Meyeick. — Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. 7 



liindwings of c? not tinged with fuscous towards base, and other details. 

 S. productala is also very variable, but easily distinguished by different form 

 of median band, of which the posterior margin is obtusely angulated rather 

 above middle ; in fact, all the allied species could be distinguished by 

 the form of the posterior margin of median band, which is different in 

 «ach. 



Selidosema lupinata, Feld. 



*S. humillima, Huds., is a synonym of this species, according to specimens 

 sent me by Mr. Philpott, by request of Mr. Hudson. 



Pyraustid^.. 

 Scoparia gyrotoma, n. sp. 



3 . 20 mm. Head pale ochreous, sides mixed with whitish. Palpi 2|, 

 grey sprinkled with whitish, white towards base beneath. Antennae blackish, 

 ciliations \. Thorax pale brassy-ochreous sprinkled with grey, margins 

 suffused with whitish. (Abdomen broken.) Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 gradually dilated, costa sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen shghtly 

 rounded, somewhat obhque ; Hght brassy - yellowish - fuscous, suffusedly 

 irrorated with white and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; an obUque fascia 

 of blackish suffusion near base ; Unes thick, suffused, whitish, first rather 

 indented on fold, followed by a fascia of blackish irroration, second shghtly 

 angulated above middle, preceded by a fascia of blackish irroration ; orbi- 

 cular and claviform coalescing to form an 8-shaped blotch of blackish suf- 

 fusion with two whitish centres, coniiuent with blackish fascia of first hne ; 

 a smaller 8-shaped discal spot outhned wdth blackish and filled with whitish, 

 its lower extremity confluent with margin of second line ; terminal area 

 irrorated with blackish, subterminal hne represented by broad cloudy whitish 

 suffusion not reaching tornus : ciha whitish, with a grey median shade, 

 basal half barred with darker grey. Hind wings 1^, grey- whitish, costa and 

 termen narrowly suffused with hght grey ; ciha white. 



Lake Tekapo ; one specimen (Hudson). Alhed to S. asaleuta, but very 

 distinct. 



Scoparia cyptastis, n. sp. 



3 2 . 17-20 mm. Head grey, more or less mixed or suffused with white. 

 Palpi 3, dark-grey, sprinkled with white above, wholly white towards base 

 beneath. Antennae dark fuscous, cihations in J ^. Thorax dark purplish- 

 grey sprinkled with whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, more or less 

 sprinkled with grey. Forewings elongate, narrow at base, obhque ; fuscous, 

 variably mixed or suffused with whitish, veins tending to be more or less 

 streaked with dark fuscous or blackish ; a black streak on fold from base 

 to first line, interrupted in middle by a white spot ; hnes thick, white, first 

 curved, little obhque, more or less edged with dark fuscous posteriorly, 

 second slightly curved, indented beneath costa and sinuate above dorsum ; 

 orbicular and claviform small, rather elongate, black, orbicular sometimes 

 touching edge of first line ; discal X-shaped, black ; subterminal hne cloudy, 

 whitish, entire, irregular, not touching second hne ; a terminal series of 

 black marks on veins : ciha whitish, with rather dark fuscous basal and 

 paler median shades. Hindwings IJ, without long hairs in cell ; pale whitish- 

 fuscous, with a faint yellowish tinge, termen suffused with fuscous, more 

 strongly in ? : cilia whitish, with two hght-fuscous shades, basal darker 

 in 2 . 



