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cloudy elongate semi-oval fuscous blotch along hindmargin from apex to 
anal angle; all these markings sometimes very faint : cilia dark fuscous, 
mixed with paler towards anal angle. Hindwings whitish, towards apex 
faintly ochreous-tinged, towards inner margin coarsely spotted with grey ; 
cilia whitish. 
^ À very distinct species, apparently allied to the Australian D. isoscelana, 
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Tolerably common at Blenheim, Christchurch, and Dunedin, in January 
and February. 
2. Capua, Stph. 
Thorax smooth or slightly crested. Antenne ciliated in male. Palpi 
moderate, porrected, second joint triangularly scaled. Forewings in male 
with strong costal fold, often concealing an expansible tuft of hairs. Hind- 
wings somewhat broader than forewings. Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to hindmargin. Hindwings with 8 veins, 8 and 4 from a point 
or stalked, 5 somewhat approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Differs essentially from Dichelia only by the costal fold. Rather numer- 
ous in Australia, but there is only one New Zealand species. 
2. Cap. semiferana, Walk. 
(Teras semiferana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 306, (Capua) Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 
1881, 453; Sciaphila detritana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 356; Tinea admotella, ibid., 
485; Grapholita abnegatana, ibid., 991.) 
Parva, alis ant. griseo-ochreis rufisve, striga disci obliqua prope basim 
nigrescente, fascia media angusta perobliqua saturate fusca, strigam disci 
nigram includente, macula coste ante apicem triangulari fusca cum fascia 
smpius conjuncta, omnibus interdum obsoletis ; post. griseis. 
Male, female.— 11-15 mm. Head and thorax greyish-ochreous or 
fuscous, face and palpi internally pale-ochreous. Forewings moderate, in 
male dilated, costa moderately arched, hardly bent, hindmargin nearly 
straight, oblique; varying from light greyish irrorated with fuscous, to 
reddish-ochreous or reddish fuseous, often closely and irregularly strigulated 
with dark fuscous; costa and inner margin coarsely strigulated with 
blackish ; outer edge of basal patch often represented by an irregular 
inwardly oblique blackish mark in dise near base ; often an ill-defined dark 
spot on inner margin before middle ; central fascia moderate, irregular, 
nearly evenly broad, from before middle of costa to before anal angle, dark 
fuscous, containing a blackish longitudinal mark above middle, lower half 
often wholly obsolete, upper half often confluent posteriorly with a dark 
fuseous elongate-triangular patch on costa towards apex, 80 as to form a 
larger triangular blotch ; an irregular dark fuscous streak near hind- 
margin, often absent ; sometimes all markings absent, or the wing streaked 
