Mzvnick.— On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera, 127 
The sexes would readily be taken for distinet species. 
Arthur's Pass, from 1,500 to 4,000 feet, but principally at the lower 
levels ; common in January. 
9. Mimes. lithoxestus, n. sp. 
Male, female.—93-298 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 
ochreous, mixed with white. Antenne fuscous. Legs ochreous-whitish, 
internally dark fuscous. Forewings light fnscous, suffused with whitish- 
ochreous posteriorly and towards inner margin, and strewn with white in 
dise; a sharply-defined very narrow blackish-fuscous costal streak from 
base to apex, rather strongly dilated between à and 4, obscurely margined 
beneath with pale whitish-ochreous ; a black dot in dise before and rather 
below cleft ; apex and hindmargin rather darker fuscous, somewhat mixed 
with whitish ; a fine black line along lower edge of first segment: cilia 
whitish-ochreous, on costa dark fuscous, within cleft and on hindmargin of 
first segment snow-white. Hindwings fuscous-grey; cilia pale greyish- 
ochreous. 
Nearly allied to M. charadrias, but easily separated by the larger size, 
much neater appearance, sharply defined costal streak, black line on 
lower margin of first segment, and absence of distinct dark line in 
cilia. 
Arthur’s Pass, from 3,000 to 4,000 feet, common amongst rough herbage 
in January. 
5. Puaryprmia, Hb. 
Forehead with a cone of scales. Antenne shortly ciliated. Palpi 
rather long, porrected, second joint loosely scaled above, terminal joint 
exposed. Posterior tibie with apex sometimes somewhat thickened, all 
spurs nearly equal, moderate. Forewings cleft to 1, segments moderately 
broad, hindmargin of first segment concave, of second convex; with 
10 veins (4, 6); 2 from near angle of cell, 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 
stalked, 6 to costa, 10 free. Hindwings with segments moderate, upper 
two considerably dilated, obliquely truncate ; with 6 veins (1, 3, 2); 2 from 
near middle of lower margin of cell, 8 and 4 from a point, 6 apparently 
shortly anastomosing with 5 in middle; cilia of lower margin with more or 
less of black scales. 
A genus of probably universal distribution, well represented in Europe 
and North America; in Australia only by a single species, nearly allied to 
P. falcatalis. The larve appear to be usually attached to Composite. 
la. Forewings with a dark costal triangle beyond middle. 
2a. Dorsal margin of hindwings fringed with black scales on basal half 11. falcatalis. 
b. without black scales, except in middle 10, haasti. 
1b, ATAN without aad indole a ae FUR .. 12, heliastis, 
