i20>s Transaclioiis. — Zoology. 



4. Pot. character if era, Walk. 



[Hi'pialiis character if er, Walk., "Suppl.," 594; Oxycdnim iviplctus, ib., 



598.) 



3 5 . 68-80mm. Head and thorax brownisli-oclireous ; 

 antennae of <? shortly bidentate. Forewings yellow-ochreous, 

 closely marbled with blackish ; two or three irregular posterior 

 series of very small subtriangular blackish white-centred 

 marks ; several small dark fuscous spots towards base : a 

 moderate subtriangular conspicuous blackish-fuscous spot 

 above middle of inner margin. Hind wings dark fuscous-grey, 

 sometimes with one or two posterior series of pale rings ; cilia 

 \ellow-ochreous barred with dark grey. 



Auckland ; two specimens (Brit. Mus. Coll.). Easily known 

 l)y the characteristic blackish spot towards middle of inner 

 margin. 



5. Por. cerviiiata, Walk. 



{Klliannna cervinata, Walk., "Suppl.," 595; Foriita vc.vata, ili., 597: 

 Piclus variolar is, Gn., "Ent. Mo. Mag.," v. 1 ; Porina fuliginca, 

 Butl., "Cist. Ent." ii., 488.) 



3 $ . 34-40mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish- 

 ochreous. Antennae fuscous, in S' bidentate. Forewings 

 yellowish-ochreous or fuscous ; a small round white black- 

 margined spot in disc at i; two or three irregular somewhat 

 larger spots confluent in disc at about ^ ; two or three others^ 

 united to form an oblique transverse mark in middle; some- 

 times another between these and the preceding ; the whole of 

 these connected by a broad cloudy, darker streak, sometimes 

 mixed with black ; two white black-circled dots below disc at 

 } : three transverse more or less visible series of triangular 

 white black-margined dots, first beyond middle, first twO' 

 terminating in small black spots on inner margin, third more 

 or less confluent into a connected line ; between second and 

 third a cloudy darker shade, sometimes mixed with l:)lack ; 

 sometimes a hindnuirginal series of black dots ; in specimens 

 with fuscous ground-colour many of these markings tend to be 

 obscured : cilia whitish-ochreous, more or less distinctly barred 

 with dark fuscous, or almost wholly dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 yellowish-ochreous, greyish-tinged in disc, sometimes partially 

 or wholly suffused with dark grey or fuscous ; sometimes an 

 indistinct subternnnal series of dark fuscous spots ; a hind- 

 marginal series of blackish dots ; ciha as in forewings. 



Auckland to Dunedin ; connnon. Yery variable : northern 

 specimens are more yellow-ochreous, and more distinctly 

 spotted, and they become more fuscous in proportion as they 

 are further south ; Dunedin specimens are constantl) fuscous. 

 but there appears to be a complete gradation between the 

 forms. The ochreous forms are easily distinguished from other 

 species by the numerous spots, and the absence of a continuous- 



