Mzvnick.—On New Zealand Miero-Lepidoptera. 188 
The number of New Zealand species of this interesting genus is now 
thirteen. Since my remarks on the distribution of the genus, Snellen has 
described from the Malay Archipelago a species which he considered refer- 
able to it, under the name of Diptychophora amenella; but it is represented 
as having strongly pectinated antenne, and is therefore doubtless generically 
distinct; probably Snellen was not at the time acquainted with the real 
neuration of the genus. 
8. OnocRAMBUS, N. g 
Ocelli large. Forehead rounded. Antenne moderate, in male filiform, 
simple. Labial palpi rather long, straight, porrected, clothed with very long 
rough hairs, attenuated to apex. Maxillary palpi long, broadly triangular, 
terminally expanded with rough hairs. Thorax and cox clothed with 
long fine hairs beneath. Forewings with vein 7 rising out of the stalk of 
8 and 9. Hindwings much broader than forewings; vein 8 free, approxi- 
mated to 7 in middle. 
Closely allied to Crambus, from which it is essentially distinguished by 
the free vein 8 of hindwings; the neuration is otherwise identical. Other 
less reliable points are the wholly simple antenne, the peculiarly broad and 
rough hairing of the palpi, and the hairy coxæ and under surface of thorax, 
but this last character is shared by some mountain species of Crambus, as C. 
catacaustus. 
The genus is confined to New Zealand; I have only one species, but 
from a note of Mr. A. Purdie’s in the N.Z. Journal of Science it appears 
probable that there is a second, darker and without the pale fascia. 
20. Oroer. melampetrus, n. sp. 
Male, female.—94-296 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, abdomen, and 
legs dark fuscous-grey ; head and palpi mixed with grey-whitish. Forewings 
moderate, oblong, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, hindmargin not oblique, rounded beneath; fuscous, strewn with 
dark grey, appearing dark fuscous-grey, with a slight bluish gloss; a whitish 
irroration forming a moderate nearly straight cloudy fascia (appearing grey- 
whitish) from 3 of costa to 3 of inner margin, very slightly curved outwards: 
cilia greyish-fuscous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 
Unusually stout in build, and of singular facies. 
Castle Hill and Mount Hutt, sitting on the bare shingle slopes (which it 
imitates in colour) at an elevation of 4,000 to 5,000 feet, in January; not 
uncommon, but very active in flight, and difficult to capture from the nature 
of the ground, which affords but insecure footing. 
9. Crameus, F. 
Ten additional species of this genus have been discovered since my 
paper was written, principally in the mountain districts. At the same time 
