570 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



Five specimens, Mount Cook, at 2500 feet, in December 

 (Hudson). Very distinct ; perhaps most allied to & 

 epicremna by the form of the lines, but readily distin- 

 guished by these being strong and black, whereas in 

 epicremna the second line is white, without black edging. 



Scoparia alopecias, n. sp. 



$ 23 m.m., $ 18 m.m. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous- 

 brown ; palpi 2|-3, white towards base beneath. Antennal ciliations 

 of £ £. Abdomen brownish. Forewings elongate, gradually dilated, 

 costa nearly straight, slightly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate, rather oblique ; ferruginous-brown, in <$ sprinkled with 

 white towards termen : cilia greyish-ochreous, with two cloudy 

 ferruginous-brown shades. Hindwings lj, in <$ very pale whitish- 

 fuscous, slightly brassy-tinged, termen suffused with fuscous, in $ 

 fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia fuscous-whitish, in $ 

 fuscous at base. 



Two specimens, Mount Cook, in February (Fereday). 

 Probably allied to S. axena in general characters, but very 

 distinct. 



Scoparia chalara, n. sp. 



^ $ . 23-25 m.m. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes 

 mixed with fuscous and whitish. Palpi 3^, whitish-ochreous mixed 

 with fuscous, white towards base beneath. Antennal ciliations in <$ 

 £. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, apex obtuse, termen 

 almost straight, oblique, rounded beneath ; whitish-ochreous, more 

 or less mixed or tinged with brownish-ochreous and sometimes with 

 whitish, and in disc with dark fuscous ; first and second lines whitish, 

 usually very indistinct, first right-angled in middle, usually nearly 

 obsolete, posteriorly obscurely dark-edged, second nearly straight, 

 parallel to termen, slightly sinuate inwards below costa ; orbicular 

 indicated by an undefined dark fuscous longitudinal mark ; claviform 

 obsolete ; discal 8-shaped, obscurely outlined with dark fuscous ; 

 subterminal line indicated by cloudy whitish suffusion along termen 

 or obsolete ; a more or less distinct series of dark fuscous terminal 

 dots : cilia whitish-fuscous, with two cloudy dark fuscous lines. 

 Hindwings 1^, whitish-ochreous, brassy-tinged ; cilia whitish, base 

 ochreous-tinged. 



Six specimens, Mount Cook, in December and February 

 (Hudson, Fereday). Closely allied to S. octophora, for 

 which it might be mistaken; it differs from that species 



