100 Transactions.—Z oology. 
77. Boarm. dejectaria, Walk. 
(Boarmia dejectaria, Walk., 394; Boarmia attracta, Walk., 394; Boarmia exprompta, 
, 395; Tephrosia patularia, Walk., 422, Butl. Cat, pl. iii, 8; Tephrosia 
senta Walk., 422; Scotosia erebinata, Walk., 1358; Scotosia stigmaticata, Walk., 
1359; Scotosia lignosata, Walk., 1361; Gnophos pannularia, Gn., E.M.M., v., 42; 
Scotopteryx maoriata, Feld., cxxvi., 4; Hemerophila (?) sulpitiata, Feld., OKEY 45 
Hemerophila caprimulgata, Feld., exxvi., 12. 
Male, female.—31-54 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin varying 
from crenate to strongly dentate; ochreous-fuscous, irregularly mixed and 
more or less suffused with dark fuscous, tending to form small fine strigule ; 
a curved dentate dark fuscous line at }; a small dark fuscous discal spot, 
sometimes centred with pale bluish-grey, sometimes forming an ocellated 
ring; an obscure darker irregular median shade; a curved dentate dark 
fuscous line beyond middle, more oblique than hindmargin; a very ob- 
scurely darker dentate subterminal line; often a small snow-white spot 
before middle of hindmargin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin varying 
from crenate to strongly dentate ; colour and lines as in forewings. 
Exceedingly variable ; the variation in form of wing is curious. 
Taranaki, Makatoku (Hawke’s Bay), Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, 
amongst forest, from November to March ; thirty-seven Lento 
82. BARSINE, n.g. 
Head tufted between antenne, face with a slight cone of scales. Palpi 
moderate, densely scaled, porrected. Antenne in male bipectinated (5-6). 
Forewings with vein 6 from below 9, 7 out of 9,10 and 11 separate, 12 free. 
Hindwings normal. 
78. Bars. panagrata, Walk. | 
(Scotosia panagrata, Walk., 1360; Angerona menanaria, Walk., 1500; Epirrhanthis (?) 
antipodaria, Feld., exxvi., 3; Hyperythra desiccata, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 495; Hype- 
rythra arenacea, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 495.) 
Male, female,—38-44 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 
crenate, apex faintly projecting ; ochreous-fuscous, more or less mixed or 
suffused with dark fuscous; a dark fuscous curved dentate line at 3; a 
small transverse whitish ochreous or sometimes white discal spot, suf- 
fusedly margined with dark fuscous; a very obscure darker twice sinuate 
median shade; a dark fuscous dentate line at %, curved outwards above 
middle; before the first line and beyond the second are often whitish- 
ochreous bands, tending to form several spots; an obscure dark fuscous 
dentate subterminal line. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded, cre- 
nate; colour and markings as in forewings, but first and subterminal lines 
obsolete. 
Very variable. 
Masterton, Christchurch, and Akaroa, from March to May, amongst 
bush ; twenty-three specimens, 
