Meyrick. — On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 161 



apparently most developed in Europe. The single New Zea- 

 land species approaches most to some of the Australian. 



10. But. cinstrota, n. sp. 



^ $ . 10-llmm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs rather dark grey, slightly bronzy-tinged, generally 

 somewhat sprinkled with whitish; antennal ciliations |-; abdo- 

 men in female whitish beneath. Forewings lanceolate ; rather 

 dark bronzy-grey, more or less densely strewn with whitish 

 scales ; in paler specimens there are indications of two very ill- 

 defined inwardlj^ oblique darker streaks on anterior half, more 

 distinctly spotted with darker on fold, and two less perceptible 

 outwardly oblique streaks on posterior half ; an obscure round 

 dark fuscous dot in disc at f : cilia pale bronzy-grey. Hind- 

 wings f, grey ; cilia 2, pale bronzy-grey. 



Christchurch (on the Lyttelton volcanic hills) and Mount 

 Arthur (4,500ft.), in January; locally common. 



TINEID^. 

 Habkophila, n. g. 



Head shortly rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue short. 

 Antennae in male — (?), filiform, basal joint moderately long, 

 with strong pecten. Labial palpi long, slightly curved, some- 

 what ascending, second joint beneath with short, dense, 

 rough, projecting tuft of scales towards apex ; terminal joint 

 much shorter than second, somewhat loosely scaled, tolerably 

 obtuse. Maxillary palpi moderate, loosely scaled, folded. 

 Posterior tibiae with a few hairs beneath. Forewings with 

 vein 1 simple, 2 from f of cell, 5 and 6 approximated at base, 

 7 and 8 approximated at base, 7 to costa, 11 from before 

 middle. Hindwings f , lanceolate, cilia 'Ih ; veins 2, 3, 4, 

 remote and parallel, 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to hindmargin, 7 re- 

 mote. 



Allied to Endoplithora. The single specimen has the apex 

 of both antenna? broken, and their length is uncertain. 



11. Hahr. compseuta, n. sp. 

 $ . 11mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, with a few dark fuscous scales. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs pale whitish-ochreous, anterior pair infuscated. 

 Forewings very elongate, narrow, parallel-sided, short-pointed; 

 whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, less 

 towards base ; costa marked with blackish-fuscous ; a blackish 

 dot on inner margin almost at base ; an irregular series of 

 blackish scales along fold ; a small whitish spot on costa at \ ; 

 a large oblique subquadrate white spot on costa slightly before 

 middle, reaching nearly half across wing ; a small round black 

 spot in disc before |, preceded by some blue-metallic scales ; 



