Meyricx.—On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 117 
Lake Wakatipu, amongst rocky ground at from 3,500 to 5,000 feet eleva- 
tion, in December ; seven specimens. 
78, Xer. epicremna, n. sp. 
Male.—14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed with yellow- 
ochreous, with a few white scales; palpi 8, apex of maxillary and base of 
labial white. Antenne blackish, in male pubescent, ciliations 4. Abdo- 
men fuscous-grey, irrorated with ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish irrorated 
with dark fuscous, tibie and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings 
rather elongate, somewhat triangular, costa almost straight, apex rounded, 
hindmargin rather oblique, distinctly sinuate ; fuscous, irregularly mixed 
with yellow-ochreous, and median third much mixed with white; a small 
white basal spot, and another on costa near base; a cloudy blackish streak 
indicated along fold from base to anal angle, obsolete in middle, posteriorly 
distinct and somewhat dilated; first line white, tolerably distinct, somewhat 
curved, slightly indented, posteriorly obscurely dark-margined ; orbicular 
dot-like, black, obscure ; claviform small, round, black, touching first line ; 
reniform 8-shaped, obscurely ochreous, indistinctly black-margined ; second 
line white, distinct, almost straight, hardly sinuate, anteriorly dark-mar- 
gined; subterminal cloudy, white, tolerably entire, widely remote from 
second line; a few white scales on hindmargin: cilia pale-greyish, with a 
cloudy darker grey line. Hindwings 1}, fuscous-grey, hindmargin broadly 
* suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with a dark grey basal and faint 
posterior line. 
Allied to X. nomeutis, but very distinct by the smaller size and almost 
straight second line. 
Castle Hill (2,500 feet), in January ; two specimens, 
74. Xer. legnota, n. sp. 
Male, female,.—18-293 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, somewhat mixed 
with whitish. Palpi 3, ochreous-fuscous, basal joint white. Antenne 
ochreous ; ciliations 1. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, irror- 
ated with fuscous, tibie and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, triangular, costa hardly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 
almost straight, oblique; pale brownish-ochreous, more or less irrorated 
irregularly on veins with dark fuscous or blackish; first line white, angu- 
lated in middle, anteriorly broadly suffused with whitish, posteriorly dark- 
margined, forming a small dark spot on costa; orbicular strong, linear, 
blackish, touching first line; claviform obsolete or indicated by a few black 
scales ; reniform rather small, x-shaped, white, irregularly blackish-mar- 
gined; a rather broad space before second line densely irrorated with 
white, towards inner margin almost suffused into first line; second line 
white, almost straight, slightly curved in middle; subterminal white, 
