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by darker fuscous tinge and absence of whitish irroration, cloudy, first from J of 

 costa to i of dorsum, bent just beneath costa, second straight, from f of costa to 

 beyond middle of dorsum ; a short slender crescentic whitish discal mark, surrounded 

 with dark-fuscous suffusion : cilia reddish-fuscous, tips whitish. Hindwings with 

 colour and second line as in forewings, but second line central ; a small white discal 

 dot on anterior edge of second line. 



Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island ; one specimen. 



This is closely allied to the common muriferata, Walk., but distinguishable 

 by the large size, entire discal lunule of forewings (in muriferata broken into two 

 dots), and the much closer dorsal approximation of the lines of forewings. 



_ ^ , Crambid^. 



Protyparcha, n. g. 



Head loosely haired ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae f, in 

 male unipectinated to apex. Labial palpi very long, porrected, clothed above and 

 beneath with long rough projecting hairs diminishing towards apex. Maxillary 

 palpi porrected, clothed with long rough projecting hairs. Thorax clothed with 

 loose hairs above and beneath. Coxae and femora clothed with long hairs. Fore- 

 wings with 2 from f, 4 and 5 somewhat approximated, 7 separate, 8 and 9 stalked, 

 8 to costa, 10 and 11 separate. Hindwings 1^, ovate; 4 and 5 approximated, 7 

 connate with 6, anastomosing shortly with 8. (Plate IV, figs. 4-7.) 



An interesting genus, of which the nearest ally is the New Zealand Argyria 

 pentadactyla, Zell. ( = claviferella. Walk., = strigosa, Butl.) ; from this it differs by 

 the long rough hairs of palpi, hairy coxae and femora, and unipectinated antennae. 



Protyparcha scaphodes, n. sp. 



3 . 18-21 mm. Head and thorax black mixed with whitish hairs. Palpi 

 black, projecting hairs ochreous-whitish. Antennae black, towards base with whitish 

 scales. Abdomen blackish, sprinkled with yellowish scales, towards apex suffused 

 with ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa sinu- 

 ate, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; rather dark purplish- 

 bronzy-fuscous mixed with ferruginous-ochreous and black, and sometimes posteriorly 

 with whitish-ochreous ; a suffused white streak along costa from base to about f ; 

 a broad white dorsal streak from near base to tornus, thence continued as a gradu- 

 ally attenuated subterminal streak to apex, edged above broadly with black suffusion : 

 cilia white, basal third grey mixed with pale ochreous, sometimes mostly suffused 

 with grey. Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia white, with grey basal shade, sometimes 

 partially suffused with grey round apex. 



Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island ; in open tussock country ; three specimens. 



This is a very distinct species. 



... Pyraustidae. 



Scoparia tnscelis, n. sp. 



S . 21 mm. Head ochreous-brown, face mixed with black, with a white line 

 above eyes. Palpi 3, white mixed with blackish. Antennae fuscous, ciUations f. 

 Thorax brownish-ochreous mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish- 

 ochreous irrorated with light grey. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly 



