78 Transactions.— Zoology. 
94. Lar. stinaria, Gn. 
(Camptogramma stinaria, Gn., E.M.M., v., 92.) 
Male, female.—94-28 mm. | Forewings moderate, hindmargin somewhat 
sinuate; rather deep ochreous-yellow, somewhat suffused with fuscous on 
median band except towards costa, and on hindmargin; a white posteriorly 
blackish-margined line from inner margin at + to disc before middle; a 
white anteriorly blackish-margined transverse line beyond «middle, mode- 
rately sinuate. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded; rather deep. 
ochreous-yellow. 
Constant and very distinct. : 
Christchurch, Dunedin, and at the foot of Mount Hutt, frequenting 
Carex subdola in December and January (Mr. R. W. Fereday); twenty 
specimens. 
95. Lar. prafectata, Walk. 
(Acidalia prefectata, Walk., 781; Acidalia subtentaria, Walk., 1610; Acidalia abscondi- 
taria, Walk., 1611, Butl. Cat., pl. ii., 21.) 
Male, female.—36-41 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin hardly 
rounded ; dull grey-whitish ; several very faint grey strie towards base, tend- 
ing to form dots on veins; a small: dark grey discal dot; a nearly straight 
grey line from beyond middle of hindmargin to costa before apex, dotted 
with dark grey on veins; rather before this is a very faint grey parallel 
line, and between it and hindmargin are four straight cloudy grey lines, 
gradually converging towards costa. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin 
rounded; dull grey-whitish, with a median grey line, and six posterior 
faintly subdentate hardly curved grey lines. 
Quite constant. 
Christchurch, in November, frequenting swampy places (Mr. R. W. 
Fereday) ; twenty-three specimens. 
86. Lar. nephelias, n. sp. 
Male, female.—32-34 mm. Forewings moderate, in female narrower 
and more elongate, hindmargin rounded; pale whitish-grey, slightly ochre- 
ous-tinged ; an indistinct suffusion of dark fuscous scales before middle; a 
small dark fuscous discal dot; a rather irregular cloudy dark fuscous line 
beyond middle, sinuate beneath costa, shortly angulated in middle; a very 
faint stria beyond this; a hindmarginal band composed of two rows of 
cloudy partially confluent dark fuscous spots, separating on costa: cilia 
pale whitish-grey. Hindwings moderate, in female narrower, hindmargin 
rounded; ground-colour as in forewings, with a few grey scales pos- 
teriorly. 
A remarkable-looking species. 
I took two fine spécimens above Arthur's Pass (4,600 feet) in January. 
