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below 9, 7 from angle of areole, 10 anastomosing shortly with 9, 11 rising 
out of 10 before angle of areole, 12 free. Hindwings normal, veins 8 and 
4 from a point. 
— allied to the preceding. 
9. At. niveata, Butl. 
(Declana niveata, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 500.) 
Male.—30 mm. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa somewhat sinuate, 
hindmargin rounded, dentate; dull white, faintly irrorated with grey ; costa 
marked with short indistinct dark grey direct strigule; an irregular line 
towards base, and another twice angulated about 2, obscurely indicated by 
dark grey scales; some scattered dark grey strigule before hindmargin. 
Hindwings moderate, hindmargin crenate, angularly projecting in middle ; 
wholly white. 
I took one fine specimen at rest on a tree-trunk near Dunedin, in 
February. 
36. PayLLODOCE, n.g. 
Face shortly rough-haired. Palpi moderate, arched, ascending, shortly 
rough-scaled, terminal joint short. Antenne in male rather stout, pubes- 
cent. Coxe and femora densely rough-haired beneath. Forewings with 
vein 6 from below 9, 7 from below angle of areole, 10 shortly touching 9, 
11 separate, 12 free. Hindwings normal. 
84. Phyll. nelsonaria, Feld. 
(Gonodontis (?) nelsonaria, Feld. cxxiii., 3; Gonodontis felix, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 
1877, 389, pl. xlii., 10.) 
Male.—88-39 mm. Forewings moderate, apex rather projecting, hind- 
margin rather strongly angulated in middle, upper half appearing concave, 
somewhat crenulate ; fuscous, reddish-fuscous or ochreous, tending to form 
short transverse darker and lighter strigule; some small irregular white 
marks on costal edge; an irregular curved and rather strongly dentate 
whitish line about +, posteriorly dark-margined; a small pale-centred dark 
fuscous or reddish-fuscous discal spot; a straight whitish line about 3 
anteriorly dark-margined. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 
unevenly crenate; pale reddish-fuscous, more or less irrorated with grey ; 
a small grey discal spot ; a slightly curved grey line beyond middle. 
Varies considerably in colour. 
Nelson and Dunedin ; four specimens. 
97. AMASTRIS, n. Y. 
Face smooth. Palpi short, rough-haired beneath, porrected. Antenne 
in male stout, serrate, shortly ciliated (1). Forewings with vein 6 from 
below 9, 7 from below angle of areole, 10 rising out of 9 above origin, 
anastomosing again shortly with 9, 11 anastomosing shortly with 10, 12 
anastomosing shortly with 11. Hindwings normal. 
