242 Mr. E. Meyrick's Notes on 



basal half, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 

 recurved, with appressed scales, second joint somewhat roughened 

 beneath towards apex, terminal joint longer than second, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi short, slender, acute, porrected. Posterior tibice 

 smooth-scaled above, loosely haired on apical half beneath. Fore- 

 wings: 2 from very near angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 

 11 from middle of cell. Hind-wings slightly over 1, subtrapezoidal, 

 termen slightly sinuate, cilia § ; 3 and 4 rather approximated at 

 base, 5, 6, 7 parallel. 



Not obviously near to any described genus. 



Phylacodcs cauta, sp. n. 



c^.*14 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous, slightly 

 purplish-tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous, slightly fuscous-sprinkled, 

 especially beneath apex of second joint. Antenna3 pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuff white. Fore-wings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; light greyish-ochreous, on costal half suffused 

 with ochreous-white, especially on veins ; several minute black dots 

 along submedian fold, dorsum, and termen, and towards apex ; a 

 larger round dot in disc at § : cilia ochreous-whitish. Hind-wings 

 grey, becoming blackish-grey towards apex ; cilia light grey, with 

 dark grey basal shade, tips whitish. 



One specimen, Ida Valley, Otago, taken by Mr. J.H.Lewis. 



Orthenches drosochalca, sp. n. 



c£ $ . 11mm. Head and thorax leaden-grey. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 inwardly and towards base white, terminal joint half as long again 

 as second (1^). Antenna? dark fuscous, ringed with white. Abdomen 

 grey, towards base pale ochreous, apex in g whitish. Fore-wings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen sinuate, 

 rather strongly oblique, rounded beneath ; 7 to termen ; shining 

 coppery -bronze ; four oblique fascia? of white irroration, first 

 slender, second antemedian, broader, third angulated, considerably 

 enlarged towards costa, fourth forming an apical patch extended 

 along termen ; a spot on base of costa, an interrupted streak along 

 submedian fold, and a spot above middle of disc purple ; a dark 

 fuscous-purple transverse mark in disc at |, in third fascia : cilia 

 light grey, above apex spotted basally with purplish. Hind-wings 

 ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, termen sinuate ; light grey, darker 

 posteriorly ; cilia whitish-grey. 



I took a specimen in the Otira Gorge in January, and 

 have received another from Mr. Hudson, taken in Welling- 



