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The expansion of the wings is f inch. The fore-wings are dark greyish-brown speckled with 

 black and white ; there is a curved black transverse line near the base, followed by a white line, then 

 two black lines close together followed by another white line, then a broad black line followed by a 

 pale central band containing a well-marked central dot, beyond this there are two angulated black 

 lines, and a very conspicuous white line ; there is a broad black shading on the termen, traversed by a 

 rather obscure fine white line. The hind-wings are rather narrow, yellowish-orange speckled with 

 black near the base, there is a strongly angulated black line near the middle, and an obscure blackish 

 band near the termen. On the under side the fore-wings are yellow, with two black transverse bands 

 from the costa near the termen and a red mark near the apex ; the hind-wings are streaked with 

 white and yellow, and broadly bordered with red on the costa and termen; there are two very broad 

 black transverse bands. The female is paler than the male, with the dark markings rather narrower. 



The perfect insect appears in February and March, and frequents open, sunny 

 places, at elevations of from 1,000 to 2,000 feet above the sea-level. 



Genus 13. DASYUEIS, Gn. 



" Face rough-haired or with projecting scales. Palpi moderate, porrected, with long dense 

 rough hairs. Antennae in male shortly ciliated. Thorax and coxae densely hairy beneath. Posterior 

 tibiae with all spurs present. Fore-wings with areole double. Hind-wings with vein 8 anastomosing 

 with cell from near base to beyond middle." (Meyrick.) (Plate II., 6g. 42, neuration of fore- 

 wing. Hind-wing as in Xanthorhoe.) 



Of this genus we have four species in New Zealand. 



DASYUEIS ENYSII, Butl. 



(Fidonia cmjsii, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 391, pi. xlii. 9. Statira homamorplia, Meyr., Trans. 

 N. Z. Inst. xvi. 91. Statira cmjsii, ib. xvii. 65. Stathmonyma enysii, ib. xviii. 184.) 



(Plate VIII., fig. 28.) 



This species has occurred in the South Island on the Dun Mountain near Nelson, 

 and at Mount Hutt. 



The expansion of the wings is about 1 inch. The fore- wings are greyish-brown, with 

 numerous wavy blackish transverse lines ; there is usually a wavy yellowish transverse stripe 

 near the base, and another broader and more conspicuous stripe near the termen ; the termen 

 itself is broadly shaded with dark brown. The hind- wings are orange-yellow ; there is a small 

 dusky brown area near the base, then a faint straight transverse line, followed by a slightly 

 waved conspicuous dark brown line ; there is a very wavy broad dark brown line near the termen, 

 and the termen itself is narrowly edged with dark brown. 



The perfect insect appears in January and February, and frequents stony situations 

 on the mountains, at elevations of from 2,500 to 4,000 feet. I have taken numerous 

 specimens on the " Mineral Belt," Dun Mountain, but have not yet met with it 

 elsewhere. This insect is probably often mistaken during flight for Notoreas breplios, 

 from which it may easily be distinguished by its larger size, paler colouring, and 

 simple antenna of tlie male. 



DASYUEIS ANCEPS, Butl. 



(Fidonia anccps, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 392, pi. xliii. 3. Stalira anceps, Meyr., Trans. 

 N. Z. Inst. xvi. 91. Stathmonyma ancejis, ib. xviii. 184.) 



(Plate VIII., fig. 29.) 



This species has been taken in the South Island at Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, 

 and Arthur's Pass. 



The expansion of the wings is about 1^ inches. The fore-wings are bluish-grey ; there are 

 four wavy dark grey transverse lines, the three lines nearest the base are double, and the line 

 nearest the termen is shaded towards the base. The hind-wings are pale yellow ; there is a small 

 dusky area near the base, then a slightly curved grey line, followed by two curved dark grey lines 



