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TORTRICIDAE. 



Tortrix tigns sp. now 



cJ. 22 mm. Head and palpi ochreous. Antennae ochreous, annulated 

 with black, ciliations 1. Thorax pale ochreous mixed with brown. Abdo- 

 men pale ochreous-grey. Forewings elongate-ovate, costa strongly arched, 

 fold f , apex subacute, termen markedly sinuate, slightly oblique ; whitish- 

 ochreous mixed with brown ; markings fuscous-brown, distinct ; posterior 

 edge of basal patch very oblique, deeply and widely indented at middle ; median 

 fascia very broad, anterior edge from \ costa to beyond \ dorsum, almost straight 

 posterior edge from § costa to tornus, sinuate ; an irregularly wedge-shaped 

 fascia midway between median fascia and apex, its anterior edge strongly 

 sinuate : cilia fuscous-brown. Hindwings whitish-grey, faintly ochreous- 

 tinged round termen : cilia whitish-grey, fuscous towards apex. 



Nearest to T. torogramma, but easily distinguished by the form of the 

 basal patch and the median fascia. 



Tisbury, Invercargill. One example, beaten from Dicksonia fibrosa, in 

 January. 



Harmologa palliata sp. nov. 



<$. 24-27 mm. Antennae black annulated with whitish. Head, palpi, 

 and thorax dark fuscous mixed with yellowish-grey. Abdomen dark fus- 

 cous, segmental divisions grey. Forewings suboblong, costa rather straight, 

 fold slight, termen slightly oblique, rounded beneath ; dark fuscous, densely 

 strewn with pale-yellow scales which tend to become tinged with blue near costa 

 and dorsum : cilia fuscous-grey, darker near apex. Hindwings dark reddish- 

 fuscous, sometimes strongly suffused with red in disc : cilia grey, with one 

 or more obscure darker lines. Undersides : Forewings bright yellow with 

 suffused fuscous blotch on apical third ; hindwings bright yellow with 

 scattered fuscous scales. 



$. 29 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen grey-whitish tinged 

 with yellow. Forewings oblong, termen faintly sinuate ; pale fuscous, 

 thickly strewn with light-yellow scales, towards middle of costa scales tend to 

 become bluish-white : cilia grey mixed with fuscous, Hindwings fuscous- 

 grey tinged with pale yellow : cilia white with two obscure darker lines. 

 Undersides : Forewings yellowish-grey ; hindwings pale clear yellow. 



Distinguished from all the other large species of Harmologa, except aenea, 

 by the absence of markings on the forewings. The latter species I have 

 not seen, but palliata seems to differ in the colour of both fore and hind 

 wings. 



Obelisk, Old Man Eange, Central Otago. Taken commonly by Messrs. 

 A. Hamilton and W. G. Howes early in February, 1912. I am indebted to 

 Mr. Howes for three fine males. In December of the same year I found 

 both sexes fairly plentiful on the Takitimu Mountains at about 3,500 ft. 



Oecophoridae. 



Cremnogenes nigra sp. nov. 



cJ. 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen black, 

 antennal ciliations 4|, in whorls at joints. Forewings moderate, termen 

 oblique ; blackish-fuscous ; a broad white irregular stripe along dorsum from 

 base to near tornus, mixed with yellow at base, bent upwards and enclosing a 

 spot of ground-colour on posterior half, sometimes more or less obsolete : 

 cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



