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face whitish-tinged ; palpi 2 J ; abdomen and legs thinly 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennte whitish-ochreous, 

 pectinations 12, apical ^ simple. Forewings rather elongate- 

 triangular, hindmargin almost straight ; 10 connected with 9, 

 11 free ; light yellowish-ochreous, irrorated between the veins 

 with pale fuscous and in disc with white, veins deeper yellow- 

 ochreous ; a white transverse n:ark near base below middle, 

 edged anteriorly with ochreous-fuscous ; lines slender, rather 

 cloudy, dark ochreous-fuscous ; first rather strongly curved ; 

 median very slightly curved, space between this and first line 

 suffused with white on lower f ; second very obtusely angu- 

 lated above middle, on lower half wholly confluent with 

 median to form a narrow shade ; a white suffusion before 

 second line towards angle, in which is a transverse linear dark 

 fuscous discal mark ; subterminal remote from hindmargin, 

 running from |- of costa to middle of inner margin, slender, 

 dark fuscous, edged with clear white anteriorly except towards 

 costa, twice sinuate; a clear white longitudinal dash from 

 subterminal line at J below costa to netir hindmargin, beneath 

 which is a broad ochreous-fuscous suffusion ; spaces between 

 veins below this suffusedly streaked with fuscous. Hindwings 

 with hindmargin rounded, waved ; pale ochreous ; a slender 

 curved fuscous line beyond middle, obsolete towards costa ; a 

 small fuscous spot towards anal cingle. 



One specimen. A handsome and striking species, allied 

 to the group of Productata, but very distinct ; Mr. Hudson 

 says that it is not variable. 



CEAMBID.E. 



Orocrambus melarnpetrus, Meyr. 



Mr. Hudson has sent me a specimen of a form in 

 which the pale postmedian fascia is almost wholly obsolete, 

 but I can detect no other difference, and do not consider 

 it specifically distinct. 



GEAPHOLITHIDyE. 



Lord Walsingham has been enabled to examine the neura- 

 tion of the type of Ghiloides strcmiinca, Butl., in the British 

 Museum, and has kindly acquainted me that it appears to be 

 certainly only a form of the widespread Bactra lanceolana, 

 Hb. Hence the New Zealand insect, which I wrongly identi- 

 fied with Ghiloides straminea, requires a new generic name, as 

 he agrees with me that the genus is a good one ; Ghiloides 

 being sunk as a synonym of Bactra. I propose for it the 

 name Noteraula. The specific name may be allowed to stand, 

 but of course it must be quoted as Noteraula straminea, Meyr. 

 {nee Butl.). 



