BY K. MEYRICK, B.A. 775 



Media, alis ant. fuscis, fascia antica liueaque postica curva vix 

 pallidioribus, signo disci arcuato saturation ; post, saturate 

 fuscis. 



"Wellington, New Zealand, in January. 



63. Leptocroca, Meyr, 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts moderate, roughly spread- 

 ing. Antennje in ^ with long fine cilia (4), basal joint rather 

 elongate, with strong pecten. Palpi long, second joint somewhat 

 exceeding base of antennse, thickened with dense appressed scales, 

 slightly loose beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, moderate, 

 recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, hindmargin 

 oblique. Hindwings as broad as forewings, elongate-ovate, cilia 

 |. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibise clothed with long hairs 

 above. Forewings with vein 7 to costa, 2 from angle of cell. 

 Hindwings normal. 



Distinguished from its nearest allies by the very long ciliation 

 of antennae in ^. 



419. Lept. sanguinofetita, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. carneis, vitta supra medium inferius tridentata, 

 lineaque subinarginali nigrescentibus ; post, griseo-albidis. 



^5. 23-28 mm. Head and thorax flesh-colour. Palpi reddish- 

 whitish, terminal joint and basal half of second externally dark 

 fuscous. Antenna? dark fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs 

 dark fuscous, posterior pair and apex of joints grey-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin very oblique, hardly rounded ; flesh-colour, somewhat 

 irrorated with grey ; a thick irregular blackish streak above 

 middle from base to apex, above more or less suffused, beneath 

 with three short irregular projection's at ^, before middle, and at 

 I ; a submarginal interrupted blackish line, sometimes indistinct : 

 cilia light flesh-colour, Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish. 



A conspicuously distinct species. 



