Meyricx.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 83 
Antenne fuscous; ciliations 3. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, more ochreous 
near base. Legs white, tibie and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Fore- 
wings rather elongate, triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 
hindmargin rather oblique, distinctly sinuate; white; basal half wholly 
purplish-fuscous, mixed with reddish-ochreous and irrorated with black, 
bounded by an inwards-curved line from 4 of costa to $ of inner margin ; 
indications of a blackish streak from base of costa; first line indicated only 
by thick black posterior margin, rather strongly indented ; orbicular round, 
black, sometimes centred with ochreous or ochreous-whitish ; claviform 
triangular, black, detached ; reniform almost obsolete, pale whitish-ochreous, 
faintly grey-margined ; second line distinct, white, anteriorly margined with 
dark grey; terminal space wholly fuscous-grey or dark grey, except broad 
tolerably defined white subterminal line, broadly interrupted, apex of lower 
portion confluent with second line and margined above by a yellow-ochreous 
blotch; a hindmarginal row of cloudy white dots: cilia white, obscurely 
barred with grey, with a dark grey often interrupted line, and lighter 
posterior line. Hindwings 1}, very pale whitish-grey, slightly ochreous- 
tinged, postmedian line and hindmargin somewhat darker ; cilia whitish, 
with a grey somewhat interrupted line. 
This and the two following species are easily recognized by the yellow- 
ochreous blotch above lower portion of subterminal line; S. minusculalis 
differs from the other two by its larger size, well-defined white postmedian 
band, and uniform dark suffusion of the whole anterior half of wing. 
Larva rather stout, cylindrical, wrinkled, somewhat attenuated towards 
extremities ; light whitish-brown ; spots large, round, brassy-fuscous, each 
containing a black dot; head ochreous-brown; second segment dark 
fuscous. Feeds in moss on tree-trunks; pupa in same position ; taken in 
January, almost full-grown. 
Akaroa, Bealey River (2,100 feet), and Dunedin; tolerably common in 
forest in January and February. 
18. Scop. minualis, Walk. 
(Scoparia minualis, Walk., Suppl., 1504.) 
Male, female.—151-17 mm. Head and thorax clear pale whitish- 
ochreous, with a few fuscous scales, shoulders with a small dark fuscous 
spot. Palpi 23-8, ochreous-whitish, somewhat mixed with dark fuscous, 
base white. Antenne whitish, annulated with dark fuscous; ciliations $. 
Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish, tibie and tarsi banded with 
dark fuscous.  Forewings somewhat elongate, triangular, costa gently 
arched, apex rounded, hindmargin rather oblique, distinctly sinuate ; 
whitish-ochreous, mixed with pale yellowish, and thinly irrorated with dark 
fuscous ; basal area mixed with black, with a suffused black streak from 
