556 Mr. Butler on k colliction of 



ASOPIID.'E. 



65. Isopter//:r nititialis (No, 44). 



[fioptery.r nifidalis, "VA'alker, Lep. I let. Siippl, iv, p. 1317 



(1X65). 



One damaged example ; it was previously only recorded from 

 Australia. " In the bush at dusk," W.S. 



STENIID^.. 



66. Diasemia grwnvialis (No. 9). 



Diasemia (irdmnudis, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. A])p., \\. 

 287, n. 124 (1,S4:3). 



Two examples. " Came to light one sultry night in Decem- 

 ber;' TF.,S'. 



HYDROCAMPIDiE. 



67. Paraponyx nitens, n. sp. (No. 40). 



Primaries above shining, bronzy-brown; a basal transverse 

 stripe, a broad belt before the middle, not reaching the costal 

 margin, a spot beyond the cell ; an irregular elbowed discal 

 stripe, an irregular marginal line and a central line through the 

 fringe silvery -white; fringe tipped with greyish-white; second- 

 aries snowy- white; a streak on the median vein, the extremities 

 of the subcostal and median branches, a curved submarginal 

 stripe and a slender marginal line bronzy-brown ; body fuliginous 

 brown banded with white; under surface white, a feeble indica- 

 tion of the brown markings of the primaries. •Expanse of wings 

 8 lines. 



Two specimens, slightly broken. " Common in the bush," 

 W.S., No. 124, probably belongs to the IlydrocMmpidce, biit 

 the two specimens are too much rubbed for certain definition. 



BOTYDID.E. 



(\^. Scapula flavidaUs (No. 123). 



Margdvitia jlavidaUs, Doul)ledav. DiefF. New Zeal. A]ip.. ]>. 

 2.S8, n. 12.") (1843). 



One poor specimen, 



