Meyrick. — Dfscrijif ions of Ntiv Zt-ahnu! Lepidoftera. 353 



stigma, ])ostei'ioiiy rather ex|)anded and with a short prominence beneath 

 second discal stigma, extremity obliquely truncate, surrounded posteriorly 

 with fuscous suffusion and some dark-fuscous scales ; stigmata dark fuscous, 

 plical rather obliquely before first discal, second discal transverse, an addi- 

 tional cloudv dot on margin of dorsal streak between first and second discal ; 

 blotches of fuscous suffusion on costa at \ and middle, latter connected 

 by second discal stigma with dark posterior margin of dorsal streak : a 

 fuscous spot on costa at a, with very faint indications of subterminal line ; 

 two cloudv fuscous costal dots near apex : cilia whitish-ochreous speckled 

 with light-brownish. Hindwings very pale greyish : cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Wainuiomata, in December (Hudson) ; one specimen. The antennal 

 ciliations are perceptibly shorter than in the much less strongly marked 

 innotella, in which they are full}' 1. 



Izatha amorbas Meyr. 



Having received a second specimen with the palpi in better condition, 

 I find that (as has been already suggested by Mr. Philpott) the species is 

 ])roperlv referable to Izatha, not to Track ypepla. 



Plutellidae. 

 Orthenches glypharcha n. sp. 



9. 10-11 mm. Head white. Palpi white, with a bronzy lateral line. 

 Antennae white, ringed with dark fuscous, basal portion lined with dark 

 fuscous. Thorax white with a faint bronzy-tinged central line, patagia 

 shining bronze. Abdomen light grey. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; 

 bright shining bronze : markings shining white ; a streak along fold from 

 base to § ; an oblique strt^ak from costa before middle to fold ; an oblique 

 streak from costa beyond middle not reaching half across wing, and a slightly 

 oblique streak from dorsum before tornus, their apices connected by a purple- 

 black mark ; a purplish -black dot on tornus ; three small wedge-shaped 

 spots on costa posteriorly ; three or four small marks or dots along termen. 

 one below middle forming an erect strigula : cilia grey, basal half bronzy, 

 round apex with three or four white bars. Hindwings grey : cilia light grey, 

 with darker subbasal shade. 



Mount Egmont, 3,000 ft., in February (Hudson). A striking and novel 

 form of the genus, with interesting suggestions of relationship to Proto- 

 synaema and Ghjphipteryx. 



Lyonetiadae. 

 Erechthias externella Walk. 



Mr. Hudson states that monastra Meyr. is apparently $ of this species, as 

 he has long series of both forms, all externella being ,^ and all monastra ? ; 

 I fully concur in this conclusion. 



^. , Tineidae. 



Tinea sphenocosma n. sp. 



5. 1 1 mm. Head whitish irregularly and suftusedly mixed with fuscous. 

 Palpi fuscous, tip white. Thorax dark fuscous, posterior margin rather 

 broadly white. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly rounded, rather 



12— Trans. 



