Meyrick. — Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina. 77 



Art. XV. — Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina. 

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



[Read before tlie Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 6th October, 1887.] 



GELECHLULE. 



Epiphthora, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue well-developed. An- 

 tenna? i, in male serrate, simple, basal joint elongate, with 

 strong pecten. Labial palpi moderate, arched, ascending, 

 second joint with appressed scales, slightly rough beneath, 

 dilated towards apex, terminal joint short, half as long as 

 second, slightly thickened with scales, pointed, not acute. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with long 

 hairs above and beneath. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 2 

 from f of cell, 4-7 approximated from narrow end of cell, 7 to 

 costa, 8 absent (coincident with 7), 11 from about middle of cell. 

 Hind wings f, elongate-oblong, narrow, hindmargin rectangu- 

 larly emarginate beneath very strongly produced apex, cilia 4 ; 

 veins 2-4 moderately remote, transverse vein absent, 5 and 6 

 absent, 7 to apex, 8 short, consisting almost wholly of a furca- 

 tion towards base, of which the lower fork runs into 7. 



A peculiar genus, with aberrant neuration. 



Epiphth. melanombra, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 10-11 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, 

 abdomen and legs whitish, densely irrorated witb black, appearing 

 grey. Forewings elongate, pointed, apex subcaudate ; whitish 

 densely irrorated with black, appearing grey ; a suffused blackish 

 spot in disc before middle, another on anal angle, and a third less 

 apparent towards apex : cilia grey, round apex whitish irrorated 

 with black. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Christchurch ; bred commonly by Mr. R. W. Fereday, in 

 December, from larva? mining blotches in the leaves of Olearia 

 iiricenniafulia (an evergreen shrub belonging to the Composite) in 

 November. I am indebted to his kindness for specimens. 



DEPRESS ARIADNE. 



Leptosaces, n. g. 



Head loosely haired ; no ocelli ; tongue well-developed. An- 

 tenna? f- , in male filiform, simple, basal joint moderately elon- 

 gate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as 

 second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi short, drooping. Ab- 

 domen tolerably flattened, in male strongly margined. Posterior 



