350 TransactioDS. 



suffusion in disc ; fourth fascia composed of three waved slightly curved 

 somewhat darker lines, edged posteriorly above middle by a curved black line 

 edged with white posteriorly and followed by a roundish grey spot becoming 

 whitish anteriorly ; fifth fascia indicated by small black marks between this 

 spot and costa, elsewhere by faint traces of whitish lines and some black 

 marks on veins ; subterminal line pale bluish-green, waved-dentate ; a fine 

 black interrupted terminal line : cilia pale-greyish, towards base triangularly 

 barred with darker grey. Hindwings with termen rather unevenly rounded ; 

 grey- whitish, on dorsal half with more or less marked grey waved transverse 

 lines, two of these towards tornus suft'usedly blackish on dorsal area ; a grey 

 terminal fascia enclosing a waved-dentate whitish line ; lower half of termen 

 sometimes suffused with light green ; a fine interrupted blackish terminal 

 line : cilia pale grey, with indications of darker bars. 



Mount Egmont, 3,000 ft., in February (Hudson) ; two specimens. Sent 

 with paralodes (to which it is nearest) and regarded as a form of it, but larger, 

 greener, and quite distinct by absence of black band on abdomen, broader 

 wings without the black markings of paralodes, but with a characteristic grey 

 spot beyond median band, and somewhat shorter fascicles of antennae. 



Xanthorhoe eupitheciaria Guen. 



Closelv related to cinerearia. but slightly larger, apex of forewings some- 

 what more pointed and termen less rounded, ground colour of forewings and 

 hindwings whitish, not appearing grey. 



I have regarded this as the mountain form of cinerearia, but Mr. 

 Philpott is, I believe, of opinion that it is specifically distinct, and this is 

 probablv correct. If so, the name eupitheciaria Guen. is properly appli- 

 cable to it ; Walker's synonyms are, according to my notes, all referable 

 to cinerearia proper. I possess eupitheciaria from Mount Arthur, Mount 

 Hutt, and Lake Wakatipu (3,000-4,000 ft.), and it seems common in the 

 mountains of the South Island. 



Xanthorhoe obarata Feld. 



I agree with Mr. Philpott's suggestion that X. cymozeucfa Meyr. is only 

 a synonym of X. obarata Feld. My examples of X. oharata were old and not 

 in very good condition, but I think there is no true distinction. 



Selidosemidae. 



Selidosema prototoxa n. sp. 



$. 3-i m. Head and thorax whitish-grey, partially tinged with brownish, 

 with scattered black specks. Palpi 2|, grey. Abdomen pale greyish- 

 ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous on basal half. Forewings somewhat 

 elongate-triangular, termen rounded, rather oblique ; pale fuscous, strewn 

 with irregularly scattered black specks, longitudinally suffused with pale grey 

 (faintly greenish-tinged) in disc above middle, and irregularly on subdorsal 

 area ; a short suff'used black submedian streak from base ; first line dark 

 fuscous, from I of costa to a of dorsum, acutely angulated in middle, lower 

 half slightly curved ; median fuscous, nearly straight, rather irregular ; 

 second line dark fuscous, from | of costa to § of dorsum, rather incurved, 

 more strongly on lower half, nearly followed by a thick parallel dark-gre}^ 

 shade ; subterminal line slender, whitish, edged with dark fuscous, nearly 

 obsolete towards middle, strongest near dorsum ; some white subdorsal 



