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Abdomen light grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; white, with a very faint ochreous tinge ; a dark-fuscous wedge- 

 shaped spot along basal sixth of costa ; a broad direct transverse dark- 

 grey band occupying median third, anterior edge slightly concave, posterior 

 slightly convex and somewhat excavated above middle ; within this band 

 are two tufts almost on anterior edge representing first discal and plical 

 stigmata, and a crescentic transverse white dark-edged mark towards 

 posterior edge ; a suffused grey patch towards lower part of termen, touch- 

 ing tornus ; a small black apical spot, preceded by a large black dot on 

 costa and three on termen : cilia grey, round apex with base white. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale grey, darker towards base. 



Wainuiomata, in December (Hudson) ; one specimen. Allied to 

 euryleucota, but quite distinct ; the wholly white posterior third of costa 

 distinguishes it from that and the allied species. 



Trachypepla importuna n. sp. 



<3$. 16-18 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi ochreous 

 whitish tinged with grey except towards apex of joints. Antennal ciliations 

 of <J 1|. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow 

 towards base, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; pale fuscous, somewhat mixed with whitish ; a triangular fuscous 

 patch extending over basal f of costa and reaching to below fold, edged 

 posteriorly by an inwardly oblique series of three suffused subconfluent 

 dark-fuscous spots, two lower tufted ; stigmata small, dark fuscous, plical 

 beneath first discal ; second discal connected with tornus by a streak of 

 fuscous suffusion, mixed with dark fuscous, preceded on upper part by 

 some raised white scales ; spots of fuscous suffusion on costa beyond middle 

 and at f ; from second of these an indistinct angulated fuscous line runs 

 to tornus ; a series of cloudy dark - fuscous dots round posterior part of 

 costa and termen : cilia pale fuscous. Hindwings whitish-fuscous ; cilia 

 fuscous- whitish. 



Ohakune and Wellington, in January (Hudson) ; four specimens. An 

 obscure species, perhaps nearest ingenua. 



Trachypepla vinaria n. sp. 



cJ$. 19-21 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi fuscous, apex of 

 joints whitish. Antennal ciliations of <$ 1. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow towards base, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; pale-brownish suffusedly 

 mixed with white ; a triangular purple-brownish patch sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous extending over basal f of costa and reaching to below fold, outer 

 edge inwardly oblique ; stigmata dark fuscous surrounded with white, plical 

 slightly beyond first discal ; a small undefined brownish-ochreous patch 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous on dorsum beyond middle ; an oblique mode- 

 rately broad brownish fascia from beyond middle of costa to tornus, suffused 

 with purple towards costa, anterior edge traversing second discal stigma 

 and marked with dark-fuscous irroration ; a triangular purple-brown spot 

 on costa at f, whence an indistinct angulated line of dark-fuscous scales 

 runs to tornus ; a series of cloudy dots of dark-fuscous irroration round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish, towards tips greyish, 



