1877.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM NEW ZEALAND. 395 



cell, the other submarginal ; a marginal series of minute black dots ; 

 thorax pale brown ; head dark brown ; abdomen stramineous : under- 

 side stramineous; primaries with the discoidal cell, base, and a 

 squamose apical patch brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 

 South Island. Coll, Dr. Hector. 



Cacopsodos, n. gen. 

 Agreeing in general appearance and in its hairy palpi with 

 Psodos, but diiferiug entirely in the structure of the antenna;, the 

 latter presenting to the naked eye the appearance of those of 

 Coremia $ , but having in reality only the inner margin pectinated, 

 the outer margin being quite simple. Type C. niger. 



79. Cacopsodos nicer, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 4.) 

 Greyish black, speckled with white scales ; primaries crossed by a 



broad dentated central black band ; below shining dark grey, with a 

 continuous paler discal line; pectus black. Expanse of wings 

 11 lines. 



South Island. Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. 



This species is somewhat like Panagra explanaia, disputata, and 

 exsignata, but differs in its hairy palpi. 



80. Helastia invexata. 



Larentia invexata, "Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1199 (1862). 

 Cidaria adonata ?, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v. pi. cxxxi. 

 fig. 31. 



Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. 



81. Helastia indicataria. 



Eupithecia indicataria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvi. p. 1708 (1862). 

 Coll. Dr. Hector. 



82. Helastia bilineolata. 



Fupithecia bilineolata, "Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1246 (1862). 



Eupithecia cidariaria 1, Guenee, Ent. Mo. Mag. v, p 62 (1868) 



Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. r v /• 



Possibly an extreme form of the preceding species. The three 



here placed under Helastia differ from the males of Eupithecia in 



their prominently pectinated antennae ; the following also seems to 



agree with them in structure : — 



83. Helastia muscosata. 



Eupithecial muscosata, "Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1246 (1862). 



Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. 



I think it not improbable that the Coremia inamcenaria of Guene'e 

 is this species ; but the description is not sufficiently precise to enable 

 me to determine it satisfactorily. Felder's figure of Gidaria aquosata 

 may also be intended for this species. 



