lletei'dcerous Lepi(l(i}>l(ji'a j'nnii Ncu: Zealand. 50o 



54. Larcntla .'' iwliatd (Mo. 4'J). 



Cidi(ria ihl/dtd, Felder, Rcise der Nov. Lep. v, pi. cxxxi, tig. 6, 

 Otago. 



Allied to the preceding species, but smaller : the primaries 

 much darker and more uniform in colouring, the secondaries 

 ochraceous. 



5'). Larentia ? invexata (No. 58). 

 Larcntia invexata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1199, n. 73 



(i8(;2). 



Larentia vioperata, Walker, I.e., p. 1201, u. 77 (1862). 

 Otago. 



The smallest species of this group. 



56. Larentia? /teliacariei (No. 88). 



Cvreinla heliacaria, Guenee, Phal. ii, p. 420, n. 158o (I857j. 

 Otago. ' 



This species seems to ho far more nearly allied to the six pre- 

 ceding forms than to any section of the genus Coremia; it is 

 ne\r to the New Zealand fauna, being hitherto known only from 

 Australia and Tasmania ; the example now sent differs slightly 

 from the typical form in the Avidth and angulation of the belt 

 on the primaries, but as this belt is not identical in any two 

 sj)ecimens of the species, it is probable that this is nothing more 

 than variation. 



57. llela-'<tta lnilleat((ria (No. 41). 



Enpltliecla imllcafaria, Walker, Lep. llet. xxvi, p). 1708 



(1.S62). 

 Otago. 



5.S. Jlelastla r/i(trf/h(llSj ii. s[). (No. 44). 



Allied to the jn-eceding; primaries above smoky -grey, crossed 

 by about eight zigzag blackish lines in pairs, forming indications 

 of four bands which are most strongly defined upon the costa,; 

 a whitish-edged black lunule Ijetweeu the last two bands ; the 

 last band [)ailially filled in with sandy-whitish and brown; 

 fringe whitish lle.sh-colourcd intersected l)y a grey line and 



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