Meyrick.—On New Zealand Miero-Lepidoptera. 57 
Mr. R. W. Fereday formerly took this species in abundance amongst 
grass near Christchurch, whence it seems now to have disappeared, probably 
owing to the extermination of native by English grasses, 
11. PRorHELYMNA, n.g. 
Thorax smooth. Antenne in male biciliated with fascicles of long fine 
ciliations. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint roughly scaled above 
and beneath. Forewings with costa simple in male. Hindwings as broad 
as forewings. Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 separate, 7 to hindmargin. 
Hindwings with 8 veins, 8 and 4 widely remote at origin, nearly parallel, 
5 slightly approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 long-stalked, transverse vein 
very oblique. 
Differs from Proselena especially by the peculiar ciliations of the 
antenne. An interesting genus, approaching more nearly to the com- 
mon ancestral type of the Tortricina, than any other native to New Zealand. 
It has considerable affinity both with Proselena and Dipterina, the very 
oblique transverse vein of the hindwings being found in some species of 
both those genera (as Pros. annosana and Dipt. imbriferana). 
27. Proth. nephelotana, n. sp. 
Minor, alis ant. dilute griseo-ochreis, fusco-nebulosis, area basali 
fasciaque media subobliqua obsoletis vix saturatioribus ; post. dilute 
griseis. 
Male.—18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous sprinkled 
with dark fuseous. Antenne grey. Abdomen whitish-grey-ochreous. 
Legs whitish, anterior and middle pair suffused with dark fuseous except 
at apex of joints. Forewings moderate, costa moderately and evenly 
arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded; pale greyish-ochreous, mixed with 
fuscous, and strigulated with dark fuscous ; basal patch and central fascia 
fuscous, more ochreous towards dise, very ill-defined ; outer edge of basal 
patch nearly straight, rather oblique ; inner edge of central fascia running 
from before middle of costa to middle of inner margin, rather irregular, 
outer edge wholly suffused and obsolete; a longitudinal slender blackish 
line in central fascia below middle, above which is an ochreous patch; faint 
traces of a cloudy fuscous costal spot about 2: cilia ochreous-whitish, with 
an indistinct grey line near base.  Hindwings rather light grey, apex 
darker; cilia whitish, with traces of two grey lines. 
A very obscurely marked insect, yet very different in appearance from 
any other. 
One fine specimen taken amongst bush near Christehurch in March. 
Fam. 2, GRAPHOLITHIDA. 
Lower median vein of hindwings pectinated with hairs towards base ; 
vein 2 of forewings rising before posterior third of lower margin of cell, 
