64 NEW ZEALAND MACRO-LEPIDOPTEBA. 



triangular purple blotch on costa before apex, reaching half across wing, anteriorly margined by a 

 strongly sinuate bluish-black streak ; a row of three dark purple-fuscous dots from apex of this to 

 dorsum, and a subterminal row of six similar dots ; cilia yellow. Hind-wings moderate, termen 

 rounded ; rather paler than fore-wings, with two curved posterior rows of cloudy purple-fuscous 

 dots. 



" A very beautiful and conspicuous species. 



"I took one line specimen in a wooded gully near Castle Hill, at 3,100 feet, in 

 January." — (Meyrick.) 



XANTHORHOE /EGROTA, Butl. 



(Selidosema agrota, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii. 499. Larentia agrota, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 80.) 



(Plate VII., fig. 37 3 .) 



This rather inconspicuous species has occurred at Palmerston and Kaitoke in the 

 North Island ; and at Christchurch, Dunedin, and Lake Wakatipu in the South Island. 

 It has also been taken at Stewart Island. 



The expansion of the wings is about 1| inches. The fore-wings are dull ochreous-brown ; there are 

 several indistinct wavy blackish lines near the base, a black dot above the middle, then three or four more 

 lines, followed by a cloudy shading on the termen. The hind-wings are pale ochreous-brown. The cilia 

 of all the wings are dull ochreous-brown barred with black. 



The perfect insect appears from November till March and is sometimes very common. 

 It usually frequents rather open situations in the neighbourhood of forest, and I have often 

 observed it amongst the bushes of "Wild Irishman" (Discaria toumatou.) It is extremely 

 abundant on the banks of the Kiver Dart, at the head of Lake Wakatipu. 



XANTHORHOE LUCIDATA, Walk. 

 (Larentia lucidata, Walk. 1200. Coremia plurimata, ib. 1321. Panagra uenipunctata, ib. 1666. Larentia 

 psamathodes, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 81. Larentia lucidata, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvii. 64.) 

 (Plate VII., fig. 38 <?.) 

 This rather dull-coloured species has occurred at Napier, Palmerston, and 

 Wellington in the North Island, and at Dunedin in the South Island. 



The expansion of the wings is 1 inch. The fore-wings arc dull yellowish-brown ; there are 

 numerous fine, almost straight blackish lines parallel to the termen, forming four more or less distinct 

 transverse bands; the first at the base rather broad, the second a little before the middle, the 

 third beyond the middle, and the fourth just before the termen ; there is a black dot a little 

 above the middle of the wing, and the veins are marked with white dots between the transverse 

 bands. The hind-wings are pale brownish-ochreous ; there are numerous, rather faint, wavy, 

 blackish, transverse lines, which are much more distinct near the dorsum. There is a series of 

 distinct black dots on the termen of both fore- and hind-wings. 



The perfect insect appears during the winter months from March till August. It 

 is rather a scarce species, hut on mild evenings it is sometimes taken at light. 



XANTHORHOE HELIAB, Meyr. 



(Larentia helias, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 81.) 



(Plate VII., fig. 40.) 



Two specimens of this species have been taken at Dunedin in the South Island. 



The expansion of the wings is 1 inch. All the wings are pale ochreous ; the fore-wings 



have a slender brown transverse line at the base, then a large loop-like marking from the costa, 



almost meeting a smaller, similarly looped marking from the dorsum ; next a broad irregular dark 



brown band a little beyond the middle, considerably indented towards the termen; tins is loll.. wed 



by a rather narrow pale band, and then by a narrow brown band, also indented towards the 



termen; there is a small oblique brown mark below the apex, and a terminal series of black dots. 



The hind-wings have several faint dusky transverse lines near the base, a row of small spots near the 



