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8. Dipt, helioctypa, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 14-15 mni. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark greyish- 

 fuscous mixed with whitish-ochreous, palpi white at base beneath. An- 

 tenna3 dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-grey, irrorated with ochreous 

 towards base, apex whitish-ochreous. Legs grey, posterior pah whitish- 

 grey. Forewings triangular, moderate, not very strongly dilated, costa 

 nearly straight, slightly sinuate in middle, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 oblique, both sinuations slight ; very pale whitish-ochreous, almost wholly 

 irregularly suffused with ochreous-fuscous, except an ill-defined patch in 

 disc before first line, another on costa beyoud middle, and a third extending 

 along lower two-thirds of hindmargin ; a well-defined slender dark fuscous 

 transverse line from costa at § to inner margin before middle, hardly curved 

 outwards, thrice rather strongly and irregularly dentate ; a second dark 

 fuscous transverse line from costa at f to inner margin a little before anal 

 angle, followed by a pale line of the ground-colour, margined posteriorly by 

 the ochreous-fuscous suffusion, upper half irregularly curved outwards, lower 

 half curved inwards, slightly sinuate above inner margin ; a small irregularly 

 oval clear white spot in disc beyond middle, suffusedly connected above 

 with the pale costal patch ; three small dark ochreous-fuscous spots near 

 together on hindmargin below middle : cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, with a 

 fuscous line near base, and an ill-defined white spot in each sinuation. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous-grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with a dark grey line 

 near base. 



A very distinct species, not particularly allied to any other, differing 

 from all in the dark fuscous-grey hindwings, and the slightness of both 

 hindmarginal sinuations ; there are no metallic markings. 



Taken commonly by Mr. E. W. Fereday, near Lake Wakatipu, in 

 January. 



9. Dipt, elaina, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-grey- 

 whitish, irregularly mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae whitish-grey. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey, apex more whitish. Legs grey- whitish. Forewings 

 triangular, broad, costa very slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 rather strongly oblique, second sinuation slight ; ochreous-grey-whitish, 

 rather closely irrorated with dark fuscous, and with a slight irregular pale 

 yellowish suffusion, causing a faint greenish tinge ; the fuscous irroration 

 is closest and darkest near base, along hindmargin, and on an indistinct 

 median band ; a dark fuscous transverse line from ■§• of costa to f- of inner 

 margin, very slightly outwards-curved, thrice irregularly dentate, preceded 

 by an indistinct pale line ; a small black linear transverse spot in disc 

 above and slightly beyond middle, above which is a suffused dark fuscous 

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