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29. MiCRODES DIPLODONTA, n. sp. 



[SittAoSoj'tos, doubly-toothed ; in allusion to postmedian line of 



fox'e wings]. 



<? 2, 20-25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen brownish, 

 mixed with ochreous-whitish and dark fuscous ; in ? mostly 

 ochreous-white. Palpi long (4-5). Antennae grey ; in ? very 

 shortly ciliated (^). Legs grey, annulated with whitish ; pos- 

 terior pair mostly whitish. Fore wings triangular, costa 

 moderately arched, more strongly so near base, termen bowed ; 

 brownish mixed with dark fuscous and whitish, in ? whitish 

 mixed with fuscous; veins partly but interruptedly outlined with 

 dark fuscous ; a very short, slender, basal streak parallel to dor- 

 sum ; antemedian line ill-defined, outwardly curved, from J costa 

 to ^ dorsum ; a double whitish postmedian line from § costa 

 obliquely outwards, forming two tooth-like projections in disc, and 

 ending on dorsum at | ; a slender, dentate, whitish subterminal 

 line ; an interrupted fuscous terminal line ; all markings more 

 obscure in ? ; cilia whitish, in (? rosy-tinged, more or less dis- 

 tinctly barred with fuscous. Hind wings with termen strongly 

 bowed and somewhat wavy ; pale grey ; a fuscous terminal line ; 

 cilia whitish, obscurely barred with grey. 



Structurally this species shows all the characters of the genus 

 as above defined, but the hind wings of the J^ show no abnor- 

 mality. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



T., Mt. Wellington, in October ; five specimens. 



Genus 8. Euchoeca. 



Euchoeca, Hh. Verz. 



Face smooth. Palpi short, porrected, slender, loosely scaled. 

 Antennae in c? shortly ciliated. Thorax glabrous beneath. 

 Posterior tibiae with all spurs present. Fore wings with areole 

 simple. Hind wings with 8 anastomosing with cell from near 

 base to beyond middle (Meyrick). 

 1. Fore wings with areole small, vein 11 long, stalked 



with 8, 9, 10 - - - - - atrostrigata 



Fore wings with areole moderate, vein 11 arising 



separately from areole - - - - rubropunctaria 



