406 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW-ZEALAND LEPIDOPTERA. [MaV 1, 



aiul fringe wliite, the latter brownish at anal angle; body above 

 dark brown, collar and prothorax varied with ochraceous ; hind 

 margins of tegulse fringed with whitish ; abdomen with whitish hind 

 margins to the segments : primaries below bronzy-brown, pale 

 towards the base, crossed towards apex by a series of ill- defined 

 whitish dots, fringe greyish ; secondaries sordid white, shining, 

 clouded (excepting at apex and outer border) with grey ; body below 

 pearly whitish ; tibiae and tarsi of legs above banded with black. 

 Expanse of wings, c? 7 lines, $ 9 lines. 



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



A puzzling little species, with the general coloration of Atychia. 



135. Cryptolechia carnifex, n. sp. 



Primaries flesh-colour, costal margin blood red, the same colour 

 also extending for a short distance down the fringe, which is through- 

 out rather darker than the body of the wing ; secondaries white, 

 slightly tinted with flesh-colour at the borders; thorax flesh-coloured ; 

 palpi and femora and tibiae of anterior legs carmine : wings below 

 nearly as above, excepting that the secondaries show three or four 

 apical marginal dark grey spots ; body below white. Expanse of 

 wings 1 1 lines. 



Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. 



C. carnifex is allied to Walker's Depressariu moderatelln from 

 Tasmania. 



136. Cryptolechia rufosparsa, n. sp. 



Primaries straw-yellow, clouded with flesh-colour and regularly 

 dotted with indistinct reddish spots ; secondaries silvery white ; 

 thorax straw yellow ; abdomen pale testaceous (possibly white in 

 fresh examples) : wings below silvery white ; primaries with the 

 costa and fringe yellow ; anterior tibiae carmine ; anterior femora 

 flesh-colour; body below \\hite. Expanse of wings 10 lines. 



Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. 



137. Cryptolechia galactina. 



Cryptolechia yalactina, Felder, Keise der Nov. Lep. v. pi. cxl. 

 fig. 34. 



Coll. J. L). Enys, Esq. 

 A pure white species. 



Gkacilariid^. 



138. Gracilaria linearis, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 16.) 

 Primaries clay-brown, crossed by oblique series of blackish dots, 



in certain lights uniform lilacine brownish, shining; secondaries 

 white, fringes at apex slightly tinted with testaceous : thorax 

 coloured like the primaries, abdomen testaceous : wings below silvery 

 whitish, primaries slightly brownish in tint : body below white. 

 Expanse of wings 5 lines. 



Coll. Dr. Hector. 



Allied to G. arenosella. 



