II. — ZOOLOGY. 



Art. XX. — On some Netv Species of Macro-lepidoptera. 

 By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 18th November, 



1902.] 



Plate XXX. 

 Caradrinina. 

 Miselia iota, n. sp. Plate XXX., fig. 3. 



The expansion of the wings is a little over 1 in. The fore 

 wings are dull browmsh-ochreous finely speckled with black ; 

 there is a conspicuous hook-shaped black mark close to the 

 base, a sharp black mark on the costa at about J, a clouded 

 wavy line near the middle of the wing, darker on the costa, 

 a sharp black mark on the costa just beyond this, followed by 

 a wavy band of dark broivnish-black, very much broader on the 

 costa than on the dorsum, and bordered with a pale wavy line 

 towards the termen. The hind wings are dark brownish- 

 black. The cilia of the fore wings are brownish-ochreous, 

 of the hind wings dark - grey. The head and thorax are 

 brownish-ochreous, and the abdomen grey. There are two 

 conspicuous black marks on the anterior portion of the 

 thorax. 



This species is evidently closely allied to M. pessota, but 

 is, however, abundantly distinct therefrom. The type speci- 

 men was taken at Karori in January, and the species has 

 since been found at Invercargill by Mr. Philpott. 



Melanchra umbra, n. sp. Plate XXX., figs. 7, 8, and 9 



(varieties). 



The expansion of the wings is about If in. The fore 

 wings of the male vary from pale-ochreous to dull reddish- 

 ochreous. The central portion of the wing is more or less 

 clouded with black, and there are often two black patches on 

 the termen below the apex. The orbicular is oval, finely out- 

 lined in black ; the reniform is large, black towards the base 

 and pale towards the termen ; the claviform is obscurely out- 

 lined in black ; the transverse lines are very faintly indicated, 

 except on the costa. The sides of the thorax are black and 

 the central crest pale-brown. The hind wings are dark 



