32 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Not uncommon at light in Christchurch during March; Mr. R. W. 
Fereday has also taken it commonly at Mount Hutt in January. 
The species does not bear the slightest affinity or resemblance to 
Aphomia, which differs widely in venation, belonging as it does to another 
family, and further has entirely different, very short, ascending palpi in the 
male, a character of which Butler, though describing a male, was evidently 
unaware. 
17. Cr. xanthogrammus, n. sp. ; 
Male.—22-24 mm. Head reddish-ochreous, mixed with grey on face ; 
anterior margin of eyes, lower part of face, and a small spot on crown 
whitish. Maxillary palpi whitish, towards base externally reddish-ochreous. 
Labial palpi rather long, reddish-ochreous, internally whitish, beneath white 
at base. Antenne dark fuscous. Thorax light grey, somewhat mixed with 
whitish, with a spot on each shoulder and centre of back reddish-ochre- 
ous. Abdomen grey-whitish, suffused with light ochreous. Anterior and 
middle legs dark grey, apex of middle tibis and of first joint of tarsi 
whitish ; posterior legs whitish, tarsal joints suffused with dark grey except 
towards apex.  Forewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly 
arched, somewhat sinuate before middle, apex rounded, hindmargin rather 
oblique, strongly rounded ; whitish, becoming clearer white towards costa, 
and grey towards inner margin posteriorly; a short dark brownish-grey 
mark on inner margin at base; an oblique irregularly oval dark brownish- 
grey blotch in dise towards base, its anterior extremity connected with base 
by a short streak, its posterior extremity almost touching inner margin at 
4; aslender dark brownish-grey transverse fascia from middle of costa to 
middle of inner margin, becoming much thicker on lower half, suffused on 
costa, upper half irregularly dentate above middle, sending a sharp tooth 
inwards in middle; a second slender dark brownish-grey transverse fascia 
from costa at 2 to inner margin at 4, strongly and abruptly dilated on lower 
third, upper two-thirds twice curved inwards, sending a sharp tooth out- 
wards between the curves, anterior edge below middle emitting two or three 
slender lines along veins to centre of dise; this fascia is margined posteriorly 
by a suffused white fascia, beyond which is a brownish-grey hind-marginal 
band irrorated with whitish ; a straight slender bright ferruginous streak 
along submedian vein from base to second fascia, indistinct towards base ; 
a more conspicuous straight slender bright ferruginous streak from base to 
anal angle ; both these streaks intersect all the dark markings they meet ; 
lower half of hindmargin tinged with ferruginous: cilia grey, with a white 
basal line on upper half of hindmargin. Hindwings grey-whitish, with a 
faint cloudy grey line a little before hindmargin, and a grey hind-marginal 
line ; cilia whitish, with a faint grey line near base, 
