209 Transactions. 
Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. 
By E. Meyrick, 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, 6th November, 1922 ; issued separately, 6th June, 1924.] 
Melanchra distracta n. sp. soem a aces anton 
. 37mm. Head and thorax mixed dark grey and white, with - 
irregular oblique dark streaks. Palpi dark grey sprinkled white, terminal 
joint rather long. Abdomen pale fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 
termen waved; grey suffusedly irrorated white, veins marked with inter- 
anterior edge subconvex, posterior concave; subterminal line indicated 
by an inwards-oblique streak of dark-fuscous suffusion from costa towards _ 
imilar somewhat interrupted streak from termen beneath 
apex to dorsum before tornus, terminal area round these suffused whitish: 
black terminal interneural dots or marks: cilia grey slightly sprinkled 
white. Hindwings light fuscous, posterior half suffused rather dark grey; 
cilia fuscous, tips whitish-mixed. 
Mount Ruapehu, 4,000 ft., in January (Hudson); one specimen. Рег- 
haps nearest cucullina. 
` Venusia autocharis n; sp. HYDRIOMENIDAE. 
3. 28 Head orange-ferruginous, a white frontal bar. Palpi, 
_ thorax, and abdomen ochreous-orange. Antennae white, pectinations light 
CRAMBIDAE. 
Diptychophora parorma n. sp. 
