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costal and about four oblique dorsal streaks (these vary some- 

 what) ; costal streaks usually alternately slender and thick ; 

 a fuscous apical spot : cilia gi'ey, round apex white, with two 

 dark fuscous lines and a black apical hook. Hindwings fus- 

 cous-grey, cilia paler. 



Wellington and Christchurch, in September, January, and 

 February ; four specimens. 



47. Grac. athalota, Meyr. 



(Gracilaria cethalota, Meyr., " Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.," 1880, 143.) 

 (? . 9mm. Head and thorax fuscous-grey, face grey- whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, apex of second joint and a subapical ring of 

 terminal joint black. Forewings purpHsh-gi-ey ; margins 

 faintly dotted with ochreous-whitish posteriorly : cilia grey, 

 with obscure darker lines, and a white apical hook. Hind- 

 wings fuscous-grey, cilia paler. 



Dunedin, in January ; one specimen. Notwithstanding the 

 different superficial appearance, this species is nearly allied to 

 the preceding. 



COEISCIUM, Z. 



Characters of Gracilaria, but palpi with a loose projecting 

 tuft of scales towards apex of second joint beneath, terminal 

 joint usually longer than second. 



48. Cor. miniellum, Feld. 



(Coriscium miniellum, Fekl., pi. cxl. ; Gracilaria ethela, Meyr., "Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.W.," 1880,152.) 



<? ? . ll-13mm. Head yellow on crown, crimson behind, 

 face snow-white with two pale crimson spots. Palpi white, 

 second joint crimson. Thorax yellow, anterior margin and a 

 posterior spot crimson. Forewings pale yellow, deeper to- 

 wards inner margin; a bright crimson undulating central 

 streak from base to apex, sometimes margined with dark 

 fuscous above, connected with inner margin by perpendicular 

 bars near base and at i, -J, and |, and connected with costa at 

 and near base ; a round crimson apical spot, containing a 

 blackish spot towards costa, and a wliite triangular spot on 

 inner margin : cilia yellow round apex, with a dark fuscous 

 hook, crimson below apical spot, thence very pale crimson. 

 Hindwings light crimson, cilia very pale crimson, on costa 

 gi-ey. 



Var. a. All crimson colouring replaced by ochreous-brown, 

 margined with dark fuscous. 



Hamilton, Taranaki, and Palmerston ; from January to 

 March, locally plentiful, frequenting the depths of the forest. 

 The variety occurs wdth the type, but much more scantily, in 

 the proportion of about one in fifteen. I can offer no explana- 

 tion of the magnificent colouring of this species, which would 



