Miller. —.Ve?/' S])ecie!^ of Syvphidae. 



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Abdomen covered by golden pile, longer laterally ; 1st segment orange 

 laterally, greyisli centrally — beneath the scutellum — with a black spot on 

 each side of this grey portion ; 2nd segment orange except for a T-shaped 

 black patch — placed as described in preceding species — and for a dark- 

 orange band, running along the posterior margin, and also for 2 spots of 

 greyish reflections, one on each side of the stem of T-shaped patch ; 3rd 

 segment much the same as preceding, excepting darker and larger reflections 

 on the orange, leaving only 2 bright-orange veins ; ith segment dark orange, 

 with a black central anterior patch and lateral greyish spots of tomentnm ; 

 5th segment grey, the black having almost disappeared. 



Length, 13 mm. ; of wing, 10 mm. 



Hab. — Captured upon manuka-bush on Mount Cargill during very warm 

 Aveather, February, 1909. Not uncommon. 



Art. XV. — New Species of Lepidoptera, 



By G. Howes, F.E.S. 



PART I. 



\Bead before the Otago Institute, 2nd August, 1910. "l 

 Selidosema ochrea sp. nov. 



Three males, 29 lines. Head ochreous-grey. Thorax fuscous. Abdo- 

 men ochreous, darker dorsally. ForeAvings : A small dark-fuscous mark 

 from base below centre of wing ; an irregular light-ochreous patch from 



base to \ 



an almost uniformly fuscous transverse band from \ to f , bend- 



ing towards termen between veins 5 and 3 ; then a transverse ochreous 

 area, followed by a band of uniform fuscous from | to termen. Cilia fuscous, 

 a faint ochreous line at base. Hindwings : Brighter ochreous than fore- 

 wings, with a few faint irregular marks, mostly near termen. Cilia greyish- 

 ochre. 



The brightness of the ochreous markings easily distinguishes this from 

 the allied Selidoseniae. Nearest meUnata, but is smaller and more distinctly 

 marked. Two females taken at the same time may be of this species, but 

 are so different in appearance that I am waiting further captures before 

 deciding. 



Taken at '" treacle," Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin ; February and 

 April. 



Eucymatoge arenosus sp. nov. 



Male and female, 26 Hnes. Head and thorax whitish-ochre, slightly 

 touched with grey. Abdomen whitish-ochre with black bar interrupted in 

 centre on apex of all segments. All wings whitish-ochreous, crossed by 

 waved darker striae. A slight darker suffusion from apex towards centre 

 of forewing. Cilia greyish-white, with a darker-grey line at base. A series 

 of minute black marks along veins and around termen. 



