98 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Allied to 8. submarginaUs, but much lighter and greyer, with the dark 

 suffusion confined to the anal angle, and always separable by the quite 

 different form of the rather sharply angulated first line. 



Wellington, Christchurch, and Lake Wakatipu (1,000 feet), from 

 December to February, on rocks and fences ; rather common. 

 41. Scoj). chalicodes, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 15^-16£ mm. Head and thorax whitish irrorated with 

 grey, with a short black stripe on each side of thorax from anterior margin. 

 Palpi 2f, dark fuscous, apex and basal joint white. Antennas whitish-grey, 

 ciliations f . Abdomen grey- whitish. Legs white, tibiaa and tarsi banded 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings very elongate-triangular, narrow, costa 

 almost straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; light 

 ochreous-grey, densely irrorated with white ; veins irregularly and partially 

 lined with blackish ; first line faintly perceptible, curved ; orbicular 

 moderate, pale greyish-ochreous, obscurely dark-margined, touching first 

 line.; claviform small, cloudy, dark fuscous, touching first line ; reniform 

 obscurely 8-shaped, pale greyish-ochreous, partially dark-margined; all 

 spots sometimes very obscure ; a small blackish spot on costa beyond 

 middle ; second line very obscure, indented beneath costa, angulated above 

 middle ; terminal space darker, subterminal line cloudy, whitish, touching 

 second line, very obscure beneath : cilia whitish, with dark fuscous anterior 

 and grey posterior line. Hindwings If, grey-whitish, apex hardly darker ; 

 cilia white, with a faint grey line. 



Characterized by the comparatively small size, narrow pale forewings, 

 dark veins, and wholly whitish hindwings. 



Wanganui, Napier, Christchurch, and Mount Hutt, from January to 

 March ; six specimens. 



42. Scop, leptalea, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 16-19 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-ochreous 

 or grey, mixed with whitish ; palpi 3, basal joint white. Antennas grey, in 

 male stout, dentate, ciliations f . Abdomen whitish-ochreous, suffused with 

 pale grey. Legs white, irrorated with dark fuscous, tibias and tarsi banded 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings very elongate, narrow but variable, some- 

 what triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; whitish-ochreous or ochreous-grey, suffusedly irrorated with dark 

 fuscous or black, and densely irrorated with whitish ; markings variable in 

 distinctness, sometimes almost wholly obsolete ; first line white, very 

 oblique, almost straight, indented above middle, posteriorly dark-margined ; 

 orbicular somewhat annular, almost wholly obsolete ; claviform dot-like, 

 blackish, usually distinct ; reniform 8-shaped, oblique, obscurely dark- 

 margined, indistinct ; second line white, dark-margined ; terminal space 



