Mryricx.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 87 
Male, female.—113-18 mm. Head and thorax pale grey mixed with 
darker. Palpi whitish-grey, second joint externally densely irrorated with 
blackish, terminal joint with two or three slender blackish rings below 
middle. Antenne dark grey. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, central 
and apical ring of middle tibie, hairs of posterior tibi®, and apex of all 
tarsal joints whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 
rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; whitish-grey, densely and 
irregularly irrorated with dark grey, tending to form cloudy very indistinct 
patches on costa at }, middle, and 3, leaving interspaces somewhat paler; 
an indistinct cloudy dark fuscous spot on fold at }, a cloudy spot on anal 
angle, sometimes preceded and followed by a smaller spot, a dot in disc 
before middle and beyond that on fold, and another in disc beyond middle, 
all very indistinct and sometimes obsolete : cilia whitish-grey, with several 
rows of dark grey points. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish-grey. 
Nearly allied to Œ. conteatella, and having a similar mottled appearance, 
but readily known by its smaller size, slightly narrower wings, general grey 
tints, and especially the grey head. 
Castle Hill (2,500 feet), in January ; beaten in great abundance from 
Fagus solandri. 
40. (Ec. conteatella, Walk. 
(Gelechia conteztella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 656.) 
Minor, alis ant. canis, griseo-sparsis, fascia ad basim, altera post 
medium, maculis costee duabus, lineaque postica sinuata saturate griseis, 
striga obliqua sub plica posita signoque disci arcuato nigris; post. dilute 
griseis ; capite ochreo-albo. —— 
Male, female.—18-15 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi white, second 
joint irrorated with dark fuscous except at apex, terminal joint with a cloudy 
dark fuscous submedian ring. Antenne grey. Thorax whitish or ochreous- 
white, anterior margin suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, middle tibie with central and apical rings, 
hairs of posterior tibi®, and apex of all tarsal joints ochreous-whitish. 
Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 
very obliquely rounded; white, irregularly irrorated with fuscous-grey ; a 
cloudy dark grey fascia from base of costa, and a second from costa at 1, 
confluent in middle and extending almost to inner margin at }, mixed with 
ochreous at apex, and margined posteriorly by an oblique blackish streak 
below middle, sometimes connected with a blackish dot in dise before 
middle; a cloudy dark grey fascia from rather beyond middle of costa to 
anal angle, containing an ochreous partially blackish-circled spot in disc, 
and mixed with ochreous beneath ; a small blackish mark on inner margin 
before this fascia, separated from it by a white line; a cloudy dark grey 
