Metbick. — Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidopteia. 415 



Harmologa lychnophanes n. sp. 



<^. 28 mm. Head dark fuscous, with some ferruginous hairs. Palpi 3, 

 dark fuscous mixed with brownish. Antennae minutely ciliated. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, with ferruginous hairs. Abdomen dark fuscous, segments 

 margined with whitish-yellowish scales, anal tuft p«le ochreous-yellowish 

 mixed with fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly somewhat 

 dilated, costa gently arched, with moderate fold extending from base nearly 

 to \, apex roimded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique ; ochreous- 

 yellowish, somewhat paler in middle longitudinally, dorsal area deeper, 

 with a ferruginous-brown dorsal streak from | to near tornus ; costal third 

 bright deep ferruginous, along costa rather broadly and irregularly deep 

 leaden-grey : cilia pale ochreous with grey median shade, towards base 

 ferruginous-yellow. Hindwings ochreous-yellowish sprinkled with grey, be- 

 coming yellowish-ferruginous towards apex and termen, base somewhat 

 suffused irregularly with light grey : cilia pale-yellowish, basal third ferru- 

 ginous-yellow. 



Mount Arthur, 4,500 ft., in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. For- 

 merly identified by me incorrectly as siraea, of which my series was taken 

 by myself in the same locality (broadly speaking) ; I now see that it must 

 be regarded as quite distinct. There is evidently a not inconsiderable 

 group of allied species, and other mountains should be searched for them. 

 As the sexes are always very dissimilar, both should be obtained from the 

 same locality if possible. 



Gelechiadae. 

 Phthorimaea plemochoa n. sp. 



S 11-12 mm., $ 8-9 mm. Head pale bronzy-grey, side tufts whitish. 

 Palpi grey, sometimes tinged with ochreous. Thorax pale bronzy-grey. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings in <J elongate-lanceolate, in $ rather abbreviated 

 and more acutely pointed ; lighter or darker bronzy-ochreous, more or 

 less tinged or suffused with grey ; a broad streak of whitish suffusion along 

 costa, becoming subcostal for more or less distance beyond middle ; plical 

 and second discal stigmata sometimes dark fuscous, sometimes obsolete : 

 cilia grey, more or less mixed with whitish. Hindwings bluish-grey : 

 cilia grey. 



Otira River, in December (Hudson) ; seven specimens. Distinct and 

 interesting. 



Oecophoridae. 

 Borkhausenia xanthomicta n. sp. 



(J$. 13-16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Antennal cijiations of ^ 1. Forewings elongate, mdest before middle,, 

 costa gently arclied, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 dark fuscous, sometimes obscurely whitish- sprinkled ; markings light 

 yellow-ochreous, more or less tinged with ferruginous in disc ; a thick 

 oblique streak from near base in middle to above dorsum at f ; oblique 

 narrow more or less incomplete fasciae before and beyond middle, usually 

 not reaching costa ; an inwardly oblique transverse spot fronj costa at ^ : 

 cilia yellowish, becoming ferruginous-yellow, towards base, on costa, and 

 tornus fuscous mixed with ferruginous-yellow towards base. Hindwings 

 dark grey : cilia grey, basal third darker. 



Wellington and Wadestown, in November (Hudson) ; six specimens. 

 Intermediate between chrysogramma and siderodeta. 



