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fuscous dots : cilia ochreish-grey-whitish, barred with fuscous, 

 and with a fuscous basal line. Hiudwings ochreous grey, with 

 waved darker grey transverse lines, except towards base ; a dark 

 grey discal dot before middle ; posterior edge of median baud 

 formed as in forewings, followed by an obscure whitish line and 

 somewhat paler band ; hindmarginal dots and cilia as in fore- 

 wings, but more obscure, 



Mount Arthur (4,500 feet), in January; not uncommon. 

 Nearest allied to L. beata. 



Lar. chionogramma, Meyr. 

 Also from Mount Arthur (3,800 feet), in January. 



Lar. camelias, n. sp. 



Male. — 23 mm. Head, antenna?, and thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, greyish-tinged, with a few dark fuscous scales. Palpi 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, with a double dorsal series 

 of dark fuscous dots. Legs whitish-ochreous, irrorated with 

 purple-reddish and dark fuscous. Forewings with costa rather 

 sinuate in middle, on anterior half gently, on posterior half very 

 strongly arched, hindmargin moderately sinuate below apex, 

 bowed in middle ; light greyish-ochreous, with numerous cloudy 

 waved brown-grey transverse lines, somewhat bent near costa ; 

 a black discal dot ; margin of basal patch and anterior edge of 

 median band indicated by series of very minute white dots, 

 preceded and followed by black points ; posterior edge of median 

 band marked by a darker line, followed by a fine white line 

 reduced on lower half to a series of points ; subterminal line 

 represented by four cloudy blackish dots on upper half and 

 another above anal angle : cilia greyish-ochreous (imperfect). 

 Hindwin*s fuscous-whitish ; a median band of four cloudy 

 greyish lines, bent near costa ; a cloudy grey spot above anal 

 angle ; cilia fuscous-whitish (imperfect). 



Whangarei; one specimen in December. Immediately recog- 

 nisable by the peculiar form of forewings. 



Lar. falcata, Butl. 



This appears to be a good species, allied to /,. camelias, but 

 with costa of forewings less arched posteriorly, and posterior 

 edge of median band practically straight, not bent near costa; 

 also much darker in general colouring. I have not yet seen 

 any specimen except the original type. 



Lar. chorica, n. sp. 



Female. — 25 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, and thorax light 

 brownish-ochreous. Abdomen yellow-ochreous, margins of seg- 

 ments mixed with white and black. Forewings with costa 

 sinuate, hindmargin somewhat sinuate beneath apex, obliquely 



