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with long bronzy-ochreous hairs, beneath which is a white bent stripe 

 on each side of back. Abdomen blackish, apex ochreous- whitish. 

 Forewings elongate-ovate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; yellow ; dorsum suffused with ferruginous- 

 brown, with a few black scales on edge ; four golden-whitish streaks 

 from costa between base and f converging towards posterior half of 

 dorsum, first edged posteriorly with ferruginous-brown mixed with indigo- 

 black, hardly reaching dorsum, other three margined on both sides with 

 ferruginous - brown streaks and on costa with black, second and fourth 

 reaching dorsum, third reaching about half across wing ; posterior area 

 ferruginous-brownish somewhat mixed with pale yellowish, with an irre- 

 gular black dot in disc at f, and four black dots on costa edged beneath 

 with golden-whitish ; a thick black streak lying along termen from near 

 apex to tornus, edged with ochreous-yellowish and interrupted to form a 

 long upper and short lower portion, upper portion including two golden- 

 metallic terminal dots : cilia light ochreous-yellowish, with a violet-coppery 

 basal line edged externally with grey. Hindwings deep purple, disc and 

 veins blackish ; cilia blackish-grey. 



Bluecliff, Invercargill, in December (Philpott) ; one fine specimen. 

 This is a beautiful and remarkably distinct species, showing some super- 

 ficial approximation to Micropardalis doroxena, but structurally a true 

 Sabatinca in all respects. 1 regard it, however, as the earliest form of 

 the genus. I entertain no doubt that other forms of this primitive family 

 Temain to be discovered in New Zealand, and, as they are amongst the 

 most important and interesting elements of the fauna, it is very desirable 

 that collectors should make special efforts to find them. Probably the 

 larvae feed on damp mosses, and Conifer forests are the most likely 

 locality, especially in the early part of the season, perhaps before 

 collectors usually take the field. The perfect insects fly in the sunshine, 

 but in partially shaded places, and are sometimes extremely difficult to 

 see. 



Addendum. 



Since writing the above, additional material has been submitted to me, 

 which includes the two following species : — 



Eucosma querula n. sp. 



<J$. 21-28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous, not hairy. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, in 

 cJ with very short and narrow basal fold, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 rather oblique ; purplish-bronzy-fuscous suffusedly mixed and strigulated 

 with dark fuscous ; costa obscurely pale-strigulated on posterior § ; a 

 whitish or ochreous- whitish dot in disc at § ; two or three variable curved 

 transverse series of small dark-fuscous spots or dots between this and 

 termen : cilia fuscous, with darker line near base. Hindwings fuscous, 

 posteriorly sometimes faintly darker-strigulated ; in <3 without special 

 characters ; cilia pale fuscous. 



Christchurch and Wellington, in April (Philpott. Hudson) : four specimens. 

 I have also two $ from Queensland which I refer with little doubt to this 

 species ; I suppose it to be indigenous in Australia (and very likely in some 

 of the Malayan islands), and to have been recently introduced into New 

 Zealand. It belongs to a group of several Indian and Malayan species 

 which are almost exactly alike in superficial appearance, but possess good 



