Meyriok. — On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 165 



fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae and apex of joints 

 whitish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, narrow, round-pointed ; 

 rather dark fuscous, irregularly irrorated with ochreous-whitish, 

 more strongly in disc ; costa suffusedly darker, and with a darker 

 triangular patch before middle, its apex reaching to fold ; an 

 obscure dark fuscous dot in disc slightly beyond middle ; a small 

 whitish-ochreous spot, sometimes nearly obsolete, in disc at $ : 

 cilia grey-whitish, with a dark fuscous line near base. Hind- 

 wings grey-whitish or whitish-grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Christchurch ; five specimens taken amongst forest-growth 

 in January and February. 



4. Scieropepla, n. g. 



Head smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue well-developed. Antennas f, 

 in male shortly ciliated (1), with angularly projecting joints, 

 basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, recurved, smoothly scaled, second joint some- 

 what thickened terminally, terminal joint rather shorter than 

 second, acute. Maxillary palpi short, appressed to tongue. 

 Posterior tibite clothed with dense long hairs above. Forewings 

 with vein 1 furcate, upper fork partially obsolete, 2 from f of 

 cell, 3 and 4 approximated at base, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 

 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings as broad as forewings, tole- 

 rably trapezoidal, apex round-pointed, hindmargin hardly 

 sinuate, cilia | ; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 from nearer 4 than 6, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



An early type, represented by several species in Australia. 

 The larvaa of two are known, both feeding in seed-heads. 



5. Scier. typhicula, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 17-19 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, 

 abdomen, and legs pale whitish-ochreous, centre of thorax often 

 fuscous ; tarsi, and second joint of palpi towards apex, infuscated. 

 Forewings elongate, acutely pointed ; whitish-ochreous, sometimes 

 thinly irrorated with brownish-ochreous, costa paler : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Larva 16-legged, stout, cylindrical ; whitish, sometimes 

 slightly suffused with pale flesh-colour ; dorsal slender, dark 

 flesh-colour ; subdorsal and spiracular lines broader, indistinct, 

 flesh-colour ; head pale amber, mouth fuscous ; second segment 

 with a faint pale amber shield, black-margined on sides ; anal 

 segment speckled with black. Feeds in seed-heads of Typha 

 angustifolia, burrowing amongst the seeds and causing the down 

 to hang out in large loose masses ; sometimes also boring down 

 stems, eating the pith and making many small holes in the 

 sides ; found throughout June. 



Christchurch ; also occurs in New South Wales ; bred freely 

 in June, July, and August, but rarely seen at large. The species 

 must be regarded as an immigrant from Australia. 



