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Art. XXXII. — Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.K.S. 

 Communicated by G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.N.Z.Inst. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 22nd September, 1920 ; received by 

 Editor, 29th September, 1920 ; issued separately, 8th August, 1921.] 



Pyraustidae. 

 Scoparia crypsinoa Meyr. 



Having by degrees received from Mr. Hudson a considerable series of 

 this rather variable species, I am now of opinion that agana Meyr. can 

 only be regarded as a synonym of it, as I find no constant distinction. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



Harmologa brevicula n. sp. 



$. 23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax yellow- whitish. Abdomen whitish. 

 Forewings oblong, rather short, costa anteriorly gently arched, posteriorly 

 nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen hardly oblique, rounded beneath ; 

 pale greyish suffusedly mixed with } r ellow- whitish, more yellowish-tinged 

 towards dorsum ; cilia white. Hindwings whitish, very faintly greyish- 

 tinged on dorsal half ; cilia white. 



Arthur's Pass, 4,000ft., in February (Hudson); one specimen. Much 

 shorter-winged than siraea $, and with termen much less oblique than in 

 tritocJilora ?, which are the two species nearest to it. 



Glyphipterygidae. 

 Heliostibes chlorobela n. sp. 



$. 22 mm. Head dark grey. Palpi grey- whitish, anteriorly suffused 

 with dark fuscous, terminal joint hardly half as long as second. Antennae 

 fasciculate-ciliated (3). Thorax dark fuscous suffused with ferruginous. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins light grey, anal tuft grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, gradually dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 straight, hardly oblique ; dark fuscous, suffusedly overlaid with deep fer- 

 ruginous ; extreme costal edge white anteriorly except at base, and whitish 

 marks on costal edge at f and f ; some scattered whitish hair-scales towards 

 middle of disc, and between f of costa and tornus ; cilia grey, basal 

 half dark fuscous. Hindwings blackish ; a suffused gradually expanded 

 ochreous-whitish median streak from near base to beyond cell ; cilia 

 ochreous- whitish, towards tornus and apex greyish, with dark -fuscous 

 basal shade. 



Mount Arthur, 3,600ft.. in January (Hudson); one specimen. Closely 

 allied to illita, of which it might be supposed to be a mountain form with 

 loss of orange colour of hindwings, but the difference in structure of palpi 

 (terminal joint in illita about § of second) indicates that it is probably 

 distinct. 



