192 Transactions. 



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



By Alfred Philpott. 



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



[Read before the Otago Institute, 6th October, 1914.] 



Caradrinidae. 

 Aletia (?) lata sp. no v. 



<J $. 40-45 mm. Head and thorax brownish-grey, in $ more whitish. 

 Antennae in <$ (broken). Abdomen pale brownish-grey. Forewings broad, 

 costa slightly arched at base, almost straight, apex rounded, terrnen evenly 

 rounded, oblique ; fuscous-grey, densely intermixed with white ; lines 

 black ; an interrupted irregular basal line, margined outwardly with white ; 

 first line irregularly dentate, from ^ costa to | dorsum ; second line strongly 

 dentate, margined outwardly with white, commencing at \ and running obliquely 

 beneath costa to about f , thence strongly rounded to vein 2 ; orbicular and 

 claviform almost obsolete ; reniform somewhat narrow, white-ringed, grey 

 within, anteriorly margined with a suffused dark blotch ; an obscure subter- 

 minal serrate whitish line ; a similar terminal line : cilia grey. Hindwings 

 fuscous-grey : cilia grey with whitish tips. 



Apart from the broader forewings, the strongly dentate second line 

 sufficiently distinguishes this species from the other grey Aletias. 



Vanguard Peak, in January ; a <$ and $, taken by Messrs. H. Hamilton 

 and F. S. Oliver, in the Dominion Museum collection. Bold Peak, in 

 December ; a $ taken by Mr. C. C. Fenwick. Types ($ and $) in coll. 

 Dominion Museum. The <$ is in poor condition, and it is consequently 

 difficult to pronounce with certainty as to the genus. 



Hydriomenidae. 

 Chloroclystis luminosa sp. nov. 



<$. 22 mm. Head and palpi dark green. Palpi 2. Antennae in <$ 

 ciliate-fasciculate, dilations f . Thorax dark green with some black and white 

 markings posteriorly. Abdomen green with broad greenish-black ante- 

 median band and median black dot on margin of each segment. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa slightly sinuate at middle, termen bowed, oblique ; 

 dark green ; basal f dark greenish-fuscous with fasciae obscurely indicated ; 

 median band white with several waved green striae rather suffused and 

 bluish except near costa, outer edge marked by prominent irregular black 

 line broadly margined posteriorly with white ; praesubterminal, costal, 

 and supramedian blotches greenish-black ; a suffused dark tornal blotch ; 

 subterminal line faint, waved, pale bluish-green ; a black faintly waved 

 line round termen : cilia grey-green with triangular fuscous bars. Hind- 

 wings grey, faintly greenish round dorsum and termen ; numerous alternate 

 light and dark striae ; a dark discal dot ; a blackish line round termen : 

 cilia grey with obscure dark bars. 



$. 25 mm. As £, but median band wholly green except small white 

 blotch in middle of disc, thus rendering the bluish-green striae very obscure. 



From any other species of the group with fasciculate antennae in the $ 

 the present from can be distinguished by the very short ciliations, these 



