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costal blotch ; apical third of wing pale brownish -ochreous, 

 mixed with dark fuscous and a few white scales : cilia brownish- 

 ochreous, with small white apical and median spots, above apex 

 and towards anal angle dark fuscous. Hindwings dark purple- 

 fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Auckland (Waitakere Eanges), in December ; common. 



Mncs. hamadelpha, n. sp. 



Male. — 10-11 mm. Head, antennas, and thorax whitish - 

 ochreous. Palpi white. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, ringed with yellow-whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; 

 wbitish-ocbreous ; a tbick blackish-fuscous streak along basal 

 half of costa, narrowed towards base, posterior extremity dilated 

 into a vertical triangular spot reaching more than half across 

 wing ; beyond a line from i- of inner margin to f of costa the 

 ground-colour is shining golden-brownish-ocbreous ; a small ill- 

 defined dark fuscous spot towards inner margin before middle ; a 

 small wbite spot on costa near apex, and some scattered white 

 scales in disc below it ; a black apical spot, preceded by some 

 wbite scales ; three ill-defined blackish spots on hindmargin, 

 alternating with white scales : cilia golden-ochreous, with a 

 white spot above costal spot, a small white apical spot sur- 

 rounded by some black scales, a white basal clot above middle, 

 and a wbite spot towards tips below middle. Hindwings rather 

 dark purple-fuscous ; cilia purplish-fuscous, with a whitish apical 

 dot and small white median spot. 



Nelson (1,500 to 3,500 feet), in January, amongst forest ; 

 four specimens. 



PaluEomicra, Meyr. 



In P. doruxena veins 7 and 8 of both wings are separate ; the 

 point is probably not of much importance in this group, as it 

 only implies a small shifting of one of the variable transverse 

 bars, and the generic definition should be widened to include 

 this case. The genus remains distinct from Micropteryx by the 

 presence of the additional branch of vein 11 of forewings. 



Pal. zonodoxa, n. sp. 

 Male, female. — 7-8 mm. Head ferruginous or pale ochreous. 

 Palpi wbitish-ocbreous. Antennas pale ochreous, with three 

 more or less perceptible blackish bands. Thorax whitish- 

 yellowish. Abdomen dark grey. Anterior and middle legs 

 wbitish-ocbreous, apex of joints black; posterior legs dark grey, 

 apex of joints whitish-ochreous. Forewings oblong, costa 

 abruptly bent near base, thence gently arched, apex acute, hind- 

 margin straight, very oblique ; neuration quite as in P. chalco- 

 phanes ; dark fuscous purple, with bronzy reflections; extreme 

 base whitish-yellowish ; a moderately broad straight whitish- 

 yellowish fascia before middle, generally narrowest above ; a 



