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posterior legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings moderate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex rounded, bindmargin very obliquely rounded ; whitish- 

 ocbreous, rather suffused with yellowish-ochreous, costal margin yellowish- 

 ochreous ; costa suffusedly blackish towards base ; a few blackish scales on 

 fold at %, on costa in middle and at f , and above anal angle ; posterior half 

 of wing more or less irrorated very finely with fuscous : cilia pale yellowish- 

 ochreous, irrorated with fuscous points, especially on tips round apex, and 

 on a spot at anal angle. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Differs from all the other yellow species in its distinct ochreous tint, 

 especially on costa and cilia ; not very close to any other. 



Hamilton and the Bealey Eiver, in January ; four specimens. 



46. (Ec. armigerella, Walk. 

 (CEcophora armigerella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 698.) 



Minor, alis ant. fiavis, striga costae basali nigrescenti, interdum punctis 

 disci duobus lineaque anguli analis obliqua saturate fuscis ; post, griseis ; 

 thorace flavo, humeris anguste nigrescentibus. 



Male. — 14^—17 mm. Head yellow. Palpi pale ochreous-yellow, second 

 joint with basal f suffused with dark fuscous externally. Antenna? dark 

 fuscous. Thorax yellow, anterior margin of shoulders narrowly dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, apex of 

 tarsal joints obscurely whitish ; posterior legs ochreous- whitish. Forewings 

 moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin rounded, 

 rather strongly oblique ; rather deep yellow ; basal fourth of costa rather 

 broadly blackish ; a dark fuscous ill-defined dot on fold before middle, and 

 another in disc beyond middle, often both absent ; sometimes a few fine 

 scattered dark fuscous scales, forming a bar from second dot to anal angle, 

 a curved transverse hne near hindmargin, and an apical spot, but these are 

 usually obsolete : cilia yellow, with a fuscous-grey spot at apex and another 

 at anal angle. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia light grey. 



This and the two following species are closely allied, and have consider- 

 able superficial likeness ; (E. armigerella differs from both the others by its 

 bright yellow colour, and by the narrow dark fuscous spot along the anterior 

 margin of shoulders. 



Dunedin, Lake Wakatipu, and Invercargill, from December to February; 

 common. 



The British Museum type of this species is lost, but Walker's descrip- 

 tion can hardly refer to any other. 



47. (Eg. apanthes, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. dilute albido-ochreis, vix fiavido-suffusis, striga costa? 

 basali nigrescenti, macula apicis parva, interdum punctis disci tribus 

 lineaque anguli analis obliqua saturate fuscis ; post, albido-griseis ; thorace 

 dilute albido-ochreo, macula humeri interiori saturate fusco. 



