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stripe and dark- fuscous stripe on each side of it. Abdomen whitish -grey- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; 

 pale brownish-ochreous, more brownish-tinged in disc and towards dorsum, 

 obscurely streaked with ochreous-whitish suffusion between veins ; a narrow 

 ochreous- white dorsal streak from base to f, edged above with dark-fuscous 

 suffusion anteriorly ; an irregular brownish median longitudinal streak 

 from middle of disc to termen, with some blackish scales in longitudinal 

 lines ; some dark-brown dots round posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia light-brownish, at apex and on costa ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 with 3 and i approximated at base ; ochreous - grey - whitish : cilia 

 concolorous. 



- Wellington, in November (Philpott) ; one specimen. This remarkable 

 species is the largest of the genus. 



TlNEIDAE. 



Archyala pentazyga n. sp. 



<$. 13 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi fuscous mixed with darker, rough 

 scales of second joint longer than in paraghjpta. Thorax and abdomen 

 rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique ; fuscous, 

 with fine rather oblique transverse striae of dark-fuscous scales ; five rather 

 narrow oblique transverse dark-fuscous fasciae, first from A of costa, 

 interrupted in disc and not reaching dorsum, second and third connected 

 by a suffused patch in disc, third interrupted beneath this, fourth not 

 reaching tornus, fifth curved beneath to termen above tornus : cilia fuscous, 

 with blackish subbasal line. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, lighter and 

 rather thinly scaled towards base : cilia fuscous, with dark-fuscous subbasal 

 line. 



Day's Bay, Wellington, in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. 



Tinea argodelta n. sp. 



S- 10 mm. Head and thorax dark purple-fuscous, face whitish-fuscous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, tip whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; dark purple-fuscous ; two or three minute whitish 

 strigulae on costa towards \, a spot of white strigulation in middle of costa, 

 a smaller spot at f , and three dots between this and apex ; a clear white 

 triangular spot on dorsum before middle, reaching nearly half across 

 wing ; a spot of whitish strigulation on dorsum before tornus, and two or 

 three whitish scales towards termen : cilia purplish-fuscous with two darker 

 shades, with a white mark towards tips on middle of termen. Hindwings 

 with 5 and 6 separate ; dark purple-grey : cilia rather dark grey. 



Bluff, in February (Philpott) : one specimen. Allied to margaritis, 

 but apparently distinct by the character of antemedian dorsal spot, and 

 the separation of veins 5 and 6 of hindwings (in margaritis always stalked). 



