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a double, outwardly somewhat dentate, line at J ; a hardly traceable similar 

 basal line ; median band moderate, inward margin curved, subdentate ; 

 outer margin irregular, followed by 4 or 5 alternate lighter and darker lines, 

 most distinct on costal half ; subterminal line bluish-green, serrate : cilia, 

 basal half and suffused bars fuscous-greenish, apical half grey, flushed with 

 pink. Hindwings, termen rounded ; fuscous grey, darker and fashed with 

 pink towards dorsum and termen ; numerous obscure lighter and darker 

 waved lines : cilia as in forewings. 



Larger and darker than any other member of the section to which it 



belongs. 



This species was also brought to light by Messrs. Fenwick and Oliver, 

 they having secured several on Bold Peak, Humboldt Range, in December. 

 Mr. M. 0. Pasco has also taken it on Ben Lomond. 



Xanthorhoe albalineata sp. no v. 



<J. 26-30 mm. Head ochreous, face whitish. Palpi rather elongate, 

 white. Antennae moderately bipectinated, stalk white basally. Thorax 

 brownish-ochreous. Abdomen pale ochreous with paired linear black marks 

 on the dorsal surface of each segment. Forewings triangular, elongate, 

 costa slightly sinuate, hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, rather 

 oblique ; pale whitish - ochreous ; markings greyish-fuscous ; basal line 

 obscurely indicated, angled above middle ; first line from \ costa to ^ dorsum, 

 irregular, sharply angled inwards above middle ; a roundish discal dot ; 

 second line from § costa to \ dorsum, bluntly projecting at middle, inwardly 

 oblique at dorsum ; median band slightly suffused with fuscous in disc 

 and anteriorly to second line ; an irregular patch of fuscous suffusion between 

 upper third of second line and termen ; a series of paired dots on termen. 

 the apical ones tending to be inwardly produced as paired lines : cilia pale 

 whitish -ochreous with a few dark scales opposite paired dots. Hindwings 

 elongate, termen obliquely rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous ; a terminal 

 series of paired fuscous dots : cilia pale whitish-ochreous. Undersides : 

 Forewings ochreous, disc broadly fuscous ; hindwings ochreous ; a straight 

 white streak above middle from base to near termen, attenuated posteriorly, 

 margined beneath with brownish-fuscous ; a similar streak above dorsum. 



Nearest to Xanthorhoe oraria Philp., but distinguished from that species, 

 as from all others of the genus, by the peculiar markings of the underside 

 of the hindwings. 



Stewart Island. Two males taken on the bare top of Table Hill (2,000 ft,), 

 in December. 



Xanthorhoe plumbea sp. nov. 



<J. 18-20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey mixed with black. 

 Antennae fuscous, pectinations moderate. Abdomen grey, each segment 

 bearing dorsally a pair of cuneate black marks. Forewings rather elongate, 

 costa sinuate, moderately arched, apex subacute, termen almost straight, 

 oblique ; bluish-grey with some reddish -ochreous on veins and posterior to 

 second line ; lines formed of bluish-grey irregular paired striae ; basal line 

 obscure, curved : first line rather angulated at middle, margined anteriorly 

 with white, angle marked with reddish-ochreous ; a rather prominent spot 

 of reddish-ochreous between basal and first lines at middle ; a suffused 

 reddish-ochreous discal spot ; second line irregularly curved, its outer 

 margin marked by a series of white points which are sometimes more or 

 less connected by a thin white line ; an obscure reddish-ochreous subterminal 

 line ; veins beyond second line marked with blackish interrupted by some 



