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Doxophyrtis hydrocosma n. sp. 



<$. 20-22 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish, forehead and front of 

 ■crown more or less suffused with pale bluish-grey. Palpi whitish, anterior 

 furrow of terminal joint blackish. Thorax light ochreous-yellowish, with 

 three dark bluish-grey transverse bars. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow towards base, gradually dilated, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; light ochreous-yellowish, 

 crossed by pale shining bluish-leaden streaks edged with blackish strongly 

 angulated in middle, whitish on costa, their angulations connected in disc 

 by two longitudinal blackish lines ; on basal third these anastomose irregu- 

 larly, then follow three stronger separate streaks more strongly angulated ; 

 beyond these are two or three short marks on costa, and an irregular streak 

 before termen, on lower portion indistinct and surrounded with some scat- 

 tered blackish scales ; a black dot on termen above middle ; on lower half 

 of termen three or four pale-yellowish dots separated with blackish : cilia 

 pale shining violet-grey, round apex with a blackish basal line Hindwings 

 dark grey, lighter anteriorly ; a transverse patch of pale-ochreous hair- 

 scales extending upwards from termen below middle to cell : cilia pale- 

 greyish, with dark-grey subbasal line, at apex suffused with whitish. 



Kaeo, at rest on stems of nikau palms, in January (Hudson) ; three 

 specimens. 



Lyonetiadae. 

 Hieroxestis omoscopa Meyr. 



Examples of this species, which I have not seen previously from New 

 Zealand, were forwarded to me by Mr. Hudson from Kaeo and Waikino, 

 under the name of Opogona apicalis Swezey. The genus is allied to 

 Opogona, but easily distinguished from it by the rough frontal tuft, the 

 head in Opogona being entirely smooth. The species is common in Aus- 

 tralia and South Africa, which latter country is apparently its home. The 

 larva feeds on cork, &c, and is undoubtedly spread by artificial intro- 

 duction. 



Decadarchis laquearia n. sp. 



cJ. 11 mm. Head grey, face white. Palpi white, second joint with 

 rough projecting scales towards apex anteriorly. Antennae grey. Thorax 

 and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen sinuate beneath apex, rather 

 oblique ; dark purple-fuscous, with light-blue reflections ; a slender whitish 

 transverse streak from \ of dorsum to fold ; a thicker oblique whitish bar 

 from J of costa to fold beyond it ; irregularly curved narrow white trans- 

 verse fasciae in middle and at f, connected by a zigzag bar from upper 

 part of first to lower part of second ; some scattered white specks between 

 these : ci'ia grey, basal third on termen prismatic-metallic, round apex 

 whitish cut by two projecting black hooks at apex and two bars above it. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous with bronzy reflections ; cilia grey. 



Kaeo, in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. Very distinct. 



Erechthias cimmeria n. sp. 



cJ. 14-15 mm. Head whitish, crown with two dark -fuscous spots. 

 Palpi whitish, second and terminal joints anteriorly tufted with long white 



