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80. Scop, ustimacula, Feld. 

 (Scoparia ustimacula, Feld., Eeis. Nov., pi. cxxxv., 17 ; Scoparia conifera, Butl., Cist. 



Ent., ii., 493.) 



Male. — 21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, mixed with white, reddish- 

 fuscous, and black ; patagia margined with white. Palpi 2£, ochreous- 

 fuscous, basal joint white. Antennae fuscous; ciliations 1|-. Abdomen 

 light grey. Legs ochreous-white, tibiae and tarsi banded with black. Fore- 

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

 margin somewhat sinuate, oblique ; rather bright ochreous ; costa and 

 inner margin irrorated with black and white ; base suffused with dark 

 fuscous ; a slender obscure whitish line near before first line ; first line 

 slender, white, posteriorly irregularly black-margined, not curved, rather 

 oblique, thrice sinuate ; a broad fascia-like oblique blackish streak from 

 costa immediately beyond first line, white -margined, reaching submedian 

 fold, apex rounded ; a similar inwardly oblique broad streak from costa 

 beyond middle, reaching middle of disc, broadly bifurcate at apex, anterior 

 branch almost coalescing with first streak ; second line slender, white, 

 margined anteriorly on costa, submedian fold, and inner margin by three 

 small blackish spots ; terminal space somewhat suffused with dark fuscous, 

 tending to form streaks on veins ; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, almost 

 marginal throughout ; a terminal row of white dots : cilia grey- whitish, 

 with dark grey anterior and lighter posterior lines. Hindwings 1 J, whitish- 

 grey ; central lunule, postmedian line, and hindmargin darker grey ; cilia 

 as in forewings. 



Also a very distinct and handsome species, characterized by the two 

 conspicuous black fasciae from costa to disc, and unusually long antennal 

 ciliations, the longest in the genus. Butler's description is hardly recogniz- 

 able, but is intended for this species, as I have seen his type in the British 

 Museum. 



Castle Hill (Mr. J. D. Enys) and Dunedin (Mr. A. Purdie), probably 

 amongst bush ; I have not met with the species myself ; three specimens. 

 31. Scop, pongalis, Feld. 

 (Scoparia pongalis, Feld., Reis. Nov., pi. cxxxvii., S3.) 



Male, female. — 15-19 mm. Head, antennas, and thorax whitish-grey, 

 slightly ochreous-tinged, shoulders narrowly black ; antennal ciliations, \. 

 Palpi 3, dark fuscous, apex and basal joint whitish. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs grey-whitish, tibiae and tarsi somewhat suffused with darker 

 grey. Forewings somewhat elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, hindmargin rather oblique, faiutly sinuate ; pale whitish-grey, 

 slightly ochreous-tinged, with a few scattered grey and black scales ; first 

 line only indicated by a short cloudy blackish oblique streak from inner 



