Meyeick. — On Neiv Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 175 



oehreous, paler towards costa posteriorly ; markings snow- 

 white, finely black-margined ; a very slender median line from 

 base to J ; a slender oblique line from costa at \, terminating 

 in a moderate triangular spot on inner margin before middle, 

 which is either wholly white, or white with an oehreous centre, 

 or wholly oclireous and scarcely paler than ground-colour ; 

 a line from f of costa almost perpendicularly half across wing, 

 thence abruptly rectangularly bent outwards to middle of disc, 

 and again rectangularly bent to inner margin ; a fine, extremely 

 oblique line from middle of costa to disc at f , thence acutely 

 angulated to anal angle, sinuate inwards beneath costa, con- 

 nected with preceding line on costa by a fine white line, and 

 on inner margin by a streak which is either white, or oehreous 

 hardly paler than ground-colour ; a whitish-ochreous or white, 

 posteriorly black-margined, mark on costa at f, whence pro- 

 ceeds a black sometimes ill-defined line to apex ; sometimes an 

 irregular short white streak along hindmargin to apex : cilia 

 light greyish-ochreous, round apex more golden-ochreous, with 

 a black dot at base on apex. Hind wings with veins 6 and 7 

 stalked ; costa in male with long loose hairs at base ; grey ; 

 cilia light ochreous-greyish. 



Auckland and Wellington ; common amongst forest, in 

 December and January. 



30. Prot. aellotriclia, n. sp. 



<? $ . 10-1 2mm. Head and thorax reddish - oehreous ; 

 face ochi'eous- whitish. Palpi white, second joint with three 

 oehreous rings, terminal joint with three black rings. Antennae 

 white, ringed with black. Abdomen gi'ey, towards base pale- 

 ochreous. Legs whitish, banded with blackish. Forewings 

 elongate, very narrow, long-pointed ; vein 5 separate, 6 pre- 

 sent ; reddisli-oclireous, tending to become whitish-ochreous 

 round markings and towards base of inner margin ; markings 

 oehreous- white, closely irrorated with black ; an irregular 

 oblique fascia from ^ of costa, not reaching inner margin, 

 emitting a short streak from posterior edge above middle ; an 

 irregular somewhat 8-shaped spot in middle of disc, from upper 

 part of which proceeds an irregular streak to costa before apex ; 

 an irregular ochreous-whitish streak along hindmargin from 

 apex to anal angle ; a black apical dot : cilia light ochreous- 

 greyish, round apex reddish-ochreous, with a blackish basal 

 line and two blackish apical hooks. Hindwings with veins 6 

 and 7 stalked ; grey; cilia pale-grey, ochreous-tinged. 

 Hamilton ; two specimens in January. 



31. Prot. anarithma, n. sp. 



i ? . 7-lOmm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, face 

 oclireous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with 



