Meyhick. — Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidopfera. '31 



second specimen has veins 6' and 7 of hindwings separate ; in the original 

 type they are unmistakably stalked, but it now appears probable that this 

 was an individual abnormality, and the presence of a costal fold (a dis- 

 cordant character in Cnephasia) and the specific affinity to fervida indicate 

 that the species should be removed to Tortrix. After careful comparison 

 with my seven specimens oi fervida, however, I entertain no doubt that the 

 two species are distinct ; apart from superficial colouring, in which there 

 is certainly some variability, the ciliations of antennae in ^ are obviously 

 longer and more fasciculate in fervida, and the terjnen of forewings in that 

 species is distinctly less oblique than in sphenias. 



Oecophoridae. 



Borkhausenia compsogramma n. sp. 



(J. 13-15 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark purplish-fuscous. 

 Antennal ciliations 1. Palpi grey, second joint sometimes partially suffused 

 with whitish-yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; dark violet-fuscous ; markings ochreous- 

 yellow suffused in disc with fulvous-orange, an^ with some scattered 

 blackish scales on their edges ; an oval blotch extending over basal fourth 

 of dorsum ; a narrow irregular rather oblique fascia from costa before ^, not 

 reaching dorsum ; a transverse fasciate blotch from costa beyond middle, 

 and another inwardly oblique from costa at f , both directed towards but 

 not reaching a spot on dorsum before tornus ; a streak along termen 

 throughout : cilia fuscous, base scaled with ochreous-yellow along terminal 

 streak. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



BuUer River, in December (Hudson) ; two specimens. At first sight 

 extremely like chrysogramma, but on comparison the markings are seen to 

 be quite differently arranged. 



Izatha amorbas Meyr. 



This species has an elongate pale-yellow blotch extending beneath 

 median third of costa of hindwings, sometimes nearly obsolete, and not 

 noticed in my description, but in an example now sent from Dunedin it is 

 conspicuous. 



Lyonetiadae. 

 Hectacma crypsimima n. sp. 



^. 10 mm. Head grey mixed with whitish and blackish. Palpi dark 

 fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous slightly speckled with whitish. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex tolerably pointed, termen hardly rounded, extremely oblique ; bronz}^- 

 brown, irregularly speckled with whitish except in posterior part of disc, 

 with some scattered blackish scales ; a very oblique blackish wedge-shaped 

 streak from basal parjb of costa reaching half across wing ; oblique blackish 

 wedge-shaped spots from costa before middle and towards apex, and one 

 from middle of dorsum ; a small round blackish apical spot : cilia grey, 

 whitish-tinged round apex, with two blackish lines. Hindwings and cilia 

 dark fuscous. 



Wellington, in February (Hudson) ; one specimen, " taken on black 

 Fagus trunks." 



