Meyrick. — Notes and Descriptions of Lepidoptera. iil 



dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings without hairs in cell ; 

 fuscous ; cilia light greyish- ochreous, with fuscous subbasal 

 line. 



Invercargill, in open swampy situations, in November (Phil- 

 pott, Hudson) ; three specimens. Very distinct, of somewhat 

 doubtful affinity, possibly nearest encapna. 



Scoparia choristis, n. sp. 



(? . 17 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, somewhat whitish- 

 sprinkled. Palpi 2-^. fuscous, basal area white beneath, edged 

 with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations |. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, termen slightly 

 sinuate, rather oblique ; white, thinly sprinkled with fuscous ; 

 base suffused with fuscous, with a few black scales, and a short 

 very oblique black streak from base of costa ; first line white, 

 xmdefined anteriorly, posteriorly edged by a black streak from 

 J of costa to J of dorsum, rather curved near costa, followed 

 by an undefined band of fuscous suffusion ; discal spot 8-shaped, 

 faintly outlined with fuscous ; second line slender, white, from 

 beyond f of costa to dorsum near tornus, edged anteriorlv 

 with fuscous irrorated with black, subsinuate inwards near 

 costa and outwards near dorsum and very obtusely angulated 

 above middle ; terminal area fuscous mixed with blackish, 

 subterminal line represented by some whitish suffusion towards 

 apex, and an oblique suffused white bar below middle ; a terminal 

 series of cloudy whitish dots. Hindwings without hairs in cell ; 

 light grey with brassy reflections, paler towards base ; cilia 

 whitish, with two pale-grey shades. 



Kaitoke, Wellington, in November (Hudson) ; one specimen. 

 Ver}' similar to colpota, but immediately distinguished by quite 

 different form of second line, especially by the peculiar outward 

 sinuation near dorsum ; also allied to periphanes, in which, 

 however, the lower half of second line is straight and oblique. 



Scoparia asaleuta, n. sp. 



2 ■ 21-23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax prismatic bronzy- 

 grey, suffusedly irrorated with white ; palpi 2J. Antenna? dark 

 grey, suffusedly ringed with white. Abdomen pale ochreous, 

 sprinkled with grey. Forewings very elongate, narrow, pos- 

 teriorly dilated, costa subsinuate in middle, slightly arched pos- 

 teriorly, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, hardly oblique, 

 rounded beneath ; iridescent pale ochreous mixed with dark 

 bluish-grey, wholly suffused or densely irrorated with white 

 except dark markings as under — viz., an undefined subbasal 

 fascia ; a nearly direct fascia representing first line, dilated 

 posteriorly above middle ; an 8-shaped discal mark ; a broad 



