224 Mr. E. Meyrick's Notes on 



PHYCITID.E. 



Sporophyla, gen. n. 



Face rounded ; tongue developed. Antennae §, in £ simple, 

 shortly ciliated, basal joint moderate. Labial palpi moderately 

 long, obliquely ascending, second joint much thickened with dense 

 scales, terminal joint short, obtuse. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 

 Fore-wings : 4 absent, 3 and 5 connate, 8 and 9 stalked. Hind- 

 wings : 2 almost from angle of cell, 4 absent, 3 and 5 stalked, 6 and 

 7 connate, 8 closely approximated to cell and anterior portion of 7. 



Allied to Crocydopora, but distinguishable by the simple 

 antennas of the male ; the labial palpi are also shorter 

 and stouter. 



Sporophyla cenospora, Meyr. 



Crocydopora cenospora, Mcyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1897, 388. 



Having now received additional specimens, including 

 the male, which was previously unknown, I am enabled 

 to characterize the genus as above, and also to add the 

 following particulars to my specific description : 



£ $. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax dark grey mixed or densely 

 irrorated with white, sometimes mixed with ferruginous. Fore- 

 wings as described, but more usually without ferruginous admix- 

 ture, varying considerably in the preponderance of white or blackish 

 scales, in one specimen densely irrorated with white throughout so 

 as to obscure the markings. Hind-wings varying from grey to dark 

 fuscous, usually darker terminally. 



Three additional specimens, Ida Valley, Otago, taken 

 by Mr. J. H. Lewis. This species is evidently very 

 variable. 



CRAMBID.E. 



Orocrambus m.achteristes, sp. n. 



$ 2 ■ 21-24 mm. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with 

 blackish, centre of crown and of thorax anteriorly and in <j? face 

 whitish. Palpi blackish-fuscous, whitish internally. Antennae dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderately dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen rather oblique, straight, rounded beneath ; brown, more or 

 less mixed with dark grey and grey-whitish (more strongly in $) ; 



