124 Transactions. 



Porina jocosa n. sp. 



<J 40-44 rain., $ 44-51 mra. Head and thorax varying from light 

 fuscous or brownish-ochreous to dark fuscous, posterior extremity of thorax 

 sometimes whitish. Antennae in <J shortly bipectinated with flattened - 

 wedge-shaped teeth (2). Abdomen fuscous or ochreous. Forewings formed 

 nearly as in copularis, but slightly broader and less elongate ; fuscous, 

 sometimes dark fuscous in disc, in one 3 ochreous-brown ; a white or 

 whitish dot edged with dark fuscous in disc towards base (in $ sometimes 

 absent), a second at J, sometimes enlarged into an irregular spot or 

 lengthened posteriorly into a streak, and an irregular longitudinal mark 

 somewhat beyond middle ; in <$ some whitish suffusion or ring-marks 

 towards dorsum anteriorly ; a confluent irregular series of small dark 

 whitish-ringed sometimes pale-centred marks crossing wing about §, more 

 defined in c?, sometimes preceded in disc by a partial second series of 

 similar marks, sometimes connected with a whitish patch beneath middle 

 of disc ; a whitish ring-mark on costa before apex ; a terminal series of 

 small dark semicircular spots edged with whitish : cilia whitish or whitish- 

 ochreous, barred with fuscous or dark fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, in 

 one £ suffused with light ochreous ; cilia as in forewings. 



West Plains, Invercargill (Philpott) ; six specimens. 



MlCROPTERYGIDAE . 



Sabatinca Walk. 



This generic name supersedes Palaeomicra Meyr., but I have formed 

 a new genus, Micwpardalis, to contain doroxena Meyr. 



Sabatinca caustica n. sp. 



S. 9-10 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-orange-ochreous. thorax some- 

 times marked with whitish. Antennae ochreous, towards apex blackish. 

 Abdomen dark purple-grey. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; violet-coppery- 

 ochreous, in one specimen largely suffused with whitish ; in one specimen 

 a spot of dark purple -fuscous suffusion on dorsum towards base, one in 

 disc beyond middle, and some irregular marking towards termen, and in 

 the whitish-suffused specimen the dark purple-fuscous suffusion forms a 

 blotch along anterior portion of costa connected with a large oblique blotch 

 in middle of disc, a streak along dorsum from base to f, a subterminal 

 fascia enclosing a white spot on costa. and a mark along termen in middle, 

 but in the other two specimens there are no markings : cilia golden- 

 ochreous. Hindwings deep purple ; cilia pale golden-ochreous. 



Seaward Moss. Invercargill, in October (Philpott) ; four specimens. 

 The amount of variation is remarkable, but all the specimens were taken 

 together, and are undoubtedly the same species ; the shape of forewings 

 is characteristic, being more pointed than in any other species. The species 

 may be placed between zonodoxa and chrysargyra. 



Sabatinca incongruella Walk. 



This name supersedes chalcophancs Meyr. 



Sabatinca calliarcha n. sp. 



(J. 12 mm. Head light bronzy - ochreous, hairs extremely long. 

 Antennae pale ochreous ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax clothed 



