
XVII—THE TINEIDAE. 
Only ten species are known in New Zealand at pres- 
ent, of which one is confined to the North Island; seven 
to the South Island, and two common to both islands. 
GELECHIA SCHEMATICA. 
(Gelechia schematica, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xviii, 168.) 
(Plate XXVIII., fig. 7.) 
This rather inconspicuous species has occurred at 
Castle Hill, Bealey River, Ida Valley, Central Otago, and 
Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, at elevations of from 2,000 
to 3,000 feet above the sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings is Slightly under % inch. The 
fore-wings are pale brownish-ochreous, faintly speckled with 
warmer brown; there is a greyish band along the costa from. the 
base to about 3, heavily speckled with dull black and usually 
divided towards the base by a Streak of the ground colour; there 
are three dark brown discal spots; the cilia are greyish mixed 
with ochreous. The hind-wings are very pale whitish-grey, very 
faintly speckled with darker grey; there is an obscure brownish 
streak near the base; the cilia are pale ochreous. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January. 
GELECHIA PARAPLEURA. 
(Gelechia parapleura, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xviii., 168.) 
(Plate XXVIIL., fig. 6.) 
This rather distinctly-marked species has occurred at 
the Bealey River, Canterbury, at an elevation of about 
2,100 feet above the sea-level. It has also been found at 
Invereargill. 
The expansion of the wings is #2 inch. The head is pale 
ochreous and the thorax dark purplish-brown. The fore-wings 
are elongate-oval with the apex rounded and the termen very 
oblique; the costal half is dark brown and the dorsal half pale 
ochreous; there is an obscure brown spot on the fold, another in 
the disc near the middle, and a third beyond the middle. The 
hind-wings are greyish-ochreous. 
The perfect insect appears in January. 
Described and figured from a specimen in the Fereday 
collection. 
GELECHIA PHARETRIA. 
(Gelechia pharetria, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xviii., 169.) 
Wlate xeCVit ties 25,4926 9) 
This rather obseure-looking species has occurred at 
Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, Arthur’s Pass and Ida Valley, 
at elevations ranging from 2,500 to 4,000 feet above the 
sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly under # inch. The 
fore-wings are rather elongate, with the apex acute and the ter- 
men moderately oblique; very pale brownish-ochreous, with the 
veins obscurely marked in brown and dotted with black; there 
is a fine brown streak along the fold and two brown discal dots, 
one before and one beyond the middle. The hind-wings are 
whitish-ochreous. 
The perfect insect appears in January, and is stated 
to be locally abundant amongst rough flowery herbage. 
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Described and figured from specimens captured by 
J. H. Lewis and R. W. Fereday. 
(GELECHIA AEROBATIS. 
(Gelechia aerobatis, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., lv., 204.) 
(Plate XLV., fig. 24 @.) 
Two specimens of this species have occurred on Mount 
Arthur, at an elevation of about 3,500 feet above the sea- 
level. 
The expansion of the wings is five-sixteenths of an inch. 
The fore-wings are rather narrow with the apex very acutely 
pointed; brownish-ochreous, much paler on the costa; there is a 
shaded central longitudinal streak containing two or three 
darker dots beyond the middle, and a series of obscure terminal 
dots; the cilia are pale ochreous-brown mixed with darker brown. 
The hind-wings are rather broad, with the apex acutely pro- 
duced, ochreous grey; the cilia are ochreous-grey. The head and 
thorax are pale brownish-ochreous and the abdomen grey. 
The perfect insect appears in January and may be 
looked for in sub-alpine forests. 
GELECHIA MONOPHRAGMA. 
(Gelechia monophragma, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xviii., 169.) 
(Plate XXVIII., fig. 4, 5 variety.) 
This very distinetly-marked species has occurred at 
Hamilton, Waimarino, Napier, Wellington and Inverear- 
gill. It is probably fairly common and generally distri- 
buted throughout the country. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 4 inch. The 
fore-wings are very pale brownish-ochreous; there is a rather 
narrow black longitudinal streak in the middle from the base to 
the apex. The hind-wings, which have the apex acute and the 
termen slightly waved, are very pale greyish-white. The cilia 
of all the wings are pale whitish-ochreous. There is considerable 
variation in the width and intensity of the central streak, which 
is rarely interrupted. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January 
and flies freely in the late afternoon. It usually frequents 
open grassy places on the edges of forest or serub, but does 
not appear to be a very common species. 
GELECHIA DIVIDUA. 
(Gelechia dividua, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., liii., 340.) 
(Plate XLVIII., fig. 36 ¢@.) 
This very distinetly-marked little species was discoy- 
ered by Mr. C. C. Fenwick at Paradise, Lake Wakatipu. 
It has also occurred in Central Otago. 
The expansion of the wings is seven-sixteenths of an inch. 
The fore-wings are elongate with the apex pointed; dull greyish- 
brown; there is a conspicuous black streak along the fold reach- 
ing fully % its entire length, and another streak from the apex 
terminating in the dise slightly before the end of the basal 
streak; there are a few Scattered whitish scales before the apex. 
The hind-wings, which have the apex very strongly produced, are 
very pale dull greyish-ochreous. All the cilia are dull greyish- 
ochreous, 
The perfect insect appears in January. 
Deseribed and figured from Mr. Fenwick’s specimen, 

