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costa strongly arched, apex obtuse, termen very oblique, greyish-brown 

 with numerous scattered ochreous scales, especially in $ ; in <J thickly and 

 irregularly sprinkled with fuscous-brown : cilia grey with fuscous sprinkling. 

 Hindwings fuscous-grey : cilia grey with darker basal line. 



Approaches B. melanamma Meyr., but is smaller, and differs in the 

 peculiar speckled appearance. 



Central Otago. Taken commonly by Mr. J. H. Lewis, to whose 

 liberality I am indebted for the type of the species. 



Trachypepla semilauta n. sp. 



S ?. 15-16 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white infus- 

 cated at base beneath and with a fuscous band before apex. Antennae 

 fuscous, obscurely annulated with ochreous, ciliations in <$ 2J. Thorax 

 fuscous mixed with ochreous. Abdomen fuscous-grey. Legs whitish-grey 

 with some infuscation. Forewings rather broad, costa moderately arched, 

 apex subacute, termen almost straight, strongly oblique ; white, faintly 

 tinged with yellowish; base narrowly fuscous-black, extending on costa to J; 

 an outwardly -angulated fuscous-black fascia from dorsum at middle, not 

 reaching costa, broadest on dorsum where it is sometimes bright ochreous ; a 

 triangular black fascia from costa at J, its apex, which encloses a white spot, 

 reaching centre of wing, thence continued as a line to tornus ; a small black 

 mark preceding this below middle ; a curved black fascia from costa at 

 f round termen to tornus, anteriorly margined with white, the space 

 between this and the median fascia being filled with bright ochreous ; a 

 black apical blotch ; in some specimens the space between the costal fasciae 

 is suft'usedly' filled with dark fuscous, the ochreous and white colouring 

 being almost obsolete : cilia whitish-ochreous more or less sprinkled with 

 fuscous ; apex fuscous. Hindwings dark greyish-fuscous : cilia grey-fuscous 

 with darker basal line. 



Distinguished from T. ingenua Meyr., its nearest ally, by the white 

 basal area of forewings. 



Hunter Mountains, in January. Three, specimens beaten from under- 

 growth in Nothofagus forest at about 2,750 ft. 



Heliodinidae. 

 Thylacosceles radians n. sp. 



d $. 8-9-| mm. Head and palpi shining white. Antennae white, infus- 

 cated on apical third. Thorax grey- whitish. Abdomen ochreous- whitish, 

 apical half in 3 dark fuscous. Legs white, tibial fringe black. Fore- 

 wings moderate, parallel-sided, costa hardly arched, apex acute, termen 

 extremely oblique, leaden fuscous, somewhat ochreous-tinged in $; an obscure 

 suffused white blotch in disc at f , sometimes preceded by a white spot on 

 tornus : cilia fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey-fuscous. 



Smaller and darker than T. acridomima Meyr. 



Seaward Bush (Invercargill). Fairly common in December. T. acri- 

 domima is attached to the fern Aspidium aculeatum var. vestitum, and it is 

 possible that the food plant of T. radians is Polypodium diver sifolium, which, 

 with other epiphytic growth, frequently covers the trunks of the kamahi. 



GrLYPHIPTERYGIDAE . 



Hieroderis (?) stellata n. sp. 



<?. 20 mm. Head ferruginous-brown. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of 

 second joint beneath and apex of terminal joint whitish. Antennae 



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