Meyrick. — Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina. 69 



Mount Arthur (4,500 feet), in January ; three specimens. 

 One of the largest species of the genus ; most like C. dicrenellus, 

 but considerably larger, and distinguished by the costal streak 

 not reaching apex, and the dorsal streak not being marginal 

 posteriorly. 



Or. crencBiis, Meyr. 



Also from Mount Arthur (4,000 feet). 



Or. Jiexuosellus, Dbld. 

 Also from Whangarei, Napier, and Nelson (to 4,000 feet). 



Or. harpophorus, Meyr. 

 Also from Mount Arthur (4,000 feet). 



Thinasotia, Hein. 



The genus formerly called by me Thinasotia I have since 

 characterised as a distinct genus under the name of Hednota ; 

 but the following species, differing both from Crambus and 

 Hednota, I think may remain here for the present. 



Thin, claviferella , Walk. 



(Aquita claviferella Walk., Suppl., 1765; Aphomia strigosa, Butl., Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, Lond., 1877, 398, pi. xliii., 10 ; Crambus strigosus, Meyr., 

 " Trans. N.Z. Inst.," 1882, 31.) 



I have recently made this synonymic correction ; Walker's 

 type is unset, which probably led to my passing it over. The 

 species occurs also in Tasmania and Victoria, and is therefore 

 specially interesting. 



Taueoscopa, n. g. 



Forehead vertical ; ocelli present ; tongue well-developed. 

 Antennas f , in male filiform, minutely ciliated, basal joint with 

 a small tuft of hairs. Labial palpi moderately long, purrected, 

 clothed beneath with very long dense projecting hairs, terminal 

 joint concealed. Maxillary palpi rather long, dilated with long 

 rough hairs. Thorax and coxae clothed with dense rough hairs 

 beneath. Forewings with veins 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings 

 with veins 4 and 5 stalked, 6 remote from 7 at origin, 7 anasto- 

 mosing shortly with 8. 



Closely allied to Hednota, from which it differs essentially 

 only by the densely hairy undersurface of thorax and coxae ; it 

 therefore stands in exactly the same relation to Hednota as 

 Urocrambus to Crambus. 



Taur. yorgopis, n. sp. 



Male. — 22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey, densely mixed 

 with black. Antennae and abdomen blackish-grey. Legs 

 blackish-grey, apex of joints ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 rather elongate-triangular, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, 



