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before middle, its extremity furcate ; a small fuscous spot be- 

 neath costa near beyond this ; a fuscous-grey suffused patch 

 towards middle third of inner margin, and a similar roundish 

 patch above anal angle ; an angulated dark fuscous mark in 

 disc beyond middle ; a short oblique irregular cloudy fuscous 

 streak from apex ; a hindmarginal row of cloudy fuscous dots : 

 cilia whitish, irrorated with light greyish-fuscous. Hindwings 

 grey- whitish, faintly ochreous-tinged ; a faint darker discal dot ; 

 a slight greyish suffusion towards apex ; cilia grey- whitish. 



Wellington ; three specimens received from Messrs. A. Purdie 

 and G. V. Hudson. 



Sem. platyptera, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 34 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, sprinkled 

 with ochreous-whitish. Palpi fuscous, second joint mixed with 

 white on terminal half, terminal joint with apex and a median 

 band blackish. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish, 

 posterior tibiaa ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rather obliquely 

 rounded ; rather light fuscous, irregularly irrorated with black ; 

 a black streak from base to -J of disc, connected with costa by a 

 dark fuscous spot at base ; numerous small scattered hardly 

 defined dark fuscous strigulae, some of which tend to form an 

 irregular transverse line from £ of costa to anal angle ; a faintly 

 indicated pale curved transverse streak from ■§ of costa to anal 

 angle, preceded by a slightly darker circular suffusion in disc, 

 and followed by a slightly darker suffusion ; a hindmarginal row 

 of cloudy dark fuscous dots : cilia ochreous-whitish, sprinkled 

 with fuscous and dark fuscous on basal half. Hindwings pale 

 fuscous, becoming more whitish towards base ; cilia whitish, 

 with a well-marked fuscous subbasal line. 



Wellington; several specimens taken by Mr. G. V.' Hudson, 

 to whose kindness I am indebted for a type. 



Gymnobathra, Meyr. 

 Gipmi. habropis, n.sp. 

 Male. — 19-23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light ochreous- 

 yellow ; terminal joint of palpi white, anterior edge blackish. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, annulated with white. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs rather dark fuscous, posterior tibiae 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 moderately arched, apex acute, produced, hindmargin concave, 

 very oblique ; light ocln eons-yellow ; a light fuscous dot in disc 

 at i, a second somewhat larger beyond middle, and a third 

 obliquely beyond first on fold; a narrow suffused light fuscous 

 hindmarginal fascia, darkest posteriorly, becoming obsolete 

 towards apex : cilia pale ochreous-yellow, beneath anal angle 



