3S0 NOCTUIDJly. 



rufous, the cos;tal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a 

 discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line with dark streaks at 

 the veins. 



Hah. New Zealand {J. J. Wallxr), 2 6 ., 1 ? , Auckland (Oxlei/), 

 1 2 type, (Emjs) 2 § , {Matheiv) 1 6 , Otago {HiUtoii) 1 c5' , Duuedin 

 (Purdie) 1^,2$. Exj:). 48 millim. 



1689. Morrisonia dotata. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 31.) 



Dasypolia dotata, Wlk. xi. 522 (1857); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & 

 Butterflies, p. 24, pi. v. f. 16. 



S . Head and thorax dark rufous, the tegulae and patagia edged 

 with dark brown ; spurs banded with ochreous ; abdomen rufous, 

 darker dorsally. Fore wing deep rufous suffused in part with 

 ftlscous, chiefly on medial and terminal areas ; subbasal line double, 

 waved, from costa to submedian fold ; a curved mark above inner 

 margin near base ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique from costa 

 to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform well 

 developed, filled in with blackish and defined by black ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform large, defined by black, the former oblique 

 elliptical, with fuscous centre, the latter with its inner part 

 fuscous, its outer pale ; an indistinct waved medial line ; post- 

 medial line double, the outer indistinct, dentate and produced to 

 short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved 

 below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line rufous, defined on inner side by a black and brown shade, 

 angled inwards in submedian fold, the area beyond it darker, waved, 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine 

 waved black terminal line ; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. 

 Hind wing dark rufous tinged with fuscous ; the underside irro- 

 rated with grey and whitish at base, a discoidal lunule, waved post- 

 medial line, and diffused subterminal band. 



Hah. New Zealand (Colenso), 1 6 type, Nelson, Wakapuaka. 

 Exj). 50 millim. 



1690. Morrisonia oclithistis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 32.) 



Mamesira ochthistis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 20 (1887); Hudson, 

 New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 20, pi. iv. f. 42, & pi. iii. f. 16 (larva). 



Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with black ; tegulae with 

 ochreous medial line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen rufous, 

 tinged with fuscous in female. Fore wing bright rufous more or 

 less irrorated and suffused with black, especially on medial area ; 

 subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line 

 double, irregularly waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique 

 elliptical, the latter often with whitish spot or points on its outer 

 edge ; a blackish medial shade, oblique from costa to cell ; post- 

 medial line double, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa 

 and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line ochreous, defined by fuscous on inner side, more 



