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conspicuous dark fuscous dots on posterior half of costa ; a dark fuscous 

 dot in disc before middle, a second beyond middle, and a third on fold 

 rather beyond first ; a cloudy dark fuscous streak along hindmargin from 

 apex nearly to anal angle, thickest above, attenuated beneath; a row of 

 cloudy dark fuscous dots along hindmargin, partially obscured in the streak : 

 cilia pale whitish-ochreous, basal half with fine dark fuscous bars on the 

 veins. Hindwings pale grey, cilia grey-whitish. 



At once recognizable by the conspicuous dark costal dots. 



Dunedin, in January ; one specimen received from Mr. A. Purdie. 



31. Gymn. flavidella, Walk. 



(Gelechia flavidella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 655 ; (Ecophora utuella, Feld., Eeis. Nov., 



PL CXL., 46.) 



Minor, alis ant. dilute flavis, punctis disci tribus nigricantibus, triangulo 

 marginis postici inferiori dilute fusco, antice nigro-marginato, umbramque 

 costam versus emittente, ciliis fuscis ; post, albis, postice roseo-griseis. 



Male, female. — 12-16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax pale 

 yellow. Abdomen rosy-whitish. Legs rosy-grey, central ring of tibia? and 

 apex of all joints whitish, posterior tibiae with whitish hairs. Forewings 

 moderate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex almost acute, 

 hindmargin straight, rather strongly oblique ; pale yellow, rarely irrorated 

 and suffused with reddish-ochreous ; extreme costal edge pale fuscous, 

 becoming deeper at base ; a dark fuscous dot in disc before middle, a 

 second beyond middle, and a third rather obliquely beyond first on fold ; a 

 triangular light rosy-fuscous patch on lower half of hindmargin, anterior 

 side margined by a slightly curved black line, emitting from its apex a 

 narrow inward-curved rosy-fuscous suffusion towards costa at f , very faint 

 above, posteriorly sometimes margined by a few black scales : cilia rosy- 

 fuscous. Hindwings white, posteriorly suffused with pale rosy-fuscous ; 

 cilia very pale rosy-fuscous, more whitish towards inner angle. 



A beautiful and very distinct species. 



Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, and Christchurch, in January and 

 February ; common amongst bush, but principally in the North Island. 



32. Gymn. hamatella, Walk. 

 (CEcophora hamatella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 700.) 



Minor, alis ant. albido-ochreis, interdum ochreo-suffusis, fusco-sparsis, 

 linea transversa antica recta, altera postica angulata, punctis disci duobus 

 strigulaque transversa, ciliis etiam saturate fuscis ; post. M. griseis, F. 

 albidis. 



Male, female. — 15-18 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, suffused with deeper ochreous. Abdomen ochreous wbitish. Legs 

 dark grey, apex of tarsal joints whitish, posterior tibiae with whitish hairs. 



