 inner margin from before middle to -|, not reaching half across 

 wing, upper anterior angle occupied by a brownish-tinged 

 tuft ; some grey scales indicating a streak from anal angle, 

 reaching half across wing; a cloudy dark-grey elongate-tri- 

 angular spot along hindmargin ; an irregular black mark 

 running round apex : cilia grey, mixed with white towards 

 base. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. _ 



One specimen. A distinct and elegant species, which may 

 be placed next T. galaxias. 



