Philpott. — New Species of Lepidoptera. 239 



Art. XIII. — Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera. 



By Alfred Philpott. 



Communicated by Dr. W. B. Benham. F.R.S. 



[Read before the Otago Institute, 5th September, 191b' ; received by Editors, 30th 

 December, 1916 ; issued separately, 16th July, 1917.] 



Caradrinidae. 

 Aletia munda n. sp. 



<J. 33-34 mm. Head and thorax dark grey. Palpi grey, stout, and 

 rather short. Antennae in $ moderately serrate, fasciculate-ciliated to apex. 

 Abdomen pale fuscous-grey. Forewings rather short, costa almost straight, 

 apex rounded, termen evenly rounded, oblique ; grey, rather bluish-tinted ; 

 an irregular double interrupted black line at \ ; orbicular moderate, rounded, 

 open above and beneath, ringed with ochreous-white margined with black ; 

 claviform irregularly rounded, touching first line, black ; reniform broad, 

 ringed with ochreous-white, black-margined ; an obscure dentate median 

 dark line passing between orbicular and reniform ; second line indicated by 

 a chain of black lunules ; subterminal line parallel to termen, ochreous- 

 white, anteriorly black-margined, serrate ; a series of black dots on termen :. 

 cilia fuscous with paler basal line. Hindwings dark shining fuscous ; a 

 black line round termen : cilia pale fuscous with a darker median line. 



Nearest to A. moderata (Walk.), but the stigmata, especially the prominent 

 reniform, are quite different. 



Taken at Waiouru in March by Mr. H. W. Simmonds. I am indebted 

 to Dr. J. A. Thomson, of the Dominion Museum, for the opportunity of 

 describing this form, two good examples having been forwarded by him 

 for that purpose. Type (J) in coll. Dominion Museum. 



Aletia accurata n. sp. 



<J. 34 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey slightly tinged with brown ; 

 terminal joint of palpi rather elongate. Antennae in <$ very shortly ciliated. 

 Abdomen ochreous-brown. Forewings, costa almost straight, apex rect- 

 angularly rounded, termen bowed, slightly oblique ; olive-grey ; veins marked 

 with white interrupted by black dots ; lines almost obsolete, faintly indicated 

 by white scales ; orbicular well defined, ovate, filled with white, finely margined 

 with black ; reniform rather narrow, bluntly projecting at lower anterior 

 corner, white-ringed, finely margined with black ; termen serrately margined 

 with white : cilia brown. Hindwings fuscous-grey-brown : cilia grey with 

 darker median line. 



The form of the stigmata differentiates this species from its. allies. It 

 has a peculiarly neat and smooth appearance. 



Titahi Bay (Wellington), December. The type (coll. M. 0. Pascoe) is 

 the only example at present known. 



_, , , . r Hydriomexidae. 



Chloroclystis furva n. sp. 



<J. 17-20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish-brown 

 sprinkled sparsely with grey and black. Antennae black, annulated with 



