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Abdoinen blackish fuscous j appendices yellow j the lobe from the last 

 dorsal segment ends in two nearly parallel branches, each of which is 

 obtuse ; lobe of the antepenultimate ventral segment very broad and 

 obtusely rounded, the sides nearly parallel j the app. sup. are either 

 very small and concealed, or are wanting; app. inf. long, curved 

 upwards, obtuse, and fringed witii blackish hairs ; from beneath the 

 dorsal lobe proceed two slender spines (app. intermed. ?), the a])ices of 

 which are abruptly turned outwards ; beneath these are two needle- 

 shaped and slightly curved penis-sheaths ; the penis itself is short, 

 obtuse, and dilated at the apex ( <? ). (Plate II. figs. 2 b, c.) 



Christchurch, Canterbury (Fereday), 1 c? . 



Genus PrcNOCENTUTA, M'Lachlan. 

 Pycnocentuia evecta, n. sp. 



Nigro-fusca : antenna; flavjc, pallide fusco-annulattc, articulo basali infra 

 lougc nigro-finibriato : ala; aiitica; grisea;, dense aureo-pilosa-, i)ostic<c 

 fuhginoso-grisetc, longe griseo-fimbriata; ; pedes flavi ; tibia; tarsique 

 nigricanti-hirsuti : abdomen rufo-brunneum ; appendices flava; ; seg- 

 mento ventrali antepenuUiino maris lobo lato obtuso instructo. 

 Long. Corp. 2-2^'" ; exp. alar. 7-8"'. 



Head — antcnnm yellow, obscurely annulatcd with fuscous ; basal joint 

 fuscescent, with a tuft of golden hair at the apex above, and beneath 

 with a fringe of strong black hair; vertex blackish, clothed with, 

 blackish and golden-yellow hairs intermingled, springing from a 

 rounded tubercle on each side ; maxillary palpi of the S thickly 

 clothed with golden hairs, among which are a few blackish ones ; in 

 the ? the blackish hairs predominate ; eyes deep black. 

 Thorax— prothorax clothed with goldcn-ycUow hairs ; meso- and mefa- 



thorax nearly hairless, blackish fuscous. 

 Wings — anterior wings pale-greyish, very densely clothed with short, 

 golden-yellow hairs, in which are intermingled a few blackish ope>? ; 

 the depressed fold-like line in the c? not conspicuously darker ; 

 fringes grey, mixed with blackish : posterior wings smokyrgrey, with 

 dark blackish-grey ])ubescence, iridescent ; fringes grey. 

 Legs yellow ; tibia; and tarsi, especially the two anterior pairs, clothe<l 



with blackish hairs. 

 Abdomen reddish brown ; appendices yellow. Jn the <S the antepenul- 

 timate ventral segment bears a broad flattened obtuse lobe, which is 

 brown at its base, and yellow at the apex ; from the last dorsal 

 segment protrudes a small, elongately triangular, subobtuse, yellow 

 lobe ; the app. sup. are very small and indistinct ; app. inf. long, 

 curved up against the lateral margins of the last segment, the tips 

 being slightly du-ected downwards; there are also two fine needle- 

 shaped ])enis-8heaths, and the penis itself appears to be short and 

 truncated. In the $ there is no ventral lobe; the apex of the abdor 



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