Meyrick.—Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. 167 
HELIODINIDAE. 
Stathmopoda coracodes n. sp. 
d. 13mm. Head and thorax shining pale ochreous with violet-grey 
reflections, face pearly-whitish. Palpi whitish. Posterior tibiae densely 
clothed with rough grey hair-scales above and beneath, bristle-tuft at apex 
of first joint of tarsi rather large. Forewings very narrow, widest near 
base, pointed; rather dark violet-ashy-grey, dorsal area somewhat paler 
and bronzy-tinged ; an elongate cloudy whitish dot below fold at }; a 
cloudy whitish dot towards termen at + of wing: cilia grey. Hindwings 
dark grey; cilia grey. 
Picton, December; one example. The posterior tibiae are more densely 
and roughly clothed than in skelloni; it is the darkest New Zealand 
species. | 
Stathmopoda mysteriastis Meyr. 
I consider from the description that seminuda Philp. is a synonym of 
is. 
COSMOPTERYGIDAE. 
Batrachedra psathyra Meyr. 
a 
developed type of marking. 
ELACHISTIDAE. 
Elachista ochroleuca n. sp. 
10mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen white. Forewings 
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narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apex produced, acute; 4 and 8 absent; 
ochreous-white ; an ochreous dot on fold towards extremity : cilia white. 
Hindwings linear-lanceolate ; 4 absent ; grey-whitish : cilia whitish. — 
Mount Aurum, 3,000 ft., amongst tussock-grass, January ; one specimen. 
GRACILARIADAE. 
Acrocercops cyanospila Meyr. e ied die 
A fine example sent by Mr. ДЕШ аш 6 proJeouon о Beaver 
black scales on Ao of forewings about 4, probably very easily lost, as 
it does not appear distinctly in any of my good series ; two or three Indian 
allied species of the genus also have dorsal scale-projections. 
Parectopa aellomacha Meyr. 
I have no hesitation in affirming 
in Trans. N.Z. Inst, vol. 52, pp. 
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that the forms described by Mr. Watt 
449-60, under the awkward names 
orma, panacicorticis, and panacifinens are 
sy uae table riser this species, and these names can only be regarded 
as RE the differences in larval habit (on the same food-plant) being 
merely varietal. 
PLUTELLIDAE. 
Cadmogenes n. g. : | 
: les, side-tufts somewhat raised ; ocelli posterior ; 
Began qa ume 4, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 
