106 Transactions. 



Eucosmidae. 

 Argyroploce chlorosaris n. sp. 



cj. 17 mm. Head and palpi whitish. Thorax grey. Abdomen 

 whitish-yellowish, towards apex pale grey. Forewings suboblong, costa 

 towards base strongly arched, then nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen 

 rounded, rather oblique ; white, faintly ochreous-tinged ; markings violet- 

 grey, somewhat mixed with dark fuscous ; a moderate basal fascia, outer 

 edge rather irregular, straight, direct ; dorsal half between this and central 

 fascia irregularly spotted ; central fascia rather widely interrupted above 

 middle, upper portion forming a flattened-triangular patch extending along 

 costa from before middle to f, lower portion moderately broad, dilated 

 beneath and extending from middle of dorsum to tornus, thence continued 

 as a broad violet-grey terminal fascia diminishing to apex, marked with 

 dark fuscous about middle of termen, and ending at apex in a ferruginous- 

 brown spot : cilia pale grey with darker subbasal shade. Hindwings grey, 

 suffused with whitish-yellowish in disc and towards base ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 on dorsum suffused with whitish-yellowish. Hindwings beneath with large 

 subdorsal tuft of long whitish -yellowish scales. 



Day's Bay, Wellington Harbour, in December, very rare (Hudson) ; 

 one specimen A remarkable and distinct species. 



COPROMORPHIDAE. 



This small family, whose position is still somewhat doubtful, has not 

 previously been recorded from New Zealand ; it consists of a few Indo- 

 Malayan forms, with representatives in Australia and the South Pacific 

 islands. Possibly the singular genus Isonomeutis should be referred to this 

 family. 



Phycomorpha n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed scales ; tongue short ; ocelli absent. 

 Antennae \, in <$ with strong flat dentations, basal joint moderately with- 

 out pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, oblique y ascending, second joint 

 much thickened with dense scales, roughly expanded on posterior half 

 above and slightly rough beneath, terminal joint |— £ of second, cylindrical r 

 hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Thorax with posterior crest. 

 Posterior tibiae with appressed scales or slightly roughened above. Fore- 

 wings with tufts of scales on surface ; 1& furcate, 2 from towards angle, 

 3-5 approximated, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 stalked, 11 from middle. Hind- 

 wings over 1, subovate, cilia J-i ; lower margin of cell with basal pecten 

 of hairs, 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 5 somewhat approximated towards 

 base, 6 and 7 parallel. 



Type, metachrysa Meyr. I refer also to this genus prasinochroa Meyr. 

 from New South Wales, hitherto included in Copromorpha, from which 

 genus I now distinguish the present by the stalking of the veins 8 and 9 

 of forewings. 



Phycomorpha metachrysa n. sp. 



cJ. 19-20 mm. Head pale greenish-ochreous, forehead mixed with 

 purplish and spotted with dark fuscous. Palpi purplish-fuscous irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, edges of second joint sprinkled with whitish, terminal 

 joint half second, blackish, base and apex whitish. Thorax pale ochreous 



