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whitish-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous, anterior tarsi 

 dark fuscous with a longitudinal whitish-ochreous line, posterior 

 pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; fuscous 

 sprinkled with whitish-ochreous, aud obscurely streaked with 

 ferruginous ; a darker longitudinal streak, partially suffused with 

 ferruginous, below middle from base to apex, becoming dark 

 fuscous at | and apex, margined above by a suffused whitish- 

 ochreous streak, aud beneath by a whitish-ochreous dorsal space 

 streaked with ferruginous ; a dark fuscous dot above the whitish- 

 ochreous streak at §■ ; a fine dark fuscous hindmarginal line : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, mixed with light ochreous, towards anal 

 angle suffused with ochreous. Hindwiugs with veins 5 and 6 

 separate ; dark grey, purple-shining, towards base lighter and 

 thinly scaled ; cilia grey, towards anal angle grey-whitish. 



Nelson, in January ; two specimens in a forest ravine. The 

 appearance of this species is quite unlike any other of the genus, 

 and recalls some of the New Zealand species of Gelechia. 



Tin. belonota, n. sp. 



Male. — 13 mm. Head whitish-fuscous. Palpi fuscous, base 

 and apex ochreous-whitish. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 fuscous ; anteunal ciliations 3. Legs dark fuscous, apex of 

 joints ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 gently arched, apex rouud-pointed, hindmargin straight, very 

 oblique ; rather dark fuscous ; a tolerably well-defined ochreous- 

 whitish streak along fold from base to anal angle, upper margin 

 with a slight projection before and a stronger one beyond 

 middle, between which is a small dark fuscous spot : cilia rather 

 dark fuscous, purple- shining, tips beneath apex and a small spot 

 beneath anal angle ochreous-whitish. Hindwings with veins 5 

 and 6 separate; rather dark fuscous, purple-shining, lighter and 

 thinly scaled towards base ; cilia fuscous. 



Palmerston (North Island), in March ; one specimen amongst 

 forest. Nearly allied to the two following, but distinctly 

 broader-winged than either, and distinguished by the absence 

 of discal spots, clearer pale streak, and different cilia. 



Tin. certella, Walk. 

 {Tinea certella, Walk., 484.) 



Male, female. — 12-16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, 

 and abdomen dark fuscous mixed with ochreous-whitish ; 

 antennal ciliations 2 ; thorax sometimes suffused with whitish. 

 Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 straight, very oblique ; rather dark fuscous, more or less 

 irrorated with whitish-ochreous and black ; sometimes a cloudy 

 blackish dot on fold at ^ ; a cloudy blackish dot in middle of 

 disc, a second obliquely before it on fold, and a third in disc at 



