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fuscous ; costa suffused with pale whitish-ochreous from base to 

 I : cilia pale whitish-ochreous. Hind wings whitish-ochreous, 

 paler anteriorly ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; bred commonly from June to 

 August; occurs also in New Zealand. Larva 16-legged, stout, 

 cylindrical ; whitish, sometimes pinkish-tinged ; dorsal slender^ 

 dark flesh-colour ; subdorsal and spiracular lines broader, indis- 

 tinct, flesh-colour ; head pale amber, mouth fuscous ; second 

 segment with a faint pale amber shield, black-margined on sides; 

 anal segment speckled with black. Feeds in seed-heads of Typlia 

 angustifolia, burrowing amongst seeds and causing the down to 

 hang in large loose masses, or sometimes boring down the stems, 

 eating the pith and making many small holes in sides, in June. 

 As this insect is quite isolated in New Zealand, whilst it is closely 

 allied to the preceding and following species which are confined 

 to Australia, it is safe to infer that it is truly an indigenous Aus- 

 tralian insect, and has incidentally succeeded in making its way 

 to New Zealand. I conjecture that the eggs, attached to the 

 light down of the plant, would be very readily transmissible by 

 the wind ; and I have pointed out elsewhere that the wide dis- 

 tribution of Liinncecia 'phrag)nitella, a species of Elachistidrs 

 which occurs in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, and of 

 which the larva feeds also on Typha in precisely the same way, 

 is confirmatory of this suggestion. 



77. IScier. rimata, n. sp. 



Both sexes 15-17 mm. Head in male whitish, in female tinged 

 with ochreous-greyish. Palpi white, second joint grey except at 

 apex and towards base, terminal joint f-f, anterior edge grey. 

 Antennae in male whitish, in female grey. Thorax pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs grey, posterior pair 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; rather light 

 greyish-ochreous, in male more or less sufl'usedly irrorated with 

 white, especially in disc, in female irrorated with fuscous ; costa 

 suffused with white from base to J; a distinct dark fuscous dot 

 in disc at | ; cilia whitish-ochreous, on costa whitish. Hind- 

 wings light grey, apical margin whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Sydney and Bathurst (2,500 feet). New South Wales ; 

 Campbelltown and Georges Bay, Tasmania ; Port Lincoln, South 

 Australia ; common from November to January, and in Marcli. 



78. Scier. silvicola, n. sp. 



Both sexes 12-14 mm. Head white, more or less sprinkled 

 with grey. Palpi blackish, apex of second joint white, terminal 



