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interrupted above and below middle; sometimes a large blackish discal dot 
on fifth above middle; a narrow blackish hindmarginal band: cilia white, 
base grey. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin slightly projecting in middle ; 
colour and markings as in forewings, but lines always obsolete towards 
base. . 
Variable in the strength or obsolescence of the dark transverse lines, but 
very different from any other species. 
Christchurch, and Castle Hill (2,500 feet), in February and March, in 
waste ground ; common; seventeen specimens. 
8. PANOPAA, N. Y. 
Palpi short, porrected, second joint roughly scaled beneath, terminal 
joint moderate. Antenne in male bipectinated (a8, b10). Forewings with 
vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 from below angle of areole, 10 anastomosing rather 
shortly with 9, 11 out of 10 considerably before angle, 12 free. Hindwings 
with veins 6 and 7 long-stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 from near base to 
near transverse vein. 
8. Panop. verriculata, Feld. 
(Cidaria verriculata, Feld., exxxi., 20.) 
Male, female. —32-86 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 
pale whitish-ochreous ; about eighteen fine straight very oblique fuscous 
strie, parallel to a line from apex to before middle of hindmargin, obscurely 
dotted with blackish on veins; ninth to eleventh rather darker and stronger 
than rest, twelfth rather fainter; a large black discal dot above middle. 
Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rather flattened ; markings as in fore- 
wings, but ninth stria obsolete. | 
Constant. A beautifully perfect instance of imitative colouring ; the 
fine parallel dotted stri are precisely similar to those of the long drooping 
dead leaves of the Cordyline, on which the insect always sits ; Mr. Fereday 
informs me that it is careful to place its wings so that the strie are parallel 
with those of the leaf. There is no affinity whatever between this species 
` and Scotosia gobiata, Feld., the points of resemblance being purely superfi- 
cial and acquired for similar purposes. 
Christchurch and Dunedin, always on Cordyline, in October, November, 
February, March, and May ; fifteen specimens. 
9. Evrypice, n.g. 
Face with a strong cone of scales. Palpi moderately long, porrected, 
roughly scaled. Antenne in male bipectinated (6). Forewings with 
vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 from considerably above angle of areole, 10 anas- 
tomosing strongly with 9, 11 out of 10 rather before angle of areole, 12 free. 
Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 from near 
base to near transverse vein. 
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