Philpott. — New Species of Lepidoptera. 201 



by outwardly oblique mark in disc ; median fascia rather narrow, irregular, 

 outwardly strongly oblique, obsolete on lower half ; a blotch on costa at f 

 and one or two smaller ones between this and apex ; termen broadly dark 

 brown, indented by apical white area : cilia dark brown, paler round tornus. 

 Hindwings light fuscous-grey : cilia grey with darker basal shade. 



Near Orthenches porphyritis Meyr., but longer-winged and with less 

 metallic lustre. The hindwings are distinctly paler. 



I am indebted to Mr. C. C. Fenwick for the loan of a fine specimen for 

 description. It was taken at Queenstown, in January. I met with a few 

 worn examples at Hakapoua, Fiord County, in March. Type in coll. C. C. 

 Fenwick. 



TlXEIDAE. 



Dryadaula castanea sp. nov. 



3- 9-10 mm. Head and palpi white mixed with pale brownish-vellow. 

 Antennae white annulated with ochreous and with three broad darker 

 bands on apical half. Thorax bright ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, 

 anal tuft ochreous. Forewings, costa gently arched, apex subacute, termen 

 very oblique; bright brownish-yellow; a thin white line from base along 

 fold to ^ ; a narrow white straight fascia front costa at J to dorsum at § ; a 

 similar fascia from costa at § to tornus, slightly outwards-curved, rather suffused 

 beneath costa and sending out one or two white streaks towards termen ; a 

 white fascia from dorsum near base to extremity of basal line ; a second dorsal 

 fascia from J, touching first costal fascia beneath middle; a chain of black 

 spots round apex and along termen, anteriorly margined with white : cilia 

 reddish-brown. Hindwings and cilia fuscous-grey. 



A much darker species than Dryadaula myrrhina Meyr. ; the distinct 

 white lines are also good distinguishing characters. 



In bush at the Bluff and Invercargill during November and December. 

 Not common. 





Art. XXVI. — Descriptions oj New Zealand Lepidoptera. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.B.S. 



Communicated by Dr. Charles Chilton. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 2nd December, 1914.'] 



I am once more indebted to Messrs. G. V. Hudson and A. Philpott for 

 interesting consignments of Lepidoptera, amongst which were included 

 the following species. 



Hydriomenidae. 



Hydriomena subrectaria Guen. 



(Coremia subrectaria Guen., Phal. x, 411 ; Cidaria responsata Walk., Cat. 

 xxv, 1409 ; Melanthia casta But!., Cist. Ent. ii, 553 ; Hydriomena subrectaria 

 Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 1890, 829.) 



Queenstown, in December (Philpott). I am not aware that this species 

 has been recorded previously from New Zealand ; it is common in south- 

 east Australia. 



