54 Papers. 



Hudson had to separate the two again, and, of course, could not consult 

 Walker's types. 



The species figured by Hudson (pi. ix, fig. 37) as flexata is really 

 S. hnmeraria = obtusaria = obtruncata = punctilinearia. The true 

 flexata is figured by him on pi. x, figs. 1 and 2, as humeraria. 



Larentia exoriens Prout nov. sp. 



J . 26-35 mm. Face pale ochreous, strongly tinged with red. 

 Palpus the same, reddest on the outer side. Pectinations rather long. 

 Legs pale ochreous, spotted with fuscous, more or less red on upper side. 

 Vertex and front of thorax sometimes tinged with red. Abdomen with 

 paired dark dorsal dots, which are seldom distinct. Wings shaped as 

 in aegrota Butl., pale ochreous; basal and median areas of forewing — 

 and especially costa as far as subcostal vein — sometimes flushed with 

 rosy rufous. Forewing sometimes with an indistinct curved rufous line 

 near base; other lines rufous-grey, arranged nearly as in aegrota; sub- 

 basal pair oblique (almost parallel with termen), sometimes curved, some- 

 times rather sinuous, scarcely ever strongly bent basewards near costa 

 as in aegrota; median series of four rather variable, the first usually 

 crossing the black cell-spot, the third weak sometimes lost in a greyish 

 suffusion, the fourth dentate usually projecting rather more before and 

 behind the radials than is normal in aegrota; a pale band distally to 

 the line, usually bisected by a very feeble grey line; subterminal area 

 usually more or less shaded with grey, at least to the extent of some 

 spots before a pale vague lunulate subterminal line; termen marked 

 with paired black dots; fringe slightly dark-marked, generally more 

 feebly than in aegrota. Hindwing with or without black cell-spot, no 

 other distinct markings, faint traces of those on the underside; termen 

 and fringe as in forewing. Underside pale ocherous, in fresh speci- 

 mens usually strongly flushed with rufous, especially costal terminal areas 

 of forewing and whole of hindwing; basal area, especially of forewing, 

 more greyish, both wings with dark post-median line usually pretty well 

 defined, sometimes dark-shaded proximally, usually pale-margined 

 distally; in well-marked individuals with a distinct pale subterminal 

 line; hindwings also sometimes with one or two dark lines in basal area;, 

 cell-spots present ; termen as above. 



Type (G. Howes, 15th March, 1910) in coll. L. B. Prout. 



Glenorchv (March, 1910)— G. B. Longstaff; G. Howes. Nevis (24th 

 March, 1911), Kinloch (20th March, 1911)— G. Howes. 



Bv the kindness of Dr. Longstaff and Mr. Howes I am enabled to 

 describe this species from nine males, including two or three in ex- 

 cellent condition and others little inferior. When worn or faded it 

 is exceedingly similar to L. aegrota, but, apart from the points indicated 

 above, it may be known by the absence of strong fuscous clouding on 

 the underside, and by two structural characters : the antenna! pectina- 

 tions are appreciably longer (one-sixth or one-seventh as long again), 

 and the posterior part of the cell of hindwing is considerably less pro- 

 duced, vein 5 arising near the cell-spot. 



Note. — I use the name Larentia Frietschke for Xanthorhoe. Sec- 

 tion 2 of Turner (Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, xvi, new series, p. 274): 

 " hindwings with vein 5 from below centre of discocellular, which is 

 angled." 



Here belong of New Zealand species — L. semifissata Walk., chlamy- 

 dota Meyr., beata Butl., semisignata Walk., farinata Warr., and doubt- 

 less a few that I cannot at the present moment compare. 



