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Forewings elongate, triangular, costa subsinuate, apex subacute, termen 

 sinuate, slightly oblique, rounded at tornus ; pale ochreous densely sprinkled 

 with fuscous and more or less suffused with white on costal half ; a thick 

 black basal streak from costa, curving to centre of wing, thence straight to 

 about J, apex acute ; first line faintly whitish, posteriorly fuscous-margined, 

 from costa at J strongly outwardly oblique for about §, thence sharply 

 angulated to dorsum before middle ; orbicular large, touching first line, 

 oval, black, pale-centred, lower half thick, prominent, upper half hardly 

 traceable: claviform obsolete; reniform irregularly X-shaped, large, black. 

 upper aial lower halves filial with fuscous, inner lower arm produced so as 

 sometimes to touch orbicular ; second line indistinctly whitish, preceded by 

 a series of cuneate black dots, sharply indented beneath costa ; a series of 

 roundish black dots on termen : cilia ochreous mixed with fuscous : two 

 indistinct darker lines. Hindwings pale whitish-ochreous ; lunule, sub- 

 terminal line, and terminal band infuscated : cilia as in forewings but rather 

 paler. 



Closely related to S. rotuella (Feld.) and S. clavata Philp. From the 

 former it may be distinguished by the disconnected orbicular and reniform, 

 and from the latter by the acutely pointed basal streak. 



Hunter Mountains, in January. Four males and one female taken in 

 damp gullies at about 3,000 ft 



Scoparia caliginosa n. sp. 



<£. 17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax ferruginous-brown mixed 

 with grey. Abdomen ferruginous-brown. Legs grey-brown, tarsi obscurely 

 annulated with paler. Forewings moderate, triangular, costa almost straight, 

 apex obtuse, termen straight, slightly oblique, ferruginous-brown densely 

 irrorated with whitish on basal f ; a short oblique brown fascia from costa 

 at base ; first line obscurely paler, curved, indented at middle, suffusedly 

 margined posteriorly with ferruginous-brown ; orbicular indistinct ; clavi- 

 form irregular, blackish on fold ; reniform obscurely 8-shaped, ferruginous- 

 brown, pale-centred ; second line parallel to termen, subsinuate, interruptedly 

 margined with ferruginous-brown anteriorly, whitish : subterminal line close 

 to termen. indistinct, whitish : cilia fuscous-grey with darker basal line. 

 Hindwings fuscous-grey, darker terminally : cilia' grey with two darker 

 lines. 



Near S. ergatis Meyr. and S. organaea Meyr.. but separated from both 

 by the form of the second line. 



A single male received from Mr. J. H. Lewis. Locality doubtful, but 

 probably Matakanui. 



_ ,, ToRTRICIDAE. 



Eurythecta curva n. sp. 



cj. 14-15 mm. Head and palpi ochreous. Antennae fuscous, cilia- 

 tions 1\. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen grey - whitish, anal tuft 

 ochreous. Legs ochreous - whitish. Forewings, costa strongly arched at 

 base, apex round-pointed, termen straight, oblique ochreous- whitish with 

 scattered fuscous scales ; a rather bright ochreous mark in disc above middle 

 from \ to | ; sometimes a similar but more obscure mark below middle ; 

 the fuscous scales sometimes tend to form lines on veins : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous with two darker lines. Hindwings, termen markedly sinuate, 

 greyish-fuscous : cilia as in forewings. 



Nearest to E. eremana (Meyr.), but differing in size and wing-shape. 



Hunter Mountains, in January. Fairlv common on low herbage at 

 3,500 ft. 



