Hetoi'oeeroiis Lepidtij)tera froiii New Zealand. 489 



5. Xyloj)hasia ruhescens, n. sp. (No. IS). 



Allied to X lithoxylea aud X. lignicolora. Primaries sandy 

 pale brown, witli tlie ordinary markings (including the cunei- 

 form external patch, and a diffused patch at external angle) 

 ferruginous ; reniform spot enclosing a blackish J -shaped mark- 

 ing, and bounded externally by two black dots ; orbicular 

 represented by a black dot, below which is an oblique ferrugi- 

 nous dash ; a discal arched series of minute black dots on the 

 veins ; secondaries smoky-brown, with rosy-cupreous reflections, 

 fringe and margin sandy -brown ; body pale sandy-brown ; 

 thorax somewhat ferruginous down the centre ; abdomen 

 whitish at the base, with four brown-banded dorsal tufts ; 

 under surface uniform pale shining sandy-brown, Avith faint 

 rosy reflections ; discocellulars blackish. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 7 lines. 



Otago. 



Most like the North American X. lignicolora, but the prima- 

 ries decidedly paler, and the secondaries darker. 



N0CTUID7E. 



6. Agrotis? vwderata (No. 15). 



Agrotis ? moderata, Walker, Lep. Ilet. Suppl. ii, p. 705 

 (]8fi5). 



Mavu'stra <iri><eipennis, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv, pi. cix, 

 fig. 22. ' ■ 



Wairarapa. 



This species would perhaps be better placed in the genus 

 Ilapaliu. 



7. Agrotis im'tis, var. F (No. 13). 



Agrotis mitis, Butler, Proc Zool. Soc. I.s77, p. 383, n. 19, 

 pi. xlii, fig. 5. 



Otago. 



jNIore heavily marked and of a much less l)luish tint than the 

 type, still 1 believe it to be conspecific with it. 



8. Chera virescens, n. sp. (No. 7). 



Prim;ii-ies above grevish-green, with Mack costal spots indi- 

 cating the origin of the usual lines ; all the lines aud spots black 



