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Circoxena ditrocha n. sp. 



?. 11 mm. Head dark shining bronze. Palpi and antennae white 

 lined with black. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, ezternal edge of patagia 

 white. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, fuscous, suf- 

 fusedly streaked longitudinally with blackish ; a fine white longitudinal 

 line just beneath costa on basal fourth, costal edge black ; dorsum white 

 towards base ; a light yellow-ochreous patch occupying basal third of 

 wing from near costa to fold, marked with three fine whitish longitudinal 

 lines diverging from base ; two large fine whitish rings in disc before middle 

 and about f ; a small black apical spot preceded by some whitish suffusion : 

 cilia on costa dark grey, basal half barred with ochreous-whitish, on termen 

 ochreous-whitish tinged with grey towards tips and basal area barred with 

 grey. Hindwings grey, becoming dark grey towards apex : cilia whitish-grey. 



Wainuiomata, in December (Hudson) ; one specimen. 



-T ,. , Nepticulidae. 



Nepticula cypracma n. sp. 



$. 7 mm. Head whitish-yellowish, collar grey-whitish. Antennal eye- 

 caps whitish. Thorax dark grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings lanceolate ; 

 prismatic grey-whitish, irregularly sprinkled with dark grey ; basal fourth 

 dark purple-grey ; a deep coppery-bronze apical spot mixed with blackish : 

 cilia violet-grey sprinkled with black. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Karori, Wellington, in November (Hudson) ; one specimen. 



_ , ^, . Lyonetiadae. 



Erechthias macrozyga n. sp. 



(J. 14 mm. Head white, crown mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 white marked with dark fuscous (injured). Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 narrow - lanceolate ; dark bronzy - fuscous sprinkled with blackish ; an 

 irregular-edged white streak along dorsum and termen from base nearly 

 to apex ; a white mark from costa just before apex : cilia fuscous mixed 

 with white, with a dark-fuscous median line round apex. Hindwings purple- 

 fuscous, darker towards apex : cilia fuscous. 



Tisbury, in February (Philpott) ; one specimen. 



^. , . TiNEIDAE. 



Tinea accusatnx n. sp. 



c^. 8-10 mm. Head white, face grey. Palpi whitish, lined with 

 blackish. Thorax white mixed with fuscous. Abdomen light-greyish. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, 

 termen faintly sinuate, extremely oblique ; dark fuscous ; a short fine 

 white median longitudinal line from base ; oblique white streaks from 

 costa at J and middle reaching more than half across wing, and shorter 

 oblique marks from dorsum opposite ; seven white wedge-shaped marks from 

 costa on posterior half, anteriorly somewhat oblique, posteriorly direct, 

 one from tornus and a dot on termen beneath apex, space between these 

 with violet and bronzy reflections ; a round deep black spot at apex : cilia 

 whitish, basal third within a blackish line bronze, indented with whitish 

 beneath apex, above apex with a black apical line which projects at apex 

 as a fine straight point, in subapical indentation with two fine dark-fuscous 

 bars. Hindwings light grey, with bronzy and purple reflections : cilia 

 whitish-grey. 



Kaitoke (Hudson) ; two specimens. A curious development of the 

 margaritis group, distinct from all others by the singular apical caudate 

 projection of cilia. The type of markings and of cilia seems modelled on 

 certain forms of Glyphipteryx. 



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