Meyeick. — On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. 37 



cloudy elongate semi-oval fuscous blotch along hindmargin from apex to 

 anal angle ; all these markings sometimes very faint : cilia dark fuscous, 

 mixed with paler towards anal angle. Hindwings whitish, towards apex 

 faintly ochreous-tinged, towards inner margin coarsely spotted with grey ; 

 cilia whitish. 



A very distinct species, apparently allied to the Australian D. isoscelana, 

 Meyr. 



Tolerably common at Blenheim, Christchurch, and Dunedin, in January 

 and February. 



2. Capua, Stph. 



Thorax smooth or slightly crested. Antenna? ciliated in male. Palpi 

 moderate, porrected, second joint triangularly scaled. Forewings in male 

 with strong costal fold, often concealing an expansible tuft of hairs. Hind- 

 wings somewhat broader than forewings. Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to hindmargin. Hindwings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 from a point 

 or stalked, 5 somewhat approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Differs essentially from Dichelia only by the costal fold. Bather numer- 

 ous in Australia, but there is only one New Zealand species. 



2. Cap. semiferana, Walk. 

 (Teras semiferana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 306, (Capua) Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 



1881, 453; Sciaphila detritana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 356 ; Tinea admotella, ibid., 



485 ; Grapholita abnegatana, ibid., 991.) 



Parva, alis ant. griseo-ochreis rufisve, striga disci obliqua prope basim 

 nigrescente, fascia media angusta perobliqua saturate fusca, strigam disci 

 nigram includente, macula costa? ante apicem triangulari fusca cum fascia 

 saepius conjuncta, omnibus interdum obsoletis ; post, griseis. 



Male, female. — 11-15 mm. Head and thorax greyish-ochreous or 

 fuscous, face and palpi internally pale-ochreous. Forewings moderate, in 

 male dilated, costa moderately arched, hardly bent, hindmargin nearly 

 straight, oblique ; varying from light greyish irrorated with fuscous, to 

 reddish-ochreous or reddish fuscous, often closely and irregularly strigulated 

 with dark fuscous ; costa and inner margin coarsely strigulated with 

 blackish ; outer edge of basal patch often represented by an irregular 

 inwardly oblique blackish mark in disc near base ; often an ill-defined dark 

 spot on inner margin before middle ; central fascia moderate, irregular, 

 nearly evenly broad, from before middle of costa to before anal angle, dark 

 fuscous, containing a blackish longitudinal mark above middle, lower half 

 often wholly obsolete, upper half often confluent posteriorly with a dark 

 fuscous elongate-triangular patch on costa towards apex, so as to form a 

 larger triangular blotch ; an irregular dark fuscous streak near hind- 

 margin, often absent ; sometimes all markings absent, or the wing streaked 



