BT A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 175 



TALIS ISODETA, n. sp. 



Talis iso'leUi, Meyr., M.S. 



isoSeros, with equal lines. 



<y 11 v\V\. Head and thorax grey. Palpi long (6) ; grey. 

 Antennae grey ; in ^ shortly ciliated (it). Abdomen (broken). 

 Legs pale grey. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, termen rounded, oblique; grey mixed with whitish; 

 an outwardly curved whitish line from ^ costa to ^ dorsum, its 

 outer edge marked by a suffused grey line ; a minute grey discal 

 dot above middle ; a whitish line from f costa to f dorsum, 

 slightly crenulate and outwardly curved in disc, its inner edge 

 marked by a suffused grey line, its outer by a very fine grey 

 line ; cilia grey with a darker basal line, apices whitish. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded ; veins 4 and 5 stalked ; grey ; cilia 

 whitish with a grey line near bases. 



A small and inconspicuous species with comparatively broad 

 forewings. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



v., Gisborne, in February ; one specimen. 



TALIS XIPHOSEMA «. S}). 



^t^o(rv7ftos, bearing a sword-like mark. 



t?' . 22-24 11V lib Head with frons rounded and somewhat 

 protuberant; brownish-ochreous. Palpi long (5), brownish- 

 ochreous. Antennae pale-grey ; in ^ slightly dentate, shortly 

 ciliated (-J). Thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Abdomen pale- 

 ochreous, Legs fusoous ; posterior tibiae and tarsi pale- 

 ochreous, the latter fuscous-tinged towards apices. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa scarcely arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen straight, oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous ; a pale costal 

 streak from ^ to near apex, attenuated at extremities ; a well- 

 marked white median streak from base to end of cell, with a 

 fuscous spot beneath distal extremity, its upper edge marked by 

 dark-fuscous irroration, which is continued as a fine streak to 

 termen ; a fine white line edged with dark-fuscous irroration 

 from median streak along fold towards tornus ; four fine lines 

 from median streak along veins, with a few dark-fusoous scales 

 between ; a well marked white terminal streak from apex to 

 tornus ; which leaves a fine terminal line of ground-colour, inter- 

 rupted by 4 or 5 fine blackish dots on veins ; cilia whitish, 

 apices and a faint antemedian line pale-fuscous. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded ; veins 4 and 5 stalked ; pale-ochreous ; 

 cilia pale-ochreous. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



