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with black scales, especially uear dorsum ; first line thin, irregularly in- 

 dented, curved inwardly to approach basal line on dorsum ; median band 

 slightly darker ; vein 1 with black blotch on anterior edge and smaller dot 

 at posterior ; vein 2 with large irregular black dot at origin ; veins 2, 3, and 4 

 well marked in black from posterior edge to near centre of band ; slight dark 

 dashes on other veins at posterior edge ; second line thm, with blunt double 

 projection at middl- ; subterminal line waved, regalar ; a prominent black 

 crenate terminal line ; interneural terminal spaces thickly irrorated with 

 white scales : cilia ochreous, with two brown lines. Hindwmgs with termen 

 crenate, pale brownish-ochreous ; a dark-brown central line, obsolete on 

 costal half ; indications of two or three other lines near termen ; a pro- 

 minent black crenate terminal line : cilia as in forewings. 



Nearest to X. cedrinodes, but easily distinguished by the peculiar black 

 inarks on veins. 



Tisbury, Invercargill ; a single male, in August. 



Selidosemidae. 

 Selidosema argentaria sp. nov. 



S 31-36 mm. ; $ 33-34 mm. Head and antennae grey. Thorax fuscous- 

 grey. Abdomen white, thickly strewn with fuscous. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa moderately arched, termen slightly bent at middle ; white, 

 densely strewn with light fuscous ; lines dark fuscous, all except subterminal 

 more or less interrupted and obscure ; subterminal dentate, almost straight, 

 followed by a clear white line which is again followed by indications of 

 another fuscous line ; a terminal chain of small spots : cilia white, with some 

 fuscous scales. Hindwings in male suboblong, dorsum obliquely rounded, 

 termen rounded with blunt projection at middle ; white, irrorated with pale 

 fuscous towards termen : cilia white, with scattered fuscous scales. 



Closely allied to S. fenerata Feld. From that species the male may at 

 once be distinguished by the silver-grey colour of the forewings, there being 

 no trace of ochreous. The hindwings are also somewhat different in shape, 

 being less oblong, and the dorsum being rounded instead of angular. The 

 female of S. argentaria can be distinguished from that sex in S. fenerata by 

 the shorter and broader forewings ; in the latter species these are unusually 

 long. The colour and markings of the females of the two species approxi- 

 mate much more closely tlian do those of the males. 



Invercargill, Wallacetown, Tuturau. Probably generally distributed 

 throughout Southland. January to April ; most abundant in the autumn 

 at flowers of Senecio jacobaea. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



F.armologa tributaria sp. nov. 



(J. 25 mm. Antennae fuscous, annulated with whitish. Palpi reddish- 

 bnwn, inner and upper surfaces white. Head and thorax dark reddish- 

 brnvn mixed with grey. Abdomen fuscous-grey. Forewings suboblong. 

 costa moderately arched, fold slight, termen rather oblique, rounded beneath : 

 daik fuscous, densely strewn with reddish scales which tend to form a strenk 

 ber.eath costa from base to | ; a broad irregular pale-yellow streak from 

 btse to apex, basal | margined above and beneath with blackish, at | a 

 thvi tributary streak runs to tornus, thus enclosing a long triangtdar patch of 



