74 i Transactions.— Zoology. 
suffused with dark fuscous, in female hardly perceptibly, the lines forming 
its posterior edge bent in middle into a rather strong indented projection ; 
in male an indistinct dark fuscous subterminal suffusion ; an indistinct 
dark fuscous discal dot. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 
dentate ; ochreous-whitish ; some irregular incomplete dark fuscous lines 
towards inner margin ; a dark fuscous hindmarginal line. 
Probably variable in colour and suffusion. 
Castle Hill (2,500 feet) and Dunedin ; three specimens in Mr. Fereday's 
collection, received from Mr. J. D. Enys and Capt. Hutton. 
. 19. Ciparn, Tr. 
Face with a more or less developed cone of scales. Palpi moderate or 
short, roughly triangular-scaled, porrected. Antenne in male stout 
serrate, shortly ciliated (1-1). Thorax sometimes crested posteriorly. 
Forewings with vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 almost from angle of areole, 10 
anastomosing moderately with 9, 11 anastomosing moderately with 10, 
12 free. Hindwings normal. 
An extensive genus, probably of universal distribution. 
la. Posterior edge of central band very acutely indented below 
angulation vs 14:29 
1b. Posterior edge of ani band ot i add 
2a. Forewings green. 
. rirata. 
3a. Median band RRE e N^ PA "i > .. 90. purpurifera. 
3b. gre 
da. indwinis grey- ia. “e .. 32. callichlora. 
4b. more or less tinged with reddish- PERA .. 31. similata. 
2b. Forewings um green. 
3a. Lines dentate $4 «le 2% T ee .. 33. chaotica. 
3b. .,, not dentate Se A 94 su ys .. 98. triphragma. 
28. Cid. triphragma, n. sp. 
Male.—26-27 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin strongly sinuate ; 
pale dull greyish-purple ; a very small darker basal patch, outer edge 
strongly convex, margined by a dark fuscous fascia, posteriorly whitish- 
edged ; a dark fuscous fascia before 4, irregularly outwards-curved, 
posteriorly suffused, anteriorly sharply defined and whitish-edged ; a 
minute blackish discal dot; a dark fuscous fascia beyond middle, forming 
a strong angle in middle, upper and lower halves both inwards-curved, 
anteriorly suffused, posteriorly sharply defined and whitish-edged. Hind- 
wings moderate, hindmargin somewhat irregular, projecting in middle ; 
whitish-ochreous mixed with pale purplish ; an angulated darker band 
before middle. 
A very distinct species, probably not variable. 
Blenheim ; two specimens received by Mr. Fereday from Mr. Skellon. 
