Meykick. — On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 83 



Antennae fuscous ; ciliations f . Abdomen ochreous-whitish, more ochreous 

 near base. Legs wbite, tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings rather elongate, triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin rather oblique, distinctly sinuate ; white ; basal half wholly 

 purplish-fuscous, mixed with reddish-ocbreous and irrorated with black, 

 bounded by an inwards-curved line from -| of costa to f- of inner margin ; 

 indications of a blackish streak from base of costa ; first line indicated only 

 by thick black posterior margin, rather strongly indented ; orbicular round, 

 black, sometimes centred with ochreous or ochreous-whitish ; claviform 

 triangular, black, detached ; reniform almost obsolete, pale whitish-ochreous, 

 •faintly grey-margined ; second line distinct, white, anteriorly margined with 

 dark grey ; terminal space wholly fuscous-grey or dark grey, except broad 

 tolerably defined white subterminal line, broadly interrupted, apex of lower 

 portion confluent with second line and margined above by a yellow-ochreous 

 blotch ; a hindmarginal row of cloudy white dots : cilia white, obscurely 

 barred with grey, with a dark grey often interrupted line, and lighter 

 posterior line. Hmdwings 1\, very pale whitish-grey, slightly ochreous- 

 tinged, postmedian line and hindmargin somewhat darker ; cilia whitish, 

 with a grey somewhat interrupted line. 



This and the two following species are easily recognized by the yellow- 

 ochreous blotch above lower portion of subterminal line ; S. minuscidalis 

 differs from the other two by its larger size, well-defined white postmedian 

 band, and uniform dark suffusion of the whole anterior half of wing. 



Larva rather stout, cylindrical, wrinkled, somewhat attenuated towards 

 extremities ; light whitish-brown ; spots large, round, brassy-fuscous, each 

 containing a black dot ; head ochreous-brown ; second segment dark 

 fuscous. Feeds in moss on tree-trunks ; pupa in same position ; taken in 

 January, almost full-grown. 



Akaroa, Bealey Eiver (2,100 feet), and Dunedin ; tolerably common in 

 forest in January and February. 



18. Scop, minnalis, Walk. 

 (Scoparia mirwalis, Walk., Suppl., 1504.) 



Male, female, — 15^-17 mm. Head and thorax clear pale whitish- 

 ochreous, with a few fuscous scales, shoulders with a small dark fuscous 

 spot. Palpi 2^-3, ochreous-whitish, somewhat mixed with dark fuscous, 

 base white. Antennas whitish, annulated with dark fuscous ; ciliations f . 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish, tibia? and tarsi banded with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings somewhat elongate, triangular, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, hindmargin rather oblique, distinctly sinuate ; 

 whitish-ochreous, mixed with pale yellowish, and thinly irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; basal area mixed with black, with a suffused black streak from 



