Meyricx.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 17 
8. Dipt. helioctypa, n. sp. 
Male, female.—14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark greyish- 
fuscous mixed with whitish-ochreous, palpi white at base beneath. An- 
tenne dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-grey, irrorated with ochreous 
towards base, apex whitish-ochreous. Legs grey, posterior pair whitish- 
grey. Forewings triangular, moderate, not very strongly dilated, costa 
nearly straight, slightly sinuate in middle, apex rounded, hindmargin 
oblique, both sinuations slight; very pale whitish-ochreous, almost wholly 
irregularly suffused with ochreous-fuscous, except an ill-defined patch in 
dise before first line, another on costa beyoud middle, ‘and a third extending 
along lower two-thirds of hindmargin ; a well-defined slender dark fuscous 
transverse line from costa at 2 to inner margin before middle, hardly curved 
outwards, thrice rather strongly and irregularly dentate; a second dark 
fuscous transverse line from costa at 4 to inner margin a little before anal 
angle, followed by a pale line of the ground-colour, margined posteriorly by 
the ochreous-fuscous suffusion, upper half irregularly curved outwards, lower 
half eurved inwards, slightly sinuate above inner margin ; a small irregularly 
oval elear white spot in dise beyond middle, suffusedly connected above 
with the pale costal patch; three small dark ochreous-fuscous spots near 
together on hindmargin below middle: cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, with a 
fuscous line near base, and an ill-defined white spot in each sinuation. 
Hindwings dark fuscous-grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with a dark grey line 
near base. 
A very distinct species, not particularly allied to any other, differing 
from all in the dark fuscous-grey hindwings, and the slightness of both 
hindmarginal sinuations ; there are no metallic markings. 
Taken commonly by Mr. R. W. Fereday, near Lake Wakatipu, in 
January. 
9. Dipt. elaina, n. sp. 
Male, female. —19-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-grey- 
whitish, irregularly mixed with dark fuscous. Antenne whitish-grey. 
Abdomen whitish-grey, apex more whitish. Legs grey-whitish. Forewings 
triangular, broad, costa very slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 
rather strongly oblique, second sinuation slight ; ochreous-grey-whitish, 
rather closely irrorated with dark fuscous, and.with a slight irregular pale 
yellowish suffusion, causing a faint greenish tinge; the fuscous irroration 
is closest and darkest near base, along hindmargin, and on an indistinet 
median band; a dark fuscous transverse line from } of costa to 3 of inner 
margin, very slightly outwards-curved, thrice irregularly dentate, preceded 
by an indistinct pale line; a small black linear transverse spot in disc 
above and slightly beyond middle, above which is a suffused dark fuscous 
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