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beneath this before middle, and a narrow elongate one beyond middle: 

 cilia ochreous-white. Hind-wings without hairs in disc ; pale grey, 

 darker towards apex ; cilia whitish. 



One specimen, Wellington, in April. Not at all like 

 any other, but perhaps allied to S. submarginalis. 



Scop>aria sideraspis, sp. n. 



£ ? . 25-28 mm. Head dark grey mixed with whitish. Palpi 3, 

 blackish mixed with white, towards base white beneath. Antenna) 

 dark fuscous, in ^ pubescent-ciliated on whole surface. Thorax 

 shining bluish -bronze. Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, in 9 suffused 

 with yellow-ochreous on sides and posteriorly. Fore-wings elongate, 

 moderate, suboblong, in $ more dilated posteriorly ; shining slaty- 

 bluish fuscous ; a faint darker undefined discal spot : cilia fuscous. 

 Hind-wings with long hairs in disc ; fuscous, darker posteriorly, in 

 9 more or less tinged or suffused with ochreous-yellowish anteriorly ; 

 cilia whitish-yellowish, with two fuscous lines. Under-surface, 

 especially of hind -wings, more or less wholly suffused with ochreous- 

 yellow. 



Three specimens, Mount Earnslaw (5300 feet) and 

 Humboldt Range. The slaty-bluish colouring recalls S. 

 catascesta, to which however the species is not really allied, 

 but rather to the neighbourhood of S. nomentis, though 

 very distinct ; the ochreous-yellow suffusion of the under- 

 surface is a peculiar characteristic. 



PTEROPHORIM. 



Platyptilia epotis, sp. n. 



9 . 25 mm. Head white. Palpi 2^, greyish-ochreous sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous, white above. Antennas grey. Thorax whitish 

 suffusedly sprinkled with brownish-ochreous, patagia becoming clear 

 white posteriorly. Abdomen white, partially suffused with pale 

 brownish-ochreous except towards base. Legs white, anterior femora 

 and tibiae fuscous. Fore-wings with apex pointed, subfalcate, termen 

 rather deeply concave ; pale brownish-ochreous densely irrorated 

 with white, broadly suffused with white towards costa and dorsum 

 on posterior half ; basal J of costa irrorated with dark fuscous, thence 

 a narrow dark fuscous costal streak reaching to f ; a dot of two or 

 three dark fuscous scales in disc at f ; a short transverse blackidi- 

 fuscous mark before cleft ; a strong oblique blackish streak from 

 apex to anterior half of lower margin of first segment, where it is 



