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hindmargin rather obliquely rounded ; grey, densely irrorated 

 with black ; a black dentate line near base, preceded and 

 followed by a white irroration ; lines whitish, dentate, margined 

 with black ; first from ^ of costa to before middle of inner 

 margin, preceded by a blackish band, and followed by a whitish 

 irroration ; second from ^ of costa to f of inner margin, rather 

 curved, indented beneath costa, preceded by a white suffused 

 irroration on upper half : cilia grey, irrorated with black on 

 basal half. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous grey. 



Mount Arthur (4,000 feet) ; one specimen, in January. 



DlPTYCHOPHORA, Z. 



Dipt, chrysochyta, Meyr. 



Also from Whangarei, in December. 



Dipt, metallifera, Butl. 



Male, female. — 17-20 mm. Head white, collar ochreous- 

 yellow. Palpi externally yellow-ochreous, suffused with grey 

 towards margins, internally white. Antenna? white. Thorax 

 ochreous-yellow, shoulders fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Legs 

 white, anterior tibia?, first joint of tarsi, and apex of three 

 terminal joints dark fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa 

 slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin oblique, slightly 

 rounded, twice sinuate-indented on upper half; ochreous-orange, 

 somewhat deeper posteriorly ; a narrow rather dark fuscous 

 streak along costa; lines fuscous, partially indistinct; first from 

 I of costa to before middle of inner margin, sharply angulated 

 above middle, rather sinuate and more strongly marked beneath ; 

 second from f of costa to § of inner margin, preceded and 

 followed by white spots on costa, strongly curved outwards above 

 middle, sinuate beneath ; a narrow-transverse inwards-curved 

 leaden-grey-metallic discal spot ; between this and hindmargin 

 are four parallel longitudinal leaden-grey-metallic streaks, not 

 reaching discal spot, first terminating in a white dot before 

 apex, second and fourth touching hindmargin ; two very short 

 slender longitudinal leaden-grey-metallic marks on second line 

 below middle ; tbree black dots on hindmargin below middle, 

 central subquadrate : cilia shining light-grey, with snow-white 

 subapical, median, and supra-anal patches, and a strong blackish- 

 grey basal line. Hindwings ochreous-white, apex more ochrcous- 

 tinged, and with a small faint greyish ante-apical spot ; cilia white. 



Auckland, Wellington and Kelson, in December and 

 January ; several specimens. 



Dipt, sehncea, Meyr. 

 Also from Whangarei and Auckland, in December. 



Dipt, auriscriptella, Walk. 

 Also from Whangarei, Auckland, and Napier, in December. 



