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whitish-yellowish dot or small spot on costa about f , variable 

 in size, sometimes absent : cilia dark grey, with a rather large 

 pale whitish-yellowish apical spot. Hindwings dark purple-grey ; 

 cilia dark grey. 



Auckland (Waitakere Ranges), in December; common iu a 

 very restricted locality amongst sedge in the kauri forest. 



Pal. doroxena, n. sp. 



Female. — 11 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous, sides of 

 crown brown. Antennas dark fuscous, annulated with whitish- 

 ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown. Abdomen dark grey. Legs 

 dark grey, ringed with pale ochreous. Forewings oblong, costa 

 abruptly bent near base, thence gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin straight, very oblique ; neuration quite as 

 in P. chalcophanes, but 7 and 8 separate ; pale shining golden ; 

 two rather narrow oblique coppery-bronze fascia? fiom costa near 

 base and at J, confluent on inner margin before middle ; a 

 straight rather narrow whitish-purplish fascia, margined with 

 coppery-bronze, from middle of costa to inner margin beyond 

 middle ; a whitish-purplish black- margined transverse spot from 

 costa at f , reaching half across wing ; a black semi-annular 

 mark, its extremities touching costa at f and apex, marked with 

 three shining whitish-purplish spots, and including a spot of 

 ground-colour which contains a black costal dot ; a semi-oval 

 black anal blotch, not marginal except at extremities, con- 

 taining three shining whitish -purplish spots near lower edge, 

 and one in a small projection on upper edge : cilia pale golden, 

 with blackish apical, median, and anal spots. Hindwings dark 

 purple-grey ; cilia grey. 



Auckland (Waitakere Ranges), in December ; one specimen 

 amongst the kauri forest. This species is very interesting from 

 the strong tendency of the markings to approach those of 

 Glyphipteryx. 



ERECHTHIAD^. 



Ereunetis, Meyr. 



This genus differs from the others of the family by the 

 stalking of veins G and 7 of the forewings ; it is hitherto 

 recorded only from Australia, where there are several species. 



Ereun. technica, n. sp. 



Female. — 12 mm. Head white, crown ochreous-tinged. 

 Palpi white, beneath with some black scales. Antenna' while, 

 with a black scale-streak at base. Thorax ochreous-white, with 

 a lateral brownish-ochreous stripe. Abdomen grey. Anterior 

 legs blackish ; middle and posterior legs ochreous-white. Fore- 

 wings elongate - lanceolate ; greyish - ochreous. suffused with 



