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below middle, terminating immediately before anal angle ; an elongate spot 
in middle of disc, interrupting anterior edge of central fascia, its upper 
edge emitting a sharp inwardly oblique tooth in middle; a very flattened- 
triangular spot on costa, extending from near middle to a little before apex ; 
a sinuate longitudinal streak before middle of hindmargin : cilia ochreous- 
white, with a dark fuscous basal line, and barred with reddish-fuscous. 
Hindwings whitish, posteriorly suffusedly mottled with grey ; cilia white, 
with a basal row of grey spots. 
A curious and rather elegant species, perhaps of South American 
affinity. 
I took one specimen at rest on a tree-trunk at Wellington in January, 
and Mr. R. W. Fereday has a second from the same locality, taken in 
February. Ke od ^ 
16. enun, Pipa 04 te 
Thorax smooth. Antenne in male shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate or 
elongate, porrected, roughly scaled. Forewings with costa simple in male. 
Hindwings broader than forewings. Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 
separate, 7 to hindmargin. Hindwings with 8 veins, 9 and 4 from a point, 
5 very closely approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 
This genus cannot be considered truly indigenous to New Zealand, but 
Iam not aware whether it could have been artificially introduced. The 
larva is believed to feed in the stems of Juncus, but is hardly known. The 
species here described is now cos opolitan in range. 
29. ae. lanceolana, Hb. : 
Minor, alis ant. ochreis fuscisve, sepius vitta media saturate fusca, 
interdum perfraeta vel obsoleta; post. griseo-albidis. 
. Male, female.—14-20 mm. Head and thorax varying from whitish- 
ochreous to ochreous-brown ; palpi variable in length, sometimes very long. 
Forewings narrow, not dilated, costa gently arched, hindmargin nearly 1 
straight, oblique; pale ochreous, often suffused with fuscous, sometimes i 
wholly fuscous mixed with reddish-ochreous ; costa generally with numerous 
very fine oblique darker strigule ; sometimes a straight ill-defined dark 
fuscous central streak from base to apex, entire or interrupted so as to form 
two or three irregular spots, or visible at apex only, or wholly absent: cilia 
varying from whitish-ochreous to fuscous. Hindwings grey-whitish, apex : 
sometimes darker; cilia grey-whitish, sometimes with a darker line. i 
Very variable, some of the varieties tending to be localized. 
Taken near Hamilton in January. 
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Thorax smooth. Antenne in male tly ciliated. Palpi moderate, 
porrected, second joint roughly scaled. Forewings with strong costal fold 
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