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inward margins dentate; anterior edge of band almost straight, posterior 
edge rather sharply angulated in middle, more shortly towards costa; a 
short suffused dark fuscous subapical streak. Hindwings moderate, hind- 
margin rounded ; light grey, faintly ochreous-tinged, very faintly striated. 
Quite constant, and the sexes alike; larger and greyer than the preced- 
ing, from which it is immediately distinguished by the straight anterior edge 
of the median band. 
Dunedin, Castle Hill (2,500 feet), Mount Hutt, Lake Wakatipu (4,000 
feet); a southern and mountain species, frequenting open ground, in 
December and January; twenty-eight specimens. _ 
4. Ep. semifissata, Walk. 
(Coremia semifissata, Walk., 1320; Coremia ypsilonaria, Gn., E.M.M., v., 64; Cidaria 
delicatulata, Gn., E.M.M., v., 94.) 
Male, female.—26-28 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin faintly 
sinuate; in male whitish, striated with fuscous-grey, veins dotted with 
blackish, in female whitish-ochreous, strie dark fuscous; a blackish line 
towards base, with a short acute tooth or angulation beneath costa; a 
moderately broad median band enclosed ‘by two fuscous blackish-edged 
fascie, confluent on lower half, including a small blackish discal dot, and 
marked on submedian vein with whitish-ochreous ; anterior edge of band 
sinuate-concave, posterior edge more or less sharply angulated in middle, 
somewhat rounded towards costa; a darker hindmarginal suffusion, termi- 
nated above by a short suffused dark fuscous subapical streak. Hindwings 
moderate, hindmargin rounded ; light yellowish-ochreous, base sometimes 
greyish-tinged, and with faint greyish strie. 
Constant; the female more ochreous-tinged, and the markings darker 
and more defined than in male. . 
Christchurch, Mount Hutt, Dunedin, amongst open bush, from Novem- 
ber to April, very common ; fifty-one specimens. 
Here also Guenée has described the sexes as distinct species. 
25. Ep. chlamydota, n. sp. 
Male, female.—27-29 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rather 
strongly sinuate, crenate; very pale whitish-ochreous; a small pale greyish- 
purple basal patch, margined by a strongly outwards-curved or angulated 
fuscous fascia, becoming blackish posteriorly ; three or four parallel light 
ochreous-fuscous lines, partially confluent towards costa; a broad light 
greyish-purple median band, margined on both sides by a fuscous blackish- 
edged fascia, becoming dark fuscous externally; its anterior edge irregularly 
concave, posterior edge with a broad truncate projection in middle, beneath 
which is a short triangular indentation ; a fuseous pale-circled discal dot ; 
an indistinct purplish hindmarginal fascia, darker above and attenuated 
to apex, and preceded by an irregular reddish-ochreous suffusion, extending 
