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grey lines. Hindwings 12, very pale whitish-grey, slightly ochreous-tinged ; 
postmedian line and hindmargin suffusedly darker; cilia white, with a faint 
grey line. 
Especially recognizable by the conspicuous dark claviform, and ter- 
mination of dark margin of second line before inner margin, but the inner 
margin is not white as in S. steropaa. 
Christchurch and Lake Wakatipu (1,200 feet), on dry grassy hill slopes, 
in October, December, and April ; six specimens. 
54. Scop. elaphra, n. sp. 
Male, female,—12—-14 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous iced with 
whitish, shoulders narrowly suffused with dark fuscous. Palpi 44, dark 
fuscous, white above and beneath. Antenne whitish-ochreous; in male 
joints serrate with apical teeth only, ciliations 1. Abdomen grey-whitish. 
Legs white, anterior pair suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings very 
elongate, narrow, triangular, costa straight, apex round-pointed, hind- 
margin slightly sinuate, very oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous, irregularly 
irrorated with white on veins, and generally with scattered dark fuscous 
scales ; base of costa rather suffused with dark fuscous; some blackish 
scales on submedian fold before first line; first line hardly whitish, pos- 
teriorly margined with dark fuscous, rather strongly curved; orbicular 
small, linear, black, touching first line; claviform smaller, similar, gener- 
ally indistinct ; reniform dot-like, blackish ; second line obscurely whitish, 
anteriorly dark-margined, somewhat curved above middle, otherwise 
straight ; a row of blackish dots on hindmargin; cilia whitish, with two 
fuscous-grey lines. Hindwings 1}, grey-whitish ; lunule, postmedian line 
and hindmargin grey; cilia white. 
Distinguished by its small size, sharply triangular wings, and fragile 
appearance, with very simple markings ; the palpi here attain their greatest 
length. 
Palmerston (Wanganui), and Christchurch, chiefly at lamps, in March ; 
seven specimens, 
55. Scop. paltomacha, n. sp. 
Male.—22-24 mm. ; female.—17 mm. Head whitish, sometimes mixed 
with greyish-ochreous. Palpi 8, dark grey, apex of maxillary and basal 
joint of labial white. Antenne grey; ciliations 2. Thorax fuscous-grey, 
slightly mixed with whitish, with a whitish anterior spot. Abdomen 
whitish-grey. Legs whitish, tibie and tarsi suffused with grey. Forewings 
very elongate, triangular, costa almost straight, apex round-pointed, hind- 
margin straight, oblique ; light fuscous, irregularly irrorated with whitish ; 
veins distinctly lined with blackish ; a whitish dot in dise beyond middle, 
margined above with blackish: cilia whitish, with two fuscous-grey lines. 
Hindwings 13, grey-whitish ; cilia white, with a light grey line. 
