Meyrick. — On Neiv Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 159 



Whangarei, Hamilton, Palmerston, Napier, Cliristchurch, 

 Dunedin, and Invercargill ; from December to March, 

 common. 



HYPONOMEUTID^. 



Archyala, n. g. 



Head with loosely-appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae f , in male serrate, pubescent, basal joint 

 moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 curved, ascending, second joint with rough projecting scales 

 towards apex beneath and two or three apical bristles above, 

 terminal joint shorter than second, somewhat loosely scaled, 

 laterally compressed, obtuse. Maxillary palpi rather short, 

 appressed to face. Posterior tibiie clothed with long hairs 

 above and beneath. Fore wings with vein 1 furcate, 2 from 

 angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-oblong, apex round-pointed, hind- 

 margin very oblique, cilia 1 ; with an ill-defined hyaline j)atch 

 towards base ; veins 2, 3, 4 remote and parallel, 5 and 6 

 stalked, 6 to close below apex, 7 approximated to 6 at base. 



Nearly allied to Lysiphragma, but separable by the stalk- 

 ing of veins 7 and 8 of forewings, absence of scaletufts on 

 surface, and hyaline patch of hindwings. 



8. Arch, pararjlypta, n. sp. 



(J. 16mm. Head fuscous-whitish, more fuscous between 

 antennee. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint whitish. An- 

 tennae fuscous. Thorax fuscous, posteriorly mixed with whitish. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Anterior legs dark fuscous ringed with 

 whitish, middle legs ochreous-white banded with black, poste- 

 rior legs ochreous- whitish banded with fuscous. Fore wings 

 very elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; white, ir- 

 regularly transversely strigulated with grey, and more or less 

 suffused with pale brownish-ochreous except towards inner 

 margin and base, and on costal edge ; numerous irregular in- 

 complete transverse dark fuscous strigula?, tending to partially 

 coalesce in pairs : cilia grey-whitish, base white, round apex 

 with a black median line and barred with fuscous. Hindwings 

 bronzy-fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Christchurch ; one specimen amongst bush, in January. 



Endrosis, Hb. 

 Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Au- 

 tennse |-, in male strongly ciliated (2i), basal joint moderate, 

 with pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, with ap- 

 pressed scales, terminal joint somewhat shorter than second, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed to tongue. 



