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preceded by some grey suft'usioii towards dorsum and above middle, and 

 cut by an oblique dark-grey streak from apex marked with blackish ; a 

 fine black terminal line : cilia whitish with two grey shades, with undefined 

 dark-grey bars. Hindwings with termen rounded, crenate ; grey- whitish, 

 median band and subtei-minal line indicated by faint grey striae obsolete 

 towards costa ; a blackish-grey linear discal dot ; cilia as in forewings, but 

 dark markings nearly obsolete round apex. 



One specimen received from Mr. R. M. Sunley, reared from pupa in loose 

 cocoon beaten from JJuehlenbeckia, Makara Beach, in November. 



Xanthorhoe cedrinodes n. sp. 



J $. 40 mm. Head and thorax dark grey mixed with brown-reddish. 

 Antennal pectinations in ^ a 2, 6 1|. Abdomen grey. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa moderately arched towards apex, apex obtuse, termen waved, 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique ; reddish-fuscous, more or less sprinkled 

 with black, tending to form curved waved transverse striae ; costa marked 

 irregularly with black ; a curved band of several pale whitish-ochreous 

 striae separating basal patch and median band, former edged with blackish 

 and both slightly with white ; median band broad, variably marked with 

 black on edges and veins, middle third of posterior edge forming a moderate 

 obtuse double prominence, partially finely edged with white posteriorly ; 

 beyond this a band of two or three cloudy pale whitish-ochreous striae, 

 veins on this marked with black ; subterminal line slender, waved, indis- 

 tinct, pale whitish-ochreous ; a black terminal liiie marked with ochreous- 

 whitish dots on veins : cilia dark fuscous mixed with brown-reddish and 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen somewhat rounded, crenate ; pale rosy- 

 greyish-ochreous, with traces of faint grey striae ; posterior edge of median 

 band more marked, angulated in middle, blackish-sprinkled towards dorsum ; 

 some reddish-fuscous suffusion along termen ; a black terminal line : cilia 

 reddish-fuscous mixed with ochreous-whitish and dark grey. 



Mount Arthur tableland, 4,200 ft., on Veronica blossoms at night, in 

 Februaiy (Hudson) ; two specimens. 



Xanthorhoe practica n. sp. 



cJ. 24 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous-whitish mixed with 

 black and brown-reddish. Antennal pectinations a 7, b 6. Forewings 

 triangular, costa moderately arched posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 waved, somewhat bowed, oblique ; light ochreous-grey sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous ; basal patch mixed with brown-reddish and white, with 

 several blackish striae, outer edge slightly curved, separated from median 

 band by a narrow whitish fascia ; median band moderately broad, grey 

 edged with two fasciae of three black striae each with their interspaces 

 suffused with brown -reddish, first hardly curved, second somewhat irregular, 

 nearly straight ; a minute black discal dot ; a fascia of two or three whitish 

 striae following median band ; subterminal line slender, waved, Avhitish, 

 anteriorly dark-edged, and a similar stria near before termen ; a blackish 

 terminal line : cilia grey- whitish mixed with brown-reddish and obscurely 

 barred with dark fuscous (imperfect). Hi)idwings with termen hardly 

 waved, rounded ; j)ale grey mixed with whitish, with -waved grey striae, 

 towards dorsum more distinctly striated with blackish and tinged with 

 brown-reddish, with two distinct white striae beyond middle ; a blackisli 

 terminal line : cilia whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous (imperfect). 



Motueka, in January (Huclson) ; one specimen. 



