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white dots ; an obscure black waved line round termen : cilia white, mixed 

 with grey and with obscure darker bars. Hindwings rather elongate, 

 termen strongly rounded ; fuscous-grey ; discal dot and some striae on 

 terminal portion obscurely indicated ; an obscure waved black line round 

 termen : cilia white, mixed with grey and with suffused darker bars. 



The bluish ground-colour and longer antennal pectinations remove this 

 species from Xanthorhoe cineraria Walk., which appears to be its nearest ally. 



Queenstown, in November. Four specimens. 



Xanthorhoe stricta sp. nov. 



o. 38-39 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Antennal pectinations moderately long. Forewings triangular, 

 costa almost straight, rather strongly arched apically, termen subsinuate, 

 oblique ; pale greyish-ochreous ; markings fuscous-brown ; numerous thin 

 waved more or less parallel transverse lines, forming more distinct bands 

 near base, before middle, at f and J ; an obscure discal dot ; outer margin 

 of third band sinuate inwards above and below middle ; an inwardly oblique 

 thin subapical streak ; a terminal series of black dots, connected by a very 

 faint waved line. Hindwings pale ochreous-grey with markings similar to 

 forewings but suffused and obscure : cilia as in forewings. 



In one specimen the ground-colour is darker and the lines very obscure, 

 the approximation into bands being hardly noticeable. 



Nearest to Xanthorhoe cataphracta Meyr., but distinguished from that 

 species by the absence of the white fasciae and the somewhat longer antennal 

 pectinations. 



This and the following species, together with Selidosema terrena, S. alba- 



fasciata, and Aletia lata, were included in some moths submitted to me for 



identification by the Director of the Dominion Museum. Two males were 



taken on Bold Peak, Humboldt Range, in February, by Mr. W. G. Howes. 



Type (<$) in coll. Dominion Museum. 



Dasyuris ( l .) fulminea sp. nov. 



cJ. 24 mm. Head black. Palpi densely haired, dark yellowish-brown. 

 Antennae (broken). Thorax black with some yellow -brown scales. 

 Abdomen black with yellow and grey scales, anal tuft yellowish. Forewings 

 short, costa somewhat arched at base, very slightly deflexed at apex, termen 

 rather strongly rounded ; deep blackish-fuscous finely irrorated with yellow ; 

 fasciae pale yellowish-white (probably bright yellow in fresh specimens) ; 

 basal fascia distinct, curved ; first fascia from \, broadest on costal half, 

 with a sharp deep serration inwards below middle; second fascia broad, very 

 slightly sinuate and becoming narrow near dorsum ; traces of a narrow orange 

 fascia on costa at middle and before apex : cilia orange. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous irrorated with yellow ; a prominent median yellow fascia, becoming 

 narrow and bending inwardly on dorsum ; an obscure irregular yellow 

 subterminal line : cilia orange. Undersides : Forewings brownish-orange ; 

 upper lines partially reproduced and suffusedly margined with fuscous ; 

 several bright orange-brown blotches on costa : hindwings brownish-orange ; 

 an outwardly oblique irregular white median fascia ; a pale subterminal line. 



Nearest to Dasyuris callicrena Meyr., but differing in the form of the 

 lines and the unicolourous cilia. It is possible that the species is a 

 Notoreas, the absence of the antennae making the point difficult to decide. 



A single <$ taken on Bold Peak in February by Mr. W. G. Howes. Type 

 in coll. Dominion Museum. 



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