Meyrick. — On Nctv Zealand Micro -Lepidoptera. 155 



BOTYDID^. 

 Mkesictena, Meyr. 



1. Mnes. daiclealis, Walk. 

 (Scopicla daiclesalis (rect. daiclealis), Walk., 1017.) 



(J. 22mm. Head and thorax deep feiTUgmous. Palpi 4, 

 deep ferruginous, sprinkled with dark grey ; base white be- 

 neath. Antennte pale ochreous. Abdomen light ochreous- 

 yellowish. Legs pale ochreous, anterior tarsi and middle 

 tibige white. Forewings triangular, costa slightly sinuate in 

 middle, strongly arched on posterior half, apex tolerably rect- 

 angular, liindmargin rather bowed, oblique ; ferruginous- 

 brown, irrorated with dark grey ; inner margin rather broadly 

 suffused with ochreous-orange from base to f ; a narrow 

 ochreous-orange streak along costa from base to f, enclosing 

 a very slender snow-white costal streak from J to f ; lines 

 thick, cloudy, dark grey, very indistinctly defined ; first about 

 J, oblique, not reaching either margin ; second from f of costa 

 to f of inner margin, upper f moderately curved outwards ; 

 reniform obscurely outlined with dark grey, very indistinct : 

 cilia ferruginous-brown suffused with grey. Hindwings light 

 ochreous-yellowish ; a dark-grey dot in centre of disc ; partial 

 indications of a slender greyish line at f ; cilia pale whitish- 

 yellowish, reddish-tinged. 



Wellington and Dunedin. I am indebted, for the oppor- 

 tunity of describing this species to the liberality of Mr. G. 

 V. Hudson, who states that it is attracted by light, and is 

 scarce. 



SCOPAEIAD^. 



SCOPAKIA, Hw. 



2. .S'coj;. hcrniplaca, n. sp. 



(^ . 18nim. Head, palpi, antemiEe, and thorax dark fus- 

 cous ; palpi 2\, base white beneath ; antennal ciliations -J. 

 Abdomen light grey, and tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints and posterior tibicB whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderately dilated posteriorly, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin almost straight, rather 

 oblique, rounded beneath ; dark fuscous, with purplish reflec- 

 tions ; first line obscurely indicated on lower half only, 

 ■slightly paler than ground-colour ; a suboblong white blotch, 

 sprinkled with fuscous, extending along inner margin from 

 middle to hindmargin, reaching half across wing, its upper 

 anterior angle rounded off", ujDper side shortly indented in mid- 

 dle ; this blotch is sharply defined, and margined in front and 

 above by a thick black suffusion, in which the lower half of 

 reniform is indicated by an obscure spot of ground-colour ; 



