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Notoreas incompta n. sp. 



cJ 2. 26-31 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen white densely 

 irrorated with black. Antennae black, finely annulated with white, pectina- 

 tions in <$ rather short. Legs black, irrorated with white, tibiae and tarsi 

 annulated with ochreous- white. Forewings triangular, costa subsinuate, 

 termen evenly rounded, oblique, white, densely irrorated with black, especially 

 on median band and terminal area ; an irregular curved black basal line, 

 median portion mixed with brownish-ochreous ; an obscure double dentate 

 evenly-curved black line at \ ; median band more or less suffused with 

 ochreous, inner margin waved, regularly curved, outer margin twice angu- 

 larly projecting above middle, more or less incurved beneath ; subtermina] 

 line obscure, interrupted, white ; veins blackish interrupted with white : 

 cilia white barred with black and with a thin median black line. Hindwings 

 greyish-fuscous, terminal area dark fuscous ; a pale median fascia and 

 some obscure darker lines on apical half ; in some specimens the median 

 area is tinged with brownish-ochreous : cilia as in forewings. Undersides 

 grey-whitish, terminal area broadly fuscous : a black discal dot ; some 

 obscure waved dark lines before middle ; a prominent waved irregularly- 

 curved black line beyond middle ; subterminal line more distinct than on 

 upper surface. 



Hardly distinguishable in coloration from N. orphnaea (Meyr.), but 

 easily separable by the shorter antennal pectinations and the lesser develop- 

 ment of the palpal hairs. It is considerably larger than N. anthracias 

 (Meyr.), and the markings are less clearly defined. 



I am indebted to Mr. R. Gibb, Curator of the Southland Museum, for 



the opportunity of describing this interesting form, two of each sex having 



been taken by him on the Kepler Mountains, at an elevation of about 



3,000 ft., in January. Types, <J (1483) and $ (1484) in coll. Southland 



Museum. 



„ ..... Pyraustidae. 



Scopana dechvis n. sp. 



o . 28-32 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brown densely sprinkled with 

 white. Antennae brown. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous, grey beneath. 

 Legs grey mixed with fuscous, tarsi with pale ambulations. Forewings 

 elongate, triangular, costa hardly arched, subsinuate, apex obtuse, termen 

 almost straight, rounded beneath ; fuscous-brown irrorated with white; basal 

 area to first line rather pale ; first line whitish, straight, outwardly oblique ; 

 stigmata obscure or obsolete ; reniform represented by a dark transverse 

 mark ; . second line curved, deeply indented beneath costa, white ; sub- 

 terminal broad, parallel to termen, suffused, whitish ; a series of indistinct 

 dark dots round termen : cilia grey with two fuscous lines. Hindwings 

 pale whitish-ochreous : cilia pale whitish-ochreous with two darker lines. 



A browner species than S. petrina (Meyr.), and differing also in the 

 straight first line. 



The type specimen was taken at Commissioners Creek (Wakatipu) in 

 February by Mr. W. G. Howes. I have also an example from Macetown, 

 taken, also in February, by Mr. H. Hamilton. 



Scoparia scripta n. sp. 



cJ $. 29-32 mm. Head ochreous-grey-whitish. Palpi moderate, maxil- 

 laries white, labials white within, brownish-black without. Antennae ochreous- 

 whitish, filiations in $ f. Thorax brownish -grey. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitisli. Legs ochreous-white, much infuscated, tarsi banded with fuscous. 



