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faint light-brown irregular line near termen, ending in a blackish 

 three-cornered blotch close to tornus, margined on terminal 

 side with white. Cilia light-brown. Hindwings light-brown, 

 deepening towards apical portion and towards dorsum. Cilia 

 dark-brown edged with white. 



Taken at blossom in November in bush at Ototara, near 

 Invercargill. 



Agrotis veda, n. sp. 



$ , 30 mm. One specimen. Antennae dark-fuscous, bipec- 

 tinated. Palpi light-grey, with dark terminal joint. Thorax 

 grey, extra pubescent beneath, tufts prominent. Head and 

 anterior crest dark-grey. Abdomen silvery-grey. Slight anal 

 tuft. Forewings silvery-grey, with a slight red suffusion. Reni- 

 form and orbicular are joined and outlined in brown, but not 

 complete. A series of slightly darker markings between veinings 

 of forewings. An interrupted brown line showing on costa at %, 

 and again at centre of wing, and as a faint mark on dorsum. 

 Cilia grey. Hindwings grey, with faint darker terminal suffu- 

 sion. Discal spot crescentic. fuscous. Cilia greyish-white. 

 From Motueka, Nelson. 



Leucania obsoleta. 



5 , 37 mm. One specimen. Antennse ochreous, filiform. 

 Legs and palpi greyish-ochreous. Legs fuscous beneath. Face 

 and thorax dark-ochre. Thorax moderately crested. Abdo- 

 men dull-grey ; anal segment paler. Forewings uniform light- 

 ochre. Veins plainly outlined in grey. Orbicular and reniform 

 obsolete. Slight dark shading from base to half-way along 

 wing-centre. Termen very slightly sinuate near apex. Hind- 

 wings 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. 



Taken in December in Dunedin. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLIV. 



Fig. 1. Physetica hudsoni. 

 Fig. 2. Melanchra beata. 

 Fig. 3. Agrostis veda. 

 Fig. 4. Melanchra phriceas. 

 Fig. 5. Leucania obsoleta. 

 Fig 6. Asaphodes parora. 

 Fig. 7. Xanthorhce subductata. 

 Fig. 8. Achrra mclicerte. 

 Fig. 9. Pyralis farinalis. 



