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SCOPARIA GETIIOSYNA, 11. Sp. 



$ 20 mm. Head brownish-orange. Palpi 3; ochreous-whitish 

 with two broad oblique fuscous bars on external surface. Antennae 

 grey. Thorax grey; patagia whitish-ochreous, bases orange. Abdo- 

 men pale ocheous-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish; tibiae and taTsi 

 annulated, with fuscous. Forewings narrowly triangular, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtusely pointed, termen nearly straight, slightly 

 oblique; brownish-orange; a large basal dark- fuscous spot, angled 

 outwards, not reaching dorsum; an obscure, whitish, slightly out- 

 wardly curved line from i costa to ?^ dorsum; a squarish dark- 

 fuscous blotch extending on costa from ] to middle, sharply limited 

 beneath by fold; a whitish fascia beyond this, broad on costa and 

 in disc, narrow near dorsum, containing some fuscous scales, and 

 a dark fuscous line near, and parallel to its posterior edge; a large 

 subapical, a supratornal,~ and a series of small terminal spots, dark- 

 fuscous; cilia whitish, with a central grey line. Hind wings with 

 termen slightly sinuate, ochreous-whitish; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Q., National Park (3000 ft.), in December; one specimen at light. 



SCOI'ARIA CROCOSPILA, n. Sp. 



2 18 mm. Head blackish; face mixed with whitish. Palpi 2^; 

 blackish; lower edge whitish towards base. Antennae whitish, finely 

 barred with blackish. Thorax blackish, with a few whitish scales; 

 apices of patagia whitish; a large posterior spot whitish suffused 

 with orange. Abdomen fuscous; apices of segments narrowly whitish; 

 underside whitish. Legs whitish with some blackish scales; tibiae 

 and tarsi broadly annulated with blackish. Forewings moderate, 

 co'Sta gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, 

 slightly oblique; blackish; markings whitish; a suffused transverse 

 sub-basal line; a more distinct slightly outwardly-curved line at 

 ^; orbicular and claviform obsolete; reniform represented by two 

 blackish spots separated by a whitish spot, and situated in a post- 

 median whitish suffusion; a fine doubly-sinuate line from g costa 

 to f dorsum; a broader, irregularly crenated subterminal line; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, with sub-basal and apical series of dark- 

 fuscous dots, the latter Incompletely developed. Hindwings with 

 termen slightly sinuate; grey; cilia ochreous whitish, with an in- 

 complete series of grey median dots. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. The orange thoracic spot, if constant, 

 should make this species easily recognised. 



v., Gisborne, in November; one specimen. 



SCOPARIA AXIOLECTA, n. Sp, 



$ 18 mm. Head white, between antennae blackish. Palpi 3; 

 -white mixed with fuscous. Antennae white, with blackish annula- 

 tlons. Thorax white, mixed with blackish and fuscous. Abdomen 

 pale-grey. Legs whitish; anterior and middle tibiae irrorated with 

 "blackish; tarsi with blackish annulations, those on posterior pair 

 only slightly developed. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently 



