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in the antennae. It is probably more closely related to C. magniniaculata 

 Philp., but the darker ground-colour easily distinguishes it from that species. 

 Mr. C. C. Fenwick took a $ on Bold Peak, Humboldt Eange, in 

 December, 1913, and in the same month of 1914 I found the species very* 

 plentiful on the Hunter Mountains at an elevation of 3.250 ft. It was 

 associated chiefly with Veronica buxifolia, and it is remarkable that in a 

 series of about thirty specimens there was no example of the $. Type, 

 S in coll. A. Philpott ; $ in coll. C. C. Fenwick. 



Chloroclystis rivalis n. sp. 



o$. 17-20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed with red and 

 white scales. Palpi 2. Antennae in (J fasciculate-ciliate, ciliations 3|. 

 Abdomen fuscous, densely sprinkled with reddish and grey. Forewings 

 triangular, termen obliquely rounded ; reddish-fuscous with some slight 

 ochreous admixture ; msdian band not clearly defined, anterior margin 

 indicated by a pair of pale curved fasciae ; several similar fasciae within 

 band; posterior edge of band broadly and bluntly projecting at middle, 

 margined on upper half by a bluish-white fascia followed by a thin dark 

 fascia, which is in turn followed by a rather broad ochreous fascia, these 

 fasciae becoming almost obsolete on lower half ; apical area more strongly 

 reddish ; subterminal line serrate, interrupted, .whitish or greenish ; a 

 black terminal line : cilia fuscous, mixed with grey and obscurely barred 

 with black on basal half. Hindwings, termen unevenly rounded ; fuscous 

 mixed with grey and some reddish scales ; numerous alternate light and 

 dark fasciae obscurely indicated : cilia as in forewings. 



Nearest to C. sandycias Meyr., but easily distinguished by the much 

 darker colour of both fore and hind Avings. 



A single S taken by Mr. C. C. Fenwick on Bold Peak in December, 1912. 

 I took several of both sexes on the Hunter Mountains (3,250 ft.) in De- 

 cember, 1914, and Mr. C. E. Clarke obtained a (J at about the same date 

 at the Routeburn. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



Pyrgotis consentiens n. sp. 



<J$. 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-red. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Forewings oblong, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen 

 subsinuate ; purplish-red ; sometimes a white fascia from J costa to before 

 middle of dorsum, narrowest towards costa, sometimes upper portion 

 obsolete : cilia reddish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous : cilia fuscous-grey 

 with a darker basal line, reddish-ochreous round apex. 



Abundantly distinct form other forms of the genus. The examples 

 having the white fascia are not common, occurring in about the proportion 

 of 1 to 12. 



Table Hill, Stewart Island. One specimen at 2,000 ft. in December. 

 Hunter Mountains in December. Common amongst Veronica and Cas- 

 sinia scrub at 3,000 ft. to 3,500 ft. 



Eurythecta varia n. sp. 



^. 9-10 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous. Antennae 

 dark brown, annulated with ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings with vein 6 present, to termen, costa almost straight, apex subacute, 

 termen rounded, strongly oblique ; dull to bright ochreous, mixed with 

 dark fuscous ; a white or pale-ochreous streak from base to J, much 



