230 Mr. E. Mcyrick's Notes on 



and riot touching second line : cilia whitish-fuscous, with two rather 

 dark fuscous shades. Hind-wings without long hairs in disc ; pale 

 whitish-fuscous, with a slight brassy tinge ; a grey discal spot ; an 

 undefined grey postmedian line ; termen suffused with grey ; cilia 

 whitish, with fuscous subbasal shade. 



One specimen, Lake Wakatipu, at 1300 feet. Although 

 an ordinary-looking insect, without striking characters, 

 this species does not in fact at all nearly approach any 

 other ; possibly it has most resemblance to the Australian 

 S. cremitis. 



Scoparia triclcra, sp. n. 



$ . 12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey sprinkled with 

 whitish. Palpi 2§, dark fuscous, white towards base beneath. 

 Antenna? dark fuscous. Fore wings elongate- triangular, crista poste- 

 riorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rather oblique, faintly 

 sinuate, rounded beneath ; blackish-fuscous mixed with whitish ; a 

 small pale ochreous elongated subbasal spot in middle ; a broad 

 ochreons-white postmedian band parallel to termen, somewhat 

 narrowed towards costa, mixed with ochreous in disc ; subterminal 

 line undefined, whitish : cilia dark fuscous, somewhat whitish-mixed. 

 Hind-wings without long hairs in disc ; dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, 

 base pale. 



One specimen, Wellington. In size, shape and general 

 markings so like S. chlamydota that I should have thought 

 it one sex of that species, of which however I have both 

 sexes, not differing at all from one another ; I am there- 

 fore obliged to regard it as distinct. It is easily separated 

 by the dark fuscous terminal area of fore-wings, and the 

 dark fuscous hind-wings. 



Scoparia phahrias, sp. n. 



5 . 23 mm. Head ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous. Palpi 

 2|, ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous, white towards base beneath. 

 Antennae ochreous spotted with dark fuscous. Thorax brown mixed 

 with dark fuscous, edged laterally and posteriorly with ochreous- 

 white. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Fore-wings elongate, 

 gradually dilated, costa slightly arched posteriorly, apex obtuse, 

 termen rather oblique, faintly sinuate, rounded beneath ; dark 

 fuscous, with fine scattered whitish scales ; a pale ochreous patch, 

 mixed with ochreous-brown, extending along costa from J to |, and 

 reaching nearly half across wing ; a small round pale ochreous sp o t 



