Meyiuck. — Xofrs (///(/ Di-sciiiifioiis (if X.Z. lA'|>i(l(i|)t(."ra. 59 



ol)li({U(', niiMlian hand much narro\V(M' doi'sally. tcrnicn of liindwiims not 

 cronato, all wings without i>rey suft'usiou. 



Notoreas leucobathra n. sp.* 



9. 21-25 mm. Head and palpi yellowish mixed with l)lackish hairs. 

 Thorax blaekish, patagia light-yellowish with some black hairs. Abdomen 

 black, sides suffused with yellow, segmental margins slenderly white. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa faintly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 oblique ; grey, sufEusedly irrorated with blackish, and much mixed with 

 bronzy-yellowish, especially on veins ; lines moderately thick, white, sub- 

 basal and first more slender, curved, median straight or somewhat anguiated 

 in middle, second slightly curved outwards on upper |, sometimes rounded- 

 angiUated in middle, subterminal formed of a waved series of marks or 

 reduced to a short mark from costa : cilia white, barred with grey mixed 

 with blackish. Hindwings with termen rounded ; colour and markings 

 as in forewings, but lines sometimes pale ochreous-yellowish, subbasal and 

 first absent, second more curved, subterminal forming a series of cloudy 

 marks : cilia as in forewings. 



Otira River (Hudson), in December ; two specimens. This species, 

 allied to the mcchanitis and 'paradclpha group, is at once easily distinguished 

 fi'om the other species of that group by the cilia, which are barred with 

 white and dark bars to the base, whilst in others the basal half is wholly 

 dark ; the markings are also different in detail. 



Notoreas isoleuca Meyr. 



After considerable study of this and allied forms I am disposed to re- 

 instate it as a good species, distinct from mechanitis. It is a smaller and 

 shorter-winged insect (20-22 mm.) ; blackish, with little or no yellowish 

 admixture ; the lines white, first curved, second anguiated in middle, others 

 slender and sometimes partially obsolete ; cilia with basal half dark fuscous, 

 outer half whitish obscurelv barred with grev. 



Arthur's Pass (-1,000 ft.), Castle Hill (over 4,000 ft.), in January. 



Notoreas mechanitis Meyr. 



This species is somewhat larger than the preceding (22-25 mm.), largely 

 suffused with golden-yellow, which extends both over ground-colour and 

 markings, especially on median area and subterminal line ; cilia with basal 

 half grey or dark grey, outer half whitish without bars. 



Arthur's Pass (3,100 ft.), in January. In my original description I 

 wrongly included examples from the higher levels at Arthur's Pass which 

 were really referable to the preceding ; this error was the cause of the 

 subsequent confusion, which I think is now cleared up. 



Notoreas atmogramma n. sp. 



9. 25-27 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax black, mixed with whitish- 

 ochreous-yellowish hairs and scales. Abdomen black, mixed on sides with 

 whitish -yellow, segmental margins slenderly whitish. Forewings triangular, 

 costa straight, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; dark fuscous, 

 with a few scattered pale - yellowish scales ; lines cloudy, light - yellowish, 

 subbasal, first (and second partially) whitish, first curved, median very in- 

 definite, second anguiated in middle, subterminal irregular : cilia white, 



* Dasyuris leucobathra. See Addendum, p. 08. 



