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obtuse, termen subsinuate, hardly oblique ; dull grey-brawn with purplish 

 gloss and numerous obscure strigulations of reddish or fuscous ; margin of 

 basal patch usually indicated by a more pronounced irregular strigula ; 

 median fascia from ^ costa, irregular, outwardly oblique, inner margin only 

 marked : cilia grey mixed with brown. Hindwings fuscous-grey, obscurely 

 mottled with darker : cilia grey with darker basal line. 



In point of size comparable only with E. elephantina (Meyr.), but that 

 species appears to be widely dissimilar in colour and markings. In some 

 specimens of E. tenebrosa the markings are almost entirely obsolete. 



Ben Lomond, in February. Discovered by Mr. C. E. Clarke, who has 

 kindly placed at my service for description a series of six males and one 

 female. Types (o and $) in coll. C. E. Clarke. 



Heliodixidae. 

 Stathmopoda seminuda n. sp. 



<$. 14 mm. Head, palpi, ar.d thorax white. Antennae whitish, darker 

 towards apex. Abdomen fuscous-grey. Forewings narrow, slightly dilated 

 basally ; leaden-fuscous, beneath fold shining white ; median portion of fold 

 margined with black : an obscure cchreous subcostal stripe from | to |; 

 some ochreous scales round tornus : cilia fuscous. Hindwings and cilia 

 fuscous. 



An obscure form, nearest S. caminora Meyr., but the head in that species 

 is yellowish. 



Eare. A single specimen taken at Invercargill in November, 1906. Mr. 

 C. E. Clarke has recently secured a second example at Broad Bay. Dunedin, 

 also in November. This latter specimen, being in excellent condition, has 

 been made the type. 



Glyphipterygidae. 

 Glyphipteryx aenea n. sp. 



$. 11 mm. Head dark shining brown, with prismatic reflections. 

 Palpi loosely scaled, fuscous-brown, mixed with shining grey-whitish in- 

 ternally except at apex. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark brass- 

 coloured. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft grey. Forewings lanceolate ; 

 shining brass-coloured ; a snow-white stripe on costa from before middle to 

 apex, attenuated anteriorly : cilia white on costa, grey on termen. Hindwings 

 and cilia fuscous-grey. 



Nearest G. cionophora (Meyr.) in wing -shape; in ground-colour re- 

 sembling 67. codonias Meyr. ard G. transversella Walk., but somewhat paler 

 than either of these species. 



The Hump (Waiau), and Mount Burns, Hunter Mountains. From 

 December to February at elevations of from 3.000 ft. to 3,500 ft. 



Plutellidae. 

 Orthenches vinitincta n. sp. 



£. 15 mm. Head white, sprinkled with fuscous. Antennae white, 

 basal joints greenish. Palpi whitish, second joint outwardly brownish- 

 fuscous except at apex, terminal joint outwardly narrowly brownish-fuscous 

 at base and apex. Thorax greyish-green, with a pair of black posterior 

 median dots. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs, anterior pair fuscous annu- 

 lated with whitish ; posterior pair grey ; tarsi annulated with fuscous. 



