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conspicuous dark fuscous dots on posterior half of costa; a dark fuscous 
dot in dise before middle, a second beyond middle, and a third on fold 
rather beyond-first ; a cloudy dark fuscous streak along hindmargin from 
apex nearly to anal angle, thickest above, attenuated beneath; a row of 
cloudy dark fuscous dots along hindmargin, partially obscured in the streak : 
cilia pale whitish-ochreous, basal half with fine dark fuscous bars on the 
veins. Hindwings pale grey, cilia grey-whitish. 
At once recognizable by the conspicuous dark costal dots. 
Dunedin, in January ; one specimen received from Mr. A. Purdie. 
91. Gymn. flavidella, Walk. 
(Gelechia flavidella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 655; (Ecophora utuella, Feld., Reis. Nov., 
Pl. T 
Minor, alis ant. dilute flavis, punctis disci tribus nigrieantibus, triangulo 
marginis postiei inferiori dilute fusco, antice nigro-marginato, umbramque 
costam versus emittente, ciliis fuscis; post. albis, postice roseo-griseis. 
Male, female.—19-16 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax pale 
yellow. Abdomen rosy-whitish. Legs rosy-grey, central ring of tibie and 
apex of all joints whitish, posterior tibie with whitish hairs. Forewings 
moderate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex almost acute, 
hindmargin straight, rather strongly oblique; pale yellow, rarely irrorated 
and suffused with reddish-ochreous; extreme costal edge pale fuscous, 
becoming deeper at base; a dark fuscous dot in disc before middle, a 
second beyond middle, and a third rather obliquely beyond first on fold; a 
triangular light rosy-fuscous patch on lower half of hindmargin, anterior 
side margined by a slightly curved black line, emitting from its apex a 
narrow inward-curved rosy-fuscous suffusion towards costa at $, very faint 
above, posteriorly sometimes margined by a few black scales: cilia rosy- 
fuscous. Hindwings white, posteriorly suffused with pale rosy-fuscous ; 
cilia very pale rosy-fuscous, more whitish towards inner angle, 
A beautiful and very distinct species. 
Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, and Christchurch, in January and 
February ; common amongst bush, but principally in the North Island. 
: 32. Gymn. hamatella, Walk. 
(Ecophora hamatella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 700.) 
Minor, alis ant. albido-ochreis, interdum ochreo-suffusis, fusco-sparsis, 
linea transversa antica recta, altera postica angulata, punctis disci duobus 
strigulaque transversa, ciliis etiam saturate fuscis; post. M. griseis, F. 
albidis. 
Male, female.—15-18 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax whitish- 
ochreous, suffused with deeper ochreous. Abdomen ochreous whitish. Legs 
dark grey, apex of tarsal joints whitish, posterior tibie with whitish hairs. 
