XVIT—THE 
New Zealand at present, of which two are restricted to the 
North Island, six to the South Island, and three 
occur in both islands. It is, however, practic- 
ally certain that many others remain to be dis- 
covered. The genus offers an exeellent field for the 
keen entomologist, and in this.connection special mention 
should be made of the valuable work already done by 
Mr. Morris N. Watt. 
NEPTICULA TRICENTRA. 
(Nepticula tricentra, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxi., 187). 
One specimen of this species was taken by Mr. Mey- 
rick at Christchurch. 
The expansion of the wings of the female is about + inch. 
Head and palpi grey-whitish. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen 
grey. Legs dark grey, apex of joints whitish. Fore-wings lanceo- 
late; pale grey, irrorated with darker; two or three small round 
black dots in an irregular longitudinal series towards middle of 
disc: cilia light grey. Hind-wings and cilia light grey. 
The perfect insect appears in March. 
IT am unacquainted with this species. The above is a 
copy of the original description. 
NEPTICULA OGYGIA. 
(Nepticula ogygia, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxi., 187.) 
A single specimen of this species was captured by Mr. 
Meyrick at Dunedin and Mr. Morris N. Watt has found 
it on Mount Egmont. 
The expansion of the wings of the male is slightly over 4 
inch. Head and palpi pale whitish-ochreous: Antennae grey. 
Thorax and abdomen grey, sprinkled with ochreous-whitish. 
Legs dark grey, apex of joints whitish. Fore-wings lanceolate; 
pale grey, coarsely irrorated with black; an obscure cloudy 
ochreous-whitish suffusion towards costa at %; an obscurely- 
indicated pale spot in disc before middle: cilia whitish-ochreous- 
grey, with an obscure line of dark scales round apex. Hind- 
wings and cilia light grey. 
The perfect insect appears in January. 
IT am unacquainted with this species. The above is a 
copy of the original description. 
According to Mr. Morris N. Watt the larva of this 
species mines the leaves of Olearia arborescens and O. 
macrodonta and the imago may be looked for from June 
till March.* 
NEPTICULA PROPALABFA. 
(Nepticula propalaea, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxi., 187.) 
A single specimen of this species was captured by Mr. 
Meyrick on Arthur’s Pass at an elevation of 3,000 feet 
above the sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings of the female is slightly over 
4 inch. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish-ochreous. 
Abdomen light grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior pair in- 
fuscated. Forewings lanceolate; whitish-ochreous, obscurely irro- 
rated with brownish; a dark fuscous dot on fold at 4, a second 
in dise before middle, and a third immediately before apex: 
cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind-wings light grey; cilia whitish- 
ochreous-egrey. 
The perfect insect appears in January. 
I am unacquainted with this species. The above is a 
copy of the original description. 

*Trans, N.Z, Inst., liii., 200, and lv., 686. 
TINEIDAE, ' 355 
NEPTICULA CYPRACMA. 
(Nepticula cypracma, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xlviii., 419.) 
(Plate XXXIV., fig. 4 2.) 
This very distinet little species has occurred in the 
neighbourhood of Wellington but is apparently rarely met 
with. 
The expansion of the wings is about five-sixteenths of an 
inch. The head is very small and the antennae less than half 
the length of the fore-wings. The fore-wings are very pale shin- 
ing whitish-ochreous irregularly sprinkled with large blackish 
scales; there is a metallic coppery-red spot at the apex; the cilia 
are dark grey and contain several scattered large black scales. 
The hind-wings are very narrow, pale whitish-grey with long 
dark grey cilia. 
The perfect insect appears in November. This species 
seems to imitate the brown and white fluffy seeds of its 
foodplant (Brachyglottis repanda) and the insect’s time 
of appearance synchronizes with that of the seeds. 
NEPTICULA PERISSOPA. 
(Nepticula perissopa, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., li., 354.) 
This. species has occurred on Mount Egmont at an 
altitude of about 3,000 feet above the sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings is about + inch. Head and 
eyecaps whitish-ochreous, centre of crown dark grey or blackish. 
Thorax dark violet-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Fore-wings broad- 
lanceolate; pale greyish-ochreous, more or less suffused (espe- 
cially in @) with violet-grey, and coarsely and irregularly strewn 
with dark-fuscous scales, especially towards apex, where in 9 
they form a suffused dark blotch occupying 1+ of wing; an elon- 
gate dark fuscous spot on fold at 4; an elongate blackish spot 
in dise beyond middle, in 9 surrounded by a nearly clear space: 
cilia pale greyish-ochreous, basal 3 coarsely irrorated with black- 
ish round apex and upper part of termen. MHind-wings grey: 
cilia light ochreous-grey. 
The above is a copy of the original description. 
The perfect insect appears in February. In view of 
the scanty material available I am doubtful if this species 
is actually distinct from N. cypracma. The deep coppery- 
bronze apical spot, characteristic of that species, seems to 
vary considerably in intensity in the few specimens I have 
had the opportunity of examining and may in some in- 
stanees be absent altogether. 
According to Mr. Morris N. Watt the larva of this 
species mines the leaves of Brachyglottis repanda.* 
NEPTICULA LUCIDA. 
(Nepticula lucida, Philp. Trans. N.Z. Inst., li., 225.) 
(Plate XLVII., fig. 20 9.) 
This very beautiful and distinctly-marked little spe- 
cies was discovered by Mr. Clarke at Waitati near Dune- 
din. 
The expansion of the wings is three-sixteenths of an inch. 
The head is bright ochreous. The fore-wings have the whole of 
the basal area to beyond the middle dark greyish-brown; a broad 
wavy snow white transverse band follows this; the terminal area 
is jet black; the cilia are blackish-grey with a conspicuous ring 
of large black scales around the apex and termen. The hind- 
wings and cilia are blackish-grey. 

*Trans, N.Z. Inst., liii., 207, 

