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Resembling S. productata (Walk.), but at once distinguished by the 

 grey hindwings, those of the former species being always more or less 

 ochreous. The antennal pectinations are also shorter in modica. 



Port Hills, Christchurch, in February. Two males captured by Mr. 

 E. S. Gourlay, who kindly presented one to me. The type is in the 

 collection of Mr. Gourlay. 



Gelechiadae. 

 Gelechia dividua n. sp. 



o ?. 9-12 mm. Head whitish-grey. Palpi grey, infuscated beneath. 

 Antennae blackish. Thorax brown. Abdomen grey, ochreous - tinged 

 basally. Legs fuscous-grey. Forewings narrow, costa shghtly arched, 

 faintly sinuate on apical half, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 

 oblique ; brownish-grey ; a black central streak from base to before J, attenu- 

 ated apically, sometimes margined beneath with ochreous ; a similar streak 

 commencing slightly above and beyond basal streak and continuing to apex, 

 evenly widening from acute base : cilia brownish-grey. Hindwings shining 

 grey-whitish : cilia as in forewings. 



Near G. monophragma Meyr., but the ground-colour is much darker 

 and the median black streak is not continuous as in that species.. 



Six specimens forwarded by Mr. C. C. Fenwick. Four of these are 

 from Paradise, Lake Wakatipu, taken on the 1st January, and two from 

 Alexandra, Central Otago, captured a fortnight later. Type in Mr. Fenwick's 

 collection. 



Oecophoridae. 

 Borkhausenia seclusa n. sp. 



c£. 16 -17 mm. Head and palpi grey, palpi infuscated beneath. 

 Antennae grey, obscurely annulated with blackish. Thorax fuscous-grey, 

 shoulders brown. Abdomen greyish-brown. Legs ochreous-grey, tarsi 

 infuscated. Forewings rather elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, termen strongly oblique ; brownish-grey mixed with white and 

 fuscous ; stigmata fuscous, first and second discal in a line, obscurely white- 

 margined ; plical before first discal, submerged in oblique fuscous fascia 

 from dorsum to beneath first discal ; a subterminal curved fuscous line, 

 indented beneath costa, submerged in brownish -fuscous patch above tornus 

 and reappearing on dorsum before tornus as a triangular spot, broadly 

 margined with white on upper portion ; space above apical half of dorsum 

 broadly suffused with white : cilia grey mixed with fuscous, round apex 

 wholly fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Nearest B. crotala Meyr., but greyer than that species and without any 

 ochreous admixture. The hindwings are also darker. 



Known from the Wakatipu district only so far. A single male captured 

 on Ben Lomond in December, and another secured at Lake. Luna a few 

 days afterwards. Both specimens were taken at elevations of from 1 ,500 ft. 

 to 2,000 ft. 



Izatha acmonias n. sp. 



<^ 2. 25-28 mm. Head white. Palpi white. Antennae brownish-black. 

 Thorax white, anterior margin, a triangular central anterior mark, and a 

 posterior spot black. Legs black, posterior tibiae grey, trisi narrowly 



