Meyrick. — Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina. 89 



( 'ire. xestobela, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 10-12 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy- 

 fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, towards base whitish. Antennae 

 and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark grey, apex of joints 

 obscurely whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; rather dark greyish- 

 bronze : cilia light grey, costal cilia white. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia light grey, on costa grey-whitish. 



Arthur's Pass (3,000 to 4,000 feet), in January; five speci- 

 mens. 



Pantosperma, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue short. Antennae 

 almost 1, in male serrulate, shortly ciliated (f), basal joint 

 moderate, simple. Labial palpi moderate, filiform, curved, 

 rather drooping, terminal joint as long as second, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi absolete. Abdomen elongate. Posterior tibiae 

 with appressed scales. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 2 almost 

 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hindmargin, 11 from before 

 middle. Hindwings f , lanceolate, cilia H ; veins 3 and 4 in 

 male separate at origin, in female from a point, 6 and 7 tolerably 

 parallel. 



In one specimen examined vein 5 of the hindwings was 

 absent, but this would appear to be an accidental deformity. 



Pant, holochalca, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 11-14 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy- 

 fuscous, collar paler. Palpi bronzy-fuscous, lighter towards 

 base. Antennae, abdomen, and legs dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate ; deep bronze, more or less irrorated with 

 light bronzy-ochreous : cilia bronzy. Hindwings and cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



Makatoku (Hawke's Bay), in March ; common, frequenting 

 rushes (Junvus) on the skirts of the forest. 



PLUTELLIDjE. 



Compsistis, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue well-developed. 

 Antennae 1, in male pubescent-ciliated (f), joints closely set, 

 basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 smooth, recurved, second joint somewhat thickened, terminal 

 joint longer than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae somewhat rough- 

 haired above on basal half. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 2 

 from near angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-oblong, apex and hindmargin rounded, 

 cilia almost 1 ; veins 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 parallel. 



