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instances. The number of specimens examined is indicated in each instance 
after the description, but, in the case of the commoner species, these are 
really a selection from a much larger number not retained. I have examined 
also a small collection from the Otago Museum, forwarded to me by Pro- 
fessor Parker. 
The following is a tabulation of the five families represented ; under the 
head of each family is given a tabulation of the genera agg in it. 
la. Hindwings with : veins a i ASTE SSL . 5. Ennomide. 
1b. 
2a. Vein 8 of nest i connected with 7 near transverse vein .. 2. Larentide. 
2b. 5, »» " free, or very shortly anastomosing with 
7 near base. 
3a. Vein 11 of forewings separate .. iS as bs .. 3. Boletobide. 
3b. » not separate. 
i: bui double i si AP e. si .. 4 Lyrceide. 
4b. ,, single wt “i ca Sn ex ‘o 3,1. .Acidalida: 
1. ACIDALIDA. 
Antenne of male not pectinated. Forewings with vein 11 rising out of 
10, areole simple, 12 free. Hindwings with 8 veins, 8 free or touching 
7 near base only. 
Hardly represented in New Zealand ; of the two species found, one is 
very abundant in Australia, whence it jas doubtless immigrated, the other is 
not yet known from elsewhere. 
la. Veins 6 and 7 of hindwings separate me .. 2. Acidalia. 
1b 2 ee aa P from poll or stalked © ES +. 1. Theoxena. 
1. THEOXENA, n. g. 
Palpi moderate, triangularly scaled, porrected. Antenne in male bicili- 
ated with long tufts of cilia (5). Forewings with vein 6 from below 9, 
7 from angle of areole, 10 out of 9 above 7, 11 anastomosing shortly with 9, 
12 free, closely approximated to 11 on areole. Hindwings with veins 6 and 
7 from a point or short-stalked, 8 free, closely approximated to 7 from base 
to near transverse vein. 
1. Theox. scissaria, Gn. 
(Panagra scissaria; Gn., E.M.M., v., 43.) 
. Male.—23-25 mm. Forewings narrow, hindmargin rather strongly 
sinuate; dull white, slightly sprinkled with dark fuscous; a curved dark 
fuscous median streak from inner margin near base almost to apex, sharply 
defined above, suffused beneath ; a black dot in dise, and a row of dots on 
hindmargin. Hindwings elongate, narrow, apex broadly projecting ; white ; 
a blackish dot in disc, and a row on hindmargin. 
Constant, and very different from anything else. 
Christchurch, and towards foot of Mount Hutt (Mr. R. W. Fereday) ; a 
plain-frequenting species, occurring in January; ten specimens. 
