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blue-greemsh, and mixed with oclireous-whitish and pale ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, slightly dilated, costa gently- 

 arched anteriorly, almost straight posteriorly, apex obtuse, 

 termen roimded, somewhat oblique ; dark grey, more or less 

 mixed suffusedly with ochreous-whitish or whitish-ochreous, 

 with a brassy-blue-greenish tinge ; first and second lines pale, 

 angulated, margined with darker shades, but sometimes almost 

 wholly obsolete : cilia grey mixed with ochreous-whitish. 

 Hindwings grey, lighter towards base, suffused with darker 

 towards termen ; cilia grey, tips whitish. 



Lake Wakatipu, 4,000-5,000 ft. (Hudson) ; two specimens. 

 Larger than the other two species, with the forewings much 

 less triangular, rather oblong, and otherwise quite distinct. 



Pyraustid^. 



Scoparia xysmatias, n. sp. 



S . 19 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi 2|, dark fuscous, 

 lower longitudinal half ochreous-whitish. Antennae very mi- 

 nutely pubescent. Thorax dark fuscous, sprinkled with fer- 

 ruginous scales. Forewings elongate, gradually dilated, costa 

 almost straight, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, rather 

 oblique ; dark fuscous, irregularly strewn except on margins 

 with yellowish-ferruginous scales, and partially suffused with 

 black, especially about margins of first and second lines and 

 towards dorsum anteriorly ; first and second lines represented 

 by straight undefined series of whitish scales surrounded with 

 yellowish-ferriiginous suffusion, strongly converging towards 

 dorsum ; a small spot of white scales in middle of disc, fol- 

 lowed by a black spot ; a well-marked black fascia beyond 

 second line ; a few white scales indicating subterminal line : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, with dark-fuscous basal and grey median 

 lines. Hindwings without hairs in cell ; dark grey sprinkled 

 with blackish ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with dark-grey basal 

 line. 



Old Man Range, Dunedin (Lewis) ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. Hudson. Probably intermediate between hemicycla 

 and ergatis, but very distinct. 



Scoparia autochroa, n. sp. 



<y . 21-23 mm. Head and thorax brown, face dark fuscous. 

 Palpi 2§, pale broAvnish mixed with dark fuscous, base whitish. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, ciliations f. Abdomen fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-triangular, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen little rounded, somewhat oblique ; brown sprinkled 

 with rather dark fuscous : cilia pale brownish, with rather 



