Meyrick. — Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina. 85 



Sim. marmarea, n. sp. 



Male. — 10 mm. Head, thorax, and legs dark fuscous, densely 

 irrorated with white. Palpi dark fuscous, with about eight fine 

 white transverse bars, towards base suffused with white. An- 

 tenna3 black, annulated with white. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 segmental margins sharply silvery-white. Forewings rather 

 elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; 

 markings formed by a fine close white irroration ; a small ill- 

 defined basal patch ; two cloudy dentate angulated almost con- 

 fluent transverse lines about £ ; an irregularly angulated trans- 

 verse line beyond middle, its discal portion silvery-metallic and 

 forming a small spot above middle, separated from preceding 

 line by a black fascia ; a straight line from f of costa to anal 

 angle ; a silvery- metallic submarginal streak along upper half of 

 hindmargin: cilia whitish, with thick black basal and grey 

 median lines. Hindwings ovate, slightly elongate, rounded ; 

 rather dark fuscous ; a small cloudy white discal spot at ^ ; a 

 strong straight white line from anal angle to disc beyond middle ; 

 above and beyond apex of this a few white scales ; cilia as in 

 forewings. 



Lake Wakatipu (2,200 feet), in December; one specimen. 



Sym. symbolcea, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 10-13 mm. Head, thorax, and legs dark 

 fuscous irrorated with white. Palpi dark fuscous, with about 

 eight fine white transverse bars, towards base suffused with 

 white. Antennae black, annulated with white. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous, segmental margins sharply silvery- white. Forewings 

 rather elongate, posteriorly moderately dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin somewhat oblique, nearly 

 straight, rounded beneath ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; markings 

 formed by a fine white irroration ; a small basal patch, its outer- 

 edge angulated ; two angulated transverse lines near together 

 about ^ ; a fine irregularly-indented transverse line beyond 

 middle, space between this and preceding line often partially 

 blackish-fuscous ; a cloudy line from f of costa to anal . angle, 

 sometimes interrupted above middle ; a white irroration towards 

 upper half of hindmargin : cilia white, with thick black basal 

 and dark fuscous median lines, at apex and anal angle and on a 

 small median spot more or less wholly suffused with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter on basal half; a slightly out- 

 wards-curved fine white line from anal angle to disc at § , upper 

 portion sometimes followed by a second less-defined similar line ; 

 cilia white, with blackish fuscous basal and fuscous median 

 lines. 



Arthur's Pass (3,000 to 3,500 feet), in January ; rather 

 common. 



