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Christchurch ; one specimen amongst bush, in August. 

 This species closely approaches an Australian form, and, my 

 material being scanty, I am not sure that they are not to be 

 regarded as local races only ; however, at present I am dis- 

 posed to consider them as distinct. 



ClKCOSTOLA, n. g. 

 Head loosely scaled, rather rough behind, face smooth ; 

 ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae f , in male simple, 

 filiform, basal joint moderate, with pecten of two or three 

 fugitive scales. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, some- 

 what ascending, second joint with loose rough scales beneath 

 towards apex, terminal joint somewhat shorter than second, 

 loosely rough-scaled anteriorly, pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Fore wings with 

 vein 1 simple, 2 from -|- of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hind- 

 margin, 11 from -J-. Hindwings 1, lanceolate, hindmargiu 

 sinuate beneath apex, cilia If ; vein 4 absent, 5 and 6 rather 

 approximated, 6 to hindmargin. 



Intermediate in some respects between Zelleria and 

 Argyresthia. The head is less rough than in any other genus 

 of the family. Only the one species is known to me. 



13. Circ. copidota, n. sp. 



$ 5. 15-16mm. Head white, face ochreous-tinged. Palpi 

 reddish-fuscous, terminal joint suffused with whitish. An- 

 tennae ochreous-whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 white, shoulders ochreous-tinged. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Legs whitish, anterior and middle pair irrorated and suffusedly 

 tinged with dark fuscous. Forewings very elongate, narrow, 

 costa strongly arched, apex very acute, produced, hindmargin 

 obsolete ; pale brownish-ochreous, with a few dark fuscous 

 and whitish scales ; a broad whitish streak along inner margin 

 from base to middle, posteriorly attenuated to a point, and 

 sometimes suffused, margined above by an irregular slender 

 streak of black scales from base not reaching its apex ; from 

 extremity of this a slender irregular darker ochreous-brov»'n 

 suffused streak to apex of wing, marked with indications of 

 blackish dots at f and apex : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, 

 nearly white on costa at f , above apex brownish-ochreous, 

 with a suffused blackish apical bar. Hindwings and cilia 

 ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Nelson, Wellington, Otira Eiver (1,500ft.), and Lake Wa- 

 katipu (1,200ft.), in December and January; rather common 

 amongst forest. 



Cateristis, n. g. 



Head rough on crown, face smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae I, in male simple, serrate, basal joint 

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