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projecting tuft towards apex beneath, terminal joint as long as second, 

 some what thickened with appressed scales, pointed. Maxillary palpi rather 

 long, several-jointed, folded, somewhat loosely scaled. Posterior tibiae 

 smooth-scaled. Fore wings with 1& furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 to 

 costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, 

 cilia | ; 2-4 remote, parallel, 5-7 somewhat approximated towards base. 



Allied to Habrophila, and very similar in colouring, but much broader- 

 winged, and differing in palpi and antennae. 



Bascantis sirenica n. sp. 



$. 12 mm. Head and thorax deep purple, face whitish. Palpi dark 

 fuscous. Antennae violet - fuscous. Abdomen dark bluish - grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa anteriorly 

 slightly, towards apex strongly arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; deep purple ; a semioval ochreous-white spot on middle of costa, 

 reaching £ across wing ; dorsum obscurely marked with several small blue- 

 metallic spots and minute whitish dots ; a transverse-linear blackish mark 

 in disc at | ; a narrow bright-purple transverse fascia shot with metallic- 

 blue and edged anteriorly with indistinct white dots from beyond § of costa 

 to tornus, and another before apex : cilia dark grey, with blackish median 

 line. Hindwings dark bronzy-fuscous, lighter anteriorly ; cilia dark grey. 



Kaeo and Waitakere, in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. 



Tinea mysticopa n. sp. 



<$. 17-21 mm. Head fuscous-whitish, forehead more or less suffused 

 with fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish. An- 

 tennal ciliations \. Thorax dark fuscous, tips of patagia ochreous-whitish. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; bronzy-fuscous, more or less 

 mixed with dark fuscous ; an obscure rather broad streak of ochreous- 

 whitish suffusion along dorsum from base to f , upper edge with short pro- 

 minences at \ and middle of wing, edged about them with blackish-fuscous 

 suffusion ; second discal stigma represented by a cloudy ochreous-whitish 

 spot ; four ochreous-whitish dots on costa posteriorly : cilia fuscous mixed 

 with ochreous-whitish on basal third darker fuscous barred with whitish. 

 Hindwings light shining brassy-grey, paler posteriorly ; cilia whi f ish-grey. 



Invercargill, in October (Philpott), and Greymouth ; two specimens. 



Tinea conferta n. sp. 



c?$. 13-16 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of joints 

 whitish-ochreous. Antennal ciliations of <2 1|. Thorax dark fuscous more 

 or less mixed with lighter, apex of patagia ochreous-whitish. Abdomen 

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

 obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; brown, much mixed 

 and suffused with dark fuscous ; discal stigmata dark fuscous, moderate, 

 sometimes obscure, plical obliquely before first discal, large, black, raised, 

 preceded and followed by ochreous-whitish spots ; sometimes whitish- 

 ochreous spots or groups of scales on costa at f and on middle of termen : 

 cilia brownish, with two dark-fuscous shades. Hindwings deep fuscous- 

 purple ; cilia fuscous, with dark-fuscous medium shade. 



