252 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA, 



Bemarkable from its lanceolate wings and very elongate 

 abdomen ; it varies rather considerably in depth, of colouring. 

 Six specimens taken on the dry grassy volcanic hills near 

 Christchurch, New Zealand, in January. 



Phryg. achlyoessa, w. sp. 



^. by. Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi whitish- 

 grey, mixed with dark fuscous, second joint beneath with a long 

 loose prejecting fringe of hairs. Antennae dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen elongate, dark fuscous. Legs pale ochreous-grey. 

 Fore-wings elongate, narrow, hind-margin strongly sinuate below 

 apex; pale whitish-grey, faintly strigulated transversely with 

 darker; a few solitary black scales, tending to be arranged 

 longitudinally on fold and lower median vein ; cilia whitish, with 

 an obscure dark fuscous apical hook, basal f separated by a 

 blackish line and dark smoky-grey. Hind-wings and cilia 

 fuscous-grey. 



An inconspicuous narrow-winged almost unicolorous species. 

 One ^ taken flying at dusk on a bare grassy hill near 

 Wellington, New Zealand, in January. 



ERECHTHIAD^. 

 I have at present five genera of this family, which may be 

 thus tabulated : — 



A. Face smooth Hippiocha3tes 



B. Pace rough-haired. 



I. Fore-wings with 12 veins . . . . Eschatotypa 



II. Fore-wings with 11 veins. 



a. Veins 6 and 7 of fore-wings stalked Ereunetis 

 I. Yeins 6 and 7 of fore-wings separate. 



1. Veins 5 & 6 of hind-wings stalked Erechthias 



2. Veins 5 & 6 of hind-wings separate Comodica 



