Meybick. — ^otes on New Zealand Geometrina. 55 



fuscous, apex of joints pale yellowish, posterior pair suffused 

 with whitish-yellowish. Forewings with costa strongly arched 

 on posterior half, hindrnargin sinuate, somewhat oblique ; light 

 ochreous-yellowish ; a basal patch of closely placed fuscous 

 transverse lines ; four series of white dots on veins, preceded 

 and followed by black dots ; first curved, within edge of basal 

 patch ; second from \ of costa to § of inner margin, followed by 

 two fuscous lines ; third front beyond f of costa to f of inner 

 margin, rather angulated in middle, sinuate inwards above 

 middle, preceded by three obscure fuscous lines coalescing to 

 form a small cloudy dark patch above middle ; all fuscous lines 

 terminating in black dots on costa ; a black discal dot in 

 middle ; fourth series subterminal ; a subtriangular dark fuscous 

 blotch on hindrnargin beneath apex ; cilia light ochreous-yellow- 

 ish, tips white. Hindwings and cilia wholly pale whitish -ochreous. 

 Wellington ; two specimens, received from Mr. G. V. 

 Hudson, who finds it not uncommon. 



Ep. subductata, Walk. 

 (Larentia subductata. Walk., 1198.) 



Female. — 26 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale greyish- 

 ochreous, somewhat mixed with yellow-greenish, and densely 

 irrorated with fuscous. Antenna? whitish-ochreous annulated 

 with fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish, densely irrorated with 

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

 middle and posterior pair irrorated with grey-whitish. Forewings 

 with costa gently arched, hindrnargin waved, slightly rounded, 

 oblique ; pale greyish-ochreous, mixed with yellow-greenish, 

 and thinly sprinkled with fuscous, tending to form faint waved 

 lines ; three light fuscous fascia?, each marked with three dark 

 fuscous lines ; first near base, outer edge sharply angulated 

 above middle ; second from f of costa to before middle of inner 

 margin, slightly curved ; third from f of costa to f of inner 

 margin, outer edge somewhat prominent in middle, rather 

 sinuate above it ; a crescentic black obscurely whitish-margined 

 discal spot ; a short oblique cloudy fuscous streak from apex : 

 cilia light fuscous, somewhat sprinkled with whitish. Hind- 

 wings light grey ; a grey discal dot before middle ; a median 

 band of three darker lines, outer rather prominent in middle ; 

 faint indications of other darker lines, most distinct posteriorly ; 

 cilia grey-wbitish, with two cloudy grey lines. 



Auckland ; one specimen hi December. 



Ep. rosearia, Dbld. 

 Also from Wellington. 



Ep. semifissata, Walk. 



Also from Napier, Wellington, Mount Arthur (4,500 feet), 

 and Lake Wakatipu. 



