Meyrick. — Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina. 71 



Dipt, harmonica, n. sp. 



Male. — 12-13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, externally 

 ochreous-tinged, towards apex slightly infuscated. Antennae 

 whitish. Thorax white, with a few fuscous scales. Abdomen 

 light grey. Legs white. Forewings triangular, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin oblique, twice sinuate-indented 

 on upper half ; white, suffused with pale ochreous-greyish except 

 towards inner margin ; lines very slender, dark fuscous, thickened 

 at extremities ; first from beyond ^ of costa to middle of inner 

 margin, strongly curved, nearly preceded on costa by a small 

 dark fuscous oblique mark, and on lower half by a wedge-shaped 

 dark fuscous streak from inner margin ; a transverse leaden-grey- 

 metallic discal spot, lower extremity becoming obscurely whitish- 

 ochreous ; a small dark fuscous spot on costa above this ; second 

 line from f of costa to f of inner margin, very strongly curved 

 outwards on upper |, below this slightly sinuate, margined on 

 costa with white wedge-shaped streaks, on lower half followed by 

 a fainter similar line enclosing a white line ; a yellow-ochreous 

 space extending from discal spot to hindmargin, interrupting 

 second line, cut by three parallel longitudinal leaden-grey- 

 metallic purplish-tinged streaks, not reaching discal spot, upper 

 alone reaching hindmargin ; a white almost apical oblique mark 

 from costa, separated from white margin of second line by a 

 fuscous suffusion ; space between lower half of second line and 

 hindmargin, yellow-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; three black dots on hindmargin below middle, central 

 subquadrate : cilia shining metallic bronzy-grey, with a strong 

 black basal line. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish, with a grey 

 basal line, and a faint cloudy grey median shade. 



Auckland ( Waitakere Ranges), in December ; two specimens. 



Dipt, epiphaa, Meyr. 

 Also from Mount Arthur (3,800 feet). 



Dipt, elaina, Meyr. 

 Also from Auckland, Napier, and Nelson. 



PHYCITIL\F. 



Maxillary palpi not triangularly dilated. Forewings with 

 vein 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with lower median 

 pectinated. 



Although I am now able to quote species of this and the fol- 

 lowing families as occurring in New Zealand, they are not to be 

 regarded as forming any part of the truly indigenous fauna. 



Crocydopora, Meyr. 



Antennae of male shortly ciliated, with a sinuation above 

 basal joint containing a large tuft of scales. Labial palpi rather 



