LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 849 



North America. 

 34. Argyresthia oreasella. 

 oreasella, Clms. 

 Uuited States. 



New Zealand, 



35. Argyresthia trax\sversella. 



Fceid. Aurata, mi cans ; palpi capitis latitudine non breviores ; 

 alee anticce acuta, strigis quinque transversis argenteis, \a 

 3aque postice abbreviatis, 2a flexa, 4a fracta, bafimbriali ; 

 posticus cuprece. 



Female. Gilded, brilliant, slender, less bright beneath. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, curved, as long as the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antenna much shorter 

 than the fore wings. Abdomen extending for full half iis length 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, acute, with five trans- 

 verse silvery sireaks ; first, second and third streaks oblique; first 

 and third abbreviated hiudward ; second bent iu the middle ; fourth 

 dislocated in the middle, not oblique; fifth on the fringe. Hind 

 wings cupreous ; fringe very long. Length of the body 3 lines; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



a, b. Auckland, Xew Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



36. Argyresthia stilbella. 



Alba, gracilis; palpi porrecti, pilosi ; abdomen attenuatum, alas 

 poaticas longissime superans ; ala? anticcc angustce, vitta stri- 

 gisque quatuor anticis obliquis cupreis ; postica cinerea. 



stilbella, DbL 



White, slender. Palpi porrect, not longer than the breadth of 

 the head ; second joint pilose. Amenuce slender. Abdomen cine- 

 reous, attenuated, extending very far beyund the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings very narrow, with a cupreous stripe, which 

 extends from the base to the tip, and is nearer to the interior border 

 than to the costa ; four cupreous streaks between the stripe and the 

 costa ; first streak extending from the base, very short; second 

 commencing between the costa and the stripe, which it joins beyond 

 the middle; third very oblique, extending from the costa to three- 



