]\Jeykic;k. — Notes and Descriptions of Neiu Zealand Lepidoplera. 13 



CECOPHORID^.. 



Borkhausenia brachyacma, u. sp. 



J . 18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Palpi 

 whitisli-ochreous, second joint and a median band of terminal joint irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, terminal joint unusually short, about half second. An- 

 tennae pale ochreous suffusedly ringed with dark fuscous, uniformly pubescent- 

 ciliated. Thorax whitish-ochreous suffused with brownish and irrorated 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, segments dorsally banded with golden- 

 ferruginous. Forcwings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish, closely irrorated with 

 brown ; a triangular brownish patch above dorsum towards base, Umited 

 ])osteriorly by a fine inwardly obliqiie blackish line terminating beneath in 

 a conspicuous raised black dot above | of dorsum, preceded by some whitish 

 suffusion ; discal stigmata large, round, brown, edged with a few black 

 scales ; a small blackish spot on dorsum at |, whence proceeds a sinuate 

 line of scattered blackish scales near termen, angulated in middle and con- 

 tinued to costa at a, where it is somewhat dilated and preceded by a spot 

 of whitish suffusion ; a bar of brown suffusion from second discal stigma 

 to tornus : cilia ochreous-whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with 

 fuscous, at tornus with a grey bar preceded by whitish suffusion. Hind- 

 wings hght grey ; ciUa ochreous-whitish suffused with pale greyish. 



Invercargill, in October ; one specimen (Philpott). Superficially much 

 like B. f/n'scata, but really abundantly distinct when examined in detail ; 

 the unusually short terminal joint of palpi and pubescent-ciliated antennae 

 are notable structural characteristics ; the large brown discal stigmata are 

 also a salient point. __ , ^^ 



Borkhausenia cenchrias, n. sp. ' ' 



3 . 17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, terminal joint nearly as long 

 as second, with dark fuscous subapical ring. Antenna? whitish-ochreous 

 spotted with dark fuscous, simply ciliated. Thorax whitish-ochreous mixed 

 with light brownish. Abdomen grey, dorsally banded with ferruginous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 rounded, rather strongly oblique ; whitish-ochreous suffusedly mixed with 

 ochreous-brown ; base of costa suffused with dark fuscous ; first discal 

 stigma represented by a short oblique linear black mark, followed by whitish 

 suffusion, second round, whitish, partially edged with black, plical black, 

 rather obliquely beyond first discal ; a suffused blackish dot on dorsum 

 towards tornus ; some fuscous suffusion towards costa at f , and towards 

 apex and termen ; between these are indications of an angulated suffused 

 whitish-ochreous subterminal line, most distinct towards costa : ciUa whitish- 

 ochreous, with a light fuscous sub-basal shade. Hindwings light grey ; 

 cilia whitish-grey. 



Invercargill, in December ; one specimen (Philpott). Also belongs to 

 the griseata group, but quite distinct by the character of the stigmata and 

 subterminal line. 



Atomotricha isogama, n. sp. 



(? ? . 23 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, in J more brownish- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous, externally with a few scattered dark-fuscous 

 scales. Antennae whitish-ochreous, obscurely ringed with dark fuscous. 



