New Lepidoptera from New Zealand. 575 



example described is normal, the species varies largely ; in 

 some specimens the grey fasciae are wholly obsolete, or 

 replaced by a general vague, grey irroration ; however the 

 species remains distinct and easy of recognition. 



Elachistid^e. 

 StatJwiopoda aposema, n. sp. 



£ . 19 m.m. Head, antennae, and thorax whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi ochreous- whitish. Abdomen pale grey, towards base pale 

 ochreous. Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior pair dark grey, posterior 

 pair grey-spotted. Forewings whitish-ochreous, with a few light 

 brownish scales, and a light brownish suffusion along termen • a 

 grey elongate submedian mark in disc atf : cilia light fuscous, on 

 costa whitish-ochreous. Hindwings dark grey, pale and thinly 

 scaled towards base ; cilia grey. 



I took one specimen at Auckland in December. 



Stathmopoda mysteriastis, n. sp. 



<$ . 13 m.m. Head, palpi, antennse, and thorax pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey, margins whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, 

 anterior pair dark fuscous, posterior pair spotted with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings pale whitish-ochreous ; a suffused shining grey streak 

 along costa from base to apex, a second through disc, and a third along 

 fold to torn us and thence along termen to apex, these all confluent at 

 base and apex and very indistinctly separable throughout : cilia grey. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



I took one specimen at Auckland in December, in the 

 same place as the previous insect, it is therefore conceivable 

 that they are forms of one very variable species ; however, 

 having now waited fifteen years for further material 

 without getting it, I think it best to publish them as 

 distinct. 



Plutellid^. 



Yponomeuta cuprea, n. sp. 



£ . 15 m.m. Head and thorax pale ochreous, coppery-tinged. 

 Palpi coppery-ochreous, terminal joint much longer than second. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen 

 sinuate, very oblique ; light brownish-ochreous, with strong coppery 

 reflections ; a fine blackish streak along central third of submedian 

 fold ; a black discal dot at £ ; dorsum to beyond tornus irregularly 



