92 Transactions. —Zoology. 
a band of three parallel irregular dentate twice sinuate lines beyond middle, 
posterior two partially confluent, last strongest ; hindmargin broadly and 
suffusedly darker: cilia barred with dark fuscous and white. Hindwings 
~ moderate, hindmargin rounded; dark fuscous, base irrorated with bluish- 
whitish ; a curved cloudy whitish line before middle, a second in middle, a 
third more irregular and distinct beyond middle, and a fourth, slender and 
irregular, towards hindmargin. Forewings and hindwings beneath whitish, 
with four irregular fascie and a hindmarginal band dark fuscous. 
Tolerably constant. 
Lake Wakatipu (on the summit of Ben Lomond, 5,700 feet) and Mount 
Hutt, in December and January, flying rather actively about the face of 
precipices ; eight specimens. 
23. Dasyuris, Gn. 
Face with ‘projecting hairs. Palpi moderate, porrected, roughly scaled 
beneath, terminal joint short. Antenne in male rather stout, dentate, 
shortly ciliated (+). Thorax hairy beneath. 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. 
Established by Guenée for the single species here included in it; closely 
allied to Pasithea. The name Dasyurus is employed amongst the Mammalia ; 
it is not primarily desirable to employ two names so similar as Dasyurus 
and Dasyuris, but as they are not identical, there is no valid reason for 
changing them when once given. 
67. Das. partheniata, Gn. 
(Dasyuris partheniata, Gn., E.M.M., v., 93.) 
Male, female.—27-28 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 
pale yellowish-orange, markings rather dark fuscous ; basal space mixed 
with dark fuscous, bordered by an irregular fascia, angulated sharply in 
middle; a narrow fascia before middle, and a broader fascia beyond middle, 
between which is a transverse line, and a discal dot; posterior edge of 
second fascia with a moderately sharp angulation in middle, a shorter one 
towards costa, and irregularly dentate throughout, first fascia and median 
line parallel to this; an irregular subterminal fascia, and another along 
hindmargin, sometimes partially confluent beneath, their margins dentate : 
cilia barred with whitish and dark fuscous. Hindwings moderate, hind- 
margin rounded; deep orange; base mixed with dark fuscous; an angu- 
lated median line, a slender irregularly dentate or interrupted subterminal 
fascia, and a slender dentate hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous ; cilia as in 
forewings. 
Tolerably constant ; a pretty species. 
At the foot of Mount Hutt, amongst tussock-grass, in March (Mr. R. W. 
Fereday) ; sixteen specimens. 
