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Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish, anterior and middle pair suffused 

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

 almost straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin very faintly sinuate, oblique ; 

 light ochreous-grey, irrorated with white, veins slenderly but irregularly 

 marked with blackish ; first line obscure, whitish, posteriorly suffusedly 

 dark-margined, moderately curved, not oblique, somewhat indented ; orbicular 

 very small, linear, blackish, detached ; claviform moderate, linear, black, 

 detached ; reniform represented by a black x-shaped mark, lower fork filled 

 with white ; second line broad, cloudy, whitish, anteriorly suffusedly dark- 

 margined, somewhat angnlated above middle ; subterminal very indistinct, 

 whitish, not touching second line ; a hindmarginal row of cloudy blackish 

 dots : cilia grey-whitish, with two fuscous-grey lines. Hindwiugs 1^, grey- 

 whitish ; cilia whitish, with a faint grey line. 



Allied to S. axena, but readily recognized by the narrower forewings 

 and distinct lines. 



Lake Wakatipu (3,000 feet), and Castle Hill (3,000 feet), in December 

 and January ; two specimens. 



51. Scop, axena, n. sp. 



Male. — 24-26 mm. Head and thorax greyish- fuscous, slightly mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi 3, dark fuscous, apex of maxillary and basal joint of 

 labial white. Antennas dark grey ; ciliations ^. Abdomen whitish-grey, 

 somewhat suffused with ochreous. Legs pale grey, tarsi darker, posterior 

 pair whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin slightly rounded, oblique ; dull fuscous-grey, irrorated 

 with whitish towards costa and hindmargin ; lines hardly perceptible, 

 slightly whitish, faintly dark-margined internally, first line curved, rather 

 irregular, second line preceded by a row of short linear obscure dark 

 fuscous marks on veins ; orbicular and claviform represented by small 

 obscure dark fuscous suffusions, detached ; reniform by an obscure dark 

 fuscous x-shaped mark, lower fork sometimes filled with whitish : cilia 

 whitish, with two grey lines. Hindwings l£, grey-whitish ; cilia white. 



Closely allied to S. paltomacha, but separable by the larger size ; 

 broader forewings, and absence of the distinct blackish lines on veins. 



Arthur's Pass, on grassy slopes at 4,500 feet, in January ; three speci= 

 mens. 



52. Scop, steropcea, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 13-16 mm. Head white. Palpi 3, fuscous, apex and 

 basal joint white. Antennae dark grey, ciliations %. Thorax fuscous, with 

 a blackish central and white anterior spot. Abdomen grey- whitish. Legs 

 whitish, tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, eosta very slightly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargm 



