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Xanthorhoe umbrosa n. sp. 



(J$. 33-40 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dull-greenish, tinged with 

 ochreous and sprinkled with blackish. Antennae moderately bipectdnated, 

 brownish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-grey with paired black dorsal dots 

 on each segment. Forewings triangular, costa almost straight, termen 

 waved, bowed, oblique ; dull green, ochreous-tinged ; veins interruptedly 

 outlined in black ; numerous obscure irregularly-dentate fuscous transverse 

 fasciae ; five of these fasciae, having the interspaces suffused with fuscous, 

 form the median band, anterior margin of which is irregularly curved from 

 \ costa to J dorsum, the posterior margin, from § costa to § dorsum, has a 

 moderate blunt double projection at middle : a black discal dot ; an obscure 

 waved pale subterminal line, suffusedly margined with fuscous anteriorly ; 

 a waved black terminal line : cilia greenish-grey, mixed and suffusecllv 

 barred with fuscous, and with a pale median line. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded, crenate ; greenish-grey ; the markings of the forewings faintly 

 reproduced but less curved and dentate ; a prominent black crenate terminal 

 line : cilia as in forewings. Undersides grey, with fuscous markings of 

 upper sides clearly shown. 



In form of wing and markings this species approaches X. cedrinodes 

 Meyr. From the greenish forms of the genus it is at once distinguished by 

 its much larger size. 



Mount Cleughearn, Hunter Mountains, at about 3,250 ft. Common in 

 January at flowers of Dracophyllum longifoliuni. The female appears to be 

 rare ; out of nineteen specimens taken only one belonged to that sex. 



Xanthorhoe nebulosa n. sp. 



c?$. 34 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous finely 

 sprinkled with fuscous. Antennae in £ with rather short pectinations. 

 Forewings triangular, costa strongly arched, sinuate at middle, apex mode- 

 rately sharp, termen subsinuate, oblique ; ochreous-grey-whitish ; termen 

 broadly margined with greyish-fuscous ; costal edge very narrowly fuscous; 

 a thin curved brown line near base ; first line (anterior edge of median 

 band) irregularly subdentate, curved, brown, from \ costa to \ dorsum ; 

 second line (posterior edge of median band) irregular, slight triple pro- 

 jection at middle, excurved beneath, from f costa to f dorsum, brown ; an 

 obscure waved pale subterminal line : cilia greyish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 ochreous-grey-whitish ; a median fascia and a broad terminal band greyish- 

 fuscous : cilia greyish-ochreous. 



Near X. subobscurata (Walk.), but smaller and differently marked. 



One of each sex taken at Clarence River and Coverham (Marlborough) in 

 February and March by Dr. J. A. Thomson and Mr. H. Hamilton. Types 

 (cJ and $) in coll. Dominion Museum. 



Notoreas villosa n. sp. 



cJ. 35-38 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown. Antennae, 

 stalk whitish, annulated with black, pectinations 2 mm. Abdomen black, 

 densely strewn with yellowish-white scales, anal tuft ochreous. Forewings 

 moderate, costa hardly arched, almost straight, termen bowed, oblique ; 

 light ochreous-brown, often densely strewn with white scales ; markings 

 white ; first line bent outwardly beneath costa, thence inwardly oblique to 

 dorsum, posteriorly dark-margined, often obsolete on upper portion ; a 

 suffused median shade sometimes present ; second line broad, inwardly 



