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absence of ochreous-yellow or ferruginous suffusion, and 

 lighter hind-wings. Both species evidently vary con- 

 siderably, but I have taken siderodeta in plenty, and in 

 all its forms it is clearly distinct from mclanamma. 



Borkliauscnia loxotis, sp. n. 



g. 11-12 mm. Head and palpi dark fuscous irrorated with 

 oclireous- whitish. Antenna; dark fuscous, pale-ringed. Thorax and 

 abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark 

 fuscous ; some scattered pale yellowish scales along submedian fold ; 

 a narrow straight pale ochreous-yellowish fascia, edged with some 

 black scales, from J of costa to § of dorsum ; a pale ochreous-yellow 

 dot in disc at §, and sometimes others on costa beyond middle and 

 at tornus ; a more or less indicated subterminal line of pale yellowish 

 scales, starting from a small costal spot : cilia fuscous, irrorated with 

 yellow-whitish. Hind-wings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with 

 darker basal shade. 



I took one specimen at Wellington in January, and 

 have received another from Mr. Hudson. It is inter- 

 mediate between siderodeta and ehry si gramma, but quite 

 distinct from either. 



Borkhausenia pharmactis, sp. n. 



£ . 15 mm. Head fuscous, sprinkled with pale yellowish hairs. 

 Palpi whitish-yellowish, sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antenna? 

 whitish-yellowish, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous- 

 yellow, anteriorly suffused with fuscous. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, rather strongly oblique ; deep ochreous-yellow, finely 

 sprinkled throughout with brown ; extreme costal edge dark 

 fuscous towards base : cilia ochreous-yellow, somewhat sprinkled 

 with brown. Hind-wings dark grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey 

 basal shade. 



I took one specimen on the Mount Arthur plateau, at 

 an elevation of 4000 feet, in January. Perhaps allied to 

 anmma, but much deeper-coloured, and quite without the 

 dark costal streak and other markings. 



PLUTELLID^E. 



Phylacodes, gen. n. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antenna? f, in $ shortly ciliated, thickened above with scales on 



