214 Transactions. 
TINEIDAE. 
Lindera tessallatella Blanch., Hist. fis. y pol. d Chile, Zool., vol. 7, 
p. 105, 
Mallobathra strigulata n. sp. 
. 15-1; mm. Head dark brown, sometimes ochreous-tinged. An- 
tennae ochreous, blotched with fuscous, ciliations in $ 23. Thorax dark 
bronzy-brown. Abdomen dark brown. Legs brown, anterior tarsi annu- 
especially on dorsal part of wing, some violet metallic scales; on dorsum 
at middle the bronzy-brown colouring forms a dark semicircular spot 
brown mixed with ochreous.  Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 
In general appearance near M. crataea Meyr., but nearly twice as large 
and with clearer markings. : 
Nelson, in forest at 2,500 ft. Not uncommonin December. Holotype (4) 
and a series of paratypes in coll. Cawthron Institute. 
Mallobathra fenwicki n. sp. 
14mm. Head dark brown, ochreous-tinged. Antennae dark 
annulated with ochreous.  Forewings, costa evenly arched, apex broadly 
rounded, termen oblique; dark shining purplish-brown with sligh 
ochreous admixture; an obscure ochreous mark on termen before i 
and a more prominent triangular ochreous patch before tornus: cilia con 
colorous with wing.  Hindwings and cilia dark purplish-fuscous but less 
bright than forewings. 
Close to M. homolapa Meyr., but differing chiefly in the pronounced 
purplish sheen. 
Mount Ruapehu, in January. Two or three examples taken by 
Messrs. Fenwick and Watt. ‘Holotype (4) in coll. C. C. Fenwick. 
