Meyeick. — On Ncio Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 187 



1. Forewings with ground-colour whitish-ochreous.. iwopalcsa. 



pale grey . . 2. 



2. Forewings with a pale suffused spot on costa pos- 



teriorly . . . . . . . . ogygia. 



without pale spots .. .. .. tricentra. 



50. Ne2Jt. tricentra, n. sp. 

 ?. 6mm. Head and palpi grey-whitish. Antennae, thorax, 

 and abdomen grey. Legs dark grey, apex of joints whitish- 

 Forewings lanceolate ; pale grey, irrorated with darker ; two or 

 three small round black dots in an irregular longitudinal series 

 towards middle of disc : ciha light grey. Hindwings and cilia 

 light grey. 



Christchurch, in March ; one specimen. 



51. Nept. ogygia, u. sp. 



(? . 7mm. Head and palpi pale whitish-ochreous. An- 

 tenuEe grey. Thorax and abdomen gre}-, sprinkled with 

 ochreous-whitish. Legs dark grey, apex of joints whitish. 

 Forewings lanceolate; pale grey, coarsely irrorated with 

 black ; an obscure cloudy ochreous-whitish suffusion towards 

 costa at f; an obscurely-indicated pale spot in disc before 

 middle : cilia whitish-ochreous-grey, with an obscure line of 

 dark scales round apex. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 



Dunedin, in January ; one specimen. 



52. Nejyt. propalaa, n. sp. 

 5 . 7mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax wlritish- 

 ochi-eous. Abdomen light grey. Legs wiiitish-ochreous, an- 

 terior pair infuscated. Forewings lanceolate ; whitish-ochre- 

 ous, obscurely irrorated with brownish ; a dark fuscous dot on 

 fold at J, a second in disc before middle, and a third imme- 

 diately before apex : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings light 

 grey ; cilia wdiitish-ochreous-grey. 



Arthur's Pass (3,000ft.), in January ; one specimen. 



The following additional notes on described species are 

 made from specimens and information kindly sent to me by 

 Mr. G. V. Hudson :— 



Sccliodes cordalis, Dbld. Bred by Mr. Hudson from larvae 

 feeding in the berries of Solanum avicnlarc. This is a very 

 interesting observation: the insect occurs in Celebes and 

 Australia as well as in New Zealand, and its attachment to 

 the widely-distributed genus Solanuvi explains the possibility 

 of this. 



GJcophora scholaa, Meyr. Bred by Mr. Hudson from a 

 larva living in a silken tube underground beneath the roots of 

 an old tree. 



_ (Ecophora ■poUtis, Meyr. Mr. Hudson informs me that 

 this species rapidly becomes worn, and is difficult to obtain in 



