1877.] LEPTDOPTERA FROM NEW ZEALAND. 381 



the basal half of the wing ; secondaries and abdomen above salmon- 

 colour ; primaries below with the basal area, excepting on costa, 

 salmon-colour, the transverse markings only visible through the win"-, 

 secondaries varied with sap-green. Expanse of wings 6 inches 2 lines'. 

 North Island. From Dr. Hector's collection. 



6. PoRiNA ENYSii, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 7.) 



Primaries above smoky brown, varied with testaceous, black, and 

 silvery white ; costal area and basal third of wing whitish, mottled 

 with brown and black ; internal area white, interrupted upon the 

 margin and towards the base by a claviform longitudinal black streak, 

 followed by a small rounded black spot ; discal area crossed by a 

 broad brown band which terminates below in a black inverted cone, 

 and is bounded externally by a connected transverse arched series of 

 blackish spots; immediately beyond the black spots there is an 

 irregular transverse whitish area (quite white at inner margin) which 

 encloses a second, and submarginal, series of blackish spots ; outer 

 border, fringe, and veins testaceous; secondaries testaceous, with 

 darker veins and fringe ; thorax smoky brown ; head testaceous ; 

 collar dark brown in front, very hairy, the bairs on the posterior 

 border white at the tips ; abdomen testaceous : wings below sordid 

 testaceous, veins dusky, costa of primaries with two brown spots just 

 beyond the middle ; body sordid testaceous below, the pectus dusky 

 in front. Expanse of wings 2 inches 7 lines. 



North Island. From the collection of Mr. J. D. Enys. 



Forina Emjsii is most nearly allied to the P. main of Dr. Buller, 

 but is very distinct ; unfortunately the type is somewhat rubbed, so 

 that it is possible that there may be markings upon the centre of the 

 basal area of the primaries which I have failed to detect ; the broad 

 discal band and the submarginal series of reniform blackish spots, 

 however, will at once serve to distinguish the species from all pre- 

 viously known forms. 



7. PORINA CERVINATA. 



Elhamma cervinata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. ii. p. 59.5. 

 South Island. In colls. Dr. Hector and J. D, Enys, Esq. 



Psych ID.E. 



8. Psyche unicolor, n. sp. 



Uniformly grey, the primaries of a slightly more brownish tint 

 than the secondaries, and with a blackish costal edge ; the secondaries 

 subhyaline : body clothed with long woolly hair. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch. 

 . South Island. From the coll. of J. D. Enys, Esq. 



The case of P. unicolor is fusiform, truncated and open at the 

 apex, through which (after the exclusion of the moth) the dark 

 mahogany-brown pupa-skin projects ; it is composed of short pieces 

 of grass. stalks placed longitudinally, the largest being at the base, 

 the smallest (mixed with small chips and silk) at the apex. Found 

 on fences, gate-posts, rails, &c. 



