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the fore-wing is somewhat turned up, but not very con- 
oe. 
E. melichrysa, Miespricle (l.c. vol. 5, p. 257)—_Head snow- 
aiite. Palpi white, fringe of second joint mixed with dark 
fuscous-grey. Antenne “whitish-ochreous, basal joint white. 
Thorax white, irregularly suffused on margins with greyish- 
ochreous. Abdomen dark ochreous-grey. Legs pale greyish- 
ochreous, tarsi suffused with darker grey at base of joints. 
Fore-wings white, with irregular and partially suffused greyish- 
ochreous or yellow-ochreous markings; an oblique rather narrow 
dark-margined band from % of costa, meeting an obsolete 
similar band from % of inner margin on disc, to form an 
angulated fascia, of which the lower half is indistinct ; before 
this are several irregular strigule on costa and inner margin 5a 
similar dark-margined angulated rather broader fascia, from % 
of costa to about % of inner margin, often furcate on costa 
(in one specimen obsoletely double throughout), most indistinct 
on disc; between the- two fascie are faint greyish-ochreous 
clouds on disc, and sometimes indistinct fuscous-grey strigulz 
on costa ; apical portion of wing greyish-ochreous or ochreous, 
separated from second fascia by a narrow white fascia, and con- 
nected with it by an oblique greyish-ochreous dark-margined 
irregular band below middle; in the apical portion are two small 
white irregular spots on costa close before apex, a small blackish 
apical dot, white-margined above and below, a small white 
black-margined spot on hind-margin beneath apex, and some 
irregular confused white black-margined spots on lower part of 
hind-margin and on disc ; all the markings are variable in shape 
and intensity of colouring ; cilia yellowish-ochreous, with a dark 
grey dividing line, and a white spot below apex. Hind-wings 
and cilia pale slatey- -grey. 
Male and female ; length 4-6 lines. 
A rather elegantly marked insect, but variable in size and 
colouring ; my southern specimens are the largest and brightest. 
Rather common at Wellington and Dunedin, in December and 
January, beaten from forest growth ; its habits are sluggish. 
Genus Erechthias, Meyrick. 
Head rough all over, tufted between eyes; with ocelli; no 
tongue. Antenne shorter than fore-wings, somewhat thickened 
in male, basal joint rather broader. Maxillary palpi rather 
short, folded. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, second 
joint with from a few bristles to a dense fringe of hairs beneath ; 
terminal joint shorter, bluntly pointed, sometimes also fringed 
beneath with hairs. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, 
tolerably evenly pointed. Hind-wings lanceolate, about as broad 
as fore-wings, cilia about as broad. Abdomen elongate. Legs 
moderate, posterior tibie clothed with long fine hairs. Fore- 
Wings with 11 veins; sub-costal obsolete towards. base; 
secondary cell indicated ; 4 and 5 sometimes approximated on 
hind-margin ; 1 furcate ‘at base, but lower sometimes partially 
