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brownish-grey. The female differs in having the fore wings 

 uniform pale-brown tinged with purplish, and the transverse 

 lines are very numerous and distinct. 



This fine, though obscurely marked, species was discovered 

 near Invercargill by Messrs. G. Howes and A. Philpott. A 

 number of specimens have been secured, all of which show 

 considerable variation. The perfect insect appears in Novem- 

 ber and December. 



Venusia princeps, n. sp. Plate XXX., fig. 1. 



The expansion of the wings is l^in. The fore wings are 

 bright-yellow, with orange-brown markings. There is a 

 shading on the costa near the base ; three small obscure 

 spots at about \ ; a rather large spot on the costa at -|, fol- 

 lowed by three much smaller spots ; there is an irregular 

 somewhat triangular marking at the apex. The hind wings 

 are pale-yellow, with several obscure dots on the dorsum. 

 The head is yellow ; the thorax is also yellow, with an 

 anterior band of reddish-brown ; and the abdomen is pale- 

 yellow. The antennae are strongly bipectinated, white, dotted 

 with pale-brown. 



This handsome species is described from a single speci- 

 men in the collection of the late Mr. E. W. Fereday, which 

 is now deposited in the Christchurch Museum. The exact 

 locality of its capture is unknown. 



Notoreas synclinalis, n. sp. Plate XXX., fig. 6. 



The expansion of the wings is l^in. The fore wings have 

 the costa broadly bordered with dark greyish-black; below 

 this there is a longitudinal black streak from the base to a 

 little beyond the middle ; next a broad dull - white stripe, 

 followed by a very conspicuous curved biack longitudinal 

 stripe, extending from the base of the wing, running parallel 

 to the dorsum towards the termen and curving upwards op- 

 posite the tornus towards the apex ; on its lower side this 

 stripe is broadly shaded with pale-grey. The lower central 

 portions of the wing are dull yellowish-brown. The hind 

 wings are dark blackish-grey, with an obscure central shad- 

 ing. The cilia of all the wings are dark-grey, obscurely 

 barred with paler grey. 



This remarkable-looking species was discovered by Mr. A. 

 Philpott at Seaward Moss, near Invercargill, on the 4th 

 January, 1900. 



Dichromodes griseata, n. sp. Plate XXX., fig. 5. 



The expansion of the wings is about fin. The fore wings 

 are dark-grey, with paler-grey markings ; there is a long stripe 

 running parallel to the costa, and extending from the base 



