Meyricxk.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 89. 
before hindmargin : cilia pale ochreous, with a darker line near base, tips 
at apex blackish. Hindwings whitish, at apex ochreous-tinged, coarsely 
spotted with grey ; cilia whitish. 
Variable in intensity of colouring, the female apparently darker than the 
male; easily known from the next species by its larger size and much 
lighter ground-colour. 
Larva moderate, cylindrical, slightly tapering ateach end; pale whitish- 
grey-greenish, becoming darker smoky-grey on back ; head and plate of | 
second segment, when young, black, when full-grown greenish-ochreous. 
Feeds between joined leaves of oak (Quercus robur), gnawing numerous 
holes, and forming a loose silken gallery for shelter. Pupa in a thin silken 
cocoon in same position. I found these larve plentiful in April, and bred a 
female indoors in June. The food-plant being imported, the larva is pro- 
- baby polyphagous. 
Common at Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington, probably very 
generally distributed ; in January, and again in April and May. 
4. Pyrg. zygiana, n. 8p. 
Minor, alis ant. brunneis, plumbeo-strigulatis, partim nigro-suffusis, 
striga obscura albida posteriori in apicem percurrente ; post. griseis. 
Male, 14 mm.—Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-fuscous mixed with 
dark fuscous. Antenne grey, annulated with blackish. Abdomen grey. 
Legs grey-whitish, anterior and middle tibie and tarsi and apical joints of 
posterior tarsi suffused with dark fuscous, except at apex of joints. Fore- 
wings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, hindmargin 
sinuate, oblique; rather dark reddish-ochreous- fuscous, mixed with dark 
fuscous, and coarsely strigulated throughout with leaden-grey ; costa and 
inner margin shortly strigulated with blackish ; an indistinct blackish suf- 
fusion in disc near base, and another in disc towards apex; an indistinct 
slender streak of grey-whitish scales from near inner margin before anal 
angle to apex, where it is suffusedly dilated : cilia reddish-fuscous mixed 
with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey, with two indistinct 
darker lines. 
Differing widely from the preceding in the fuscous ground-colour, leaden 
strigulations, grey hindwings, and small size. 
One specimen taken amongst bush near Christchurch in March. 
4. Apoxopsyes, Meyr. 
Thorax smooth. Antenne in male ciliated. Palpi moderate or rather 
. long, porrected, second joint triangularly sealed. Forewings in male with 
strong costal fold. Hindwings broader than forewings. Forewings with 
12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hindmargin. Hindwings with 8 veins, 3 
and 4 separate at origin, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 
