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middle ; a sjiiall spot of pale - yellowish projecting scales ort 

 dorsum near base ; upper half of central fascia well marked, 

 lower half obsolete ; a small triangular costal patch, from near 

 Avhich proceed two irregular striae to tornus and lower part of 

 termen, edged with a few pale-yellowish scales : cilia dark fuscous, 

 tips paler. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia pale - greyish, mth 

 dark-grey basal line. 



Wellington (Hudson) ; one specimen. Very distinct ; has- 

 some superficial resemblance to Dipterina kemiclista, but easily 

 distinguished by the short antennal ciliations. 



Eurythecta paraloxa, n. sp. 



<? . 12-13 mm. Head and thorax whitish- ochreous, more 

 or less suffused with ferruginous, with a few black scales. Abdo- 

 men dark fuscous, apex pale ochreous. Forewings elongate,, 

 rather narrow, costa somewhat arched anteriorly, apex obtuse, 

 termen somewhat rounded, oblique ; vein 7 present ; ochicous- 

 whitish, more or less suffused with yellow-ochreous, palest on 

 costa ; markings yellow-ochreous or ferruginous, variably mixed 

 with dark fuscous ; basal patch darkest towards outer edge, 

 which is oblique, rounded - prominent in middle, more or less 

 excavated beneath this ; central fascia moderate, anterior edge 

 nearly straight, posterior edge irregularly prominent below middle,, 

 so as to appear concave on upper half ; four small spots on 

 costa posteriorly, first three sometimes confluent into a stnall 

 triangular blotch ; an irregular blotch along termen : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, more or less distinctly barred with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Invercargill, common on sandhills in January (Philpott) ; 

 three specimens. This species differs from the other two in 

 having vein 7 of forewings present ; but as it possesses the other 

 characteristic structural points of the genus, and is obviously 

 nearly allied in all respects, it seems unnecessary to form a new 

 genus for its reception. The genus is a development of Proselena^ 

 and the present species is an early form of it. 



Prothelymna niphostrota, n. sp. 



(? . 15 mm. Head whitish. Palpi, thorax, and abdomen 

 pale fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; white ; basal 

 patch pale fuscous, marked with spots of blackish irroration ; 

 dorsal half from this to tornus marked with coarse grey strigulse 

 irrorated with black ; an oblique grey patch on middle of costa ; 

 a smaller dark-gi'ey spot on costa at | ; a grey apical patch, 

 marked with coarse blackish-grey strigulfe, and extended as 

 an irregular subterminal stria to tornus : cilia whitish, round 



