Mbyeick. — On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 147 



found to be very variable. Moreover the development of the genital uncus 

 proves that the genus must be transferred with the preceding to the Tor- 

 tricidos ; it differs from (Enectra by the costal fold, from Gtenopseustis by the 

 stalking of veins 7 and 8 of the fore wings, from both by the triple thoracic 

 crest. The combination of characters in this genus is very interesting. 



Thorax with a large erect crest on each side of back, and a small double 

 crest behind. Antennae in male shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, straight, 

 porrected, second joint with appressed scales. Forewings in male with 

 strong costal fold. Hindwings broader than forewings, lower median vein 

 with strong basal pecten. Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 near below apex. Hindwings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 3, 4, and 5 

 more or less closely approximated at base, 6 and 7 stalked. Abdomen in 

 male with genital uncus well developed. 



Epalx. axenana, Meyr. 



Male, female. — 19-26 mm. Forewings in male with apex less produced, 

 hindmargin more perpendicular ; very variable ; markings always of same 

 form but differing much in intensity, sometimes mixed with ochreous- 

 greenish, or partially blackish ; in both males the markings are suffused 

 with blackish towards costa ; in one female the whole dorsal half of wing 

 beneath a straight line from middle of base to apex suffused with blackish, 

 costal half unusually light. Hindwings in male pale grey ; in female often 

 more or less ochreous posteriorly. 



Seven specimens (2 males, 5 females), taken at Palmerston and Taranaki, 

 amongst forest ; in March. 



Cac(ecia, Hb. 

 Cac. alopecana, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. ochreo-rufis, area basali, fascia media obliqua inferius 

 dilatata, maculaque costae postica interdum saturatioribus, saspius obsoletis ; 

 post, albidis, griseo-maculosis, apice rufescente ; antennarum ciliis longis. 



Male, female. — 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-ochreous- 

 brown. Antennas dark fuscous, in male with joints sharply angularly 

 dilated at apex, ciliations long, twice the width of the joint. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous.' Legs ochreous-brown, anterior tibiae and tarsi dark 

 fuscous, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, in male 

 triangular, in female tolerably oblong, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 hindmargin sinuate, slightly oblique ; reddish-ochreous-brown, varying in 

 intensity, with numerous small dark leaden-grey spots, which are stronger 

 and more purplish in female ; an indefinable basal patch, a central oblique 

 fascia apparently dilated on lower half, a triangular costal spot, and a hind- 

 marginal suffusion sometimes obscurely darker, but generally obsolete : 

 sometimes some evenly- scattered black dots, especially towards hindmargin : 



