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irroration from j? of costa to | of dorsum, median third irregularly curved 

 outwards so as to touch following fascia ; a straight fascia of purplish- 

 white irroration from I of costa to tornus, this and preceding line both 

 forming small white spots on costa ; a series of scattered white scales before 

 termen : cilia dark fuscous, with basal fourth blackish-fuscous, tips mixed 

 with white, with a broad white patch extending from near apex to middle 

 of termen except on basal fourth. Hindwings ovate-triangular, termen 

 slightly rounded ; dark fuscous ; in ? an irregular white subterminal line 

 on lower half of wing, in cj represented by a few scattered scales : cilia 

 fuscous, more or less whitish -suffused towards middle of termen, with dark- 

 fuscous subbasal shade, tips whitish. 



Kaitoke and Karori, in December and March|^(Hudson) ; three speci- 

 mens. 



Simaethis iochondra n. sp, 



(S. 16-17 mm. Head and thorax dark brown, with a few whitish specks. 

 Palpi clothed with whorls of dark-fuscous whitish-tipped scales. Antennae 

 dark fuscous dotted with white. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings sub- 

 oblong, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 oblique ; dark bronzy-brown ; basal area sprinkled with violet-whitish specks ; 

 a very undefined irregularly dentate shade of violet-whitish specks from -| 

 of costa to middle of dorsum ; an irregular fascia of violet-whitish specks 

 at I, constricted above middle, dilated on dorsum so as to coalesce with 

 preceding shade ; a light brownish-ochreous patch in disc between these ; 

 a terminal streak of ochreous-brown suffusion : cilia ochreous-brownish, 

 mixed with darker at apex and tornus, tips whitish. Hindwings ovate- 

 triangular, termen slightly rounded, hardly perceptibly sinuate ; dark 

 fuscous ; cilia grey, with dark-fuscous subbasal shade, tips whitish. 



Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range, 3,000 ft., in February (Hudson); 

 two specimens. 



TiNEIDAE. 



Decadarchis hemiclistra n. sp. 



c? 15-17 mm., $ 22 mm. Head and thorax ochreous- whitish, sometimes 

 brownish-tinged, hairs of forehead sometimes mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint suffused externally with dark fuscous, beneath 

 with whitish projecting scales increasing to apex, terminal joint mode- 

 rate, slender, with appressed scales. Antennae fuscous-whitish. Abdomen 

 whitish-fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, extremely oblique ; ochreous- 

 white, on dorsal half and towards apex in ^ tinged with brownish, in § more 

 strongly infuscated, with variable scattered dark -fuscous and black scales, 

 especially in $ ; a dark-fuscous streak along costa from base to middle, 

 posteriorly dilated and truncate ; an elongate suffused dark-fuscous mark 

 beneath costa about § ; a blackish-fuscous streak from | of disc to apex, 

 interrupted before apex, edged above with an ochreous-whitish line : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, with more or less marked dark-fuscous post median line, 

 at apex with a blackish bar, round apex wath a blackish-fuscous subbasal 

 shade. Hindwings in 6* whitish - grey, in $ light grey ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. 



Wellington, in December (Hudson) ; reared from larvae and pupae in 

 flower-stems of toetoe {Arundo conspicua), at Makara, emerging in November 



