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edged with black, and the subterminal line is more broadly 

 interrupted. 



Scoparia thyridias, sp. n. 



^ . 18 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi 2i, fuscous, white towards base 

 beneath. Antennae dark fuscous, ciliations 5. Thorax brownish, 

 mixed with whitish and dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. 

 Fore-wings very elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen rather oblique, rounded ; brownish, densely 

 and suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous ; first line white, nearly 

 straight, rather oblique, irregular-edged, becoming double towards 

 dorsum ; an oblong pellucid patch in middle of disc, preceded and 

 followed by blotches of orange suffusion, anterior extended down- 

 wards along first line ; second line slender, waved, white, curved 

 outwards from j to f , forming a spot on dorsum ; subterminal line 

 very undefined, Avhitish, broadly interrupted above middle : cilia 

 whitish-fuscous, with two darker shades. Hind-wings without hairs 

 in disc ; light grey, darker terminally ; cilia as in fore-wings. 



One specimen, locality not specified but probably 

 Wellington. This is distinguished from all other New 

 Zealand species by the naked discal patch (possibly not 

 developed in £) ; a similar structure is found in certain 

 Hawaiian species, but I think it improbable that they are 

 nearly allied specifically, and regard the character as having 

 been developed independently in each "case. S. thyridias 

 belongs apparently to the neighbourhood of S. philerga. 



Scoparia dochmia, sp. n. 



£ . 20 mm. Head brownish-ochreous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled. 

 Palpi 3, dark fuscous, white towards base beneath. Antennae dark 

 fuscous, ciliations \. Thorax fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Abdomen 

 pale ochreous-grey, whitish-mixed. Fore-wings elongate-triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, rather 

 oblique, rounded beneath ; light brownish irrorated with darker, 

 veins and margins suffusedly irrorated with blackish, median area 

 irrorated with white ; first and second lines well-marked, white, 

 interiorly blackish-edged, first somewhat curved, rather oblique, 

 sinuate in middle and rather abruptly rounded-prominent below 

 this, preceded in middle by a spot of white and blackish irroration ; 

 second parallel to termen, slightly curved from \ to f ; orbicular 

 and claviform forming undefined spots of blackish suffusion resting 

 on first line ; discal spot X-shaped, blackish, ill-defined ; subterminal 

 line indicated by whitish irroration, entire, approximated to termen 



