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straight, rather oblique; fuscous-grey or dark grey, densely irrorated with 
white, especially in dise ; a very small dark fuscous triangular spot at base 
of eosta; first line whitish, distinct, posteriorly suffusedly margined with 
dark fuscous, rather strongly oblique, slightly curved, somewhat indented; 
orbicular small, oval, whitish, dark-margined, detached; claviform repre- 
sented only by a small dark spot very obliquely beyond orbicular ; reniform 
large, irregularly 8-shaped, grey, margined first with whitish and then 
incompletely with dark fuscous, dark margin strongest on anterior inden- 
tation; second line whitish, distinet, anteriorly dark-margined and with 
blackish dots on veins: terminal space hardly irrorated with white, except 
broad suffused subterminal line, not interrupted ; veins posteriorly obscurely 
blackish: cilia white, basal third barred with grey, and with a grey 
posterior line. Hindwings 13, very pale whitish-ochreous ; apex in female 
greyish ; cilia ochreous-white. 
Characterized by the absence of black markings. 
Bealey River (2,100 feet), Castle Hill (2,400 feet), Lake Guyon, and 
Mount Hutt, in January and February; not common. 
64. Xer. cyameuta, n. sp. 
Male, female.—95-98 mm. Head and thorax grey, irrorated with white, 
with a short blackish or dark fuscous lateral stripe from eye, not reaching 
middle of thorax. Palpi 23, dark fuscous, apex and basal joint white. 
Antenns grey; ciliations 4. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs white, 
` irrorated with fuscous, tibie and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Fore- 
wings very elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hind- 
margin straight, somewhat oblique; fuscous, densely irrorated with white, 
especially in dise; a black median streak from base of costa to first line ; 
first line white, tolerably distinet, moderately oblique, somewhat curved, 
rather indented, posteriorly strongly black-margined on upper half; orbicular 
oval, whitish, outlined with fuscous above and black beneath, touching first 
line; claviform similar, margined with two or three blackish spots; reniform 
8-shaped, obscure, fuscous, partially dark-margined, cut by a strong black 
longitudinal streak from near orbicular; second line white, distinct, 
anteriorly dark-margined; terminal space hardly irrorated with white, 
except suffused broad subterminal line, interrupted above middle; veins 
posteriorly obscurely blackish: cilia white, basal third barred with dark 
fuscous, with a fuscous posterior line. Hindwings 1%, pale whitish- 
‘ochreous; postmedian line obscurely indicated; apex and upper part of 
hindmargin very narrowly grey; cilia ochreous-white. 
Very closely allied to X. petrina, but TM readily by dia various 
sharply defined black markings. 
