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Differs from Z. sphenoid (Meyr.) in the presence of the preapical white 

 blotch. 



Bluff and Invercargill, in coastal forest ; a male and female in Novem- 

 ber. Mr. J. H. Lewis has taken the species in Central Otago. 



Plutellidae. 



Dolichernis jubata n. sp. 



<J. 14 mm. Head ochreous. Antennae ochreous, annulated with 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous mixed with brown, terminal joint brownish. 

 Thorax ochreous, shoulders brownish - black. Abdomen ochreous - grey. 

 Legs ochreous-grey, anterior tarsi fuscous annulated with ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa strongly and evenly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 rounded, oblique ; light ochreous ; markings blackish brown ; a broad stripe 

 along costa, irregular beneath, interrupted before apex, apical spot darker ; 

 first discal spot obliquely before plical, touching costal stripe ; plical at \, 

 oviform : second discal transverse, touching costal stripe ; a broad fascia 

 along termen, interrupted below apex: numerous scattered dark scales on 

 lower half of wing : cilia ochreous with broad dark basal line. Hindwings 

 grey-whitish : cilia grey with darker line round apex. 



Verv distinct. The species is placed in Dolichernis pending the dis- 

 covery of further material ; with the exception of the proportionate length 

 of antenna to forewing the characters agree very well. 



Tisbury, Invercargill. A single male taken in kamahi (Weinmannia 

 racemosa) forest in January, 1917. Mr. G. V. Hudson has also a single 

 example, taken at Kaeo in January, 1913. Evidently a wide-ranging 

 though scarce species. Type in coll. A. Philpott. 



Orthenches polita n. sp. 



j. 11mm. Head whitish - brown. Palpi white, brownish beneath. 

 Antennae bronzy-brown, broadly annulated with white. Thorax shining- 

 dark brown. Abdomen and legs grey-fuscous. Forewings rather long, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique : shining 

 brassy with cupreous reflections ; a large white oviform spot in middle near 

 base; a broad white striga from dorsum at middle reaching half across wing ; 

 an irregular white blotch above tornus ; a streak of purplish -violet from 

 beneath basal spot along fold to tornus, attenuated at extremities and 

 interrupted at median fascia and before tornus ; a similarly coloured but 

 more obscure streak from above median fascia to tornal blotch : cilia grey, 

 darker round apex. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Not closely related to any other Orthenches ; perhaps nearest to 

 0. drosochalca Meyr., but quite different in the arrangement of markings. 



Invercargill. The type was taken in July, and another specimen was 

 secured in February. 



, . TlNEIDAE. 



Sagephora exsanguis n. sp. 



<J. 10-12 mm. Head white, face ochreous. Palpi white, apical half 

 of second joint brown. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen rounded, extremely oblique ; white ; costa and dorsum broadly pale- 

 brownish throughout reducing ground-colour to a median stripe ; apical half 

 of dorsal stripe irregularly margined above with blackish ; a few dark scales 

 on costa near apex : cilia concolorous with wing - markings. Hindwings 

 and cilia shining white. 



