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whitish, in <$ ciliate-fasciculate, ciliations 4. Forewings triangular, costa 

 slightly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen angulated at middle, subsinuate 

 beneath ; dark dull-reddish-brown ; numerous obscure bluish-green and, black 

 transverse lines ; upper half o: second line frequently more prominently 

 greenish and followed by a rather broad reddish band ; a thin waved bluish- 

 green subterminal line usually present : cilia fuscous-grey, suffusedly barred 

 and mixed with darker. Hind wings in $ slightly but broadly projecting 

 on middle of termen ; dark greyish-fuscous ; veins dotted with whitish 

 scales ; dorsal fasciae hardly indicated : cilia as in forewings. 



Near C. rivalis Philp., but much darker in appearance ; the details of 

 wing-shape also show considerable differences. 



Mount Cleughearn, Hunter Mountains, in January. 'The male was found 

 commonly in a restricted spot at about 3,250 ft. No females were obtained. 



Chloroclystis humilis n. sp. 



<J$. 22-25 mm. ..Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen grey_^ sprinkled 

 with black. Palpi in $ 3|, in $ slightly less. Antennae in $ evenly cili- 

 ated, f. Forewings rather narrow, costa hardly arched, termen bowed, 

 strongly oblique ; fuscous-grey, irrorated with black, sometimes with iaint 

 pink suffusion ; numerous waved white lines, more prominent on apical 

 half of wing ; margin of the slightly darker basal portion of wing sharply 

 and triangularly indented opposite discal spot ; a black line along termen : 

 .cilia whitish-grey with fuscous median line. Hindwings. termen unevenly 

 rounded, in <$ deeply sinuate above middle ; greyish-white with numerous 

 incomplete waved bluish lines : cilia grey, obscurely barred with fuscous. 



Nearest to C. sphragitis (Meyr.), but showing no greenish coloration. 



Queenstown and Ben Lomond. Discovered by Mr. M. 0. Pascoe. who 

 secured several examples of each sex in November and December. Types : 

 <J in coll. M. 0. Pascoe, $ in coll. A. Philpott. 



Hydriomena expolita n. sp. 



<J. 30 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae purplish-grey. Thorax fuscous- 

 brown mixed with grey. Abdomen fuscous-grey with some reddish scales 

 laterally. Forewings moderate, triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 subacute, termen sinuate, oblique ; whitish-grey with faint purplish tinge ; 

 markings dark purplish-fuscous ; basal line thick, evenly curved, pro- 

 jecting angularly at middle ; anterior margin of median band inwardly 

 oblique beneath costa at \, thence broadly excurved to dorsum at \ ; posterior 

 margin from § costa to § dorsum, with strong broad apically -indented projection 

 at middle ; traces of a thin waved white subterminal line ; an oblique suffused 

 purplish-fuscous fascia from apex : cilia grey, obscurely barred with fuscous, 

 tips whitish. Hindwings elongate, termen angularly projecting at middle ; 

 purplish-grey ; basal half darker, being marked off by a median fascia parallel 

 to termen : cilia as in forewings. Undersides : Forewings ochreous-reddish 

 with the upper markings faintly reproduced ; hindwings ochreous-reddish, 

 terminal half suffused with whitish. 



Nearest to H. triphragma (Meyr.). from which it differs chiefly in the 

 shape of the posterior margin of the median bar.d. 



Discovered by Mr. J. H. Lewis at Broken River, Canterbury. Seven 

 or eight examples were taken, but I have not been able to ascertain the 

 dates of capture. 



