NEW ZEALAND MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 137 
together leaf; pupa in a firm white cocoon. In repose, the 
imago rests with the fore-wings slightly raised and partially 
expanded, so as not to entirely conceal the hind-wings. 
1. S. combinatana, Walker (Brit. Mus. Cat., 456; lc. vol. 5, 
p. 213)—Head and thorax deep ochreous-brown, with a few 
white scales. Palpi white at base, second joint clothed with four 
whorls of black white-tipped scales, terminal joint black with 
three slender white rings. Antenne black, annulated with 
white, with long ciliations in male. Abdomen blackish, with a 
few whitish scales. Legs dark fuscous, thickly irrorated with 
whitish, tarsi with indistinct whitish rings, posterior tibiz clothed 
with dense hair-scales. Fore-wings slightly dilated, hind-margin 
distinctly waved; blackish-fuscous, tinged with reddish-brown 
on costa beyond middle, and within each pair of transverse 
lines; some purple-whitish scales irregularly arranged trans- 
versely near base ; four transverse cloudy lines of purple-whitish 
scales arranged in pairs, and starting from small white costal 
spots ; first pair from % of costa to ¥% of inner margin, rather 
curved outwards, irregularly toothed ; second pair from % of 
costa to just before anal angle, angulated outwards beneath 
costa, but indistinct and irregular; a streak of purple-whitish 
scales from apex, very near, but not on hind-margin, reaching to 
middle,a second similar streak from middle of hind-margin, imme- 
diately beyond end of first, continued along hind-margin, not 
extending to anal angle; cilia dark fuscous, containing a cloudy 
white basal spot above and another below middle of hind-margin. 
Hind-wings rather narrow, hind-margin strongly sinuate below 
middle, anal angle prominent ; dark fuscous, broadly blackish 
along hind-margin, with two rather short cloudy parallel streaks 
of blue-whitish scales, one nearly along hind-margin at anal 
angle, the other immediately above it; cilia white on the hind- 
marginal sinuation, becoming gradually smoky-fuscous towards 
apex, and on anal angle, black at base throughout. Male, 
length 6% lines. 
Two males taken among forest growth at Wellington, flying 
towards sunset, in January. 
GENUS CHOREUTIS, Hb. 
Head smooth ; with ocelli; tongue strong. Antenne about 
half as long as fore-wings, filiform, ciliated in male. No maxil- 
lary palpi. Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, second joint 
beneath with long dense projecting bristles ; terminal joint slen- 
der, pointed. Fore-wings broadly triangular, hind-margin 
straight. Hind-wings broader than fore-wings, triangular, cilia 
very short. Abdomen short, stout. Legs short, broadly com- 
pressed, posterior tibiz densely scaled. Fore-wings with 12 
veins ; no secondary cell; 1 furcate at base. Hind-wings with 8 
. 7 and 8 remote; 3 and 4 sometimes stalked or coinci- 
ent. 
In habits the species resemble Szmaéthis, and the imago holds 
the fore-wings slightly raised in the same manner, 
