
6. Eut. caryochroa, n. sp.
♂ ♀. 11–12mm. Head ferruginous-brown, face whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous - white, apex of second joint ochreous, terminal joint almost as long as second, dark fuscous. Antennæ fuscous, ringed with black. Thorax ferruginous-brown, shoulders pale ochreous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, more strongly towards base, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded; rather dark ferruginous-brown; an upwards-curved yellowish-white streak from middle of base to ⅖ of disc, margined beneath with blackish, above with bright yellow-ochreous, which extends to costa towards base; a slender white oblique streak from ⅖ of costa to middle of disc, margining a triangular costal suffused patch of purplish-grey and whitish scales, beneath which is sometimes a longitudinal blackish suffusion; a black dot in disc at ⅔, surrounded by a yellowish-white ring; some purplish-grey scales towards posterior half of inner margin; a small white spot on costa at ⅘, beyond which is a blackish suffusion; an obscure irregular whitish streak along hindmargin, followed by some black scales: cilia ochreous, towards anal angle greyish-tinged, round apex with a white median line preceded and followed by fuscous shades. Hindwings rather dark bronzy-fuscous; cilia fuscous-grey.
Castle Hill (2,500ft.), Dunedin, Lake Wakatipu, and Invercargill; in December and January, rather common.
