Ferepay.— On new Butterflies. 269 
first and second joints hirsute, black. Antenne of male pectinated; of 
female ciliated. 
Thorax short, slightly crested ; crest, tegule and patagia white, with 
the interstices black, and the hind margin of the crest black ; pectus white, 
with a black tippet in front.  Fore-legs; tarsi (except the ends next the 
tibi) black; tibie white, with black patches. Middle and hind-legs ; tarsi 
(except the ends next the tibiæ) brown; tibie white, with brown patches ; 
tibim of hind-legs, with four moderately long spurs. Abdomen silky 
cinereous. 
Fore-wings elongate, not rounded at the tips; costa nearly straight; 
exterior border oblique and convex, except at tip, where it is slightly con- 
cave; pearly-white, with raised flecks; a black hastate patch at the base ; 
a central irregular, and very erose fascia, extending from the centre of the 
costa to the anal angle; a similar submarginal fascia flowing into the central 
fascia in the middle of the disk; between the central fascia and the basal 
patch are two fascie, that nearest the base biflexed and terminating, not on, 
but near to, the inner margin, with the upper sinus bending outwardly, and 
the lower inwardly, and each#inus much swollen; the other fascia running 
nearly parallel with the central fascia, slightly sinuous, erose, and disrupted 
in the discoidal cell; the central and submarginal fascie, and the fascia 
near the base, pale India-ink colour, somewhat inclining to brown, with the 
margins shaded or blotched with black; several black blotches and spots 
along the inner margin; costa spotted with black quadrate spots, four of 
which are situated between the central and submarginal fascie, and those 
next the fascie generally confluent therewith; a row of five conical spots 
on the hind margin and extending through the fringe, the middle one being 
conical and smaller than the others, and the latter having their points more 
or less blunted or excised; a small black mark on the hind margin at the 
apex of the wings. Under-side of both wings whitish, suffused and clouded 
with smoky-black; pale towards the base, and gradually darker towards 
the hind margin, where it is very dark ; cilia and margin of costa chequered 
with black and white; dusky markings indicate the position of the mark- 
ings on the upper side ; cilia broad. 
Hind-wings slightly dentate; hind margin crimped ; cinereous, with a 
pinkish gloss; very pale at the base, gradually darker towards the hind 
margin, which is very dark (especially in the female), except at the termi- 
nation of the nervures, where it is pale; a central transverse, indistinct, 
dusky shade, between which and the hind margin is a dusky transverse 
sinuous line with a large angle in the middle. 
Expanse of Wings: male, 1" q"—1" 8" ; female, 1" 11"—2" 0”. 
Habitat: Wellington, New Zealand. 
