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and more distinctly elongate, below it ; a slender black median 

 streak from f to near apex : cilia light grey, round apex 

 cchreoiis-whitish with a fine black line. Hindwiugs grey ; 

 cilia light gi'ey. 



Mount Arthur (4,000ft.) ; three specimens in January. 



37. Elacli. ombrodoca, n. sp. 



(? 9 . 6-9mm . Head grey- whitish, in male irrorated with 

 dark gi'ey. Palpi dark gi'ey, terminal joint and apex of second 

 whitish. Antenna3 gi'ey. Thorax grey-whitish, irrorated with 

 dark grey. Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs 

 dark grey, apex of joints whitish, posterior tibiae ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; ochreous-whitish, in male 

 densely irrorated throughout with dark gi'ey, in female more 

 sparsely ; an indistinct slender dark fuscous streak along fold 

 from near base to ^ ; a cloudy dark-grey spot beneath costa 

 slightly before middle, and another larger and more blackish 

 obliquely beyond it near inner margin ; preceding these are 

 faint indications of an oblique paler fascia, more distinct in 

 female ; an indistinct short longitudinal dark fuscous streak in 

 disc about f ; slightly beyond this are very faint indications of 

 two paler marginal spots, appearing to form an angulated 

 fascia : cilia whitish-gi-ey, ochreous-tinged, round apex more 

 ochreous-whitish with a fine black line. Hindwings gi'ey ; 

 cilia light gi'ey. 



Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill ; in August and 

 September, and from February to April, very common in waste 

 grassy places, as by roadsides. 



38. Elach. archczonoma, n. sp. 



<? 9 . 6-8mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish irrorated 

 with dark grey. Antennae grey. Abdomen grey, anal tuft in 

 male grey, in female ochreous-whitish. Legs dark grey, ringed 

 with whitish. Fore wrings lanceolate ; dark grey, irrorated with 

 whitish ; basal area in female distinctly paler ; an oblique pale 

 fascia before the middle, in male very obscure and indistinct, in 

 female white and conspicuous ; beyond this is a more or less 

 defined blackish suffusion, tending to form two separate spots, 

 lower more marked ; indications of a short longitudinal dark 

 fuscous streak in disc about f ; in female two conspicuous white 

 opposite almost connected spots beyond ■§-, in male not trace- 

 able : cilia grey, with a fine black line round apex, in female 

 with a distinct white apical spot. Hindwings and cilia 

 grey. 



Auckland, Nelson, Wellington, and Dunedin ; common in 

 grassy places by roadsides, in December and January. The 

 very considerable dissimilarity between the sexes is the same 

 as occurs in some European species, as E. ohscnrella. 

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