268 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTEAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Erech. charadrota, n. sp. 



$ $ . 5"-6y. Head and palpi pale ochreous, face darker 

 ochreous ; labial palpi externally dark fuscous, second joint 

 roughly scaled beneath, with two or three projecting bristles 

 above at apex. Antennas pale ochreous, with obsolete darker 

 fuscous annulations. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous. Anterior and middle legs blackish, tarsi with slender 

 pale ochreous rings at apex of joints ; posterior legs whitish- 

 ochreous, tarsi suffused at base of joints with dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings narrow, pale ochreous ; a broad sharply marked ochreous- 

 fuscous streak, suffused with blackish, along costa from base to 

 apex, narrowest at base and dilated beyond middle ; a similar 

 more evenly broad streak along inner-margin from base to anal 

 angle ; in the costal streak are a very slender pale ochreous 

 oblique streak from middle of costa, and an irregular streak -like 

 pale ochreous spot before apex ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with two 

 blackish dividing-lines, and a small apical hook-like spot beyond 

 them. Hind-wings pale fuscous-grey, cilia whitish-grey, with 

 two blackish lines round apex. 



Not nearly resembling any of its congeners ; it is the narrowest- 

 winged species of the genus. Three specimens taken amongst 

 dry forest-scrub near "Wellington and Port Lyttelton, New 

 Zealand, in January. 



Erech. chionodira, n. sp t 



$ ? . 4"-5". Head white, sides of crown narrowly brownish- 

 ochreous. Palpi white, second joint of labial palpi dark fuscous 

 externally except at apex, both joints loosely haired. Antennae 

 whitish, with obsolete dark fuscous annulations. Thorax ochreous 

 browh, with a narrow white longitudinal central stripe. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs white, anterior tibiae and tarsi obscurely 

 suffused with dark fuscous above, middle tarsi with dark fuscous 

 rings at base of joints. Fore-wings glossy snow-white ; a broad 



