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light ferruginous, from centre of disc to anal angle ; hindniar- 

 ginal spots and cilia as in fore wings. 



Whangarei ; one specimen, in December. 



Heterocrossa, Meyr. 



Het. adreptella, "Walk. 



Mr. R. W. Fereday has bred this species from larvae feeding 

 in the shoots of the garden raspberry ; its natural food is there- 

 fore doubtless the wild Rubus. 



Het. exochana, n. sp. 



Female. — 21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white. Palpi 

 with upper longitudinal half ochreous-white, lower dark fuscous. 

 Antennas, abdomen, and legs ochreous-whitish, anterior legs 

 suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, scarcely 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hind- 

 margin faintly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; pale whitish- 

 ochreous ; about ten small irregular scattered black dots in disc ; 

 a subterminal series of irregular cloudy black dots, obsolete 

 towards costa and inner margin : cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Nelson, in January ; one specimen. 



Het. eriphylla, n. sp. 



Male. — 26 mm. Head and thorax whitish-greenish, shoulders 

 olive-greenish. Palpi whitish-greenish, apex of basal joint and 

 a band before middle of second fuscous. Antennae greyish- 

 ochreous, basal joint dilated, whitish-greenish. Abdomen pale 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish, 

 posterior pair pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 hindmargin straight, oblique ; pale greenish, irregularly irro- 

 rated with white, especially towards hindmargin ; about eight 

 small black spots on costa, from which proceed obscure olive- 

 green inwardly oblique strigulae ; three inwardly oblique pairs 

 of large tufts in disc, olive-green anteriorly, white posteriorly, 

 margined above and below by small black spots, first near base, 

 second at ^, third at 4f ; a short black streak on fold between 

 second pair, crossed by a cloudy black mark margining them 

 anteriorly ; a slender white sinuate longitudinal line in disc 

 between second and third pairs, unevenly black-margined, 

 crossed by three or four irregular fine white strigse ; a sub- 

 terminal series of small fine irregular black marks, angulated 

 in middle ; hindmargin irregularly dotted with black scales : 

 cilia whitish, towards base sprinkled with greenish. Hindwings 

 and cilia whitish. 



Wellington, in January ; one specimen. 



