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Epichorista theatralis n. sp. 



$. 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous. Antennae fuscous, annu- 

 lated with ochreous towards base. Abdomen fuscous-grey. Legs grey- 

 whitish. Fore wings moderately arched at base, apex rectangular, termen 

 almost straight, hardly oblique, rather bright ochreous ; markings silvery 

 metallic but rendered obscure by an admixture of ground-colour ; a broad 

 fascia from ^ costa to \ dorsum : a narrow fascia from \ costa, strongly out- 

 wardly oblique to middle of wing at §, thence angled downwards to dorsum 

 before tornus ; a slightly curved subterminal line : cilia bright ochreous. 

 Hindwings dark greyish-fuscous : cilia greyish-fuscous with a darker basal 

 line, ochreous round apex. 



Apparently nearest to E. emphanes (Meyr.), but entirely different in 

 coloration. A single male being all the material available, the generic 

 position of the species must for the present be regarded as provisional. 



Hunter Mountains, in January. The type was secured in Nothofagus 

 forest at about 2,750 ft. 



_ , , . Gelechiadae. 



Gelechia sparsa n. sp. 



<$. 10-11 mm. Head and thorax white densely mixed with brown. 

 Palpi white., brown beneath. Antennae fuscous with some admixture of 

 whitish. Abdomen fuscous. Legs pale fuscous, tarsi obscurely annulated 

 with whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 

 acute, termen extremely oblique ; white densely irrorated with fuscous and 

 ferruginous-brown : an out tea idly-oblique ferruginous-brown fascia from middle 

 of dorsum, reaching half across wing ; a blotch of similar colour at tornus: 

 cilia grey-whitish sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings, termen strongly and 

 angularly emarginate, fuscous : cilia fuscous-grey. 



Not closely approaching any other Gelechia ; perhaps nearest to 67. glauco- 

 terma Meyr. 



Dunedin, in November. Three males taken by Mr. C. C. Fenwick, 

 whose collection contains the type. 



Oecophoridae. 

 Borkhausenia honorata n. sp. 



<$. 12 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark bronzy-brown. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, tarsi annulated with yellow. Fore- 

 wings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 oblique, dark fuscous-brown ; a broad yellow stripe along dorsum, indented 

 above before middle and tornus ; an irregular yellow blotch beneath costa at ^ 

 and a similar one before f, both sometimes absent ; a broad straight yellow 

 fascia from costa at i, parallel to termen, reaching § across wing : cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Allied to B. chrysogramma Meyr., but differing entirely in the arrange- 

 ment of the yellow markings. 



Two examples secured in the neighbourhood of Invercargill, and a third 

 at Knife and Steel Boat-harbour (Fiord County). All taken in forest in 

 December. Mr. G. V. Hudson has a specimen from Lake Harris, taken in 

 Jamiary, 1906, this being the first of the species to be brought to light. 



Borkhausenia sabulosa n. sp. 



S ?. 10-11 Dim. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen greyish-brown. 

 Antennae greyish-brown annulated with darker. Legs grey-brown, tarsi 

 obscurely annulated with ochreous. Forewings moderate, in $ lanceolate, 



