Mrvrrcx.—Ou New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 41 
posterior legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings moderate, costa moderately 
arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; whitish- 
ochreous, rather suffused with yellowish-ochreous, costal margin yellowish- 
ochreous ; costa suffusedly blackish towards base; a few blackish scales on 
fold at 4, on costa in middle and at 2, and above anal angle ; posterior half 
of wing more or less irrorated very finely with fuscous : cilia pale yellowish- 
ochreous, irrorated with fuscous points, especially on tips round apex, and 
on a spot at anal angle. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Differs from all the other yellow species in its distinct ochreous tint, 
especially on costa and cilia; not very close to any other. ! 
Hamilton and the Bealey River, in J anuary ; four specimens. 
46. Œc. armigerella, Walk. , 
(Ecophora armigerella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 698.) 
Minor, alis ant. flavis, striga coste basali nigrescenti, interdum punetis 
disci duobus lineaque anguli analis obliqua saturate fuscis ; post. griseis ; 
thorace flavo, humeris anguste nigrescentibus. . 
Male.—1434-17 mm. Head yellow. Palpi pale ochreous-yellow, second 
joint with basal $ suffused with dark fuscous externally. Antenne dark 
fuscous. Thorax yellow, anterior margin of shoulders narrowly dark 
fuscous. Abdomen grey. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, apex of 
tarsal joints obseurely whitish ; posterior legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings 
moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin rounded, 
rather strongly oblique; rather deep yellow ; basal fourth of costa rather 
broadly blackish ; a dark fuscous ill-defined dot on fold before middle, and 
another in dise beyond middle, often both absent; sometimes a few fine 
scattered dark fuscous scales, forming a bar from second dot to anal angle, 
a curved transverse line near hindmargin, and an apical spot, but these are 
usually obsolete : cilia yellow, with a fuscous-grey spot at apex and another 
at anal angle. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia light grey. 
This and the two following species are closely allied, and have consider- 
able superficial likeness; (2. armigerella differs from both the others by its 
bright yellow colour, and by the narrow dark fuscous spot along the anterior 
margin of shoulders. 
Dunedin, Lake Wakatipu, and Invercargill, from December to February ; 
common. 
The British Museum type of this species is lost, but Walker’s descrip- 
tion can hardly refer to any other. 
47. GZc. apanthes, n. sp. 
Minor, alis ant. dilute albido-ochreis, vix flavido-suffusis, striga cost® 
basali nigrescenti, macula apicis parva, interdum punctis disci tribus 
lineaque anguli analis obliqua saturate fuscis; post. albido-griseis ; thorace 
dilute albido-ochreo, macula humeri interiori saturate fusco. 
