Mevricx.—On New Zealand Geometria. 105 
85. Am. encausta, n. sp. 
Male, female.—29-33 mm. Forewings moderate, costa arched at base, 
apex almost acute, hindmargin obtusely projecting somewhat above middle, 
upper part slightly concave; varying from pale whitish-grey, slightly 
purplish-tinged, to light reddish-ochreous-brown, generally with numerous 
scattered fuscous or dark fuscous strigule, sometimes forming an irregular 
suffusion in disc and along hindmargin, and on an incomplete subterminal 
band ; three short dark fuscous streaks from costa, first and third oblique, 
second less defined, direct ; from third often a sinuate row of dark fuscous 
dots to inner margin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin slightly crenulate ; 
pale whitish-ochreous-yellow; sometimes a row of darker dots beyond 
middle. 
Varies much in colour. 
Makatoku (Hawke’s Bay), Nelson, Christchurch, Otira Gorge (1,500 
feet), Castle Hill (2,500 feet), and Mount Hutt, from January to March, 
amongst bush ; thirty-one specimens. 
It seems improbable that this common species should have escaped des- 
cription. I suspect therefore it will be found among Walker’s list, but as I 
have no authority for its identification I have been compelled to attach a , 
name to it. . 
38. STRATOCLEIS, n.g. 
Face with a slight cone of scales. Palpi rather long, porrected, roughly 
sealed. Antenne in male stout, subdentate, minutely ciliated (+). Fore- 
wings with vein 6 from below 9, 7 from below angle of areole, 10 very 
shortly touching 9, 11 free, 12 very shortly touching 11. Hindwings 
normal. 
86. Strat. gallaria, Walk. 
(Selenia gallaria, Walk., 185, Butl. Cat., pl. iii, 6, 7; Euchlena (?) palthidata, Feld., 
exxxii, 21, 22.) 
Male.—26-27 mm. Forewings moderate, costa strongly arched towards 
base, apex acute, hindmargin shortly dentate below apex and above middle, 
thence straight, oblique; whitish-ochreous, slightly suffused with pale 
reddish-fuscous, and thinly sprinkled with blackish, basal and apical thirds 
sometimes wholly reddish-fuscous; a curved dark fuscous line at 3, strongest 
on costa, angulated above and below middle, preceded by a much fainter 
parallel line; an irregular curved fuscous median line, sometimes indistinct, 
darkest on costa, angulated below costa and indented inwards below 
middle; a minute black discal dot beyond middle; a nearly straight dark 
fuscous oblique line beyond middle, sometimes followed by a pale posteriorly 
dark-margined dentate line; two short cloudy irregular blackish lines from 
inner margin beyond this; a short upwardly oblique cloudy dark fuscous 
