76 Transactions. — Zoology. 
81. Cid. similata, Walk. 
(Cidaria similata, Walk., 1413 ; Cidaria timarata, Feld., exxxii., 19.) 
Male, female.—29-33 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 
crenulate ; whitish-fuscous, suffused almost throughout with rather bright 
green; numerous irregular shortly dentate dark fuscous strie, towards base 
angulated above middle ; two pairs before middle converging and confluent 
on lower half into a narrow fascia, spotted with blackish, and posteriorly 
markedly concave; two other pairs of more irregular twice sinuate strie 
beyond middle also converging similarly but less strongly ; a broken sub- 
dentate white subterminal line, preceded by fuscous spots. Hindwings 
moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenulate ; whitish-ochreous, more reddish- 
ochreous towards inner margin, with numerous incomplete dentate obscure 
grey stri. 
Constant ; the thorax is rather strongly crested. 
Christchurch and Dunedin, usually at rest on moss-grown tree-trunks, 
from November to March ; seventeen specimens. 
82. Cid. callichlora, Butl. 
(Cidaria callichlora, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 509.) 
Male.—31 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenate ; 
yellowish green, irregularly suffused with rather darker green; numerous 
irregular dentate blackish lines; two of these before middle and three at $ 
suffused with blackish on lower half, indicating a median band, of which 
the posterior edge forms a short bidentate projection in middle, and a short 
simple projection towards costa ; a slightly paler subterminal line preceded 
by an irregular blackish suffusion ; a small blackish discal dot. Hindwings 
moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenate ; grey-whitish ; several indistinct 
grey lines, only perceptible near inner margin ; a black hindmarginal line. 
Probably constant. o 
Christchurch, in March (Mr. R. W. Fereday); two specimens. 
88. Cid. chaotica, n. sp. 
Male, female.—25-29 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 
crenulate ; dark fuscous, slightly mixed with pale ochreous, or with a very 
broad pale ochreous median band; numerous dentate blackish or dark 
fuscous strie ; two adjacent ochreous-fuscous or partially whitish-ochreous 
blackish-margined lines at 4, followed by a row of white dots ; two similar 
lines at 2, sinuate beneath costa, with a strong bidentate angulation below 
middle, almost touching hindmargin, and preceded by a row of white dots ; 
an obscure blackish discal dot; a small whitish-ochreous mark on costa 
before apex; a blackish interrupted hindmarginal line. Hindwings mode- 
rate, hindmargin rounded, crenulate ; light ochreous-grey ; several grey 
strie towards inner margin; an obscure darker discal dot. 
