Meyricx.—On New Zealand Geometrina. 91 
64. Stat. homomorpha, n. sp. 
Male.—28 mm. Forewings moderate, costa rather i arched near 
base, hindmargin slightly rounded; dark fuscous-grey, with numerous ir- 
regular darker stri»; a pale curved fascia towards base, mixed with whitish 
and bisected by a dark line; a second about 4; a third beyond middle, ir- 
regularly dentate and sinuate; an obscure pale subterminal line. Hind- 
wings moderate, hindmargin rounded; bright orange; basal space up to 
first line mixed with dark fuscous; a nearly straight line about 4, a second 
more obscure beyond and parallel to it, a third irregularly angulated and 
subdentate beyond middle, a narrow irregular interrupted subterminal 
fascia, and a dentate hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous. Forewings and 
hindwings beneath orange, with a straight line before middle, an angulated 
line beyond middle, an interrupted subterminal fascia, and a hindmarginal 
fascia blackish ; two additional anterior incomplete lines in forewings. 
Readily identified by the postmedian line of the hindwings. 
Mount Hutt, in January (Mr. R. W. Fereday) ; five specimens. 
65. Stat. anceps, Butl. 
(Fidonia anceps, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 392, pl. xliii., 3.) 
Male.—27-80 mm. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, 
hindmargin slightly rounded; dark fuscous-grey, irrorated with bluish- 
whitish ; the absence of the irroration produces numerous irregular den- 
tate sinuate darker strie ; two before middle and two beyond middle more 
strongly marked, enclosing a moderately broad clear space, containing a 
blackish discal dot; a darker subterminal shade, and another on hind- 
margin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded; rather deep ochre- 
ous-yellow; basal space up to first line mixed with dark fuscous; a straight 
line about 3, two somewhat curved parallel median lines, an irregular par- 
tially-interrupted subterminal fascia, and a hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous. 
Forewings and hindwings beneath yellow, with a straight line before middle, 
an angulated line beyond middle, an interrupted subterminal fascia, and a 
hindmarginal fascia blackish. 
Constant; less intensely coloured than its allies. 
Nelson, Arthur's Pass (3,000 feet), and Castle Hill (3,100 feet), in 
January, settling on bare ground and roads; twelve specimens. 
66. Stat. hectori, Butl. 
(Euclidia hectori, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 387, pl. xlii., 4.) 
Male.—88 mm. Forewings moderate, costa abruptly arched near base, 
hindmargin almost straight or slightly rounded; dark fuscous-grey, irro- 
rated with bluish-whitish; markings obscurely blackish ; an irregular curved 
dentate line near base; a strongly-marked irregular twice sinuate line 
about 1, closely followed by a similar less marked line; a small discal spot; 
