162 Transactions. 
Авт. 16.— Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. 
By E. Meyriox, B.A., F.R.S. 
Communicated by G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.N.Z.Inst. 
Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 30th September, 1921; received by 
Editor, 13th October, 1921; issued separately, 12th February, 1923.] 
THe whole of the new species following were received from my friend 
Mr. G. V. Hudson; they include some forms of special interest, and 
some unique specimens which he has very generously placed at my service. 
CRAMBIDAE. 
Diptychophora planetopa n. sp. 
somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous in disc; anterior half of costa 
dark grey, with fine indistinct whitish basal and median lines, and 
indistinct slender whitish bars beneath apex, in middle, and above tornus. 
: ae rather dark grey ; cilia light grey with whitish median and apical 
shades. 
Routeburn Valley, Lake Wakatipu, in forest, February; one example. 
Very distinct. 
i PYRAUSTIDAE. 
Scoparia zophochlaena n. sp. 
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grey mixed with whitish. Antennal ciliations і. Thorax dark fuscous. 
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these blackish towards costa ; space between first line and the whitish 
fascia forming a trapezoidal costal blotch of blackish suffusion, its anterior 
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