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Notoreas anthracias Meyr. 



Mr. Philjjott has correctly pointed out to me that this species should be 

 referred to Notoreas instead of Xanthorhoe. 



Dasyuris hexaleuca n. sp. 



$. 18 mm. Head and palpi white mixed with black. Thorax black 

 with a white line on each side of back. Abdomen black sprinkled with 

 white, segmental margins white. Forewings triangular, termen bowed, 

 rather oblique ; black ; six ochreous-white transverse lines, first cloudy, 

 ill defined, second and third nearly straight, third rather thick, fourth fine, 

 angulated in disc, fifth thick, rather curved outwards in disc, sixth slender, 

 curved, very near termen on lower half ; a transverse ochreous-white mark 

 in disc between third and fourth : cilia white barred with dark grey. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded ; blackish ; basal area irrorated with white ; 

 three ochreous-white transverse streaks, first before middle, narrow, some- 

 what angulated in disc, with a distinct prominence from angle, second 

 at f, rather broad, bent in disc, third narrow, rather waved, curved, prae- 

 terminal : cilia whitish, barred with dark grey on basal half, and with 

 extreme base irregularly dark fuscous. 



Ben Lomond, in November ; one specimen. Probably a Dasyuris, allied 

 to leucobathra, but o not seen. 



Pyraustidae. 

 Scoparia animosa n. sp. 



$. 15 mm. Head brown. Palpi 2J, ochreous-whitish mixed with fus- 

 cous, with oblique dark -fuscous band at base of second joint. Thorax 

 ochreous-brown, patagia suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale grey. 

 Forewings very elongate - triangular, termen somewhat rounded, rather 

 oblique ; bronzy -brown, with some scattered black scales ; dorsal § sufiused 

 with black from base to first line, cut by an indistinct whitish subbasal 

 line ; first line white, bisinuate, direct, edged posteriorly with black ; round- 

 orbicular and 8-shaped discal spots outlined with black ; a black blotch 

 representing claviform ; dorsum suffused with blackish between first and 

 second lines ; second line slender, white, rather oblique, slightly curved 

 from J to f , edged anteriorly with some black scales ; subterminal line 

 slender, indistinct, white, interrupted, angulated inwards in middle, space 

 between this and second line marked with suffused black streaks on veins ; 

 a row of small black spots round apex and termen, separated with white on 

 terminal edge : cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal line. Hindwings If, 

 without hairs in cell ; grey-whitish, greyer towards termen ; cilia whitish, 

 with faint greyish subbasal shade. 



West Plains, Invercargill, in December (Philpott) ; one specimen. 

 Perhaps most allied to acharis. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



Catamacta chrysomela n. sp. 



c?. 17 mm. Head pale grey. Palpi 2, fulvous-ochreous, towards apex 

 grey. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax grey, a small spot on shoulders and 

 posterior crest fulvous-orange. Abdomen light grey. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, with moderate fold from base to f, 

 apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; deep fulvous- 



