Neio LepidopUra from New Zealand. 567 



5 stalked ; white, more or less in-orated with fuscous ; first line 

 cloudy, fuscous, angulated in middle, but usually quite obsolete : 

 cilia pale fuscous, irrorated with white. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, 

 termen slenderly dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with a faint fuscous 

 subbasal line. 



I took one specimen at Waipukurau (North Island) in 

 March, and received another from Christchurch from Mr. 

 Fereday, and have now seen a third also from Christchurch. 

 I had hesitated previously to describe the species, hoping 

 for more material, as it is so near the common Australian 

 H. vagella, but now think it advisable to do so. It is very 

 similar to H. vagella, but is entirely without the discal spot 

 and second line (always distinct in vagella), usually without 

 the first line also. The recent determination of two other 

 very similar and closely allied, yet certainly distinct species 

 from the Hawaiian Islands undoubtedly increases the 

 probability that this will also prove to be a good species, 

 but it seems very scarce. 



Crambid^e. 



Or oct 'ambus thymiastes, n. sp. 



$ . 18 m.m. Head dark fuscous mixed with orange-ochreous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, white beneath. Thorax dark fuscous, shoulders 

 and two dorsal stripes orange-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen rather 

 obliquely rounded ; deep golden-brown ; a pale yellowish streak 

 along submedian fold from base to § , deeper yellow towards base, 

 and another from above apex of this to middle of termen, these 

 enclosed in a broad longitudinal band of blackish-fuscous suffusion ; 

 a short yellow streak on dorsum near base : cilia pale shining golden- 

 brownish, mixed with grey, tips paler. Hindwings blackish-grey ; 

 cilia grey, with darker basal line. 



One specimen, West Plains, Invercargill (A. Philpott). 



Crambus antimorus, n. sp. 



(£. 17 m.m. Head, palpi, and thorax dark bronzy -fuscous mixed 

 with golden-ochreous, palpi white beneath except at apex. Antennae 

 wholly pubescent, ciliations J. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa slightly arched, apex somewhat obtuse-angled, termen 

 rather obliquely rounded ; golden -bronzy-ochreous mixed with 

 rather dark fuscous ; extreme costal edge whitish ; a straight 



