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Atomotricha chloronota n. sp. 



<J. 24-25 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax as in versuta. Antennal 

 joints four times as long as their apical width, ciliations 5. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, hardly 

 sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish- 

 ochreous, in one specimen purplish-fuscous except dorsal area ; a cloudy 

 blackish median longitudinal streak from base almost to apex ; in the 

 darker specimen second discal stigma indicated by a pale-ochreous spot 

 touching median streak and pale dorsal area : cilia whitish-ochreous, in 

 the darker specimen mixed with fuscous and dotted with darker at base. 

 Hindwings pale whitish-ochreous partially tinged with grey, especially on 

 a suffused supramedian streak in disc ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



$. 17 mm. Forewings broad-lanceolate, acuminate ; purplish-fuscous, 

 with whitish-ochreous dorsal area ; second discal stigma represented by a 

 cloudy ochreous-whitish spot ringed with dark fuscous. Hindwings rudi- 

 mentary. 



Invercargill (Philpott) ; three specimens (2 <$, 1 ?). 



Atomotricha sordida Butl. 



Recognizable by the short palpi and narrow forewings, usually with 

 dark median stripe ; $ unknown, but probably approaching that of the 

 following species, its nearest ally. Formerly taken plentifully near Christ- 

 church by Fereday, but seems to have disappeared. 



Atomotricha oeconoma n. sp. 



c£. 23 mm. Head whitish-ochreous." Palpi with second joint fuscous, 

 not reaching base of antennae, scales roughly projecting beneath towards 

 apex, terminal joint sprinkled with fuscous. Antennal joints thrice as 

 long as their apical width, ciliations 5. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow towards base, hardly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen nearly straight, very oblique ; 

 fuscous, mixed with grey in disc ; dorsum suffused with pale ochreous 

 towards base, edged by a blackish raised dot at ^ of wing ; stigmata un- 

 defined, pale ochreous, p ical nearly beneath first discal : cilia fuscous 

 sprinkled with whitish-ochreous, base spinkled with blackish. Hind- 

 wings pale whitish-ochreous, suffused with pale grey except towards apex 

 and posterior part of costa ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



$. 9-10 mm. Forewings ovate-lanceolate ; fuscous sufEusedly mixed 

 with darker, especially towards base ; dorsal area suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous towards base ; second discal stigma represented by a raised 

 ochreous tuft edged with dark fuscous. Hindwings rudimentary. 



Karori, in August (Hudson) ; three specimens (1 <$, 2 ?). Easily dis- 

 tinguished in both sexes from all except sordida by the palpi. 



Stenomidae. 

 Agriophara coricopa Meyr. 



Varies considerably in form of wing as well as in development of colour- 

 ing, some specimens having shorter and broader wings than others, but no 

 two are quite alike, and all differences are connected by transitional forms. 

 A specimen lately received from Mr. Hudson has a broad longitudinal 

 brown stripe from base to apex of forewings. 



