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becoming pale golden-metallic at apex ; a pale golden-metallic 

 dot on hindmargin above middle ; a small round dark fuscous 

 apical spot : cilia with basal half bronzy-grey limited by a strong 

 black line triangularly indented above middle, terminal half 

 white, tips grey, with a black apical hook. Hindwings rather 

 dark fuscous-grey ; cilia fuscous-grey. 



Christchurch, in February and March ; common on grassy 

 volcanic hills. Allied to G. acrothecta, but broader-winged, and 

 differing hi numerous details. 



Phryganostola, Meyr. 

 Phryg. ataracta, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 15-20 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, 

 abdomen, and legs whitish-ochreous ; second joint of palpi with 

 indications of fuscous bands ; anterior legs infuscated. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex in male 

 round-pointed, in female very acute, hindmargin extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; a few dark fuscous scales 

 tending to form lines on veins : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings pale whitish - grey, ochreous - tinged ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Mount Arthur (4,600 feet), in January ; six specimens. 



Circica, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue short. Antennae f , in 

 male filiform, shortly ciliated (+), basal joint moderate, simple. 

 Labial palpi moderate, curved, porrected or subascending, 

 loosely rough-scaled beneath throughout, terminal joint shorter 

 than second, pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Abdomen 

 elongate. Posterior tibia? with appressed scales. Forewings 

 with vein 1 furcate, 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 separate, 7 to 

 hindmargin, 11 from before middle, secondary cell well-defined, 

 Hindwings f, lanceolate, cilia H ; veins 3 and 4 from a point, 

 6 and 7 rather approximated towards base. 



Circ. cionophora, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 11-15 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale 

 whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish. Antenna? prey. Legs fus- 

 cous, posterior pair suffused with ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate -lanceolate, apex in female acuminate ; ochreous- 

 whitish ; a moderate straight bronzy subcostal stripe from base 

 to apex ; a cloudy ochreous streak along submcdian fold, more 

 or less obsolete posteriorly : cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 in male grey, in female grey-whitish ; cilia ocbreous-whitish. 



Christchurch, in February and March ; common on the 

 upen volcanic bills. 



