1877.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM NEW ZEALAND. 399 



hooked black streak ; a whitish ill-defined streak through the end of 

 the cell, upon which there is a minute black discocellular dot; 

 secondaries pale whity-brown, shghtly darker at the apex ; body 

 coloured like the opposite wings, anal tuft yellow : wings below 

 shining pale whity-brown, sandy yellowish on the costal areas ; body 

 below whitish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



South Island. Coll. Dr. Hector. 



Were it not for the black and white longitudinal streaks below 

 the discoidal cell of primaries, this species would not be at all unlike 

 the European form. It is common in grass. 



Phycid.e. 



103. Hypochalcia corrupta, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 9.) 

 Pale brown ; primaries with the costal half irrorated with whitish ; 



base, centre of disk, and two terminal patches (the smaller one 

 nearest to apex) bronzy, speckled with black ; fringe of all the 

 wings pale grey, very long ; thorax brown, abdomen paler brown : 

 wmgs below whity-brown, the primaries rather darker than the 

 secondaries; fringe silky-whitish; body below whitish. Expanse of 

 wings 9 lines. 



South Island. Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. 



Common in grass. 



104. Gadira acerella. 



Gadira acerella. Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. v. p. 1742 (1866). 

 Botijs mahanc/a, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v. pi cxxxvii 

 fig. 27. ^ i ■ ' ■ 



Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. 

 Not common. 



Crambid^. 



105. Crambus flexuosellus. 



Crambus flexuosellus, Doubleday, Dieff. N. Zeal. App. p. 289 

 (1843); Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v. pi. cxxxvii. fig. 32. 

 Coll. Dr. Hector. 

 The commonest Crambus in New Zealand. 



106. Crambus vapidus, n. sp. 



Primaries above testaceous, with a longitudinal whitish streak 

 tapering to both ends, from the base through the discoidal cell to 

 the outer margin, bounded towards the base below and in the centre 

 above by blackish lines ; apical margin whitish : four black dots 

 terniinating the nervures at the centre of outer margin; fringe 

 shining whitish; secondaries shining whitish; head and thorax 

 white; palpi externally, and tegulse, pale pinky brown ; abdomen 

 testaceous : wings below paler than above ; primaries without mark- 

 ings ; body below whitish. Expanse of wings 1 1 hnes. 



South Island. Coll. Dr. Hector. 



