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with black and followed by narrow yellow margin indented above and 

 below middle ; subterminal irregular, dilated on costa and at middle, 

 yellowish above dorsum : cilia white, prominently barred with blackish. 

 Hindwings and cilia as forewings but basal line absent and subterminal 

 wholly yellow. Undersides reproducing markings of upper surfaces but 

 with the lines much broader and the basal area of costa suffused with clear 

 yellow. 



Mr. G. V. Hudson has two examples, both taken at Arthur's Pass, the 

 first in December, 1908. Mr. R. Grimmett has a single specimen, captured 

 on the St. Arnaud Range, Nelson. 



Differs from Notoreas mechanitis (Meyr.) in the less triangular forewing, 

 the costa being more arched ; the form of the second line is also quite 

 different. It is possible that when the male is discovered the species will 

 have to be placed in Dasyuris. Type in Mr. Grimmett's collection, to 

 whose kindness I am indebted for the opportunity of describing the species. 



MONOCTENIADAE. 



Adeixis griseata (Huds.), Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 35, p. 244, pi. 30, fig. 5. 



Having received, through the kindness of Mr. George Lyell, of Gisborne, 

 and Dr. Jefferis Turner, of Adelaide, a number of examples of Adeixis 

 inostentata (Walk.), I have come to the conclusion that the New Zealand 

 insect hitherto regarded as being indentical with the Australian species is 

 distinct, and therefore should be known as A. griseata (Huds.). Walker's 

 material came from various parts of Australia, as did also Warren's, who 

 redescribed the species under the name of Adeixis insignata (Nov. Zool., 4, 

 p. 27). A. griseata (Huds.) differs from A. inostentata (Walk.) chiefly in 

 the well-marked white lines beneath costa and from apex to dorsum at \. 

 In my " List of the Lepidoptera of Otago " (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 49, 

 p. 210) I refer to griseata (under the name of inostentata) as being probably 

 of recent Australian origin, having been found only in the vicinity of the 

 Port of Bluff. Since the publication of the list, however, the species has 

 been taken by Mr. G. V. Hudson and Mr. C. E. Clarke at remote localities 

 in the North Island, and I have also met with it at Lake Manapouri. 

 I am much indebted to Mr. H. Hamilton, of the Dominion Museum staff, 

 for assistance in the matter of literature relating to the Australian insect. 



Selidosemidae. 

 Selidosema modica n. sp. 



<$. 30-31 mm. Head and palpi brownish-grey mixed with white, 

 pectinations 12. Thorax brownish - fuscous mixed with white, collar 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, 

 subsinuate, apex rectangular, termen rounded, more oblique on lower half ; 

 fuscous-brown ; first line obscure, sharply angled outwards beneath costa, 

 whitish ; an obscure blackish discal dot ; second line from § costa to § 

 dorsum, upper half straight, lower half incurved, white ; a broad clear 

 brown band following second line ; subterminal indicated by a series of 

 white dots, preceded and followed by black ones, on veins ; a series 

 of black dots round termen : cilia brown mixed with whitish and grey. 

 Hindwings whitish- grey, densely sprinkled with darker ; a dark discal dot ; 

 an irregular series of blackish dots round termen : cilia grey -whitish. 



