100 Transactions. — Zoology. 



f , all variable in size and ill-defined ; a very indistinct suffused 

 short whitish-ochreous streak along fold, not reaching base; 

 sometimes in female dorsal and hindmarginal areas broadly 

 suffused with whitish : cilia fuscous, mixed with whitish- 

 ochreous and dark fuscous. Hindwings with veins 5 and 6 

 separate ; dark fuscous, purple-shining, lighter towards base, 

 in female lighter ; cilia fuscous. 



Wellington and Invercargill, in January and February ; not 

 uncommon amongst forest. I should expect the larva to feed 

 in rotten wood. 



Tin. mochlota, n. sp. 



Male. — 10-13 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, and 

 abdomen fuscous ; antennal ciliations Ik. Legs dark fuscous, 

 apex of joints ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

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

 oblique; fuscous, with a few scattered grey-whitish and black 

 scales ; a cloudy black streak from submedian fold before middle 

 to beneath middle of costa ; a cloudy black dot in disc at f , 

 connected with costa at | by a cloudy whitish streak : cilia 

 fuscous, terminal half ochreous-whitish except at apex and anal 

 angle. Hindwings with veins 5 and 6 separate ; rather dark 

 fuscous, purple-shining, lighter towards base ; cilia whitish- 

 fuscous. 



Christchurch and Lake Wakatipu, in December and January; 

 five specimens. Narrower-winged than either of the two pre- 

 ceding, and recognisable by the oblique antemedian bar in disc, 

 and whitish terminal half of cilia. 



Tin. fuscipunctella, Hw. 



Male, female. — 11-16 mm. Head light fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, round-pointed ; pale greyish-ochreous, irregularly 

 suffusedly spotted with fuscous ; a dark fuscous dot in disc at ^, 

 a second obliquely beyond it on fold, and a third, larger and 

 more conspicuous, in disc at f : cilia whitish-ochreous, basal 

 half obscurely barred with fuscous. Hindwings with veins 5 and 

 separate ; pale grey, yellowish-shining; cilia whitisb-grey. 



\Yhangarei, Palmerston, Wellington, Nelson, and Dunedin, 

 from October to March ; common, probably everywhere. Intro- 

 duced from Europe ; common in Australia and North America. 

 The larva feeds on dry refuse. 



Tin. terranea, Butl. 



(Scardia terranea, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii., 510.) 

 Male, female. — 17 - 27 mm. Head brownish - ochreous. 

 Palpi ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, second joint with 

 numerous bristles beneath throughout. Antenna" fuscous, in 

 male quite simple. Thorax and abdomen greyish-ochreous, 

 more or less suffused with fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, apex 



