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simple, 2 from near angle, 7 to costa, 11 from ^. Hindwings 

 1, oblong-ovate, cilia 1; vein 4 absent, 6 and 7 tolerably 

 parallel. 



Sag. phorteaella, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 8-13 mm. Head white. Palpi blackish, 

 terminal joint and apex of second white. Antennae white, 

 terminal third black except two subapical rings. Thorax 

 white, anterior margin blackish. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs 

 blackish, ringed with whitish, posterior tibiae whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hind- 

 margin extremely obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white ; dorsal 

 half suffusedly streaked with whitish - ochreous ; a tlhck, 

 gradually-dilated, blackish streak along costa from base to J, 

 apex pointed, lower margin with a slight projection before 

 middle; sometimes an irregular blackish line below middle 

 from near base parallel to inner and hind-margins to apex, 

 and a similar almost marginal line along inner margin to anal 

 angle, thence as a hindmarginal streak to apex, where it is 

 confluent with the first ; sometimes a defined narrow blackish 

 streak along inner margin, and a moderate blackish hindmarginal 

 fascia attenuated at extremities : cilia whitisb-ochreous, base 

 within a black line ochreous-white, sometimes wholly suffused 

 with grey. Hindwings grey or whitish-grey, rarely rather dark 

 grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Taranaki, Makatoku, Wellington, Nelson, Otira Gorge, 

 Christchurch, Dunedin, and Lake Wakatipu ; in August, Sep- 

 tember, December, January, and March ; common, frequenting 

 forest. The species varies considerably in the presence or 

 absence of black dorsal and hindmarginal streaks, but the 

 varieties run into one another. 



Blabophanes, Z. 



Head densely rough-haired ; ocelli absent ; tongue short. 

 Antennae £ , in male pubescent-ciliated, with joints closely set, 

 basal joint moderate, with small pecten. Labial palpi mode- 

 rate, porrected, with tolerably appressed scales, second joint with 

 several long bristles above and beneath at apex, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi long, 

 tolerably filiform, folded. Posterior tibia* clothed with hairs. 

 Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 2 from about angle, 3 and 4 

 stalked, sometimes and 7 or 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 

 from near middle ; a naked (usually transparent) depression in 

 di&c beneath. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia f; sometimes 

 5 and b' stalked (not in New Zealand species). 



A small cosinopoluan genus, of which some species are 

 domestic and widely introduced. 



