COSMOPTBRTGIDJE. 453 



Persicoptila anthoniima, n. sp. 



2 . 12 mm. Head light shining ochreou3. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous. Thorax light ochroous, a crimson central streak an- 

 teriorly, patagia with crimson bar behind shoulder, beyond this 

 suffused grey. Abdomen pale ochreous. All tibioe light crimson, 

 with grey-tipped tufts. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate, 

 apex caudate ; light yellow-ochreous, irregularly and obscurely 

 mixed pale greyish irroration and light crimson suffusion ; short 

 cloudy oblique streaks of grey suffusion from dorsum at base and | ; 

 stigmata represented by cloudy grey spots, plical beneath first 

 discal, placed at middle of wing, space between this and second 

 discal forming a clear light ochreous-yellow fascia, a streak of 

 light crimson suffusion along costa from middle of this fascia to 

 beyond second discal ; a short apical crimson streak, limited 

 anteriorly by an oblique dark grey mark : cilia pale ochreous, 

 slightly tinged grey and crimson. Hindwings light grey ; cilia light 

 grey, on lower part of tormen and dorsum becoming pale ochreous. 

 Fur, Cuvu, June {Greenwood) ; 1 ex, (British Museum). 



/ DIATONICA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. Antennae 4, 

 in (S serrulate, shortly ciliated, basal joint elongate, with well- 

 developed pocten. Labial palpi moderately long, smooth, curved, 

 ascending, terminal joint slightly shorter than second, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi minute. Posterior tibiae clothed with very long 

 hairs above. Forewings 2 from angle, 4 absent, 6 closely approxi- 

 mated to 7 at base, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings |, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 4 ; 2-5 parallel, transverse 

 vein partially obsolete between 3 and 4, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



Probably a development of Limnoecia. 



Diatonica macro^ramma, n. sp. 



c7 . 18 mm. Head light grey, face whitish-suffused. Palpi 

 white, a fine grey lateral line. Thorax light grey, apex of patagia 

 whitish. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate; light 

 glossy grey, costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; a slender dark 

 fuscous median streak from base to apex ; a less well-marked 

 slender fuscous subdorsal streak from base to tornus, dorsum 

 within this narrowly whitish : cilia pale grey. Hindwings grey, 

 subhyaline in disc basally ; cilia pale grey. 



Victoria, Gisborue, March ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Limnoecia triplaneta, n. sp. 

 c^ 5 . 9-12 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white, 

 base dark fuscous, a fine black lateral line on terminal joint 

 towards apex. Thorax dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-lanceo- 

 late ; dark fuscous; three ochreous-white blotches, first semi- 

 circular on dorsum before middle, second and third transverse, 

 rounded beneath, from costa at middle and f ; in § a whitish dot 

 on tornus : cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



