496 JMr. BuTLEU on a small collection of 



28. Lyrcea alectoraria (No. 24), 



Lijrcea alectoraria, Walker, Lep. Het. xx, p. 259 (l-SGU). 

 O'tago. 



29. Li/rcm tu(r/ans, u. sp. (Nos. 2.5 tl- 2(1). 



Olive-brown speckled with black, with more or less defined 

 cupreous reflections ; primaries crossed by two widely divergent 

 dusky stripes, and a number of short dusky striations ; two 

 white dots on the lower discoidal interspace ; interno-median 

 area, and an abbreviated fascia, boimding the outei- dusky stripe 

 towards apex, golden-yellow mottled with laky-purplish ; a 

 black discocellular dot; secondaries varied here and there with 

 flery cupreous; two parallel grey discal lines; body testaceous; 

 under surface altogether greyer, the transverse lines obsolete; 

 black discocellular dots ; primaries with yelloAv apical fascia 

 nearly as above, and white dots on lower discoidal interspace; 

 body beloAv sandy ochraceous. Expanse of ■\vings 1 inch 

 7 lines. 



Wairarapa. 



A dull variety occurs, in which the purplish-mottled yellow 



areas arc wanting. This species is allied to " Amilapis ?" 



achroiaria, of Pelder, but the genus Lyrcea has nothing in 



common with Amilapis, being much more nearly related to 

 Azeli7ia. 



oO. Folygonia fortinata (No. not indicated). 



Polygonia fortinata, Guenee, Ent. J\Ionth. Mag. v, i\ 41 

 (18G,S). 

 Otago. 



BOARMIIDyE. 



31. Boarmia dejectaria (No. 27). 



Boarinia dejectaria. Walker, Lep. Het. xxi, p. 394 (18GU). 

 Otago. 



PSKUDOCOREMIA, Butler. 



'd'2. Fseudocoreuiia lupinata (Nos. 65 & G6). 



$ Cidaria lupinata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pi. cxxxi, 

 fig. 19. 



9 Primaries white, greyish towards apex; costa grey; outer 

 border broadly grey boiuided internally by a blackish-edged zig- 

 zag Avhite line ; the inner edge Avidenhig into three blackish spots 



