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whitish wedge-shaped indentation below apex, whence proceeds 
a sharp black sub-apical hook. Hind-wings and cilia dark fus- 
cous-erey. 
Male and female, length 4-434 lines. 
Four specimens taken on rushes (Fwucus) in swampy places 
in January, at Dunedin and Christchurch. 
5. G. acrothecta, Meyrick, lc. vol. 5, p. 244.—Head and 
thorax dark bronzy- grey. Palpi white at base, second joint with 
two short oblique whorls of black white- tipped scales, terminal 
joint black with two oblique white rings and white above towards 
apex. Antenne dark fuscous. Abdomen elongate, blackish- 
grey with white rings, apex white. Legs dark fuscous, posterior 
and middle tibize with white central and apical bands, tarsi with 
obsolete whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior tarsi with a 
clear white ring at apex of basal joint, and two apical joints 
wholly white. Fore-wings narrow, elongate, not dilated ; hind- 
margin sinuate beneath apex; dull pale grey, suffused with 
brownish on disc and inner margin; 6 rather obscure white, an- 
teriorly blackish margined, oblique costal streaks ; first at 4% 
reaching to middle, partially black-margined posteriorly as well ; 
second in middle, not reaching half across wing ; third to sixth 
short, mostly on costal cilia, each silvery-metallic at apex; a 
black oblique streak from middle of inner margin, leading to an 
obscure whitish anteriorly black-margined spot below apex of 
first costal streak, a faint whitish spot on anal angle, preceded 
by a short curved black streak, two silvery-metallic spots on 
disc, beneath ‘extremities ‘of second and third costal streaks, 
sometimes united with them; a rather large conical silvery- 
metallic black-margined spot on hind-margin below apex ; cilia 
whitish, with a sharp black apical hook, fuscous-grey towards 
anal angle, basal half separated by a black line and fuscous-grey, 
except where a whitish black-margined indentation meets the — 
small silvery-metallic sub-apical spot. Hind-wings and cilia 
dark fuscous-grey. | 
Male; length 4%-5 lines. 
Not nearly allied to any described species. The markings 
have a peculiar confused appearance; the black dorsal streak — 
from centre of inner margin is caused by the suffusion and dis- — 
appearance of the accompanying white streak. Six males taken 
on the dry grassy volcanic hills near Christchurch, in January. 
6. G. astrapea, Meyrick, |.c., vol. 5, p.245.—Head and thorax 
brilliant metallic coppery-bronze, face dark fuscous. Palpi with 
second joint clothed with three whorls of black very narrowly 
white-tipped scales, te:minal joint black with an oblique white 
lateral line. Antenne dark fuscous. Abdomen blackish fus- 
cous, apex ochreous-white. Legs dark bronzy-fuscous, middle 
and posterior tibia with obscure slender whitish central and 
apical rings, tarsi with obscure white rings at apex of joints, two 
apical joints of posterior tarsi wholly white. Fore-wings moder- — 
ately broad, somewhat dilated, hind-margin sinuate below apex; — 
brilliant metallic coppery- -bronze, with violet-silvery metallic 
