274 Transactions. 



Art. XVI.- — New Lepidoptem. 

 By W. G. Howes, F.E.S. 



[Read before the Otago Ivstitue, 1st August, 1916; received by Editors, 30th December, 

 1916 ; issued separately, 16th August, 1917.] 



Adeixis parvitis n. sp. 



One specimen. Expanse 16 mm. Face and head milk-white. Palpi 

 elongate. Thorax white. Forewings grey-white faintly irrorated with brown ; 

 a distinct brown band across wing at § , edged outwardly with white ; faint 

 In-own irrorations follow, deepening towards termen, which is quite brown, 

 especially at the apex : cilia long, grey, with a shorter row of brown cilia at 

 base. Hindwings grey-white, deepening to grey at termen : cilia white. 



This small but well-defined species is the second of the genus to be found 

 in New Zealand, and. like the other species (A. inostentata), this may prove 

 to be Australian also. The single specimen was taken by Mr. C. Clarke at 

 Broad Bay, 18th December, 1915. 



Xanthorhoe subflava n. sp. 



Five specimens, all £. Expanse, 38-39 mm. Face and head reddish- 

 ochreous. Antennae ochreous with brown pectinations well developed. 

 Thorax uniform bright ochreous. Abdomen bright ochreous with two 

 grey marks dorsally at the base of each segment. Wings ochreous faintly 

 stippled with grey-brown ; an indistinct line at base followed by an in- 

 distinct line at \ ; a very faint grey line at ^, a better-defined but still 

 faint line at §, followed by a paler area forming a band across the wing ; 

 subterminal line appears as a series of irregular somewhat crescentic marks 

 between the veins; claviform almost obsolete; reniform appears as a slight 

 dark-brown mark distinct, but little more than a dot. Hindwings pale 

 ochreous, clouded on termen with pale grey between veins ; underside pale 

 ochreous, with lunule appearing as a well-defined dot. 



This fine moth resembles in coloration and markings X. aegrota, but is 

 one-third larger in size, and the underside is free from marking. 



Seven specimens showing considerable variation in the extent of markings 

 on the forewings were taken by myself at 4,000 ft. level, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Arthur's Pass, 1st February, 1915. 



Chloroclystis clarkei n. sp. 



$. 25 mm. Head and appendages, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. 

 Forewings dark grey-brown, with the veins distinctly shown by being irrorated 

 with black and grey to § across wing, and from there to termen irrorated 

 with yellow and black ; a black line edges costa, interrupted by two white 

 marks at £, followed by three white marks at \, two white marks at f , another 

 close to apex : these marks all rather indistinct. Termen distinctly edged 

 with a thin black line, interrupted by yellow dots at the ends of the veins. 

 Hindwings grey suffused with darker grey, and with a rather indistinct 

 series of transverse irregular fines ; termen distinctly edged with a thin 

 dark line, small yellow dots interrupting it on the veins : cilia light grey 

 with a dark-grey line at base. 



Taken on Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin, in March, 1915, by Mr. C. Clarke, 

 whose keen steady work is worthy of appreciation. 



