104 Transactions. 



orange : cilia concolorous, tips grey-whitish. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale 



grey. 



Kaeo (near Whangaroa), in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. Singu- 

 larly distinct. 



Capua plagiatana Walk. 



Mr. Philpott has sent me connecting varietal forms of this extraordi- 

 narily variable species, which have convinced me that tornota Meyr. cannot 

 be maintained as specifically distinct from it. 



Epichorista persecta n. sp. 



<J$. 18-19 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-whitish. Palpi 

 4, pale ochreous sprinkled with fuscous, scales of upper and lower edge 

 white. Antennal ciliations of <J 1. Forewings suboblong, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; ochreous- 

 whitish, sprinkled with light-brownish, in £ posteriorly tinged with light- 

 brownish between veins ; a narrow irregular rather dark fuscous streak 

 mixed with brown through disc from base to apex, marked with a blackish 

 spot at f ; a black dot beneath this near apex : cilia whitish, on termen 

 partially tinged with brownish towards base, and marked with three blackish 

 basal dots on upper part of termen. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



Tisbury and West Plans, in November (Philpott) ; two specimens. 



The following form I had at first regarded as a new species, but now 

 consider it probably only a variety of -persecta, though so different in appear- 

 ance as to deserve a varietal name ; the structure appears identical. 



Var. semicocta. 



$. 19 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous, on costal half suffused with 

 brownish-ochreous ; outer edge of basal patch acutely angulated above 

 middle, angle marked with blackish, with black dots above, before, and 

 below it ; central fascia oblique, blackish and rather narrow on upper half, 

 on lower half broader, brownish-ochreous, with several undefined black 

 dots on its edges ; costal patch elongate, narrow, ochreous-brown mixed with 

 dark grey ; a transverse mark of reddish-ochreous suffusion before termen 

 towards middle, marked in middle with a small black spot, and above and 

 beneath this with two or three minute black dots : cilia ochreous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia whitish. 



Tisbury, in November (Philpott) ; one specimen. 



Epichorista carcharodes n. sp. 



<J. 13 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-brown. Palpi If, loosely 

 scaled, ochreous. Antennal ciliations somewhat over 1. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly moderately arched, with- 

 out fold, posteriorly nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 little oblique ; ochreous-brown, towards costa anteriorly suffusedly mixed with 

 whitish-grey-ochreous ; markings dark purplish-leaden, edged with scattered 

 whitish-grey-ochreous scales, especially towards costa ; a series of dots or 

 short strigulae along costa ; two or three irregular marks about edge of 

 basal patch ; two irregular oblique transverse streaks indicating margins of 

 central fascia, somewhat angulated in disc, second with irregular projec- 

 tions posteriorly above and below middle ; an irregular transverse streak 



