1913.] 25 L 



there is an elong-ate mark on the costa near the middle ; the second line is very 

 distinct, slightly wavy, ol)lique, with a rounded projection towards the termen 

 above the middle ; there are four large pale In-own spots on the terminal area, 

 the two lower spots being confluent ; the cilia are cream-coloured with a double 

 series of brown bars. The liind-wings are greyish-ochreous with faint lunule 

 and terminal shading. 



I discovered this species in Jauuary, 1906, amongst the large 

 chimps of As'pidriiui aculeatum which constitute such a conspicuous 

 feature in the Eouteburn Valley at the head of Lake Wakatipu. It 

 has recently been rediscovered by Mr. Phil pott, who found it in some 

 numbers on the Takitimu Mountains, Southland, at elevations between 

 2,000 and 3,000 feet above the sea- level. This makes the 88th distinct 

 species of Scoparia known in New Zealand. 



Hillview, Karori, 



Wellington, New Zealand : 

 September 9th, 1913. 



A NEW SPECIES OF P8TLL0PSIS, F. Loew, FEOM BRITAIN. 

 BY JAMBS EDWARDS, F.E.S. 



PSYLLOPSIS DISTINGUENDA, Sp. nOV. 



Very similar to P. fraxini, L., but a little larger-, the black band on the 

 elytra broader, its inner edge regular and sharply defined. Forceps, in the 

 lateral aspect, in the form of an irregular triangle attached by the apex, the free 

 angles rounded and somewhat inflexed, their inner surface, as well as the 

 space between them, roughened with black tubercles ; on the middle of the inner 

 side there is a \vide submembi-anous wing which is subequal in width from the 

 base to the middle, where it forms a large triangular tooth, and from thence 

 upward it rapidly becomes lost in the substance of the organ. 



I am indebted to Mr. Champion for the opportunity to describe 

 this interesting insect ; he took five examples on June 21st, 1913, in 

 the New Forest, together with several Metatropis rufescens, by sweeping 

 Circxa lutetiana and other low plants, but did not notice any ash trees in 

 the immediate vicinity. The latter circumstance is noteworthy because 

 there is reason to believe that all the species of PsyUopsis feed on some 

 kind of ash : Fraxinus excelsior and other species of ash are the food- 

 plants of P. fraxini, L., and P.fraxinicola, Foerst., the only species of 

 which the early stages are at present known ; P. meliphila, Loew, was 

 found by Then at Lees, in Krain, on Fraxinus, and Eeuter thought 

 that his specimens of P. discrepans, Flor, from Ispois, near Abo, were 

 found on Fraxinus. 



