Meyricx.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. P» y 
This genus is largely represented in Australia, but very little elsewhere; 
I have only one New Zealand species. None of the larve are known, but 
from the habits of the imago there can be no doubt that they feed on 
grasses, probably amongst the roots. The imagos are commonly large and 
handsomely marked, but the New Zealand species is one of the dullest in 
colouring. 
1. Brin. leucophthalma, n. sp. 
Male, female.—19-298 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous, sometimes 
fuscous-tinged. Palpi light greyish-ochreous, strongly mixed with blackish- 
fuscous, labial palpi very long. Antenne greyish-fuscous. Thorax light 
greyish - ochreous, more or less strongly mixed with blackish -fuscous. 
Abdomen whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous. Legs 
whitish-oehreous, irrorated with dark fuscous; anterior and middle tibiæ 
and tarsi suffused with blackish except at apex of joints, posterior tarsi 
dark fuscous towards base of joints. Forewings moderately broad, trian- 
gular, costa very slightly arched, somewhat bent before apex, apex obtusely 
pointed, hindmargin moderately oblique, rather strongly sinuate below 
apex; ochreous-whitish, when fresh slightly pinkish or purplish-tinged, 
thickly and coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous, towards inner margin 
slightly more ochreous-tinged, and towards dise more or less strongly 
suffused with light ochreous-fuscous ; a small irregular black spot on inner 
margin almost at base, and a similar one below costa almost at base; an 
irregular sinuate longitudinal black streak, attenuated at extremities, extend- 
ing almost from base along submedian fold to 4 from base; an elongate- 
ovate black spot in dise rather above and beyond posterior extremity of the 
sinuate streak, anterior end rather acute; a rather ill-defined dark fuscous 
transverse line, preceded by a pale line, from costa at $ to middle of inner 
margin, most distinct on costal half, twice dentate beneath costa, bent 
round posterior extremity of the black spot, and again twice dentate above 
inner margin; a short suffused inwardly oblique dark fuscous mark on 
costa beyond middle; a sharply-defined obliquely transverse elongate white 
black-margined spot in disc at $, upper part slightly greyish-tinged ; a 
double indistinctly dentate dark fuscous transverse line, enclosing a pale 
line, from about 4 of costa to inner margin a little before anal angle, upper 
third rather inwardly oblique, lower two-thirds strongly outwards-curved, 
forming indistinct spots on costa and in middle: cilia ochreous-whitish, 
with two ill-defined dark grey lines. Hindwings whitish-fuscous-grey, with 
an indistinct darker band along hindmargin, not extending to anal angle, 
closely preceded by an indistinct suffused dark line ; cilia ochreous-whitish, 
with a broad fuscous-grey line near base, and a much fainter one pos- 
teriorly. 
