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near before termen : cilia dark purple-leaden, on termen mixed with 

 brownish-ochreous and towards tips ochreous-whitish. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, becoming blackish posteriorly ; cilia dark purplish - grey with 

 blackish subbasal line, towards tips whitish on upper part of termen, and 

 on a patch above apex. 



Kaeo, in January (Hudson) ; one specimen. An obscure species, pro- 

 bably allied to zatrophana. 



Harmologa antitypa n. sp. 



<J. 18 mm. Head fuscous-whitish. Palpi hardly over 2, whitish mixed 

 with fuscous, terminal joint very short, dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1 . 

 Thorax whitish-fuscous, somewhat mixed with brownish and dark fus- 

 cous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings suboblong, rather narrowed 

 towards base, costa anteriorly gently arched, with moderate fold from base 

 to ^, posteriorly faintly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, little 

 oblique ; fuscous sufrusedly irrorated with whitish, and sprinkled with 

 ferruginous and blackish specks ; markings rather darker fuscous, with 

 some indistinct strigulae of blackish and ferruginous irroration ; outer edge 

 of basal patch indicated by an angulated streak, with a strong prominence 

 .at angle ; central fascia moderately broad, very irregular, from before 

 middle of costa to beyond middle of dorsum, both margins sharply indented 

 above middle and prominent below it ; two small spots on costa beyond 

 this ; a suffused streak from costa towards apex to dorsum before tornus, 

 curved inwards in middle and outwards below middle ; a small spot on 

 costa just before apex ; a subtriangular patch before lower portion of ter- 

 men, touching tornus : cilia grey-whitish, indistinctly barred with fuscous. 

 Hindwings pale greyish, sufrusedly marbled with darker ; cilia whitish, with 

 grey subbasal line. 



Wellington, in November (Hudson) ; one specimen. Intermediate be- 

 tween amplexana and scoliastis. 



Harmologa allogama n. sp. 



<$ 14-15 mm., $ 16-17 mm. Head and thorax dark purple-fuscous. 

 Palpi in $ under 2, dark fuscous ; in $ 2, whitish mixed with fuscous. 

 Antennal ciliations in <$ 1|. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings in $ 

 elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, with moderate 

 fold from base to § , apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, little oblique, 

 in $ more oblong, costa anteriorly moderately arched, then nearly straight ; 

 dark fuscous, more or less wholly suffused with deep purple ; a patch of 

 ochreous-whitish irroration extending along dorsum from J to f, upper 

 edge indented in middle ; in £ a patch of deep-ferruginous suffusion 

 sprinkled with yellowish on costa towards apex ; in $ a semioval yellow- 

 whitish blotch extending along costa from f to near apex ; termen slenderly 

 suffused with deep ferruginous : cilia dark purplish-leaden, with blackish 

 subbasal line, in $ slightly mixed with whitish beneath apex. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia in $ grey with black subbasal line, in $ lighter grey, 

 tinged with whitish beneath apex, with dark-fuscous subbasal line becoming 

 deep ferruginous round apex. 



Karori, in garden, in December (Hudson) ; four specimens (2 <J, 2 $). 

 Nearest achrosta ; the difference in the sexes is very remarkable. 



