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apex only. Hindwings with all veins present ; grey, slightly 

 ochreous-tinged ; cilia light grey, slightly ochreous-tinged, on 

 costa whitish-ochreous. 



Bealey Eiver ; one specimen in January. This is the largest 

 species of the vrhole genus known, with the most pronounced 

 tuft of palpi, and the full neuration of hindwings. 



40. Batr. arenosella, Walk. 



{Gracilaria arenosella, Walk., 857.) 



<? ? • ll-14mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous, apex of second joint blackish, scales slightly 

 projecting, terminal joint more whitish, with sub-median and 

 apical black rings. Antennoe whitish-ochreous, indistinctly 

 ringed with fuscous, towards apex with three or four broader 

 fuscous bands. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. Legs dark 

 fuscous, ringed with whitish, posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, 

 long-pointed ; veins 6 and 7 separate ; pale yellow-ochreous, 

 finely sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous dot in disc 

 before f , and another at f , occasionally obsolete : cilia pale 

 grey, on costa whitish-ochreous, sharply divided at apex. 

 Hindwings with veins 2, 3, and 5 absent ; pale grey ; cilia pale 



gi-ey. 



Larva feeds amongst seeds of Juncus, joining them together 

 with a slight web, in August : pupa very slender, in a cocoon 

 amongst the seeds. 



Palmerston, Wellington, and Christchurch ; common from 

 January to March. Also, generally distributed in east and 

 south Australia, which is doubtless its place of origin. The 

 species is closely allied in every way to the European B. 

 pinicolella. 



41. Batr. psithyra, n. sp. 



S . 7-lOmm. Head, thorax, and abdomen pearly white. 

 Palpi white, second joint with a blackish sub-apical ring, 

 scales slightly projecting, terminal joint with a blackish basal 

 ring. Antennae white, indistinctly ringed with pale fuscous. 

 Legs white, indistinctly banded with fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, very narrow, long-pointed ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; 

 white, more or less sprinkled with fuscous ; a dark fuscous 

 elongate dot in disc before middle, a second very obliquely 

 before it on fold, and a third in disc beyond f ; a sharply- 

 marked black apical dot : cilia whitish, with a black line op- 

 posite apex only. Hindwings with veins 2, 3, and 5 absent ; 

 whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Nelson, and Invercargill; 

 ten specimens, in December and January. 



