100 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Arthur's Pass (2,600 feet), and Dunedin, amongst bush in January; four 

 specimens. 



45. Scop.feredayi, Knaggs. 

 (Scoparia feredayi, Knaggs, Ent. Mo. Mag., iv., 80 ; Scoparia moanalis, Feld., Eeis. Nov., 



pi. cxxxvii., 34.) 

 Male, female. — 18-21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-ochreous- 

 brown: palpi 2f, basal joint white. Antennas grey; ciliations ■§. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs white, banded with ochreous-brown. Forewings 

 triangular, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin almost straight, 

 oblique ; reddish-ochreous, densely irrorated with dark reddish-brown ; first 

 line very obscurely whitish, posteriorly suffusedly dark-margined, not 

 oblique, angulated above middle ; orbicular and claviform small, roundish, 

 very obscurely darker, touching first line; reniform very obscure, somewhat 

 8-shaped, suffusedly darker ; second line white, distinct, anteriorly suffusedly 

 dark -margined, upper sinuation slight, lower angular; terminal space wholly 

 irrorated with white, except sometimes towards costa and narrowly along 

 hindmargin : cilia grey- whitish, base white, with a reddish-fuscous anterior 

 and grey posterior line. Hindwings 1-^-, very pale whitish-grey, ochreous- 

 tinged, postmedian line and hindmarginal band very suffusedly darker grey ; 

 cilia white, with a faint grey line. 



Also a very distinct species, immediately known by the reddish-ochre- 

 ous colour, with whitish lines and posterior irroration. As Butler has 

 quoted the name as a synonym of S. submarginalis, it may be worth 

 while stating that there is not the least resemblance between the two 

 species. 



Eketahuna, Wellington, JBealey Eiver (2,100 feet), Castle Hill (2,500 

 feet), Lake Gruyon, and Lake Wakatipu, amongst bush from January to 

 March, not common ; eight specimens. 



46. Scop, acompa, n. sp. 

 Male. — 17^-19 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax ochreous-fuscous, 

 shoulders suffusedly dark fuscous ; antennas deeply dentate, ciliations f . 

 Palpi 3, ochreous-fuscous irrorated with blackish, internally and on basal 

 joint white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, tibiaa and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 triangular, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin almost 

 straight, oblique ; ochreous-fuscous ; base irrorated with dark fuscous ; first 

 line very slender, obscure, whitish, posteriorly finely blackish-margined, not 

 oblique, somewhat curved, sinuate inwards above inner margin ; space 

 between first and second lines fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous, with a 

 few pale scales ; orbicular and claviform both round, ochreous-brown, 

 obscurely blackish-margined, touching first line ; reniform 8-shaped, white, 



