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strongly oblique ; dark fuscous, closely strewn with irregular whitish dots 

 or small spots except towards costa ; eleven slightly oblique transverse or 

 wedge-shaped white spots from costa, first five extended as streaks nearly 

 half across wing, fifth enlarged into a spot at extremity : cilia fuscous with 

 two darker shades, a direct projecting fine dark - fuscous bar at apex, 

 margined on both sides by triangular white spaces, beneath apex a tri- 

 angular white spot opposite eleventh costal. Hindwings trapezoidal-ovate, 

 fuscous, darker and strongly purple-tinged posteriorly : cilia grey. 



Wellington, in December (Hudson) ; one specimen. It is perhaps possible 

 that this is the other sex of accusatrix (of which I have two S specimens only), 

 resembling it in the peculiar apical projection ; but the diii'erences in other 

 respects are so great that I must regard it as distinct until further evidence 

 is available ; the wings are much broader, especially the hindwings, whicli 

 in accusatrix are ovate-lanceolate, acute, and termen of forewings much less 

 oblique ; the conspicuous round black apical spot is entirely absent, and the 

 white markings in cilia round apex quite differently arranged. 



Arcfiyala haiosparta n. sp. 



(J. 11 mm. Head whitish, somewhat mixed with fuscous on crown 

 ([)artly rubbed). Palpi grey. Thorax fuscous mixed with dark fuscous 

 and sprinkled with whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; violet-fuscous, irrorated with blackish, sprinkled and 

 strigulated with white, especially thickly strigulated along dorsvim ; about 

 six obscure oblique dark - fuscous streaks from costa, reaching nearly half 

 across wing ; a small white spot on dorsum before tornus ; two or three 

 whitish dots on costa towards apex : cilia fuscous with two darker shades 

 (imperfect). Hindwings dark grey, suffused with deep purple posteriorly : 

 cilia grev, with darker subbasal shade. 



Wainuiomata, in December (Hudson) ; one specimen. 



Talaeporia scoriota Meyr. 



Furtlier specimens received from West Plains, Invercargill (Philpott), 

 show WvAi glob^ilosa Meyr. is only a strongly marked variety of this. 



Nepticulidae. 

 Nepticula perissopa n. sp. 



(J 9. 6-7 mm. Head and eyecaps whitish-ochreous, centre of crown 

 dark grey or blackish. Thorax dark violet-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings broad-lanceolate ; pale greyish-ochreous, more or less suffused 

 (especially in S) with violet-grey, and coarsely and irregularly strewn with 

 dark-fuscous scales, especially towards apex, where in ? they form a suffused 

 dark blotch occupying \ of wing ; an elongate dark-fuscous spot on fold at \ ; 

 an elongate blackish spot in disc beyond middle, in $ surrounded by a nearly 

 clear space : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, basal f coarsely irrorated with 

 blackish round apex and upper part of termen. Hindwings grey : cilia light 

 ochreous-grey. 



Mount Egmont, 3,000 ft., in February (Hudson) ; two specimens. 



