Meyrick. — Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina. 87 



slender fascia from § of costa to f of inner margin, becoming 

 white at extremities ; three short silvery-blue-metallic streaks 

 from costa between this and apex, forming white dots on costa, 

 last margining a round black apical spot ; a subtriangular black 

 anal patch, containing four round violet-golden-metallic spots : 

 cilia grey, with a blackish line near base, interrupted by a 

 triangular white indentation above middle. Hindwings dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Mount Arthur (4,000 feet), in January ; two specimens. 



Glyph, leptosema, n. sp. 



Female. — 8 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. 

 Palpi white, with four black bands. Antennae and abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded; 

 dark bronzy-fuscous ; seven oblique streaks from costa, reaching 

 nearly half across wing, first from ^ of costa, most oblique, first 

 four very slender, grey, obscure, forming minute white dots on 

 costa, third terminating in a crescentic violet-silvery-metallic 

 mark in disc, preceded by a violet-metallic dot, iast three shorter, 

 wedge-shaped, white, extremities violet-metallic ; a slender very 

 oblique straight streak from middle of inner margin, apex acute, 

 not reaching half across wing, upper half ochreous-white, lower 

 half grey ; a slender violet-blue-metallic angulated fascia from 

 costa at f , between third and fourth streaks, to inner margin 

 before anal angle, costal extremity white ; an irregular violet- 

 metallic streak along hindmargin : cilia grey, with a blackish 

 line, interrupted by a triangular whitish indentation above 

 middle (round apex imperfect). Hindwings narrow, dark 

 fuscous-grey ; cilia grey. 



Auckland, in January ; one specimen. 



Glyph, nephoptera, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 8-11 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy- 

 grey. Palpi white, with four black bands, apex black in front. 

 Antennae and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed 

 with whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate, oblique ; rather dark bronzy- 

 fuscous or bronzy-grey, more or less densely irrorated with 

 ochreous-whitish ; in pale specimens a small dark spot in disc 

 towards base, and a fine angulated dark transverse line about f , 

 beyond which is a whitish dot on inner margin ; about eight 

 short wedge-shaped ochreous-whitish strigulae from costa between 

 ± and apex, first four often very obscure, fifth giving rise to a 

 slender angulated pale golden-metallic fascia, which forms a very 

 small whitish spot on inner mai'gin, last three more distinct, 



