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the margins of the apical third; the centre of the apical third 
is black very heavily sprinkled with white scales; a broad 
oblique white bar on costa at 4, steely-metallic-blue in disc; a 
broad, almost straight, white band from middle of costa to 
beyond middle of dorsum, steely-metallic-blue in disc; another 
strongly bent, narrower band beyond this, almost entirely steely- 
metallic-blue; three short curved white bars on apical third of 
costa; apical lobe yellowish, speckled with black and white; 
cilia yellowish with black line, tips white. The hind-wings are 
grey speckled with blackish-grey; cilia grey. 
Easily recognised by the orange-yellow ground colour 
of the discal area; heavy sprinkling of white scales on 
basal and apical areas, and absence of black tornal patch. 
The perfect insect appears from October till January, 
and may be looked for in dry grassy places. 
Described and figured trom specimens kindly given to 
me by Mr. S. Lindsay. 
GLYPHIPTERYX ACROTHECTA. 
(Glyphipteryx acrothecta, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., 
1880, 244.) 
(Plate XXXIV., fig. 5 9.) 
This rather dull-looking species has occurred on the 
Lyttelton Hills near Christchurch, at Mount Grey, and at 
Castle Hill, West Coast Road. 
The expansion of the wings is about five-sixteenths of an 
inch. The fore-wings are rather elongate without any definite 
apical lobe; pale grey tinged with ochreous towards the base; 
there are six oblique bars on the outer two-thirds of the costa, 
the first two very indistinct, the remaining four white, more or 
less margined with darker grey; there is an obscure silvery- 
grey patch near the termen, The hind-wings are very pale 
ochreous-brown. 
The perfect insect appears in January, and frequents 
open grassy hillsides, but seems to be very local. 
Described and figured from specimens in the Fereday 
collection. 
GLYPHIPTERYX NEPHOPTHERA. 
(Glyphipteryx nephoptera, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx. 87.) 
(Plate XXXIV., fig. 19 9.) 
This very elegant species has occurred at Mount Grey, 
Christchurch, and at Greenhills near Invercargill. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly under 4 inch. The 
fore-wings, which have a very prominent apical lobe and rounded 
termen, are silvery-grey very faintly clouded with pale brown on 
the disc and termen; there are three dull white bars on the 
costa at about 4, 4 and beyond 4, and three clear white wedged 
shaped bars before the apex; all these markings are margined 
with blackish-grey towards the base; there are several faint 
silvery marks on the terminal third of the wing and a conspicu- 
ous black dot in the centre of the apical lobe. The ‘thind-wings 
are dull grey. 
The perfect insect appears in February and March, 
and is found on grassy hillsides and in forest near the sea- 
shore. It is allied to Glyphipteryx acrothecta, but broader- 
winged with the markings brighter and more clearly de- 
fined. 
Deseribed and figured from a specimen in Mr. Phil- 
pott’s collection. 
TINEIDAE. 
GLYPHIPTERYX ZELOTA. 
(Glyphipteryx zelota, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 86.) 
(Plate XXXIV., fig. 10 ¢@.) 
In the North Island this very handsome species has 
occurred at Kaeo, Whangarei, Waitakere Ranges, Auck- 
land and Wellington. In the South Island it has been 
found in the Nelson District, and is common on Mount 
Peel at elevations between 4,009 and 5,000 feet above the 
sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings is 4 inch. The fore-wings are 
elongate-oblong with a large lobe at the apex and the tornus 
rounded; deep bronzy-brown near the base becoming bronzy- 
green towards the termen; there is a broad white band on the 
dorsum at about +; a narrower oblique band on the costa at 4; 
two narrow, curved, bluish-silvery bands from costa to dorsum 
beyond the middle; two small dull metallic marks on the costa 
before the apex followed by two curved white marks; a bluish- 
metallic spot in the apical lobe and a large oblong black spot at 
the tornus containing six gleaming purplish-silver metallic spots. 
The hind-wings are dark greyish-brown. 
There is slight variation in the general depth of the 
eround colour, which ranges from very rich bronzy-brown 
to rather paler bronzy-grey. Generally speaking, North 
Island specimens are darker and more strongly-marked 
than those from the South Island. 
The perfect insect appears from the end of Decem- 
ber until the middle of February, flying freely in the hot- 
test sunshine. It is a very local species and, in lowland 
localities, is usually met with amongst forest. 
GLYPHIPTERYX ACRONOMA. 
(Glyphipteryx acronoma, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 86.) 
(Plate XLVI., fig. 14 9.) 
This fine species, which is very closely allied to Gly- 
phipteryx zelota, has occurred at Waimarino in the North 
Island and on Mount Arthur and on the Knife and Steel, 
Fiord County, in the South Island, at an altitude of about 
4,000 feet above the sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly under 4 inch. The 
fore-wings, which have a very distinct apical lobe, are bronzy- 
black more or less clouded with dull bronzy-ochreous beyond 
the middle; there is an indistinct white patch on the dorsum 
at the base; a large white oblique blotch on the costa at 4, 
broadest in the middle, pointed at its apex and reaching half- 
way across the wing; a slender white, slightly curved band from 
the middle of the costa to beyond the middle of the dorsum; a 
silvery-blue metallic band beyond this, white on the costa and 
dorsum; three short silvery-blue streaks on the costa between 
the second band and the apex, the last margining qa round black 
apical spot and a sub-triangular black tornal blotch containing 
four violet-silver-metallic spots; the cilia are grey. The hind- 
wings are dark grey. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of December 
and in January, and frequents open country on the moun- 
tain side. 
Described from specimens kindly given to me by Mr. 
Philpott. 

