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second line distinct, sinuate beneath casta, thence almost straight inwardly- 

 oblique to dorsum, white ; subterminal broad, widely and deeply indented 

 at middle, white : cilia grey with fuscous median and subapical lines. 

 Hindwings grey, infuscated round teniien : cilia as in forewings but paler. 



Nearest "S. ct/ptastis Meyr., from which it differs in the more strongly 

 curved first line, and in the second line being sinuate, not indented, beneath 

 costa. It may be regarded as the forest representative of cyptastis. 



I took one specimen at Cromarty (Preservation Inlet) in March, 1911. 

 In December, 1917, Mr. C. E. Clarke and myself found it not uncommon 

 from Blue Cliffs to Knife-and-Steel Boat-harbour. It is therefore probably 

 distributed throughout the coastal forest of Fiord County. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



Tortrix inusitata n. sp. 



(S. 20-21 mill. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous. Palpi rather 

 long, fuscous-grey, tinged with ochreous outwardly. Antennae pale 

 ochreous with dark annulations, ciliations H. Abdomen ochreous-grey, 

 bright ochreous beneath, anal tuft blackish. Legs pale ochreous, tarsi 

 broadly annulated with black. Forewings triangular, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, hardly oblique, tornal angle broadly 

 rounded, purplish-fuscous : a narrow basal patch bright ochreous, extending 

 along costa to about | ; extreme costal edge sometimes ochreous throughout ; 

 an outwardly-oblique dark striga obscurely indicated at | ; some undefined 

 dark dots on costa : cilia purplish-fuscous, paler round tornus. Hind- 

 wings ochreous-grey with numerous dark strigulae : cilia as in forewings 

 but paler. 



Distinguished from T. excessana (Walk.), its nearest ally, by the strongly 

 contrasted basal patch. 



Mr. C. E. Clarke has taken a few examples at Waitati, Dunedin, in forest, 

 in the months of October and November. I have taken a single specimeu 

 near Invercargill in November. Type in coll. C. E. Clarke. 



Nepticulidae. 

 Nepticula lucida n. sp. 



cj ?. 5| - 6|- mm. Head greyish - white. Antennae blat^k. Thorax 

 fuscous. Abdomen black. Legs greyish-black. Forewings in S elongate, 

 rather broad basally, apex broadly rounded, in $ lanceolate, shining dark 

 fuscous ; a broad outwardly -curved white band at ^ : cilia fuscous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia dull fuscous-black. 



Differing from any described New Zealand members of the genus in the 

 dark coloration and the striking white band on forewings. 



Discovered by Mr. C. E. Clarke. Several beaten from the foliage of 

 Nothofagus at Waitati (Dunedin) in November. 



8 — Trans. 



