Meyrick. — On JStew Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 117 



Lake Wakatipu, amongst rocky ground at from 3,500 to 5,000 feet eleva- 

 tion, in December ; seven specimens. 



73. Xer. epicremna, n. sp. 



Male. — 14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed with yellow- 

 ochreous, with a few white scales ; palpi 3, apex of maxillary and base of 

 labial white. Antennae blackish, in male pubescent, ciliations -J-. Abdo- 

 men fuscous-grey, irrorated with ochreous- whitish. Legs whitish irrorated 

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

 rather elongate, somewhat triangular, costa almost straight, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin rather oblique, distinctly sinuate ; fuscous, irregularly mixed 

 with yellow-ochreous, and median third much mixed with white ; a small 

 white basal spot,, and another on costa near base ; a cloudy blackish streak 

 indicated along fold from base to anal angle, obsolete in middle, posteriorly 

 distinct and somewhat dilated; first line white, tolerably distinct, somewhat 

 curved, slightly indented, posteriorly obscurely dark-margined ; orbicular 

 dot-like, black, obscure ; claviform small, round, black, touching first line ; 

 reniform 8-shaped, obscurely ochreous, indistinctly black-margined ; second 

 line white, distinct, almost straight, hardly sinuate, anteriorly dark-mar- 

 gined ; subterminal cloudy, white, tolerably entire, widely remote from 

 second line ; a few white scales on hindmargin : cilia pale-greyish, with a 

 cloudy darker grey line. Hindwings 1^, fuscous-grey, hindmargin broadly 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with a dark grey basal and faint 

 posterior line. 



Allied to ^Y. nonieutis, but very distinct by the smaller size and almost 

 straight second line. 



Castle Hill (2,500 feet), in January ; two specimens. 

 74. Xer. legnota, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 18-23 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, somewhat mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi 3, ochreous-fuscous, basal joint white. Antennae 

 ochreous ; ciliations ^. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, irror- 

 ated with fuscous, tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, triangular, costa hardly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 almost straight, oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous, more or less irrorated 

 irregularly on veins with dark fuscous or blackish ; first line white, angu- 

 lated in middle, anteriorly broadly suffused with whitish, posteriorly dark- 

 margined, forming a small dark spot on costa ; orbicular strong, linear, 

 blackish, touching first line ; claviform obsolete or indicated by a few black 

 scales ; reniform rather small, x-shaped, white, irregularly blackish-mar- 

 gined ; a rather broad space before second line densely irrorated with 

 white, towards inner margin almost suffused into first line ; second line 

 white, almost straight, slightly curved in middle ; subterminal white, 



