Massie. —On New Zealand Geometrina. 73 
to costa. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin projecting in middle, crenate ; 
deep ochreous-yellow, hindmargin more reddish-tinged, base paler; some- 
times suffused with light purplish-grey, except an ochreous-yellow sub- 
terminal fascia. 
Apparently somewhat variable in colour. 
Wellington, Christchurch, and Akaroa, amongst bush, in November and 
January; three specimens in the collections of Mr. R. W. Fereday and the 
Otago Museum. 
18. ARSINOE, n. g. 
Face with projecting scales. Palpi moderate, triangularly scaled, por- 
rected. Antenne in male stout, strongly dentate, teeth moderately ciliated 
(3). Forewings with vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 from angle of areole, 10 ana- 
stomosing moderately with 9, 11 anastomosing strongly with 10, 12 free. 
Hindwings normal. 
This genus occurs also in Australia. 
la. Hindwings rounded .. s a sé m “a .. 26. subochraria. 
lb. » dentate "e +. 27, prionota. 
26. dn ular, Dbld. 
Canio : subochraria, para CNA , 285; Camptogramma subochraria, Butl., 
em 
Es Camptogramma s sending Gn., X. 425; Camptogramma fuscinata, 
- M.M b 
Male, ande. Mp os mm.  Forewings din hindmargin rounded ; 
yellow, faintly striated with darker ; costa narrowly suffused with purplish- 
fuscous ; a well-defined black discal dot; a narrow purplish-fuscous sinuate 
fascia or line beyond middle, posteriorly well-defined; anteriorly suffused, 
and dilated on inner margin; a suffused fuscous hindmarginal band, pre- 
ceded by one or two faint dentate fuscous strie. Hindwings moderate, 
hindmargin rounded ; yellow, paler towards base, more ochreous or reddish- 
tinged posteriorly. 
ar. fuscinata. All wings more or less strongly suffused with light 
purplish-fuscous, fascia darker. 
Constant except in respect of the fuscous suffusion. 
Wanganui, Nelson, Christchurch, Mount Hutt, Dunedin ; very common 
in open ground, frequenting the tussock-grass, from November to April ; 
common also in Tasmania and. Victoria ; forty-eight specimens. The 
variety fuscinata is worth naming, as it appears to be confined to New 
Zealand ; Mr. Fereday states it to have been formerly locally abundant in 
the SWRIRPY plains ; but it shades gradually into the type. 
27. Ars. prionota, n. sp. 
Male, female.—27-31 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 
in male crenate, in female dentate ; light-ochreous; numerous indistinct 
sinuate dentate fuscous or dark fuscous strie; in male costa and hind- 
margin suffused with dull light green; a broad median band indistinctly 
