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8. Xanthia, Tr. 



Eyes naked, margins ciliated. Antennae in male filiform, 

 moderately ciliated. Thorax with sharp compressed anterior 

 and small posterior crest. Abdomen not crested. 



49. Xantli. ceramodes, n. sp. 



Male. — 35-36 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark reddish- 

 fuscous, terminal joint and apex of second of palpi sometimes 

 whitish-ochreous. Antennge dark fuscous. Abdomen reddish- 

 fuscous. Legs dark reddish-fuscous irrorated with pale ochreous. 

 Forewings moderately dilated, costa almost straight, apex 

 obtuse, hiudmargin waved, obhquely rounded ; dark reddish- 

 fuscous ; lines ochreous- whitish, very ill-defined ; orbicular and 

 reuiform very small, margined with ochreous-whitish, open 

 beneath, connected by a semi-oval black spot margined with 

 ochreous-whitish beneath, reniform followed by a very small 

 black spot ; subterminal somewhat sinuate, very indistinct : 

 cilia reddish-fuscous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, with a 

 darker discal spot, conspicuous on under-surface ; cilia rather 

 dark fuscous, tips whitish. 



Dunedin and North Island ; two specimens. 



9. BiTYLA, Walk. 



Eyes naked. Antennae in male filiform, shortly ciliated. 

 Thorax not crested, collar suberect. Abdomen not crested. 



50. Bit. defigurata, Walk. 



{Xylina defigurata, Walk., Suppl. 756; Bityla thoracica, ib., 869.) 

 Male, female. — 38-39 mm. Head and antenufe dark fuscous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint and apex of second ochreous. 

 Thorax fuscous, collar dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-grey. 

 Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 moderately dilated, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, hind- 

 margin waved, obliquely rounded ; brown, glossy ; lines dark- 

 margined, tolerably defined ; spots and subterminal line not 

 traceable : cilia brown. Hindwnigs rather dark fuscous-grey, 

 glossy ; ciha white, basal half suffusedly fuscous. 



Blenheim, Christchurch, Lake Coleridge, and Dunedin, from 

 January to March ; eight specimens. 



51. Bit. sericea, Butl. 

 {Bityla sericea, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 387, pi. xlii., 12.) 

 Male, female. — 35-36 mm. Head, palpi, antennfe, and thorax 

 brown. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderately 

 dilated, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin waved, 

 obliquely rounded ; glossy, greyish -fuscous ; first line indicated 



