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almost to the apex, and a broad, oblique, slightly waved band 

 reaching from the apex to the dorsum at about ^. The 

 hind wings are pale-grey. 



This little insect is possibly only a variety of D. gypsotis. 

 It was found by Mr. A. Philpott at Seaward Downs in 

 January, 1900. 



Selidosema monacha, n. sp. Plate XXX., fig. 4. 



The expansion of the wings is nearly liin. The fore 

 wings are shining- white, traversed by numerous jagged trans- 

 verse lines which are all much broader near the costa. The 

 hind wings are dull-white, obscurely banded with grey. The 

 head and thorax are white, with black markings, and the 

 abdomen is dull-grey. 



This very conspicuous insect is described from a single 

 mutilated specimen in the collection of the late Mr. R. W. 

 Fereday, which is now deposited in the Christchurch Mu- 

 seum. The locality of its capture cannot be stated. 



Declana glacialis, n. sp. Plate XXX., fig. 2. 



The expansion of the wings is about 14; in. The fore 

 wings are very dark rich reddish-brown ; there is a large, very 

 irregular, deeply indented white mark in the middle of the 

 wing extending from the base beyond f. This marking is 

 almost bisected by a bright reddish-brown longitudinal streak. 

 There is an obscure bluish-grey shading near the termen, and 

 the veins and cilia are bright reddish-brown. The apex of 

 the fore wings is rather prominent and the termen somewhat 

 arched. The hind wings are bright-orange, with several large 

 brown spots on the termen near the apex ; the cilia are bright- 

 orange. The head and thorax are orange-brown. There is a 

 conspicuous ochreous band on the prothorax, and the abdo- 

 men is dull-orange, speckled with black towards the tip. 



In January, 1889, Mr. C. W. Palmer took a single speci- 

 men of this fine insect between Gordon's Pyramid and Mount 

 Arthur, at an elevation of about 4,000 ft., in the Nelson Dis- 

 trict. This specimen he kindly transferred to my collection, 

 but as it was unique and in rather poor condition I did not 

 feel justified in describing it. I was therefore very glad to 

 again meet with the insect during December, 1899, in the 

 neighbourhood of Mount Cook Hermitage, where I was for- 

 tunate enough to secure half a dozen very fine specimens. 

 In this locality the moth was observed flying with great 

 rapidity in the hottest sunshine. It was comparatively com- 

 mon at elevations of from 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft., and frequented 

 the upper portion of the old terminal moraine of the Mueller 

 Glacier, as well as the lower spurs of the Sealey Range. 



