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Invercargill, common in November (Philpott) ; three tpecimens. Be- 

 longs to the deoclorah's group ; not very like any New Zealand species, but 

 probably related to the Tasmanian plagiotis and its allies. 



Scoparia luminatrix, n. sp. 



S 9 . 19-22 mm. Head rather dark fuscous, sprinkled with whitish 

 and mixed on crown with, yellow-ochreous. Palpi 3, dark fuscous sprinkled 

 with whitish, towards base white beneath. Antennae dark fuscous, ciliations 

 in c? I- Thorax fuscous mixed with dark fuscous and whitish. Abdomen 

 fuscous, segmental margins ochreous-whitish. Forewings very elongate- 

 triangular, costa slightly arched, somewhat bent posteriorly, apex obtuse, 

 termen rather oblicjuely rounded ; deep ochreous-brown, suft'usedly streaked 

 mth blackish on veins, especially tending to form a median longitudinal 

 black streak interrupted by lines ; first and second lines white, well marked, 

 first curA^ed, waved, Uttle oblique, edged posteriorly with black suffusion. 

 on upper half sometimes broadly, second slightly curved, indented towards 

 costa, and sinuate above dorsum ; median band much mixed with white, 

 especially towards second line below middle, where it sometimes forms a 

 conspicuous patch of white suffusion ; orbicular and claviform small, round, 

 partially outlined with black, and filled with whitish, sometimes absorbed 

 in black suffusion of first line ; discal indistinct, 8-shaped, white, partiallv 

 edged with black ; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, remote from second 

 throughout, indistinctly interrupted above middle : cilia whitish, with two 

 grey shades interrupted by white bars. Hindwings IJ, with long hairs 

 in cell ; whitish-fuscous tinged with brassy-yellowish ; discal spot, post- 

 median line, and a terminal fascia indistinctly fuscous ; cilia fuscous-whitisli. 

 with two fuscous shades. 



Invercargill, in October and November ; five specimens (Philpott). 

 Eather variable in the development of the black and white scales. A 

 distinct species, somewhat intermediate between legnota and ejncremna. 



^ , . ^ Crambid^. 



Crambus sanstes, n. sp. 



3 . 17-18 mm.. Head and thorax ferruginous-brown, face prominent, 

 flattened-conical ; edge of collar and a spot on shoulders whitish. Palpi 3J, 

 brown mixed with dark fuscous, whitish towards base beneath. Antennse 

 dark fuscous, pubescent-ciliated (|). Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elon- 

 gate, gradually dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen little 

 rounded, rather oblique ; bright ferruginous-brown ; a slender median 

 longitudinal rather irregular ochreous-whitish streak from base to termen, 

 terminal fifth attenuated and tending to be obsolescent : cilia slaty-grey. 

 Hindwings dark-grey ; cilia pale-grey, basal third slaty-grey. Under- 

 surface dark-grey, hindwings sometimes with very slender indistinct median 

 streak of whitish suffusion ; costal edge of hindwings whitish-yellowish ; 

 all ciha whitish-grey. 



Invercargill, in January (Philpott) ; two specimens. Very close to 

 heteranihes from Mount Cook, but that species is darker, median streak of 

 forewings whiter, broader, more regular, forewings on under-surface with 

 dorsum suffused with white, hindwings on under-surface with costa suffused 

 with white towards base, and well-marked white median streak, cilia white 

 towards base. Possibly more extensive material may show this to be a 

 local form of heteranthes, but at present it seems better to treat them as 

 distinct. 



