PHILPOTT.—Notes and Descriptions of N.Z. Lepidoptera. 209 
Scoparia gracilis n. sp. 
3 9. 16-19 mm. Head fuscous mixed with white. Palpi fuscous, 
white beneath basally and partially white above. Antennae fuscous, 
ciliations in d 3. Thorax blackish-fuscous with a white anterior median 
spot and margins of patagia whitish. Abdomen dark greyish-fuscous. 
Legs greyish-fuscous, tarsi annulated with whitish. Forewings narrow 
with black ; claviform rather large, detached, black; an outwardly-oblique 
broad white fascia from costa at middle, not reaching half across wing ; 
reniform obscurely 8-shaped, lower half white, black above ; second line 
no yellow markings. ; 
Mount Arthur Tableland, 4,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. Fairly common in De- 
cember, and one specimen taken in the middle of January. Holotype (4), 
allotype (9), and a series of male paratypes in coll. Cawthron Institute. 
PTEROPHORIDAE. 
Platyptilia ferruginea Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 54, p. 150. 
Since describing the above species from the unique 9 taken at the 
Mount Arthur Tableland the male has been added to the collection of the 
Cawthron Institute, a single specimen of that sex having been secured by 
Dr. Tillyard at Gouland Downs early in February. It agrees exactly in 
colour and markings with the holotype, but is smaller, having a wing- 
expanse of only 18 mm., as against 21 mm. in the female. 
TORTRICIDAE. (See also p. 212.) 
Cnephasia latomana (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 17, p. 145. 
I found this species fairly common on the Mount Arthur Tableland in 
December, at elevations from 4,000 ft. to 4,500 ft. The type specimen was 
a female, and, though Mr. G. V. Hudson took both sexes on Gordon's Pyramid 
in 1889, the male, as far as I am aware, has not been described. In 
appearance the sexes differ considerably, and it may be useful to briefly 
indicate the differences. While the ground-colour of the female is almost 
pure-white, that of the male is densely irrorated with fuscous and ferruginous. 
area is also much reduced, so that the space is often almost wholly 
taken up by the markings. In the female the markings are ochreous-tinged, 
but in the male they are bright ferruginous. The hindwings of the male 
are dark fuscous, in strong contrast to the whitish ones of the female. The 
genera] effect is to produce a whitish female and a reddish male. 
Tortrix argentosa n. sp. 
g 9. 16-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-white. Antennae 
grey, ciliations in'3 #. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish, anal tuft ochreous- 
white. Legs ochreous-white, anterior pair and spurs infuscated, Forewings 
