6 Transactions. 



Invercargill, common on flowers of Senecio in March (Philpott) ; two 

 specimens. Much. Hke gohiata, from which it may be certainly distinguished 

 by the much more strongly waved termen of both wings ; gohiata is also 

 rather smaller, whiter-irrorated, with straighter strise, lower half of anterior 

 margin of median band and obUque streak from apex forming distinct black 

 hues. I formerly quoted Butler's name erroneously as a synonym of 

 gobiala. 



Xanthorhoe adonis, Huds. 



Having received two fine specimens from Mr. Philpott, I am satisfied 

 it is a good. species, and readily distinguished from beata by the colour of 

 the hindwings. 



Notoreas fulva, Huds. {Lythria jniva, Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1904, 357.) 



According to two 9 specimens communicated by Mr. Hudson, this species 

 is a true Notoreas. 



Selidosemid^. 

 Selidosema leucelaea, n. sp. 



(^ 30-32 mm., $ 27-30 mm. Head white or ochreo us- whitish, somewhat 

 mixed with grey and dark fuscous, anterior half of crown in $ suffused 

 with ochreous. Antennal pectinations of J : a, 9 ; h, 6. Thorax whitish, 

 anteriorly irregularly marked with blackish, and in J partially suffused 

 with brownish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 

 Forewings triangular, costa somewhat bent beyond middle, termen rounded, 

 somewhat obhque ; white, more or less strewn with black or in J brownish 

 specks and strigulse ; in 3 the whole wing is more or less suffused with 

 grey or ohve-brown, except a straight white fascia (usually interrupted in 

 middle) before subterminal line, and more or less of dorsal area towards 

 middle, and there is usually a broad streak of brown suffusion beneath 

 costa and another along termen, in ? there is no brown colouring, but some- 

 times some grey suffusion ; basal area more or less marked with blackish ; first 

 and second hnes more or less indicated bv white marks, enclosed between 

 thick blackish more or less interrupted waved Unes, first obtusely angulated 

 above middle, second nearly straight, sinuate near dorsum ; median cloudy, 

 blackish, sinuate, interrupted ; discal spot transverse-linear, black, beyond 

 median hne ; subterminal line slender, waved, white, partially edged an- 

 teriorly with blackish suffusion, and followed by grey or brown suffusion : 

 ciha grey, barred in 3 with brownish, in 5 with white. Hindwings pale 

 whitish-ochreous, sometimes tinged with grey, sometimes darker posteriorly ; 

 a grey discal dot ; two or three waved grey hnes sometimes more or less 

 developed posteriorly ; a terminal series of blackish-grey crescentic marks : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, obscurely barred with greyish. 



Christchurch, Otira Gorge, Dunedin, Invercargill ; from January to 

 March, and in July ; seven specimens. I have possessed examples of this 

 species for a long time, but did not feel sure of their status, the species 

 being a very variable one, and alUed to other variable species ; having now, 

 however, received four very fine specimens from Mr. Philpott, I am satis- 

 fied that it is a good species. Mr. Philpott writes that it is usually con- 

 fused in collections with productata ; it is, however, nearer melinata, from 

 which it differs by the much longer antennal pectinations, less rounded 

 termen of forewings, distinct and unusually straight white posterior fascia ,. 



