270 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



work is very unequal in quality. 26 parts which form 4 fairly 



bulky volumes have been issued, and I understand from the. 



publishers, Herr Junk, of Berlin, the present price of them is 



£4. 



There are many German magazines that have appeared during 

 the last century and a half. Amongst the most useful are : 

 Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift ; Berlin. Commencing in 



1857. A set, 1857-1907, was priced in 1912 at £12 10s. 

 Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift ; commencing in 1881. A. 



set, 1881-1911, was priced in 1912 at £14. 

 Entomologische Nachrichten ; Berlin, 1875-1900. A complete set 



in 1912 was catalogued at £4 5s. 

 Iris. The publication of the Dresden Entomological Society. 



Commencing in 1884. A set. 1884-1911, was catalogued' in 



1912 at £13. 

 Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung ; Berlin. Commencing 1840.. 



A set, 1840-1910, was offered at £18 10s. 

 Weiner Entomologische Zeitung ; Vienna. Commencing in 1882. 



A set, 1882-1908, was valued in 1912 at £7 10s. 

 Uliger's Magazin f. Insectenkunde ; Braunschweig, 1802-7. Priced 



in 1912 at 22s. and 25s. 



(To be continued.) 



A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA 

 FROM NEW ZEALAND. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 



Fam. Plutellid^:. 



Thambotricha, gen. nov. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae f , in ^ slender, joints elongate, with spreading whorls of 

 extremely long fine ciliations, basal joint moderate, rather stout, 

 with rather small pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint 

 thickened with scales forming a very short apical tuft beneath, ter- 

 minal joint somewhat shorter than second, rather thickened with 

 scales, pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, drooping, filiform. 

 Posterior tibiae with series of rough projecting bristly scales above, 

 iore wings with lb furcate, 2 from f, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. 

 Hmd wings £, elongate-trapezoidal, cilia H ; 2 remote, 3 and 4 

 approximated at base, 5-7 somewhat approximated towards base. 



A remarkable form, perhaps nearest to Dolichernis, but very 

 distinct. 



Thambotricha vates, sp. nov. 

 c?14mm. Head pale ochreous, side-tufts bronzv. Palpi bronzy- 

 iuscous. Antennal ciliations 8. Thorax purple-bronzy-ochreous. 



