Meyrick. — On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 85 



ochreous-yellow ; a terminal row of white seuiioval spots: cilia whitish, 

 obscurely barred with grey, with a dark grey interrupted line. Hindwings 

 1 J, whitish-grey, postniedian line and hindmargin obscurely darker grey ; 

 cilia grey- whitish, with a dark grey line. 



A dull-looking species, yet very easily recognized. 



Taranaki, Palrnerston, Masterton, Christchurch, Akaroa, Dunedin, and 

 Lake Wakatipu, not met With above 1,000 feet ; common in forest from 

 December to March. 



20. Scop, dinodes, n.sp, 



Male. — 17 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, somewhat mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi 2, dark grey, basal joint white. Antennae dark 

 fuscous ; ciliations J. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs white, tibiae and tarsi 

 banded with black. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin nearly straight, oblique ; white, densely irrorated 

 with dark fuscous ; basal area suffusedly spotted with black ; first line 

 hardly whitish, very obscure, posteriorly black-margined, curved, hardly 

 indented ; orbicular and claviform small, roundish, obscure, black, de- 

 tached ; a rather broad clear white transverse space before second line, of 

 even width except on inner margin, where it is contracted ; reniform 

 included in this, 8-shaped, white, black-margined ; second line slender, 

 obscure, white, anteriorly dark-margined, somewhat curved, hardly sinuate; 

 subterminal line narrow, white, distinct, interrupted above middle, not 

 touching second line ; a hindmarginal row of white dots : cilia grey, with a 

 dark grey line. Hindwings lj, whitish-grey, lunule and postniedian line 

 obscurely indicated, hindmargin darker grey ; cilia whitish, with a dark 

 grey line. 



Allied to the three preceding, but without the ochreous blotch, and 

 specially characterized by the remarkably short antennal ciliations. 



Christchurch and Dunedin, in January ; two specimens. 



21. Scop, acharis, n. sp. 



Male. — 17^ mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders dark 

 fuscous mixed with black. Palpi 2 J, ochreous-whitish, second and terminal 

 joints with dark fuscous basal bands, basal joint white. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous, ringed with dark fuscous ; joints short, subdentate, ciliations 1. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous. Legs ochreous-whitish, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 rather obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, scantily irrorated with fuscous 

 and dark fuscous ; a sharply defined oblique black spot from base of costa, 

 inner edge straight, outer irregular ; first line indicated only by obscure 

 dark posterior margin, slightly curved, somewhat indented, followed on 



