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of black suffusion connected with this : discal spot 8-shaped, outlined 

 with black, upper half larger but less defined, connected with costa by 

 a spot of black irroration ; second line slender, irregular, white, anteriorly 

 interruptedly edged with black, slightly curved, indented beneath costa 

 and more strongly on submedian fold ; subterminal suffused, whitish, 

 strongly sinuate inwards in middle to touch second line and more or less 

 interrupted above the connection, the sinuation filled with a spot of blackish 

 suffusion : cilia pale fuscous, with blackish ante-median and fuscous post- 

 median lines, broadly barred with whitish. Hind wings 1|, without hairs 

 in cell ; pale grey, becoming darker posteriorly ; discal mark and post- 

 median line faintly darker ; cilia grey-whitish, with interrupted dark- 

 fuscous subbasal line. 



Mount Arthur, 3,400 ft., and Lake Wakatipu (Hudson), in January 

 and February ; two specimens. Allied to tor odes. 



Scoparia agana n. sp. 



S- 23-25 mm. Head white. Palpi 3, rather dark fuscous, basal joint 

 white. Antcnnal ciliations \. Thorax purplish-grey. Abdomen pale 

 greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow at base, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, rather 

 oblique ; fuscous, irregularly mixed with white ; indistinct streaks of 

 dark-fuscous irroration along fold from base to first fine, and posteriorly 

 between veins ; lines formed of white suffusion, first curved, oblique, 

 second rather curved, indented beneath costa and above dorsum ; orbi- 

 cular and claviform represented by indistinct longitudinal marks of dark- 

 fuscous suffusion resting on first line ; discal mark obscurely X-shaped, 

 formed by blackish irroration, lower half filled with whitish suffusion ; 

 subterminal line broad' suffused, whitish, almost terminal, rather sinuate 

 inwards in middle but not reaching second line : cilia grey-whitish, with 

 interrupted grey ante-median line. Hindwings 1^, without hairs in cell ; 

 grey-whitish, with brassy-yellowish reflections ; cilia yellow-whitish. 



Lake Wakatipu, in February (Hudson) ; one specimen. A second 

 taken by myself on Arthur's Pass, at 3,000 ft., in January. Allied to 

 crypsinoa. 



Pterophoridae. 

 Stenoptilia vigens Feld. 



Oxyptilus vigens Feld., Keis. Nov., pi. cxl. 49. 



$. 19 mm. Head pale brownish, sides whitish, face prominent. Palpi 

 1\, ochreous-brown, lower edge whitish towards base. Thorax ochreous- 

 white, suffused with light brownish anteriorly. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, 

 towards base white. Forewings cleft to f, segments rather broad, apex 

 pointed, termen oblique, on second segment slightly bowed ; reddish- 

 brown, suffusedly mixed with whitish in disc, with a broad streak of white 

 suffusion along dorsum, dorsal edge tinged with reddish-ochreous ; costa 

 suffused with dark fuscous, dotted with whitish from base to beyond 

 middle ; a dark red-brown spot mixed with black on base of cleft, above 

 which is a patch of white suffusion not quite reaching costa ; posterior 

 area of first segment occupied by a blotch of darker red-brown suffusion 

 mixed with black, marked with a bar of white suffusion close before ter- 

 men ; second segment somewhat sprinkled with whitish posteriorly : cilia 

 on costa dark fuscous, on termen and in cleft white, with a small blackish 

 patch at lower angle of first segment and upper angle of second, and a 



