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apex, terminal joint with blackish anterior line. Antennae dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen blackisb-grey, apex whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex produced into a long slender acute projection, 

 termen beneath this sinuate-indented, thence very obliquely rounded ; 

 ochreous-bronzy ; a moderate white median longitudinal streak from base 

 to termen beneath apex, terminated by a shining leaden-metallic mark 

 extending along median portion of termen : cilia greyish, base ochreous- 

 bronzy, on costa mixed with dark fuscous, with three whitish wedge-shaped 

 marks, round apical projection dark fuscous, with two silvery- whitish dots 

 on its lower edge near base. Hindwings and cilia blackish-grey. 



Invercargill, on coast sandhills (Philpott), in January ; two specimens. 

 Very distinct. The form of forewings is unique in the genus. 



TlXEIDAE. 



Tinea astraea n. sp. 



$. 12 mm. Head dark fuscous mixed with white hairs. Palpi white, 

 bristles dark fuscous, terminal joint dark fuscous except apex. Antennae 

 blackish lined with white. Thorax blackish, margins of patagia marked 

 with fine white lines. Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, segmental margins white 

 on sides. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; blackish ; 

 apical 4 bronzy-fuscous ; five fine white longitudinal lines from base in disc, 

 second and third reaching to near middle, others shorter ; two very short 

 white marks on costa near base ; pairs of oblique white streaks from costa 

 at J and middle, reaching half across wing ; pairs of short broken ochreous- 

 whitish streaks from dorsum at \ and ^ ; posterior area with four or five 

 less-oblique diminishing white streaks from costa, and three iridescent silvery- 

 whitish from tornus and termen, nearly meeting in disc : cilia whitish- 

 bronzy, with a black basal line interrupted by silvery dots beneath apex 

 and in middle of termen, and posterior half suffused with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey, with purplish reflections ; cilia grey, with dark -grey basal 

 line. 



West Plains, Invercargill (Philpott), in December ; one specimen. A 

 very remarkable insect, superficially quite unlike any other of the genus. 

 The general type of marking suggests a Ghjphipteryx (to which, of course, 

 there is structurally no relationship), and I was disposed to suspect mimicry, 

 but there is no close similarity to any New Zealand species known to me, 

 nor is it a likely explanation in this instance ; it is an interesting case, de- 

 serving of special investigation. 



Addendum. 



Mr. Hudson has since informed me that the male of the species described 

 above as Notoreas leucobathra has not pectinated antennae ; it should 

 therefore be referred to the genus Dasyuris. 



The following three species, forwarded to me by Mr. Hudson, and cap- 

 tured in the first instance by Mr R. M. Sunley, can only be regarded as 

 accidental introductions. In no case are the circumstances sufficiently 

 known to make their occurrence comprehensible, and further investigations 

 should be made to explain this. All three are alike unexpected, but where 

 so much is unknown all things are possible. 



