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Notoreas opipara sp. nov. 



cJ $. 18-21 mm. Head and palpi black, in 9 with some admixture 

 of white, palpal hairs long and dense. Antennae black, moderatelv 

 bipectinated. Thorax black with some white scales, sometimes mixed 

 with reddish. Abdomen black, segmental divisions whitish-ochreous, anal 

 tuft mixed with brownish-ochreous. Forewings rather short, costa strongly 

 arched at base, subsinuate, very slightly arched on apical half, termen bowed, 

 oblique ; black with a slight sprinkling of white scales ; basal line white, 

 obscure, angled at middle ; first line from \ costa to \ dorsum, white, 

 irregular, outwardly oblique to middle, thence almost straight to dorsum ; 

 space between basal and first line orange-reddish, in darker specimens very 

 faintly indicated ; an orange-red line parallel to and near first line and a 

 similar line before second line, both often obsolete ; a black discal dot, 

 usually suffusedly margined with white which sometimes continues as an 

 obscure median line ; second line from, § costa, white, roundly projecting 

 above and at middle, inwardly oblique below middle, thence obliquely to dorsum 

 at f ; second line followed by a broad orange-red line, often obscure or 

 obsolete ; in some specimens a thin interrupted whitish, subterminal line : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half and a series of bars blackish. Hind wings 

 fuscous-black ; a black discal dot ; a suffused pale-ochreous second line, 

 bent outwardly at middle ; an obscure pale subterminal line : cilia as in 

 forewings. Undersides : Forewings fuscous, basal half of costa broadly 

 ochreous ; second line broad, ochreous ; several alternate fuscous and 

 ochreous striae between discal dot and second line : hindwings fuscous ; 

 some obscure ochreous striae before second line ; second line broadly and 

 suffusedly ochreous ; a dentate ochreous subterminal line, in dark specimens 

 obscure. 



A very distinct form, probably nearest to Notoreas orphnaea Meyr., but 

 little more than half the size of that species. From N. anthracias Meyr., 

 to which it also shows some affinity, it is distinguished by the darker colour, 

 presence of reddish striae, and longer palpal hairs. 



Table Hill and Rakiahua, Stewart Island, in December. Eight speci- 

 mens, on the open hilltops at about 2,000 ft. 



Selidosemidae. 

 Selidosema terrena sp. nov. 



<$. 49 mm. Head grey mixed with brown. Antennae dull brown, 

 ciliations long. Thorax brown mixed with grey. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 grey, sprinkled and annulated with fuscous-brown. Forewings triangular, 

 costa straight, termen evenly rounded, oblique ; whitish-grey, densely 

 irrorated with, brownish-fuscous which forms indistinct basal, first, second, and 

 subterminal fasciae; a rather large inwardly oblique discal dot: cilia 

 (incomplete) grey mixed with brown. Hindwings greyish-white, minutely 

 sprinkled with brownish-fuscous : cilia grey. 



In form of wing and antennal structure nearest to Selidosema productata 

 Walk. ; the grey hindwings, however, at once separate it from that species. 



Bold Peak, in February. A single $ taken by Mr. H. Hamilton. 

 Type ($) in coll. Dominion Museum. 



Selidosema albafasciata sp. nov. 



3 ?. 32-34 mm. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown. 

 Antennae brown, annulated with ochreous, filiations rather short. 

 Abdomen ochreous. Forewings moderate, triangular, costa subsinuate, 



