202 Transactions. 



Xanthorhoe sericodes n. sp. 



o. 33-34 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale greyish-ochreous. An- 

 tennal pectinations 6. Abdomen pale, ochreous, sometimes with double 

 dorsal series of small cloudy dark-fuscous dots. Forewings triangular, 

 costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; pale 

 greyish-ochreous ; in one specimen a transverse dark-fuscous discal dot, 

 and some faint paired fuscous dots on termen, in the other these are wholly 

 absent: cilia whitish - ochreous. Hind wings and cilia whitish - oclireous 

 tinged with grey ; in one specimen a faint grey discal dot. 



Mount Earnslaw, 4,000 ft., in January (Hudson) ; two specimens. 



Selidosemidae. 

 Selidosema scariphota n. sp. 



$. 32 mm. Head pale oclireous. Palpi pale oclireous mixed with 

 fuscous. Antennal pectinations 8. Thorax pale oclireous, anteriorly 

 suffused with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous. 

 Forewings triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 rather oblique ; pale yellow-ochreous, strewn with fine scattered dark- 

 fuscous strigulae, with a patch of longer and thicker strigulae in middle 

 of disc ; costa marked with small blackish spots and strigulae, costal area 

 tinged with fuscous ; first and second lines slender, even, dark fuscous, 

 nearly parallel to termen, not nearly reaching costa. first double in lower 

 part of disc, not reaching dorsum, second somewhat curved, thickest towards 

 dorsum ; a transverse-linear blackish discal mark on end of cell ; a light 

 fuscous terminal fascia, terminated abruptly above by a short rather oblique 

 dark-fuscous streak from beneath apex ; a terminal series of short black 

 marks or dots : cilia whitish-ochreous with a fuscous subbasal line, basal 

 area slenderly barred with fuscous, with a longer dark-fuscous bar on 

 subapical streak. Hindwings light ochreous-vellowish ; terminal line 

 partially marked with dark fuscous : cilia ochreous- whitish, with a 

 grey line. 



One specimen, bred by Mr. Sunley from a larva on " New Zealand broom " 

 (presumably Carmichaelia), communicated by Mr. Hudson. A very distinct 

 species. 



Phycitidae. 

 Plodia interpunctella Hiib. 



An introduced domestic species, taken by Mr. Hudson in the General 

 Post Office at Wellington ; easily recognized by the dark ferruginous- 

 fuscous forewings with basal area wholly whitish-ochreous. The larva 

 feeds on grain (especially maize), figs, &c, and the moths may sometimes 

 be found plentifully in corn-bins. The species is widely" spread by artificial 

 means in Europe, North America, and Australia. 



Pyraustidae. 



Scoparia atmogramma n. sp. 



$. 23-24 mm. Head and thorax light grey more or less mixed with, 

 whitish. Palpi 3, light grey, white towards base beneath. Ant una! 

 ciliations §. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very 

 narrow towards base, gradually dilated posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique ; ochreous-grey, usually more or less suffused 

 with whitish on veins, interneural spaces more or less suffusedly sprinkled 



