Meykick. — On Neiv Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 21 



Very distinct through the combination of the dark fuscous blotches and 

 white median streak. It has not the slightest affinity to. Hypochalcia, which 

 belongs to another family. 



Taken commonly by Mr. E. W. Fereday on Mount Hutt in January. 

 Butler's note would give the erroneous idea that the species was generally 

 common. His figure is not good. 



3. Cr. ramosellus, Dbld. 



(Crambus ramosellus, Dbld., Dieff. New Zeal., Vol. II., 288 ; Crambus rangona, Feld., Eeise 



der Novara, PL CXXXVIL, 25.) 



Male, female. — 23-27 mm. Head white, with an ochreous-brown spot 

 behind eye. Maxillary palpi white, at base ochreous-brown. Labial palpi 

 long, white, externally and towards apex beneath ochreous-brown. Antennae 

 dark fuscous. Thorax brownish-ochreous, with a broad central longitudinal 

 white stripe. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior 

 and middle pair brownish-tinged. Forewings elongate, moderately broad, 

 in female rather narrower, costa moderately arched, apex acute, hind 

 margin strongly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous, 

 more ochreous-brown towards base ; a very slender white line immediately 

 beneath costa from base to middle, sometimes obsolete ; an ill- defined 

 white central longitudinal streak from base to hindmargin, attenuated 

 towards base, lower margin indented beyond middle, basal two-thirds 

 margined beneath by a suffused dark fuscous streak, upper margin often 

 suffused into ground-colour ; between this streak and costa on posterior half 

 of wing the veins are suffusedly marked with white, and sometimes whole 

 costal half of wing suffused with white except margins ; a broad ill-defined 

 white or whitish suffusion along inner margin ; in female sometimes whole 

 wing suffused with whitish, except the dark fuscous submedian streak ; two 

 transverse series of dark fuscous dots, acutely angulated outwards above 

 middle, intersecting median streak, often obsolete, first from middle of costa 

 to below middle of median streak, not reaching inner margin, second from 

 costa at f to before anal angle, rather sinuate beneath ; a hindmarginal 

 row of dark fuscous dots : cilia whitish-grey, slightly shining, with a darker 

 ochreous-grey line near base. Hindwings grey-whitish or whitish-grey, 

 towards hindmargin and especially apex darker grey ; cilia whitish or 

 whitish-ochreous, with a very faint darker line near base. 



The dark fuscous submedian streak, together with the ochreous or 

 whitish ground-colour, sufficiently distinguishes this species from all others ; 

 it, however, varies considerably in depth of colouring, in the extent of the 

 whitish suffusion, and the distinctness of the transverse series of dots. In 

 general northern specimens seem to be smaller, darker, and more distinctly 

 marked than southern. 



