Meyeick. — Notes and Descriptions of Neiv Zealand Lepidoptera. 9 



Crambus aulistes, n. sp. 



J . 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous-brown, face rounded- 

 prominent ; palpi 4, whitish towards base beneath. Antenna dark fuscous, 

 pubescent-ciUated (f). Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 broader than in saristes, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, 

 rather oblique, rounded beneath ; ferruginous-brown ; a moderate regular 

 white median longitudinal streak from base to termen, somewhat edged 

 with fuscous suffusion towards middle : ciha pale grey, with darker basal 

 shade, on costa whitish except near apex, with a white bar on terminal 

 extremity of median streak. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, basal 

 third fuscous. Under- surface dark grey, forewings much suffused with yel- 

 lowish towards costa and termen, on dorsum broadly whitish-yellowish, 

 hindwings with costa rathex broadly pale ochreous-yellowish, with veins 

 suifusedly streaked with pale yellowish, especially on a median streak, all 

 cilia whitish. 



Invercargill (Hudson) ; one specimen. Distinguished from the preceding 

 by the broader forewings, rather longer palpi and antennal ciliations, white 

 costal cilia, extensive yellowish suffusion of under-surface, and other details. 



Crambus melitastes, n. sp. 



S 9 . 17-20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown, in 9 with 

 a broad dorsal white stripe extending through crown and thorax, face some- 

 what rounded-prominent ; palpi 4, whitish beneath and more or less above, 

 especially in 9 . Antennte dark fuscous, in J simply ciliated (|). Abdomen 

 rather dark fuscous, more or less whitish on segmental margins posteriorly. 

 Forewings elongate, gradually dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen straight, rather oblique, rounded beneath ; ochreous-brown ; a 

 moderate white median longitudinal streak from base to termen, slightly 

 broadest in middle, in 3 more or less edged beneath with dark-fuscous 

 suffusion, in 9 broadly edged with dark-fuscous suffusion on both margins 

 except towards base above ; in 5 a narrow irregular white suffused subcostal 

 streak, and broad dorsal or subdorsal white streak narrowed towards base ; 

 in J a slender white streak along upper part of termen above median streak, 

 in ? a broader undefined patch of white suffusion : cilia in ^ pale grey, 

 with a white basal streak on upper half of termen, in 9 almost wholly white. 

 Hindwings rather dark fuscous, with a broad costal streak of whitish-ochreous 

 suffusion from base to | ; cilia whitish-ochreous, in J more or less greyish- 

 tinged, and with a grey basal line. Under-surface wholly light ochreous- 

 yellowish, forewings somewhat infuscated ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Invercargill, in December ; three specimens taken by myself, and three 

 others received from Mr. Philpott. I have hitherto confused this species 

 with cethonellus, and recorded it under that name, but now see ifc to be 

 distinct. .-Fthonellus, which is known from Mount Hutt only, has the costal 

 edge of forewings ochreous-whitish, no white streak on upper part of termen 

 or in cilia, hindwings without the pale-yellowish costal patch, but with cilia 

 clear pale-yellowish except basal line, under-surface of forewings suffused 

 with grey except towards costa and on a median streak, of hindwings partly 

 greyish between veins. In five of the seven species of this group — viz., 

 cethonellus, aulistes, saristes, heteranthes, and antimorus — the antennae of 3 

 are pubescent-ciliated — that is, clothed with short pubescence over their 

 whole surface, but with a row of somewhat longer cilia on one side ; in the 

 other two — melitastes and heliotes — they are glabrous (devoid of pubescence), 

 but simply ciliated on one side. 



