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short, obtuse. Forewings with veins 4 and 5 in male separate, 

 in female stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 10 absent. Hindwings with 

 veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 7 out of 6 near origin, anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to beyond middle. 



Achr. grisella, F. 



Male, female. — 16-25 mm. Head light ochreous - yellow. 

 Forewings elongate, not dilated, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded ; light fuscous, unicolorous. Hindwings tolerably 

 pointed, light grey. 



Nelson, in January ; one specimen. A common European 

 species, introduced into Australia and New Zealand by civilisa- 

 tion ; the larva feeds on the wax in beehives (often proving 

 extremely destructive), and also on dried fruits. 



Art. XIV. — Notes on New Zealand Tortricina. 

 By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, Qth October, 1887.] 



GBAPHOLITHIDtE. 



Strepsicrates, Meyr. 



I propose this name for the genus which I formerly called 

 Strepsiceros, the latter name being preoccupied in the Mammalia. 



Streps, charopa, n. sp. 



Male. — 11-12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous. 

 Antennae grey, notched at ^. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs grey, ringed with whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, hindmargiu slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; 

 pale ochreous, somewhat suffused with deeper ochreous ; a few 

 fine scattered dark fuscous scales ; a short leaden-metallic erect 

 streak from anal angle, and a similar one before middle of hind- 

 margin : cilia light ochreous, with an ill-defined blackish apical 

 spot. Hindwings grey, apex tinged with whitish-ochreous ; 

 cilia grey-whitish, with a cloudy darker line. 



Whangarei and Auckland, in December ; two specimens. 



Streps, parthenia, n. sp. 



Female. — 13 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish. 

 Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish, 

 posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 



