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Reefton ; (2) a calf of Cagia bveviceps, a very rare species of whale, 
which had been taken from a cow harpooned near Petone. 
(3). A fossil Ammonite, nearly 18 inches in diameter, found in 
the South Island by Mr. McKay. 
Wellington, 8th August, 1883.—His Excellency Sir William 
Jervois, K.C.B., in the chair. 
His Excellency delivered an address, dealing with the work 
done by the various brauches of the New Zealand Institute 
as shown by the papers, and referring in particular to the astro- 
nomical events of the past year. 
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OR CANTERBURY. 
DEscRIPTIONS OF NEW ZEALAND Micro-LEpiIDoPTERA.—III.— 
CEcoPHORIDA. 
(Abstract of paper read by Mr. E. Meyrick on May 3rd, 1883.) 
Direct affinity with Australian forms very slight. The following 
species are described :-— 
Nymphostola galactina, Feld. Hamilton, Otira Gorge, Dunedin. 
Proteodes cavmfex, Butl. Christchurch, Mt. Hutt, Arthur’s Pass. 
Larva on Fagus solandv. 
Eulechria zophoéssa, Mey:. Wellington. 
Eul. photinella, Meyr. Wellington. 
— Atomotricha ommatias, n.sp. Fore wings fuscous, clouded with 
darker, three arched discal marks, and a posterior transverse line 
obscurely darker ; hind-wings whitish-grey. Christchurch. 
Brachysara sordida, Butl. Rakaia. 
— Phloeopola dinacosma,n.sp. Fore wings fuscous, clouded with 
ochreous, part of costa, base of inner margin, three discal spots 
and a short central streak dark fuscous; hind-wings grey-whitish, 
with a darker central lunule. Wellington. 
Tvachypepla leucoplanetis, n. sp. Forewings with anterior half 
white, posterior half fuscous, base of costa blackish, a costal spot 
and posterior line white; hind wings grey. Hamilton, Otira 
Gorge. 
___- Trach. euryleucota, n, sp. Forewings dark fuscous, a large basal 
and small costal spot and posterior line white, base ot costa black ; 
hind wings dark grey. Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin. 
Trach. conspicuella. Walk. Wellington, Christchurch. 
— Trach. spavtodeta, n. sp. Fore wings pale, greyish-ochreous, a 
transverse anterior right-angled line, a posterior sinuate line, and 
central costal spot dark fuscous, a small ferruginous discal spot ; 
hind wings pale grey. Wellington. ; 
— Tvach. nyctopis, n. sp. Fore wings grey, a black transverse 
somewhat bent anterior streak, sometimes a broad paler fascia, a 
central costal spot and posterior sinuate line dark fuscous; hind 
wings grey, Christchurch, Dunedin. 
~~ Trach. galaxias, n. sp. Fore wings white,sprinkled with gray, 
sometimes vosteriorly suffused, a broad fascia near base bordered 
by a black right-angled line, a central costal spot and posterior 
sinuate line dark grey; hind wings grey. Hamilton, Wellington, 
Bealey River. 
Trach, protochlova, n. sp. Fore wings whitish, suffused with 
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