Mzvnick.— On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 35 
brownish-ochreous, densely mixed with dark fuscous ; a small round dark 
fuscous spot in disc before middle, a second beyond middle, and a third 
directly beneath first on fold; a row of cloudy dark fuscous spots from 
beyond middle of costa to hindmargin beneath apex, thence along hind- 
margin to anal angle: cilia light brownish-ochreous, mixed with dark 
fuscous. Hindwings whitish-grey, posteriorly darker ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Specifically remote from any native species. 
The larva feeds on seeds, skins, dried insects, etc., and is capable of 
doing great damage in a museum. 
This well known species has been introduced from e ge and i is very 
common in houses, probably throughout New Zealand. I have observed it 
at Hamilton, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, Castle Hill, and 
Dunedin, from December to March. 
86. Œc. scholea, n. sp. 
Media, alis ant. dilute griseis, rufescenti-conspersis, maculis coste tribus 
anticis, punctis disci duobus, tertio plice post primum disci posito, lineaque 
postica transversa angulata saturate fuscis; post. griseis. 
Male, female.—19-21 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax greyish- 
ochreous mixed with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark 
fuscous, anterior and middle tibie with central ring, hairs of posterior tibie 
and apex of all joints whitish-ochreous. Forewings moderate, costa mode- 
rately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded; pale 
greyish, coarsely irrorated with reddish-fuscous and dark fuscous, especially 
towards costa and hindmargin ; a cloudy dark fuscous spot on base of costa, 
another on costa at 4, and a third in middle ; a dark fuscous dot in disc at 
1, a second at 3, and a third obliquely beyond first on fold ; a very obscure 
interrupted dark fuscous transverse line from 3 of costa to anal angle, 
angulated outwards in middle, somewhat dentate beneath costa: cilia 
greyish-ochreous, obscurely mixed with dark fuscous at base. Hindwings 
light grey, towards apex dark grey: cilia grey-whitish, with a grey 
ine. 
A dull-coloured species, not nearly allied to any but Œ. letharga ; from 
this it differs by the larger size, reddish-fuscous irroration, and position of 
the third discal dot obliquely beyond the first. 
Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, from December to 
February ; common. 
87. Œe. letharga, n. sp. 
Minor, alis ant. albido-griseis, fusco-conspersis, maculis coste tribus 
anticis nebulosis, punctis disci duobus, tertio plice ante primum disci 
posito, lineaque postica transversa angulata saturate fuscis ; post. 
griseis, 
