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Catada impropria Walk., Cat. xxxiii, 1064 (Thermesia). 



<J. 34 mm. Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, termen crenate; 

 brown, mixed with whitish-ochreous and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 

 first and second lines whitish-ochreous partially edged with dark fuscous, 

 curved, irregularly dentate ; median irregularly sinuate, indistinct dark 

 fuscous ; subterminal indicated by posterior margin of dark-fuscous suf- 

 fusion, dentate, connected with second line in middle by a blotch of dark- 

 fuscous suffusion ; a praemargina! series of cloudy blackish dots. Hind- 

 wings with termen crenate ; colour and markings much as in forewings, 

 but dark posterior blotch submedian and less defined. 



Thames (Hudson) ; one specimen. A Queensland species. I am not 

 acquainted with its habits, but have no reason to think it likely to be 

 artificially introduced ; it is more probably a wind-borne immigrant, and 

 may prove to be widely distributed in the Pacific islands. 



TORTRIC1DAE. 

 Olindia Gruen. 

 Palpi subascending. Thorax with posterior crest. Forewings with 7 

 to termen, separate. Hindwings without basal pecten, 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 rather approximated, 6 and 7 closely approximated at base. 

 Hitherto represented by one European species only. 



Olindia miraculosa n. sp. 



£, 23 mm. Head and thorax purplish-fuscous, thoracic crest blackish- 

 fuscous. Palpi fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, pos- 

 teriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly rounded, 

 nearly vertical ; pale-brownish, transversely strigulated with purplish-grey, 

 extreme costal edge whitish-ochreous ; some purplish suffusion towards 

 base of costa ; an evenly broad whitish-edged blackish-fuscous fascia rising 

 from dorsum about £, proceeding in a regular curve to near costa before 

 middle and returning to dorsum at § ; a triangular apical patch of purplish 

 suffusion, deepest along costa : cilia purplish-fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish. with dark-grey basal shade. 



Wainuiomata, in December (Miss Stella Hudson) ; one specimen. This 

 is a most surprising species, its strikingly conspicuous markings being unlike 

 anything else, whilst its generic affinity is equally unexpected. I think, 

 however, that it may possibly prove identical with the species figured by 

 Felder (without description) as Paediscu mahiana (Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxvii, 40) 

 from New Zealand, and not otherwise known to me, which has a some- 

 what similar scheme of marking, but totally different and in fact reversed 

 colouring, the dark fascia being represented by a pale area and the enclosed 

 semicircular dorsal blotch dark instead of light. Such an excessive range 

 of variation cannot be assumed without evidence, and therefore I have 

 been constrained to treat the species as new. Felder's generic attribution 

 is of no scientific authority, and the colouring of his figure recalls some 

 South American insects, whilst his localities are sometimes erroneous. 

 Special effort should be made to find further examples of this curious insect, 

 which may be very local. 



Epichorista siriana Meyr. 



Amongst examples of this species from Karori sent by Mr. Hudson is a 

 female, which is quite similar in colouring to the male. When, however, 



