66 Traunartions. 



a dark purplish-fuscous basal patcli occupying l of wing, outer edge straight, 

 naixed with chestnut-brown towards edge from above middle to near dorsum ; 

 some scattered grey scales in disc beyond this ; an irregular-triangular 

 dark purplish-fuscous blotch on costa beyond middle, reaching more than 

 half across wing, posterior edge excavated beneath costa, its lower portion 

 mixed with chestnut-brown ; a ring of dark-fuscous irroration preceding 

 apex of this blotch in disc, and partly limited by it : a narrow transverse 

 suffused grey patch in disc following this ; a curved cloudy line of dark- 

 fuscous irroration from * of costa to tornus, forming a triangular dark- 

 fuscous spot on costa, and indented beneath this : cilia whitish, round 

 apex tinged with grey and somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hind- 

 Avings light grey ; cilia whitish. 



Otira River (Hudson), in December ; one specimen. Nearest nyctopis, 

 but very distinct. 



Trachypepla amorbas n. sp. 



$. 19 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with whitish, 

 second joint of palpi beneath with rather long dense projecting hair-scales. 

 Abdomen dark brown, segmental margins whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; dark fuscous, finely irrorated with whitish on basal third, costal 

 patches at | and f, and two or three small costal spots posteriorly, and 

 slightly elsewhere ; stigmata forming small tufts, discal edged above with 

 brownish-ochreous, plical beneath first discal, second discal united with a 

 similar tuft beneath it and both edged posteriorly by a whitish line ; an 

 indistinct curved subterminal line indicated by whitish irroration : cilia 

 fuscous, with dark-fuscous subbasal shade. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia 

 as in forewings. 



Invercargill (Philpott) ; one specimen. This species is distinguishable 

 structurally from the rest of the genus by the peculiar scaling of palpi, but 

 it does not seem necessary to separate it. 



Trachypepla lichenodes Ivleyr. 



S ?. 14-15 mm. Antennal ciliations of o 4. Light-yellowish markings 

 of forewings variable in development ; anterior dorsal blotch sometimes 

 wholly absent ; subterminal line sometimes reduced to a series of dots, 

 sometimes continuous and enlarged into a blotch on costa. 



Otira River (Hudson) ; three specimens. 



Grac'Ilariadae. 

 Gracilaria elaeas n. sp. 



(5 ?. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax light-brownish, more or less mixed or 

 suffused with whitish. Palpi rather stout, whitish, terminal joint suffused 

 externally with dark grey. Antennae whitish ringed Avith dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings very narrow, elongate-lanceolate ; brownish- 

 ochreous with a strong brassy-yellowish gloss ; in one specimen the wing 

 is suffused with deep purple, except a moderate dorsal streak and costal 

 edge ; more or less numerous variable deep purple-fuscous dots arranged 

 along fold, and in an irregular longitudinal series above middle ; some 

 dark purple-fuscous irroration towards apex : cilia brownish-ochreous, on 

 an apical bar sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Castle Hill ; bred in February from larvae feeding in January between 

 spun leaves or shoots of Coriarin ruscijolia, thijmifolia, and ancjustissima ; 



