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oliscurely ringed with blackish. Thorax white, or whitish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen pale yellowish - oclu'eous, posteriorly 

 greyer. Legs blackish, ringed with ochreous- white. Fore- 

 wings very elongate, narrow, long-pointed ; greyish-ochreous, 

 coarsely and irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous ; markings 

 white, tending to be margined by a black suffusion ; a tri- 

 angular spot on costa before \, its apex sometimes almost 

 reaching inner margin ; an irregular somewhat oblique blotch 

 beyond middle, touching costa anteriorly, and almost reaching 

 inner margin ; a small ill-defined, irregular, transverse spot 

 near apex, most distinct on costa : cilia pale ochreous-greyish, 

 round apex somewhat mixed with fuscous. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia pale ochreous-grey. 



Christchurch and Invercargill in December, February, and 

 March ; six specimens, amongst bush. 



Pkotekocosma, Meyr. 

 Head smooth ; ocelli present or absent ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |- to 1, in male serrate, pubescent or simple ; basal 

 joint elongate, with pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, 

 smooth, slender, terminal joint longer than second, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibioB clothed with 

 hairs above. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 2 from | of cell, 



5 sometimes out of 7, 6 out of 7 or absent, 7 to costa, 8 out of 

 7, 11 from before middle. Hindwings about ^, linear-Lanceo- 

 late, cilia 3 to 6 ; veins 2, 3, 4 parallel, 5 approximated to 4, 



6 and 7 from a point, or stalked, or rarely coincident. 



This interesting genus, wdiich is rather an old type of the 

 family, and indicates the origin of some more widely-dis- 

 tributed forms, is rather extensively distributed in Australia, 

 and I have also described several species from the South 

 Pacific islands. Of the three New Zealand species, the first 

 two are endemic, but markedly allied to Australian forms, the 

 third is widely distributed in Australia. 



1. Forewings with clear white lines .. .. ajyparitclla. 



without clear white lines . . . . 2. 



2. Forewings with irregular white markings, irrorated 



with black.. .. .. .. .. aellotriclia. 



Forewings with defined round black dots . . anarithma. 



29. Prot. ai:)paritella, Walk. 

 {Gelechia apparitella, Walk., 1,027.) 

 i 9 . 9-13mm. Head and thorax golden-ochreous, face 

 white, eyes crimson. Palpi ochreous, more or less suifused 

 with white, terminal joint white with anterior edge and often 

 apex black. Antennae white, ringed with black. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, banded with dark fuscous, 

 posterior pair pale w'hitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very 

 narrow, long-pointed ; vein 5 separate, 6 present ; golden- 



