IIctoroceroiLs Lepidoptei'u from New Zealand. oUl 



49. Pachycnemia usitata, n, sp. (No. G7). 



Very similar to P. Itijijiocastamirid, of Europe, the same 

 colours ; primaries grey with a shght hlacine gloss ; crossed liy 

 one or two ill- defined dusky subbasal lines ; two slightly diver- 

 gent and nearly central lines, the outer one sigmoidal; a pale 

 zigzag line edged on both sides Avith blackish, limiting the ex- 

 terpal border which is dusky ; discocellulars dusky ; secondaries 

 sericeous whity-brown irrorated with grey on external l)order; 

 body grey; under surface sericeous grey. Expanse of wings 1 

 inch 3 lines. 



Otago. 



LARENTIIDa^i. 



50. Lareutia? punctilincata (No. 40). 



Larentia punctilineata, Walker, Lep. liet. xxiv, p. 1202, 

 u. 79 (1802). 



Otago. 



51. Larentia ? fakata, n. sp. (No. 87). 



Allied to ly. /niiirtilineata (which it much resembles in cdLiur 

 and markings), Ijut larger and with distinctly falcate primaries; 

 ]irimaries reddish-broAvn, with the base and a broad central belt 

 dark l)rown traversed by blackish lines and margined l)y white 

 dots ; a black discoccllular dot; external border blackish, dif- 

 fused; twd or three whitish subapical dots; secondaries silvery- 

 grey with a darker Avaved central belt formed of parallel dark 

 grey lines, dotted Avith black upon the abdominal margin, Avhitc 

 l)ordered; a submargiual series of Avhite-bordered grey spots; a 

 marginal series of blackish dots in pairs; fringe pale reddish- 

 1 iroAvn ; abdomen Avith dorsal pairs of black dashes on each seg- 

 ment ; primaries beloAv grey Avith darker Avhite-bordered central 

 lielt ; costa cream-coloured betAveen the markings ; a zigzag 

 Avhite-bordered subapical dnsky stria; secondaries whitish Avith 

 a l)road irregular central belt formed by tAvo blackish limiting 

 lines and two grey intermediate lines; the onter black line dis- 

 tinctly undulated ; a A^ory ill-delined blackish speckled sub- 

 marginal liaud; l:)ody beloAV testaceous. Expanse of wings 1 

 inch 3 lines. 



Otago. 



This and the other forms Avith falcate primaries referred to 

 Larentia, Coremia, Cainptograiama and Cidaria Avill probably 



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