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A. lycosema, n.sp.—Forewings fuscous, a broad costal streak and 
whole of second segment white; hindwings white. Wellington to 
Dunedin. 
A. monospilalis, Walk. (patruelis, Feld.) Auckland to Dunedin. 
A. innotatalis, Walk.—Masterton to Invercargill. 
Lioptilus celidotus, n.sp.—Forewings light fuscous, suftusedly 
strewn with white, with an oblique blackish spot before cleft; hind- 
wings grey. Christchurch to Lake Wakatipu; also in South-east 
Australia. 
Mimaeseoptilus ovites, n.sp.—Forewings light greyish-ochreous, 
witha black dot in disc betore middle, and another before cleft ; 
‘-hind-wings light grey. Clinton. 
M. chavadvias, n.sp —Forewings light fuscous, costa suffusedly 
dark fuscous, a small blackish spot before cleft, and a whitish line 
before hind-margin ; hindwings fuscous. Arthur’s Pass, 1500 to 
4000 feet. 
M. lithoxestus, n.sp.—Forewings light fuscous, with a sharp 
slender blackish costal streak dilated beyond middle, a black dot 
before cleft, and a black line along lower edge of first segment ; 
hindwings grey. Arthur’s Pass, 3000 to 4000 feet. 
Platyptilia haasti, Feld.—Hamilton to Invercargill. 
P. falcatalis, Walk. (vepletalis, Walk.)—Christchurch to Inver- 
cargill. | 
P. heliastis, n.sp.—Forewings brownish-ochreous, partly suffused 
with reddish-brown, with a dark fuscous dot before cleft; hind- 
wings light grey, dorsal cilia with black scales on basal three- 
fourths. Castle Hill. 
Hygvaula, n.g.—Characters of Cataclysta, but antenne of male 
filiform, palpi porrected. 
H. nitens, But! —Hamilton to Lake Wakatipu; also in South- 
east Australia. 
Diptychophora interrupta, Feld. (astvosema, Meyr.)—Synonymy 
corrected. 
- D., selenaea, n.sp.-—Allied to D. metallifera, but with two oppositely 
oblique reddish-fuscous fasciz intersecting on discal spot. Otira 
Gorge and Dunedin. 
D., holanthes, n.sp.—Forewings deep yellow, lines very slender, 
blackish, discal spot forming two black dots, three metallic grey 
subapical streaks, three quadrate black hind marginal spots; hind- 
wings grey. Otira Gorge. 
D. bipunctella, Walk.—Locality unknown. 
D. epiphaea, n.sp.—Fore-wings greenish-fuscous, lines slender, 
obscurely dark fuscous, discal spot obsolete, a black apical dot ; 
hindwings grey. Arthur’s Pass, 3000 feet. 
Ovocrvambus, n.g.—Characters of Crvambus, but vein 8 of hindwings 
HEGe. 
O. melampetyus, n.sp.—Forewings dark fuscous-grey, with a 
straight cloudy grey-whitish posterior fascia ; hindwings fuscous. 
Castle Hill and Mount Hutt, on shingle-slopes, 4000 to 5000 feet. 
Crambus catacaustus, n.sp.—Forewings ochreous brown, costal 
edge and a moderate central streak ochreous-white ; thorax hairy 
beneath. Arthur’s Pass, 3000 to 4000 feet. 
C. tvitonellus, n.<p.—Forewings pale greyish-ochreous, with a 
strong white central streak, veins posteriorly dark fuscous; hind- 
wings light grey ; thorax hairy beneath. Castle Hill. 
