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Forewings triangular, costa faintly sinuate in middle, apex subacute, ter- 

 men bowed, oblique ; ochr eons-brown ; veins dotted alternately with, black 

 and white ; a number of blackish faintly-waved lines from costa to dorsum, 

 inwardly very oblique ; four or five from apex to near middle of dorsum 

 more pronounced and forming an obscure median band ; a thin black 

 waved terminal line ; a black discal dot : cilia ochreous-brown with two 

 darker lines. Hindwings, costa elongate, termen almost straight, waved ; 

 whitish-grey ; numerous faint waved brown lines parallel to termen, a more 

 distinct darker one beyond middle followed by lighter ground-colour : cilia 

 as in forewings. 



$ as (J, but ground-colour grey-brown. 



Nearest to V. verriculata, but very distinct ; the unusual form of the 

 hindwing is comparable only with Epirranthis hemipteraria. 



Ben Lomond, in February ; two of each sex taken by Mr. M. 0. Pasco. 



Selidosemidae. 

 Selidosema lutea sp. nov. 



<J. 47 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dull yellowish-brown, face paler. 

 Antennae moderately bipectinated, yellowish - brown. Abdomen pale 

 yellow-brown. Forewings strongly arched at base, costa faintly sinuate, 

 apex subacute, termen sinuate, rounded beneath, oblique ; dull yellowish- 

 brown with a few scattered blackish scales, most plentiful near apex ; basal 

 line indicated by a few blackish scales at dorsum ; first line much inter- 

 rupted, dentate, black, most pronounced as an inwardly oblique mark on 

 dorsum ; a series of obscure interneural black dots on termen : cilia dull 

 yellowish-brown with obscure darker line. Hindwings, termen sinuate ; 

 very pale yellowish-brown ; a prominent black discal dot and some black 

 scales round termen : cilia pale yellowish-brown with faint darker line and 

 tips whitish. 



Nearest to S. lupinata, but that species differs in the yellower hindwings 

 without discal lunule, and is also a considerably smaller form. 



Bold Peak, Humboldt Eange. A single £ taken by Mr. C. Fenwick 

 in December, 1913. Several others were secured by Mr. W. G-. Howes 

 in February, 1914. 



Crambidae. 



Orocrambus scoparioides sp. nov. 



c£. 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-brown, palpi mixed with 

 yellowish. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen brown, somewhat yellow late- 

 rally. Forewings, costa straight, apex subacute, termen straight, rounded 

 beneath, slightly oblique ; bright reddish-brown, rather infuscated towards 

 base ; a linear yellowish mark along dorsum at base ; first line white, 

 obscure, inwardly indented at middle, broadly margined with fuscous pos- 

 teriorly ; some white suffusion following this, more pronounced on dorsal 

 half ; second line white, distinct, outwardly indented above middle ; veins 

 irregularly marked with black : cilia ochreous-brown with darker basal 

 line. Hindwings dark fuscous : cilia ochreous, paler on apical half. Under- 

 sides brownish-yellow. 



A remarkable form, remote from any species of the genus yet discovered, 

 and superficially closely resembling a Scoparia. 



Ben Lomond, December. Two taken by Mr. C. Fenwick at about 

 3,800 ft., and another obtained at Paradise in April. Mr. W. G. Howes 

 also took a .specimen at Commissioner's Creek in February. Probably 

 generally distributed throughout the Wakatipu district. 



