Hudson. — On Macro-lepidoptera in Neiv Zealand. 357 



ill-defined wavy black stripe near the base, another at about ^ ; 

 this is followed by a large central clear space containing a con- 

 spicuous discal spot above middle. There is a conspicuous 

 very jagged black stripe from a little more than i of costa 

 to about £ of dorsum, followed by a very conspicuous pale- 

 ochreous line ; beyond this are two somewhat ill-defined black 

 bands. The cilia are black, mixed with pale bluish-green. 

 The hind wings are ochreous tinged with reddish and speckled 

 with black, especially towards the base and termen. There is a 

 conspicuous black discal spot and a clear rather wavy yellowish 

 band about § from base to termen. The cilia are blackish. Head 

 and thorax black dotted with pale bluish-green; abdomen yel- 

 lowish. 



Mr. Lewis has favoured me with the following note relating 

 to the transformations of this interesting new species. " The 

 specimen was bred from a pupa found in a cleft of rock : a 

 chamber had been formed by c'ementing moss - dust and silk 

 together. From the fragments of caterpillar-skin remaining, I 

 judge that the larva was one I had tried unsuccessfully to rear 

 a few weeks ago, found feeding openly on lichen, remarkable 

 for its fimbriated aspect, each segment being produced into 

 irregular lobed processes at the edges — very protective amongst 

 lichen." 



Lythria fulva, n. sp. Plate XXII., fig. 3. 



This species was captured by Mr. J. H. Lewis near Mount 

 Ida, Central Otago, at about 3,500 ft. above the sea-level. 



The expansion of the wings is f in. The fore wings are dull 

 greyish-brown, greenish-tinged. There is a wavy darker band 

 near the base ; a broad median band with a strong rounded 

 projection towards the termen above middle ; a dull-greenish 

 band on termen preceded by a row of pale dots on veins, cilia 

 grey with blackish bars. The hind ivings are dull reddish- 

 ochreous. There are three very obscure blackish transverse lines. 

 The cilia are grey, faintly barred with darker. 



This is a very distinct species. It may be at once dis- 

 tinguished from L. euclidiata by the absence of the conspicuous 

 red, black, and yellow markings on the underside of the fore 

 and hind wings. 



Porina minos, n. sp. Plate XXII., fig. 5. 



This species was discovered by Mr. J. H. Lewis at Ophir. 



The expansion of the wings is 1^ in. The fore wings are 

 dull yellowish-brown. There are two rather large white spots 

 near the base, a wavy irregular chain of white spots at about \, 

 an oblique chain of white spots from about § of costa to § of ter- 

 men. The outer chain has two spots between veins 7 and 8 and 



