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by a white stria, fourth irreguUir and forming an obtuse obliquely bidentate 

 projection in middle ; a black transverse-linear discal mark between these ; 

 a waved white subterminal stria edged anteriorly with more or less dark- 

 fuscous suffusion, space between this and fourth fascia more or less suffused 

 with dull brown-reddish ; a spot of dark-fuscous suffusion before apex ; 

 an interrupted blackish terminal line : cilia whitish, barred with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings somewhat elongate, termen rounded, somewhat waved ; grey- 

 whitish ; median band indicated by traces of grey striae ; a blackish linear 

 discal dot : cilia whitish, with a series of small dark-grey spots. 



Ohakune (Hudson) ; three specimens. Allied to chorica and oharata. 



Xanthorhoe frivola n. sp. 



(^. 28 mm. Head and thorax ferruginous-ochreous. Palpi 2|. An- 

 tennal pectinations a 4, 6 6. Abdomen whitish - ochreous mixed with 

 brownish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa posteriorly arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen somewhat bowed, rather oblique ; whitish-ochreous tinged 

 with grey, towards costa light yellow-ochreous ; costa suffused with fuscous 

 towards base ; first two fasciae faintly indicated with fuscous on dorsal 

 half ; third and fourth fasciae slender, fuscous, third curved, fourth stronger, 

 shortly angulated-prominent in middle ; a dark-fuscous discal dot between 

 these ; a faint fuscous praesubterminal shade, and oblique subapical mark ; 

 a fuscous terminal line : cilia ochreous-whitish tinged with brownish. Hind- 

 wings rather elongate, termen rounded ; pale-yellowish, towards base faintly 

 greyish-tinged : cilia as in forewings. 



Invercargill (Philpott) ; one specimen. Apparently intermediate be- 

 tween im/perfecta and recta, but distinct from either. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



Capua polias n. sp. 



(^. 14 mm. Head grey-whitish, sides of crown grey. Palpi 2|, grey, 

 suffused with white above. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax light grey, 

 shoulders mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey mixed with whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 

 gently arched, fold reaching from base to |, apex tolerably pointed, termen 

 faintly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; whitish, with a few scattered 

 fuscous and black scales ; markings dark grey ; a short streak along base 

 of costa ; a transverse spot in disc at |, marked with black on posterior 

 edge ; a suft'used spot on dorsum before middle ; central fascia moderate, 

 oblique, rather irregular posteriorly, marked in middle with a spot of blackish 

 suffusion mixed with ochreous ; costal patch elongate-flattened-triangular, 

 trifid on costa ; a spot on costa before apex, and another before termen 

 in middle : cilia whitish,. on outer half tinged with pale-yellowish, on termen 

 with a blackish basal line. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 

 Wellington (Hudson) ; one specimen. Allied to semiferana. 



Oecophoridae. 

 Atomotricha exsomnis n. sp. 



$. 24 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, collar dark fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint sprhikled and towards base suffused 

 with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, segments yellowish-ochreous 

 towards the base. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 



