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light fuscous. Hiudwings ochreous- whitish, towards apex 

 tinged with pale fuscous ; cilia ochreous- whitish, round apex 

 fuscous-tinged. 



Nelson, in January ; three specimens, amongst forest. 



Gymn. omphalota, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark 

 fuscous mixed with pale whitish-ochreous, face whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennae dark fuscous, obscurely spotted with 

 ochreous-whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins 

 sharply whitish. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin sinuate, oblique ; rather dark fuscous, with 

 greenish reflections, irregularly irrorated with ochreous-whitish, 

 and with some scattered yellowish scales ; a small round dark 

 fuscous spot in disc before middle, and a second on fold 

 obliquely beyond it, sometimes confluent, both sometimes 

 margined posteriorly with whitish ; a whitish dot on costa 

 before middle ; a subtriangular dark fuscous spot, mixed with 

 yellowish and margined with blackish, in disc beyond middle, 

 connected with costa by a dark fuscous suffusion ; an irregular 

 whitish line from f of costa to anal angle, slightly bent above 

 middle, preceded on inner margin by a small blackish spot : 

 cilia grey-whitish, beneath anal angle grey, with a grey post- 

 median line, basal third ochreous-yellowish margined by a 

 black line and tending to be spotted with blackish. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous, lighter on basal half, with an indistinct 

 darker discal spot ; cilia fuscous-grey, with a blackish basal 

 line. 



Christchurch and Lake Wakatipu, in December ; five speci- 

 mens. 



(Ecophora, Z. 



CEc. politis, n. sp. 



Female. — 17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi wintish-ochreous, externally with a few dark fuscous 

 scales. Antennae whitish - ochreous, spotted with fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior pair 

 suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, not dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; a brownish-ochreous streak, its 

 lower margin irregularly mixed with blackish-fuscous, along 

 fold from base to anal angle ; a dark fuscous dot in disc before 

 middle, a second at f, and a third on submedian streak 

 obliquely before first ; an irregular line of dark fuscous scales 

 from f of costa to anal angle, sharply angulated in middle, 

 indented above middle : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 and cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



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