174 Transactions. — Zooloipj. 



somewhat rough beneath, terminal joint longer than second, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, acute, porrected. Pos- 

 terior tibiae shortly rough-haired beneath. Forewings with vein 

 1 furcate, 2 almost from angle of cell, 7 to hindmargin, 11 from 

 beyond middle of cell, all veins separate. Hindwiugs as broad 

 as forewings, elongate -ovate, cilia, %-\ ; veins 3 and 4 remote, 

 6 and 7 tolerably parallel. 



The two species differ much in the extent of the antennal 

 scaling in the male, but comparatively little in the female. 



18. Prot. eratopis, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 11£-12| mm. Head yellow-ochreous, face 

 and palpi paler, mixed with white. Antennae clothed with dense 

 scales in male to \ above only, in female to \ all over, brownish- 

 ochreous, apex of scaled portion dark fuscous, naked portion 

 grey. Thorax bronzy-ochreous, with a yellowish-white stripe on 

 each side of back. Abdomen grey. Legs dark grey, posterior 

 tibiae and apex of joints grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, apex rounded, hindmargin sinuate, oblique ; yellow- 

 ochreous, with somewhat coppery reflections ; markings margined 

 with fuscous ; a straight white streak from middle of base to near 

 inner margin before middle ; a straight narrow silvery-metallic 

 fascia from costa near base to middle of inner margin, sometimes 

 not reaching it ; a rather broader oblique white fascia from 

 costa at \, reaching to fold, attenuated to extremity ; a narrow 

 straight silvery-metallic fascia from middle of costa to | of inner 

 margin, becoming white towards costa ; a narrow straight white 

 fascia from $ of costa to |- of inner margin, interrupted by a 

 small round silvery-metallic spot above middle ; between this 

 fascia and hindmargin is a large round white spot, crossed by 

 six fine black lines on veins, connected with costa at f by a short 

 white bar, beneath margined by a round coppery or violet- 

 metallic black-margined spot at its lower anterior angle, and a 

 black streak along lower half of hindmargin containing three 

 similar coppery or violet-metallic spots; a silvery-metallic streak 

 from costa before apex to hindmargin above middle, becoming 

 white towards costa : cilia ochreous, tips paler, with white spots 

 at extremities of subapical streak. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



The superficial resemblance to a typical Glyphipteryx is very 

 extraordinary. 



Otira Gorge, about 2,300 feet ; taken commonly, flying about 

 a flowery bank in January. 



19. Prot. steropucha, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 13-14 man. Head and thorax dark purplish- 

 fuscous, palpi dark fuscous, second joint yellow- whitish beneath 

 towards base. Antenna?, clothed with very dense scales in male 

 to f , in female to § , dark purplish-fuscous, naked apical portion 



