1 68 Transactions. — Zoology . 



8. Gel. brontophora, n. sp. 



Male. — 11 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous ; palpi 

 with two blackish bands on each joint. Antennae dark fuscous, 

 spotted with whitish-ochreous. Thorax blackish fuscous, with 

 a whitish-ochreous anterior central spot. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey. Legs blackish, apex of joints and middle ring of tibiae 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, acutely pointed ; 

 whitish-ochreous, thinly irrorated with brownish-ochreous ; a 

 dense black irroration covering costal half of wing to fold from 

 base to middle, except an oblique irregular bar at J, posteriorly 

 suffusedly attenuated to costa at f ; five irregular black discal 

 spots, first in middle, second obliquely before first on fold, 

 confluent with costal irroration, third below first, connected with 

 it by a cloudy black irroration, fourth larger, in disc at § , fifth 

 beyond fourth : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, with scattered black 

 points towards base. Hindwings with apex acute, hindmargin 

 moderately sinuate ; whitish-grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 



Christchurch ; one specimen in February. 



9. Gel. schematica, n. sp. 



Male. — 16-17 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous. 

 Antennae fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, more or less 

 infuscated. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, basal half light 

 ochreous above. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle 

 pair suffused with fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 acutely pointed ; light greyish-ochreous towards disc, sometimes 

 irrorated with deep ochreous ; a dark grey or blackish irroration 

 forming a broad suffused streak along costa from base to f, 

 posteriorly attenuated, variable in intensity, generally divided by 

 a cloudy oblique streak of ground-colour from base to middle 

 of costa ; three small dark fuscous discal spots, first before 

 middle, second on fold obliquely before first, third in disc at -| : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, with two irregular interrupted lines of 

 blackish points. Hindwmgs with apex tolerably acute, hind- 

 margin moderately sinuate ; whitish-grey, with a cloudy 

 longitudinal streak of dark fuscous scales in disc towards base ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish. 



This and the three following species are nearly allied ; this 

 species is recognisable by the greyer tinge and dark costal 

 suffusion of the forewings, and especially the dark discal streak 

 of hindwings (though this may possibly not persist in the 

 female). 



Castle Hill and Bealey River (2,100-2,500 feet) ; five speci- 

 mens in January. 



10. Gel. para pi euro, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 10 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-white, 

 apex of palpi black. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark 



