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Near S. organaea Meyr., but the forewings are much narrower at the 

 base and the costa is straighter ; the second line of the two forms is quite 

 different both in colour and form. In some examples the white suffusion 

 is very pronounced and the markings are more or less obsolete. 



I took a good series on Tooth Peaks, Wakatipu, at an elevation of 

 about 3,000 ft., in December. The species was abundant on the moist 

 ground near a little stream. The specific name is intended as a tribute 

 to the memory of the late Quartermaster Merlin Owen Pascoe, who fell 

 at La Newaille, France, a few months before the conclusion of the war. 

 Quartermaster Pascoe did a great deal of entomological work in the 

 Wakatipu district, and was the first entomologist to collect on Tooth Peaks. 



Pyralididae. 

 Endotricha pyrosalis Guen., Lep., vol. 8, p. 219. 



Among some moths sent to me several years ago by Mr. H. Hamilton 

 was a single example of this species, labelled " Mt. Dennan (Tararua 

 Mountains), February, 1911." I was not at the time able to identify the 

 specimen, and as it was not in very good condition it was set aside in the 

 hope of obtaining further ^material. Having now, through the kindness 

 of Dr. Jefferis Turner, procured good examples of fyrosalis from Australia, 

 I am able to make the above record. The species has a wing-expanse of 

 about 20 mm. The forewings are rather bright yellow, densely sprinkled 

 with pink, especially on the apical f. The hindwings are also bright yellow, 

 and have the termen broadly margined with pink. The patagial tufts are 

 much elongated, reaching more than half-way to the tornus of the hindwing. 



I learn from Mr. H. Hamilton that this interesting captiire could not 

 have been made by him, as he did not visit Mount Dennan on the date 

 recorded. He suggests that the moth was probably taken by his father, 

 the late Augustus Hamilton. 



Plutellidae. 

 Orthenches virgata n. sp. 



$. 10 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous. Antennae ochreous 

 on basal fifth, annulated with white and black on remaining portion. 

 Abdomen greyish-white. Legs, anterior pairs fuscous, tarsi obscurely annu- 

 lated with ochreous, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, 

 costa strongly arched, apex round-pointed, termen moderately oblique ; 

 bright ochreous with violet and purplish reflections ; a brownish fascia from 

 beneath costa near base to dorsum at ^j ; a well-defined fascia from costa 

 at \ to dorsum at |, slightly irregular, brownish mixed with black ; a similar 

 fascia from costa at |, strongly angled above middle towards termen, 

 thence to dorsum at §, where it coalesces with inwardly-oblique fascia from 

 costa at I, both these fasciae having black patches at middle ; a white patch 

 margining last fascia at middle ; a few black scales on central portion 

 of dorsum : cilia ochreous, becoming fuscous round apex. Hindwings and 

 cilia shining white. 



A well-marked species, having little affinity with any other membe^' of 

 the genus. 



The type of this interesting species was taken at Auckland on the 

 2nd October, 1918, by Dr. A. Jeft'eris Turner, of Queensland, to whose 

 generosity I am indebted for the specimen. Mr. Charles E. Clarke was 

 fortunate enough to secure a second example at Waitati, Otago, in 

 February, 1919, so that the species, though apparently rare, must be widely 

 distributed. 



