New Lepidoptera from New Zealand. 573 



transverse strigae, becoming bright deep ferruginous on costa, thicker 

 and partially confluent towards dorsum before middle ; a rather 

 narrow bright deep ferruginous fascia from f- of costa to termen 

 above tornus, much dilated on costa, edged with pale ochreous scales : 

 cilia ferruginous, basal half suffused with ashy-grey. Hind wings 

 dark grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia grey- whitish, with dark grey 

 basal line. 



One specimen, Kaitoka, in November (Hudson). 



Gacazcia orthropis, n. sp. 



<$ . 19-22 m.m. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous, some- 

 times mixed with ferruginous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings rather broad, costa rather strongly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 sinuate below apex, hardly oblique, rounded beneath ; costal fold 

 very slight, from base to ' f ; whitish-ochreous, sometimes much 

 mixed or suffused with reddish-ochreous or light brownish, especially 

 on posterior half ; costa and dorsum more or less dotted with dark 

 fuscous ; a fuscous striga indicating edge of basal patch, obtusely 

 angulated above middle, becoming obsolete dorsally ; central fascia 

 dark reddish-fuscous or red-brown on upper half, obsolete on lower 

 half or with edges faintly indicated ; costal patch triangular, suffused, 

 reddish-brown, tending to be merged in general suffusion ; two 

 blackish dots towards termen in middle, and three transversely 

 placed above tornus : cilia whitish-ochreous, mostly suffused with 

 reddish-brown or light fuscous. Hindwings ochreous- whitish (in the 

 Dunedin specimen fuscous-tinged), partially often faintly grey- 

 spotted, more or less tinged or suffused with light fuscous towards 

 dorsum ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with grey basal line. 



Nine specimens, Nelson and Dunedin, in January (self) ; 

 Wellington (Hudson). 



Gelechiad^e. 

 Gelechia hippeis, n. sp. 



$ <j? • 15-16 m.m. Head ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white, 

 basal joint and a subapical band of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen light 

 ochreous. Fore wings elongate-lanceolate, acutely pointed ; rather 

 dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; stigmata darker, obscurely defined, 

 first discal obliquely beyond plical and near second : cilia pale 

 whitish-ochreous, towards base bronzy-tinged. Hindwings with 

 veins 6 and 7 nearly parallel ; whitish-grey ; cilia pale whitish- 

 ochreous. 



