Meyrick. — Xofes and De.^rrijifinns of N .Z . Lepidoptera. G7 



twelve specimens. I have now reco<>;iuzed that this insect, which I formerly 

 recorded as identical with linearis, is a good and distinct species, easily 

 separated by the grey hindwings, and also differing in several other re- 

 spects. It is interesting to note that the food-plant Coriaria is highly 

 poisonous. 



Gracilaria linearis Butl. 



(J $. 13-15 mm. Head and thorax brownish, sometimes with lilac 

 reflections, face whitish-ochreous. Palpi rather stout, ochreous- whitish, 

 terminal joint suffused externally with dark fuscous. Antennae whitish 

 ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 very narrow, elongate - lanceolate ; ochreous - brownish, sometimes with 

 purple reflections, more or less strewn irregularly with small scattered dark 

 purplish-fuscous dots or strigulae ; costal area sometimes tinged with brassy- 

 yellowish anteriorly ; a triangular ante-median costal patch slightly paler, 

 edged with several variable dark purplish-fuscous dots or marks ; some 

 dark-fuscous irroration towards apex : cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex 

 more or less brownish-tinged and irrorated with blackish. Hindwings 

 and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Wellington, Otira River, in January ; four specimens. Immediately 

 known by the ochreous-whitish hindwings, and always perceptible triangular 

 costal patch. Butler's types include one example of each species, but his 

 description mentions the '" white " hindwings, which fixes the identifi- 

 cation. As recorded above, the larva which I described as belonging to 

 this species was really elaeas ; the actual larva is unknown. 



Plutellidae. 

 Simaethis colpota u. sp. 



$. 13 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous sprinkled with 

 whitish. Palpi with whorls of dark-fuscous scales tipped with white, second 

 joint with rough projecting scales, whitish towards base beneath. Antennae 

 black ringed with white. Abdomen blackish-fuscous, segmental margins 

 brownish. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, rather oblique ; dark bronzy-fuscous, 

 basal and terminal areas finely sprinkled with whitish ; two parallel rather 

 curved irregular transverse lines of whitish irroration about | ; a transverse 

 line of whitish irroration from a white mark on costa at '^-, its upper § forming 

 a strong irregular curve outwards, thence right-angled to dorsum at | ; a 

 transverse linear mark of whitish irroration terminated beneath by a white 

 dot lying within this curve and almost touching it at both ends ; a thick 

 subterminal shade of whitish irroration, somewhat interrupted above 

 middle : cilia dark fuscous with some whitish points, beneath apex and 

 above tornus with white apical patches. Hindwings dark grey, terminal 

 half blackish ; two parallel lines of wdiitish irroration towards termen on 

 lower half, posterior less marked : cilia dark fuscous with blackish subbasal 

 shade, beyond this suffused with whitish on lower half of termen. 



West Plains, Invercargill (Philpott), in March ; one specimen. Allied 

 to comhiyiatana, but very distinct by the discal mark and form of second 

 line. 



Glyphipteryx bactrias n. sp. 



S. l-i-15 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-bronzy. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, second joint with appressed scales, with two blackish rings towards 



