Meyeick. — On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera, 115 



row of black dots : cilia whitish, with two grey lines. Hindwiugs 

 If, very pale whitish-grey, somewhat ochreous-tinged, apex somewhat 

 darker ; cilia white, with a grey line. 



A rather elegant and sufficiently distinct species. 



Bealey Biver (2,100 feet), Castle Hill (2,500 to 3,000 feet), Lake Cole- 

 ridge, Mount Hutt, and Lake Wakatipu (3,000 feet), from December to 

 March, generally on the skirts of the beech-forests ; common. 

 69. Xer. niphospora, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 26-29 mm. Head and antenna? white ; ciliations f . 

 Thorax white, irrorated with fuscous on sides. Palpi 3-3-|-, fuscous, apex 

 and basal joint white. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish, anterior 

 and middle pair suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings very elongate, 

 narrow, somewhat triangular, costa almost straight, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; light greyish-ochreous, densely and 

 suffusedly irrorated with white except along* costa ; costa narrowly dark 

 fuscous, posteriorly somewhat suffused ; a few scattered dark fuscous scales, 

 and veins posteriorly somewhat marked with dark fuscous ; orbicular and 

 reniform dot-like, black ; margins of second line obscurely indicated by dark 

 marks on veins ; a hindmarginal row of black dots : cilia white, with two 

 light grey lines. Hindwings If, very pale whitish-ochreous ; cilia white. 



Immediately known by the whitish suffusion and dark costal streak. 



Arthur's Pass (4,500 feet), Castle Hill (2,500 to 3,000 feet), and Lake 

 Wakatipu, frequenting dry grassy slopes, in January ; five specimens. 



70. Xer. apheles, n. sp. 



Male. — 31 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, somewhat mixed 

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

 white. Antenna? light ochreous, ciliations \. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Legs ochreous-brown, posterior tarsi whitish. Forewings very elongate, 

 triangular, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, 

 oblique ; rather light brownish-ochreous ; lines wholly obsolete ; reniform 

 indicated by a faint darker mark ; veins posteriorly somewhat whitish ; a 

 hindmarginal row of black dots : cilia whitish, suffused with light brownish- 

 ochreous towards base. Hindwings If, ochreous-whitish ; cilia white. 



Eecognizable by the large size and brownish-ochreous forewings, with 

 almost wholly obsolete markings. 



Arthur's Pass, on a grassy slope at 4,500 feet, in January; one specimen. 



71. Xer. aspidota, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 22-26 mm. Head, antennse, and thorax clear light 

 ochreous, margins of eyes white ; antennal ciliations \. Palpi 2, black, 

 apex of maxillary and basal joint of labial white. Abdomen whitish-grey, 

 somewhat suffused with pale ochreous. Legs white, irrorated with fuscous, 



