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defined, subterminal ; a deeper green discal dot; extreme costal edge 
spotted with blackish. Hindwings short ; greenish-ochreous-whitish ; a 
grey discal dot. 
A beautiful and conspicuous species. 
I have only seen two specimens, sent to Mr. Fereday by Mr. T. H. 
Potts, who took them near Christchurch. 
16. Tat. transitaria, Walk. 
(Cidaria transitaria, Walk., 1419; Sauris mistata, Feld., exxxi., 12.) 
Male, female.—26-85 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded 
or very faintly sinuate ; ochreous-whitish, irregularly suffused with dull 
light olive-green ; a black furcate streak along inner margin towards base ; 
numerous irregularly sinuate and dentate dark fuscous strie, irregularly 
marked with blackish ; a more conspicuous one beyond middle, partially 
edged with white posteriorly, twice shortly angulated on upper half, and 
deeply concave on lower half. Hindwings in male small, in female rather 
small ; in male pale greyish-ochreous, in female greyer and darker. 
Apparently constant. 
Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, amongst bush, in January and 
May; Mr. R. W. Fereday has taken it at sugar ; ten specimens. é 
17. Tat. agrionata, Walk. 
(Cidaria agrionata, Walk., 1417; Cidaria tipulata, Walk., 1417 ; Cidaria inclinataria, 
Walk., 1418; Cidaria collectaria, Walk., 1419.) 
Male, female.—81-34 mm. Forewings elongate, costa rounded, hind- 
margin very obliquely rounded, somewhat sinuate below middle; whitish- 
ochreous ; numerous irregular dentate dark fuscous strie ; a dark fuscous 
median band, broad on upper half and with sinuate margins, suddenly 
contracting and narrow on lower half, margins nearly straight. Hindwings 
in male much reduced, small, elongate, in female rather small; grey, paler 
towards base. 
Apparently constant except in intensity of markings. 
Christchurch aud Akaroa (Mr. R. W. Fereday), in January, and from 
March to May, amongst bush ; eight specimens. 
Section E. 
15. Astaena, Hb. 
Face smooth. Palpi short, slender, porrected. Antenne in male 
slender, filiform, shortly ciliated (3). Forewings with vein 6 from a point 
with 9, 7 from angle of areole, 10 anastomosing moderately with 9, 11 
anastomosing moderately with 10, 12 free. Hindwings normal. 
A genus occurring also in Europe, America, Australia, and perhaps 
generally. 
la. Lines of wings green .. m si da de sa .. 18. pulchraria. 
1b. "n » purplish-grey .. ae zt vt éa .. 19. schistaria. 
