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arched, apex subacute, termen subsinuate, oblique ; greyish-ochreous-brown ; 

 a narrow whitish-ochreous stripe beneath costa from- base to apex; extreme 

 costal edge brown, dilated on apical half ; a rather broad straight white 

 central stripe, narrowly margined above and beneath with brown ; an obscure 

 whitish-ochreous streak along dorsum : cilia grey -whitish, darker round 

 tornus. Hindwings dark brownish-fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous with 

 fuscous basal line. 



Nearest to C. oppositus Philp., but the forewings are not dilated 

 posteriorly and there are several minor distinctions in the character of 

 the pale stripes. 



Longwood Range. Five males amongst rough herbage on the open tops 

 at about 2,700 ft. in December. 



. . _ , . Pryaustid^e. 



Scopana nmbnata n. sp. , 



o- 20 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-brown. Palpi elongate, whitish 

 beneath. Antennae in $ moderately bipectinate ; brown. Abdomen greyish - 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen almost straight, slightly oblique ; pale ochreous-brown, darker 

 basally ; first line whitish, slightly sinuate and inwardly oblique, broadly 

 margined posteriorly with blackish-brown ; reniform 8-shaped. upper half 

 filled with blackish-brown, lower half broAvn -ringed, pale ; some dark suffu- 

 sion beneath costa between first and second lines ; second line thin, in- 

 distinct, pale, clearly margined anteriorly with blackish-brown, broadly 

 indented below costa and irregularly dentate on lower half : cilia ochreous 

 with interrupted blackish-brown basal line. Hindwings and cilia ochreous- 

 grey ; lunule and subterminal line fuscous. 



Extremely similar to S. acompa Meyr., but somewhat broader- winged. 

 The antennal structure of the male at once distinguishes it. 



Mount Cleughearn, Hunter Mountains, in an open spot in the forest at 

 about 2,750 ft. Three specimens in December and January. 



Mecyna adversa n. sp. 



cJ$. 20-21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous, palpi white 

 beneath. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa slightly sinuate 

 in middle, moderately arched on posterior half, apex subacute, termen 

 sinuate, oblique ; ferruginous, narrowly brighter along costa ; an irregular 

 transverse outwardly-oblique white discal dot at middle ; a dark second line 

 obscurely indicated : cilia dark brown with pale median line. Hindwings 

 yellow, with discal dot and broad terminal band fuscous : cilia fuscous. 



Distinguished from M . notata (Butl.), its nearest ally, by the outwardly- 

 oblique discal spot of forewings. 



Discovered by Mr. G. W. Howes at Queenstown in the last week of 

 February, 1912. Mr. C. E. Clarke has since secured the species in the same 

 locality about the middle of February. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



Epichorista tenebrosa n. sp. 



3 25-28 mm. ; $ 22 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-grey mixed with 

 brown, palpi 3. Antennal ciliations of $ H. Thorax purplish -brown 

 sprinkled with brown. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular in J, suboblong in $, costa almost straight, without fold, apex 



