Meykick. — Notes and Dexrri pfions of X.Z. Lepifloptera. (il 



Crambus thrincodes n. sp. 



o. 29 mill. Ilead white. Palpi 4, dark fuscous, white above and 

 towards base. Antennal filiations l- Thorax white, patagia suffusedly 

 mixed with l)rownish. Abdomen pale yellowish - oohreous. Forewings 

 narrow, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique ; light ochreous-fuscous ; a broad suffused 

 white costal streak, containing three elongate blackish costal marks, first 

 reaching from base to |, second from middle to near |, third from | to near 

 apex ; first line indicated on white streak by posterior margin of fuscous 

 irroration, sharply angulated beneath costa, in disc white, incurved, edged 

 with irregularly triangular blackish patches, beneath this obsolete ; a cir- 

 cular white discal spot edged with iDlackish and centred with a fuscous dot, 

 placed in a white longitudinal streak which does not reach tirst or second 

 lines ; second line between costal streak and dorsum white, slender, dentate, 

 preceded in disc by some dark-fuscous irroration : cilia light greyish-ochreous, 

 base suffused with white. Hind wings whitish-ochreous-yellowish ; a spot 

 of grey suffusion on costa before apex ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Kaitoke. Wellington (Hudson) ; one specimen. A singularl}^ distinct 

 species, related to fexuoseJIus and tuhiialis. 



Pykaustidae. 

 Scoparia dryphactis n. sp. 



o . 30-31 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, shoulders suffused with 

 dark fuscous. Palpi 2|, pale ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, whitish 

 towards base beneath. Antennae pale ochreous, ciliations \. Abdomen 

 w^hitish-ochreous. Forewings very elongate-triangular, narrow at base, costa 

 posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen sHghtly rounded, rather ob- 

 lique ; pale ochreous, tinged with brownish or mixed with light fuscous, 

 especially towards termen, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous on veins ; 

 a moderately broad streak of dark -fuscous suft'usion along costa throughout ; 

 a short ferruginous streak from base on fold, surrounded with dark-fuscous 

 suffusion ; lines cloudy, pale, edged with fuscous suffusion, first oblique, 

 second somewhat curved, indented beneath costa ; spots indicated by 

 longitudinal patches of ferruginous suffusion, indistinctly outlined with 

 dark fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with light fuscous. Hind- 

 AA'ings If, with long hairs in cell ; whitish-ochreous tinged with grey : cilia 

 pale whitish-ochreous, with greyish subbasal line. 



Wellington (Philpott), in February ; two specimens. A very distinct 

 species, allied to the group of cyameuta. 



Carposinidae. 

 Carposina amalodes n. sp. 



?. 15-16 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi 2^, white, dark fuscous 

 beneath and towards base. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, posteriorly gradually dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique ; white ; a small 

 blackish mark on base of costa ; a transverse ochreous-yellow line near 

 base, marked with black at extremities ; a light-grey blotch irrorated with 

 dark grey extending along dorsum from beyond this to f, and reaching 

 more than half across wing, containing a yellow-ochreous ridge of scales 

 much marked with black at \, and a yellow-ochreous spot in a white ring 



