Meyeick.— Om New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 169 



broadest near base, long-pointed ; whitish-ochreous ; an ochre- 

 ous-fuscous or dark fuscous streak along costa from base to f , 

 sometimes almost obsolete ; an ochreous-fuscous or dark 

 fuscous broadly V-shaped mark before middle, more or less 

 suffused, variable in thickness, its angle resting on inner mar- 

 gin, extremities nearly reaching costa ; a longitudinal line in 

 posterior half of disc, a spot at apex, and an elongate spot at 

 anal angle ochreous-fuscous or ochreous, sometimes partially 

 connected : cilia grey. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia 

 gi'ey. 



Wellingtoii and Dunedin ; five specimens in January and 

 Februarj', amongst forest. Also variable ; in addition to the 

 conspicuous dark V-shaped mark of the forewings, the darker 

 grey hindwings and grey abdomen are good distinguishing 

 characters. 



22. Statu, skelloni, Butl. 

 {Boocara skelloni, Butl., " Cist. Ent.," ii., 562.) 



t? 9 . 12-15mm. Head, palpi, and antennae pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale whitish- 

 ochreous, greyish-tinged. Legs pale whitish-ochreous, an- 

 terior pair infuscated, apex of posterior tibiae grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, very narrow^ broadest near base, long-pointed ; 

 whitish-ochreous, sometimes yellowish-tinged ; markings grey, 

 very variable, sometimes partially margined by an ochreous 

 suffusion ; normally an elongate spot on inner margin at ^, a 

 second beneath costa in middle, a third in disc at f , a fourth 

 before apex, and a slender subcostal line from second spot to 

 costa near apex, but these tend to be variously connected and 

 confused ; sometimes a streak along fold, or along anterior 

 part of costa ; rarely a dark ochreous-fuscous suffusion towards 

 base of inner margin : cilia light grey, sometimes ochreous- 

 tinged. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 



Taranaki, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Christchurch, 

 Dunedm, Lake Wakatipu, and Invercargill ; common amongst 

 bush, from December to March, but seeming to disappear 

 towards the north. Butler failed to recognise the genus ; but 

 it is fortunately unnecessary to consider how to treat his gro- 

 tesquely solecistic generic name. 



23. Stath. epichlora, n. sp. 

 $ . 9-llmm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs whitish ; anterior legs blackish in front, posterior tibias 

 with a sharp black apical ring of scales, preceded above by 

 some grey hairs. Forewings elongate, very narrow, broadest 

 near base, long-pointed ; wdiitish, more or less mixed with 

 ochreous or grey in disc ; markings rather dark fuscous, but 

 cloudy and ill-defined ; a small spot on inner margin at -J, a 

 second more conspicuous on inner margin beyond middle, and 



