60 Tran&a ctio ns. — Zoology. 



Dasyuris, Gn. 



Das. partheniata, Gn. 



Also from Wellington and Mount Arthur (4,000 feet), in 

 January. 



(ENOCHKOMIDiE. 



Dichromodes, Gn. 



Dichr. nigra, Butl. 



From an examination of the original type, and also of other 

 specimens taken by Mr. G. V. Hudson near Wellington, I am 

 able to affirm that the insect which I formerly identified with 

 this species is really a distinct species, to which a name is 

 attached below. D. nigra is markedly larger, blackish, without 

 any white suffusion, the markings obsoletely darker. Welling- 

 ton is at present the only authenticated locality. 



Dichr. gypsotis, n. sp. 



(Cacopsodos niger, Meyr., " Trans. N.Z. Inst.," 1883, 94 (nee Butl.) 

 The species is described under the above reference, and is 

 recognisable by the white ground-colour. 



Theoxena, Meyr. 



I propose to regard the GEnochromidcB as defined by having 

 vein 8 of the hindwings wholly free, whilst in the AcidaUada it 

 is closely appressed to upper margin of cell near base ; this 

 genus is therefore to be referred here. 



ACIDALIAD/E. 



Xyridacma, n. g. 



Face smooth. Palpi rather short, porrected, with appressed 

 scales, second joint somewhat thickened. Antennae in male 

 somewhat compressed laterally, minutely ciliated [\). Thorax 

 rather hairy beneath. Fore wings with vein 10 touching 9 at 

 a point, 11 anastomosing with 12 and then with 10 at a point. 

 Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 approximated at base. 



Xyr. hemipteraria, Gn. 

 (Hemerophila hemipteraria, Gn., ix., 220, pi. vi., 2.) 

 Male. — 29 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face brownish, a 

 fuscous bar behind fillet. Falpi dark fuscous. Antennas and 

 thorax whitish-ochreous, brownish-tinged. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous, with some dark fuscous scales tending to form apical 

 bands on segments. Legs dark fuscous (posterior pair broken i. 

 Forewings with costa slightly arched, hindniargm slightly 

 sinuate beneath apex, bowed, oblique, subdentate ; whitish- 

 ochreous, brownish-tinged, with fine scattered blackish scales 



