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parallel but dentate ; beyond second a short straight parallel orange streak 
from costa; third median, irregularly sinuate, sometimes partially obsolete ; 
fourth dentate, sharply angulated in middle; an irregular dentate bright 
orange line near hindmargin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 
orange ; base mixed with dark fuscous ; an oblique line near base, a 
sometimes double irregular sharply angulated line before middle, an 
irregular dentate interrupted subterminal fascia, and a row of partially 
confluent spots on hindmargin dark fuscous. 
Tolerably constant. 
Wellington, Lake Coleridge, and at the foot of Mount Hutt, in grassy 
places, during February and March (Mr. R. W. Fereday) ; eighteen 
specimens. 
58. Pas. niphocrena, 0. sp. 
- Female.—24-25 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded; rather 
dark fuscous, mixed and obscurely striated with orange; a curved white 
subdentate line before +, anteriorly blackish-margined ; a similar white line 
beyond 4, posteriorly plackish-margined ; space between these sometimes 
suffused with orange; a slender irregularly dentate white fascia beyond 
middle, rather strongly angulated in middle, anteriorly blackish-margined, 
posteriorly closely followed by a dentate orange line; a dentate orange line 
near hindmargin, dilated on costa. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin 
rounded; orange, lighter anteriorly; basal half dark fuscous mixed with 
orange, its outer edge irregularly curved; a dentate subterminal fascia and 
narrow hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous, sometimes obscure. 
Possibly when the male is known this may prove to be a Dasyuris. 
I took two specimens on the mountain-side above Arthur’s Pass at 4,500 
feet, in January. 
59. Pas. ferox, Butl. 
(Fidonia feroz, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 392, pl. xlii., 8.) 
Female.—24 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; fuscous, 
partially greyish-tinged ; a dark ochreous-fuscous nearly straight dentate 
stria about 1, between which and base are three others fainter; an obscure 
discal dot; a dark ochreous-fuscous nearly straight dentate stria in middle, 
between which and hindmargin are seven or eight similar stria becom- 
ing gradually more strongly curved. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin 
rounded; bright orange; base mixed with dark fuscous; a straight strongly 
marked median line, an obscure parallel line beyond it, three fine sub- 
dentate curved lines parallel with hindmargin, and a hindmarginal line 
dark fuscous. Forewings and hindwings beneath orange; markings of 
both as in hindwings above, but the four posterior lines separated by 
yellowish-whitish interspaces. 
