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ochreous ; fascia? formed by dentate strise of blackish irroration. 

 first and second separated by a suffused whitish Hue, second 

 obsolete except on extremities ; third reduced to a single curved 

 stria, preceded by a white line, and followed by white suffusion 

 above and below middle ; fourth of three strise, posterior edge 

 with acute short triangular projection in middle, followed by 

 a strong white line ; fifth of two stria?, posterior sometimes 

 very thick and suffused, followed by white subterrainal line, 

 sometimes partially obscured ; sixth of one stria following 

 subterminal line, terminated above by an oblique subapical 

 suffusion ; a blackish terminal line : cilia white, barred with 

 blackish irroration. Hindwings light ochreous-yellow ; terminal 

 line and cilia as in forewings. 



Invercargill, on sandhills (Philpott) ; two specimens received 

 from Mr. Hudson. Recalls a small XanthorJioe clarata, but the 

 resemblance is only superficial. 



Xanthorhoe dionysias, n. sp. 



3 . 28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale-ochreous tinged 

 with brown-reddish. Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, 

 costa gently arched, subsinuate in middle, termen rather bowed, 

 oblique, not waved ; pale greyish-ochreous, towards costa 

 suffusedly tinged with reddish- ochreous ; basal area indistinctly 

 striated with dark fuscous irroration ; median band defined 

 anteriorly by two curved similar striae, posteriorly by three 

 curved dark striae enclosing two lines, first pale, second slightly 

 tinged with reddish- ochreous ; within median band are two 

 suffused strife connected by a transverse dark-fuscous discal 

 dot, first obsolete in middle ; terminal area irrorated with dark- 

 fuscous ; an interrupted dark-fuscous terminal line : cilia palc- 

 greyish-ochreous, barred with dark-fuscous irroration. Hind- 

 wings elongate, termen rounded, faintly waved ; pale greyish- 

 ochreous, thinly irrorated with grey ; a blackish discal dot ; 

 a cloudy grey postmedim line ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous 

 mixed with grey. 



Old Man Range, Dunedin (Lewis) ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. Hudson. A distinct species, probably allied to aegrota. 

 bu* not very nearly. 



Crambid^. 

 Cr ambus apsdias, n. sp. 



<? 28-30 mm., 5 23 mm. Head ochreous - white, face 

 rounded. Palpi 4J-5, brownish-ochreous, internally and at 

 base beneath white, in ? very slender. Antenn?e in c? filiform, 

 shortly ciliated. Thorax brownish-ochreous, with ochreous- 

 white central stripe. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings 



