Meyrick. — Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina. 97 



Blab, eihelella, Newm. 



(Tinea ethelelld, Newm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., iii. (N.S.), 288; T. 

 rectella, Walk., 482 ; Blabophanes namuella, FekL, pi. cxl., 44.) 



Male, female. — 16-20 mm. Head pale whitisb-ochreous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, apex ochreous-wlritish. Antennae fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, with a broad pale whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints 

 whitish-yellowish, posterior pair pale ochreous-yellowish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 very obliquely rounded ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; dark fuscous ; 

 some obscure whitish-ochreous dots towards costa ; a moderate 

 clear whitish-ochreous streak along inner margin from base to 

 anal angle, upper edge rather irregular ; a well-defined trans- 

 parent ochreous-whitish discal spot : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, 

 obscurely spotted with dark fuscous, on costa more ochreous- 

 yellowish. Hindwings rather light grey ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 becoming pale whitish-ochreous towards anal angle. 



Auckland, Palmerston, Nelson (to 4,000 feet), Christchurch, 

 and Dunedin ; from October to May, generally common, often 

 at light. Occurs also commonly in South-East Australia and 

 Tasmania. 



Blab, ferruginella, Hb. 



Male. — 11 mm. Much smaller than B. ethelella ; head 

 ferruginous-tinged ; forewmgs with veins 6 and 7 separate, 

 towards costa obscurely strigulated with whitish-ochreous, discal 

 spot larger relatively, cilia pale whitish-ochreous, on costa barred 

 with dark grey : hindwings whitish-grey, more whitish towards 

 anal angle, cilia whitish : otherwise similar. 



Taranaki, Napier, Wellington, Nelson (to 4,000 feet), and 

 Christchurch ; rather common, more or less all the year round. 

 Introduced from Europe by civilization ; now occurring al^o in 

 North America and Australia. 



Hlab. ornithias, n. sp. 



Male. — 10-11 mm. Head light fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 internally whitish. Antenna?, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark 

 fuscous. Forewmgs elongate, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; veins 6 and 

 7 stalked ; rather dark fuscous, somewhat irrorated with paler ; 

 an obscure, cloudy, very irregular-edged whitish - ochreous 

 streak near inner margin from base nearly to anal angle ; 

 discal spot only indicated on lower surface, not transparent : 

 cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous; 

 cilia fuscous. 



Christchurch; bred from bird-nests by Mr. Pi. W. Fereday, 

 to whom I am indebted for types. 



