Mzvzick.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 87 
Arthur's Pass (2,500 feet) and Mount Hutt, in January; three speci- 
mens. ; 
98. Scop. microphthalma, n. sp. 
Male.—15-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish-grey, irro- 
rated with white; palpi 21, basal joint white; thorax with a small pos- 
terior ochreous-yellow spot. Antenne dark grey; ciliations $. Abdomen 
fuscous-grey. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated with white, apex of joints 
white. Forewings triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hind- 
margin slightly rounded, rather oblique; blackish, finely irrorated with 
white ; a small ochreous-yellow spot near base, followed by a faint whitish 
transverse line; first line whitish, slender, ill-defined, slightly curved, 
posteriorly indistinctly dark-margined; orbicular and claviform both 
circular, ochreous-yellow, dark-margined, touching first line; reniform 
8-shaped, ochreous-yellow, black-margined, each half containing a white 
dot, the lower one larger; a small ill-defined whitish costal spot above 
reniform; second line whitish, ill-defined, obscurely dark-margined, touching 
similar subterminal line in middle: cilia whitish, with two cloudy dark 
grey lines, and obscurely barred with grey. Hindwings li, fuscous-grey, 
becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia grey, with a darker line, tips whitish. 
Easily recognized by the ochreous-yellow spots, and white dots in 
reniform. 
Christchurch in March, and Lake Wakatipu (1,000 feet) in December, 
amongst bush ; two specimens. 
94. Scop. hemicycla, n. sp. 
Female.—17 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-fuscous. Palpi 22, dark 
fuscous mixed with white, basal joint white. Antenne dark fuscous. 
Abdomen grey, terminal segment very elongate, ovipositor long. Legs grey 
irrorated with whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, slightly dilated, costa 
hardly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rather oblique, slightly rounded ; 
fuscous, with scattered pale ochreous-yellowish scales; & cloudy blackish 
spot on inner margin near base, above which is a line of whitish scales; a 
longitudinal median black streak from base to 4; a strong semicircular black 
streak from costa at 3, passing through middle of dise and returning to costa 
at 3, obscurely margined beneath with whitish, the ineluded space also 
irrorated with whitish ; subterminal line indicated by a few whitish seales : 
cilia whitish-fuscous with two cloudy darker lines, tips whitish. Hindwings 
14, fuscous-grey, becoming dark fuscous towards hindmargin ; cilia as in 
forewings. 
Conspicuously distinct by the semicircular black streak excluding central 
third of costa. 
Arthur’s Pass (8,000 feet) in January; one specimen, 
