226 Mr. E. Mcyrick's Notes on 



One specimen, Humboldt Range (3600 feet). Nearest 

 to 0. crcnmus, from which it differs by the fore-wings being 

 broader, with more arched costa, th«e median white streak 

 incomplete posteriorly, and the white interneural streaks 

 between this and apex ; from all other nearly allied species 

 it differs by the absence of any white costal or sub-costal 

 streak. 



Omnibus sophistes, sp. n. 



£ . 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, suffusedly mixed 

 with whitish ; palpi 5. Antennae dark grey. Abdomen whitish, 

 basal half brassy. Fore-wings very elongate, narrow, gradually 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex somewhat acute, termen rounded, 

 rather strongly oblique ; fuscous, irregularly irrorated with grey- 

 whitish ; a short suffused dark fuscous mark along dorsum towards 

 base * a slender white streak, edged with scattered dark fuscous 

 scales, along fold from base to middle, thence acutely angulated in- 

 wards to near dorsum, this portion edged posteriorly with some dark 

 fuscous suffusion ; two dark fuscous dots longitudinally placed in disc 

 about § ; two sub-terminal series of short blackish dashes on veins, 

 and a third less complete on termen : cilia whitish, with two inter- 

 rupted fuscous lines. Hind-wings fuscous-whitish ; cilia ochreous- 

 white. 



One specimen, Ida Valley, Dunedin, taken by Mr. J. H. 

 Lewis. The species is intermediate between C. eyclopicus 

 and narpophorus, but cannot be confused with either, 



Aryyria strophsea, sp. n. 



$ $ . 15-18 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, partially 

 yellowish-tinged, and sprinkled with dark grey. Palpi 4, grey, 

 darker-sprinkled, whitish above and towards base beneath. An- 

 tenna? ochreous-whitish, obscurely ringed with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish irrorated with dark grey. Fore-wings 

 elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, oblique, faintly waved ; pale brassy-ochreous, suffusedly 

 mixed with white, and irrorated with dark grey ; subbasal line 

 white, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous, angulated near costa, 

 obsolete towards dorsum ; first and second lines white, more or less 

 edged with dark fuscous, first obtusely angulated above middle, 

 second sinuate inwards towards dorsum, preceded on costa by a small 

 dark fuscous spot ; a small roundish dark fuscous spot in disc before 

 middle ; a narrow white transverse mark in disc beyond middle; 

 a terminal series of dark fuscous lunulate marks: cilia whitish, with 



