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light brown, with a darker basal line. Hindwings groy-whitish, very slightly 
ochreous-tinged, thinly spotted with grey ; cilia whitish, spotted with grey 
at base. 
Characterized by the clear well-defined markings ; superficially rather 
resembling the Australian C. mnemosynana, Meyr., but removed from it by 
the strong costal fold. 
One specimen taken at Wellington in February. 
8. Torrrix, Tr. 
Thorax smooth. Antenne in male ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, 
second joint triangularly scaled. Forewings in male simple. Hindwings 
broader than forewings. Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 separate, 7 to 
hindmargin. Hindwings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 approxi- 
mated at base to 4, 6 and 7 separate. 
Separated from Cacoecia by the absence of costal fold in male, from 
Proselena by the origin of veins 8 and 4 of the hindwings from a point, 
from Dipterina by the simply and shortly ciliated antenne of the male. 
Well represented in Australia; there are: six known species from New . 
Zealand, thus distinguishable :— : 
A. Head and thorax white .. zx ee = Ts a .. 17. charactana. 
B: » grey 
1. Forewings moderately broad .. 3 ae 2 ES .. 18. demiana. 
i 5s narrow e. S3 oe de ys te .. 22. aérodana. 
C. Head and thorax ochreous 
1. Central fascia wholly absent .. = p He de .. 91. leucaniana. 
4 „ partly indicated or entire 
a. Posterior costal spot distinct s a a T .. 20. philopoana. 
b. x is » absent a s x .. 19. pictoriana. 
17. Tort. charactana, Meyr. 
(Cacoecia charactana, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1881, 492.) 
Minor, alis ant. albis, fascia mediz dimidio superiore angusto nigres- 
cente ; post. albis, raro albido-griseis. 
Male, female. —14—183 mm. Head and thorax dull white; palpi rather 
elongate, externally mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, slightly 
dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched towards base, thence nearly 
straight, faintly sinuate beyond middle, hindmargin slightly sinuate, not 
oblique ; dull white, faintly strigulated with pale ochreous-grey, and with & 
few scattered blackish scales ; outer edge of basal patch irregular, angulated 
above middle, partially indicated by blackish scales or obsolete ; in female 
an indistinet grey spot on inner margin before middle, shading into edge of 
basal patch; central fascia from before middle of costa to inner margin 
before anal angle, upper third very narrow, blackish, or ochreous-fuscous 
mixed with black, lower two-thirds strongly and irregularly dilated, almost 
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