12 Transactions. — Zoology. 



obsolete, towards inner margin at -J ; a rather large black dot 

 between origins of veins 3 and 4, and another on middle of 

 vein 6 ; a hind-marginal series of mmute black dots : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia pale ochreous, 

 with a cloudy dark-grey line. 



Akaroa and Dunedin, in February; ten specimens. 



14. Letic. temivittata, Walk. 

 {Leucania temivittata, Walk., Suppl. 628.) 



Male, female. — 36-40 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax, 

 abdomen, and legs pale whitish-ochreous ; antennae in male 

 serrate, shortly ciliated ; outer spurs with median black band. 

 Forewings moderately dilated, costa hardly sinuate, apex obtuse, 

 hindmargin slightly waved, rather oblique, rouuded beneath ; 

 pale whitish-ochreous ; space between veins posteriorly some- 

 times pale brownish, veins sometimes marked with black scales ; 

 a slender pale ochreous median streak, irrorated with black, 

 from base to f ; a black dot above middle at |-, sometimes 

 another at ^, and one towards inner margin at -J, a fourth 

 between origins of veins 3 and 4, and a filth between veins 6 

 and 7, near origin ; a curved posterior series of black dots ; a 

 hind-marginal series of minute black dots : cilia pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings grey, in female more or less suffused with 

 pale whitish-ochreous ; cilia white, base ochreous-tinged. 



Christchurch, Mount Torlesse, and Dunedin ; common. 



15. Leuc, blenheimensis, Frdy. 

 (Leucania blenheimemis, Frdy., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1882, 196.) 



Male. — 40 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs whitish-ochreous, slightly brownish-tinged ; palpi 

 externally suffused with blackish ; antenns subserrate towards 

 base, moderately cihated ; anterior legs suffused with dark grey, 

 all tarsi and spurs banded with blackish. Forewings mode- 

 rately dilated, costa hardly sinuate, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 waved, somewhat oblique, rounded beneath ; whitish-ochreous, 

 tinged with pale brownish-ochreous along hindmargin ; veins 

 partially white, irregularly irrorated with black ; first line repre- 

 sented by three minute black dots ; a cloudy black dot between 

 veins 3 and 4 at origin ; a posterior curved series of obscure 

 black dots : cilia blackish-grey, irrorated with wliitish. Hind- 

 wings fuscous-grey, towards base tinged with whitish-ochreous ; 

 cilia grey- whitish, with a cloudy grey line. 



Napier and Blenheim ; three specimens. 



IG. Leitc. extranea, Gn. 

 (Leucania extranea, Gn., Noct. v., 77, Bull., Voy. Ereb., pi. ix., 2.) 

 Male, Jemale. — 32-42 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, 

 abdomen, and lege pale brownish-ochreoue, Bometimea sprinkled 



