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moderately arched, apex obtuse, term en very obliquely rounded ; whitish- 

 ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous ; a suffused 

 dark-fuscous streak running from base of costa to plical stigma ; stigmata 

 large, dark fuscous, pale-centred, especially second discal, plical obliquely 

 beyond first discal ; a spot of dark-fuscous suffusion on costa above second 

 discal stigma, and a larger spot on costa at f , whence an indistinct angu- 

 lated dark-fuscous line runs to dorsum before tornus : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 on upper half of termen spotted with fuscous at base. Hindwings whitish- 

 ochreous ; a grey discal dot : cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 Ohakune (Hudson) ; one specimen. 



Glyphipterygidae. 



Descriptions of the three following species have already appeared else- 

 where, as I am preparing the family for the " Genera Insectorum." 



Hierodoris Meyr. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; toagae developed. Antennae |, in S 

 minutely ciliated, basal joint elongate, without pccten. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, curved, ascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint | 

 of second, pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae with scales 

 somewhat rough above. Forewings with 16 furcate, 2 from towards angle, 

 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, ovate, cilia \ ; 3 and 4 con- 

 nate, 5-7 somewhat approximated towards base. 



Hierodoris iophanes Meyr., Exot. Micr., 1, 42. 



c^. 13 mm. Head deep bluish-bronze. Palpi bronzy-fuscous. Thorax 

 deep bronze suffused with purple. Antennae and abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, faintly 

 sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; dark 

 bronzy-fuscous ; a shining purple fascia from base of costa almost to dorsum 

 at J, followed by a spot of blackish suffusion beneath costa, beyond which 

 is a short metallic-blue oblique strigula ; a narrow shining purple fascia 

 from a silvery-whitish dot beneath costa before middle to a pale-ochreous 

 spot on middle of dorsum ; a pale blue-metallic linear mark on end of cell : 

 triangular shining purple spots above and below middle beyond this, their 

 anterior angles tending to meet in disc ; an undefined shining purple spot 

 before middle of termen : cilia deep purplish-bronze. Hindwings blackish ; 

 cilia fuscous, with blackish basal shade. 



Wellington, in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. A fine and interesting 

 species. 



Heliostibes callispora Meyr., Exot. Micr., 1, 41. 



S. 17 mm. Head deep metallic-green, with purple reflections, collar 

 ferruginous-orange. Palpi ferruginous-orange, terminal joint rather more 

 than half second, blackish anteriorly. Antennae dark fuscous, ciliations J. 

 Thorax shining deep greenish-purple-bronze. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate 

 in middle, apex obtuse, termen straight, little oblique, rounded beneath ; 

 dark indigo-fuscous, closely strewn with pale greenish-yellowish hair-scales : 

 cilia fuscous, basal third dark fuscous mixed with deep ferruginous. Hind- 

 wings blackish ; cilia fuscous, with blackish basal shade. 



Wellington, in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. 



