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suffusion between these lines, strongest before subterminal ; teeth of sub- 

 terminal line connected with termen by more or less marked blackish inter- 

 neural streaks : cilia pale-greyish (imperfect). Hindwiugs with termen 

 unevenly and irregularly rounded ; pale-greyish, with indistinct darker 

 specks, more distinct and blackish-tinged towards termen : an indistinct 

 waved grev subterminal line : cilia pale-greyish. 



Tokaanu, in April (Hudson) ; one specimen. The black basal streak 

 and peculiar form of first line make this species very distinct. 



Crambidae. 

 Crambus menstes n. sp. 



cJ$. 16-19 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark brown, })al]n whitish 

 towards base beneath. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly I'ounded, 

 somewhat oblicjue ; dark brown ; a moderate ochreous-white median longi- 

 tudinal streak from base to termen, slightly narrowed towards extremities : 

 cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey : cilia grey or whitish-grey, or in $ whitish, 

 with grey subbasal line. 



Long-wood Range, 2,700 ft.. in December (Phil})ott) ; seven specimens. 

 Sent (together with examples of auUstes and saristes from other localities) by 

 Mr. Philpott as aethonelliis, showing that his remarks in Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. 49, p. 215, are founded on misconception of these species, which are 

 closely allied but distinct, and seem not to occur together. 1 therefore 

 indicate the points by which these three other species may be clearly 

 separated from meristes and one another — viz., aethoneUns by the defined 

 white line along costa throughout, aulistes by the white line on ])osterior 

 half of costa only (sent by Mr. Philpott from Flagstaff" Hill), and saristes 

 by the peculiar form of median streak, which has the terminal fourth 

 suddenly much more slender, the end of the preceding portion tending to 

 show a slight pointed projection beneath it (this is the Seaward Moss species). 

 True aethonellus I have from Mount Hutt and Takitimu Mountains. 



_ , TORTRICIDAE. 



Tortrix antichroa n. sp. 



(J. 16 mm. Head light grey. Palpi 2-|, whitish-ochreous suffused with 

 pale grey. Antennal ciliations li. Thorax yellow-ochreous. Abdomen 

 rather dark grey. Forewings suboblong. slightly dilated posteriorly, costa 

 anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly arched, without fold, apex obtuse, 

 termen faintly sinuate beneath apex, slightly oblique ; fuscous, with faint 

 violet tinge, somewhat sprinkled with ferruginous ; a yellow-ochreous patch 

 occu])ying basal f of wing, edge straight, rather oblique, finely whitish, 

 followed by dark-fuscous suffusion ; a small fuscous mark in disc at J ; 

 several darker strigulae or small si)ots on posterior half of costa : cilia fuscous 

 suffusedly mixed with ferruginous. Hindwings dark grey, somewhat lighter 

 anteriorly : cilia light grev. 



Mount Egmont, 3,000 ft., in February (Hudson) ; one specimen. In 

 colouring recalls Epichorista heniionana, but broader-winged. 



DiPLOSARIDAE. 



This family (which may be placed above the Cosmopterygidae) is new to 

 the New Zealand fauna. In general characters it approaches the Cosmo- 

 pterygidae, but is distinguished from that family by the absence of the 



