534 Transactions. 



men, inclining towards centre of wing as it nears dorsum. 

 Edge of termen deeply scalloped. Cilia light-brown. Hind- 

 wings ochreous, with strong darker terminal suffusion. Cilia 

 ochreous. 



■ Apparently close to M. rubescens, which it resembles in the 

 markings, but it is easily distinguished. Has occurred in Dun- 

 edin in December, and on blossom here in October. Mr. 

 Philpott has three specimens taken at Wallacetown. 



In the 1905 volume of the Transactions I described a new 

 Leucania as " Leucania obsoleta." As this name proves to be 

 preoccupied, I alter the name to " L. innotatar 



Leucania innotata, n. sp. 



^ About 37 mm. Antennae ochreous, filiform. Legs and palpi 

 greyish-ochreous. Legs fuscous beneath. Face and thorax 

 dark-ochre. Thorax moderately crested. Abdomen dull-grey ; 

 anal segment paler. Forewings uniform light-ochre. Veins 

 plainly outlined in grey. Orbicular and reniform obsolete. 

 Very slight dark shading from base to half-way along wing- 

 centre. Termen very slightly sinuate near apex. Hindwings 

 uniform fuscous, with cilia light-ochreous as in forewings. 



This moth appears to be close to L. arotis, but differs in 

 coloration, in the absence of dots on the forewings, and in its 

 pale-ochre cilia. 



The jfirst specimen was taken in Dunedin in December, but 

 since then, when collecting with Messrs. Lee and Oliver, we 

 have taken several more in October at Anderson's Bay, Dunedin. 



Art. XLVIII. — Additional Notes on the Kea. 



By George R. Marriner. F.R.M.S.. Curator. Public Museum, 



Wartganui. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 11th December, 1907.] 



Plates XXXII-XXXTV. 



In order to verify some of the accounts that I had heard of the 

 damage done to the sheep-farmers through the depredations 

 of the kea, and, if possible, to obtain some photographs of the 

 murdered sheep, in July, 1907, I made a week's excursion to 

 Mount Algidus Station. This run is situated near the con- 

 fluence of the Rakaia, Mathias, and Wilberforce Rivers, a few 

 miles above the Rakaia Forks, where the birds have been very 

 troublesome for some time. Though midwinter is the worst 



