442 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



pale ochreous, becoming darker towards inner margin ; an 

 ochreous-fuscous or dark fuscous angulated fascia close to base, 

 starting obliquely from one-sixth of costa, sharply angulated in 

 middle, ending at one-fifth of inner margin, the upper portion 

 often partially obsolete ; costal fold ochreous ; costa irregularly 

 strigulated with dark fuscous ; inner margin often obscurely 

 suffused with dark fuscous, especially towards base ; a straight 

 oblique rather narrow ochreous-fuscous or dark fuscous fascia 

 from one-third of costa to inner margin a little before apex, dilated 

 and enclosing a small pale spot on costa, thence straight and 

 uniting with the other fascia below middle of wing, so as to 

 enclose a large pale costal triangle ; a broad irregularly oval 

 fuscous blotch almost on hindmargin above anal angle, darkest 

 above, sometimes uniting with extremity of second oblique fascia ; 

 a short dark fuscous irregular streak from apex close to hind- 

 margin : cilia rather pale ochreous, with two slender grey-fuscous 

 lines near base. Hindwings whitish, faintly tinged with ochreous 

 at apex, spotted with grey, especially towards base and inner 

 margin ; cilia whitish. 



A variable species, differing much in the intensity of colouring, 

 but generally to be known by the tolerably well-defined pale 

 costal triangle enclosed by the fuscous f ascise ; it has also a more 

 variegated appearance than the two following species, to which 

 it is nearly allied. 



The species appears to be common and generally distributed 

 in New Zealand ; I took it plentifully near Dunedin in January, 

 and also at Christchurch and Wellington ; and one of Walker's 

 types is from Auckland ; it occurs amongst ordinary bush. All 

 my specimens are however males, and I have not met with the 

 female ; the types described by Walker are ordinary varieties. 



3. Pyrg. gavisana, Walk. 



fPandemis gavisana, Walk., Brit, Mus. Cat. 312 ; Conclnjlis 

 marginana, ibid. 371.) 



