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dilation which represents reniform; anterior margin of second line repre- 
sented by a row of black dots ; a terminal row of black dots; cilia whitish- 
ochreous, with two grey lines. Hindwings 14, very pale ochreous-grey ; 
lunule and postmedian line faintly darker; cilia ochreous whitish, with a 
grey line, 
Easily recognized by the two very conspicuous black streaks. 
Mount Hutt, in January (Mr. R. W. Fereday) ; several specimens., 
67. Xer. harpalea, n. sp. 
Male.—94 mm. Head and thorax white irrorated with grey. Palpi 24, 
dark fuscous, apex and basal joint white. Antenne grey; ciliations 4. 
Abdomen whitish-erey. Legs white irrorated with fuscous-grey, tibiæ and 
tarsi banded with dark fuseous. Forewings very elongate, triangular, 
narrow at base, costa slightly arched, apex almost acutely pointed, hind- 
margin strongly sinuate, oblique; white, irrorated with ochreous-grey ; 
veins obscurely marked with blackish ; first line obsolete ; orbicular 
roundish, claviform elongate-oval, reniform irregular, all very obscure, 
slightly ochreous-tinged, partially dark-margined ; second line whitish, 
obscure, interrupting streaks on veins; subterminal obscurely whitish, 
confluent with second line in middle; a hindmarginal row of blackish 
dots: cilia whitish, with a fuscous-grey line. Hindwings 14, very 
pale greyish-ochreous ; postmedian line and apex grey; cilia white, base 
ochreous, with a grey line round apex. 
A rather obscurely-marked species, but distinguished from all by the 
more pointed apex and strongly sinuate hindmargin of forewings. 
Otira Gorge, on a rock-face at 1,600 feet, in January ; one specimen. 
68. Xer. ejuncida, Knaggs. 
(Scoparia ejuncida, Knaggs, Ent. Mo, Mag., iv., 81.) 
Male, female.—19—-24 mm. Head grey, suffused with white. Palpi 3, dark 
fuscous, apex and basal joint white. Antenne grey; eiliations 4. Thorax 
grey, sides irrorated with white, with a narrow black stripe on each side of 
back. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated with 
whitish. Forewings very elongate, triangular, narrow at base, costa almost 
straight, apex rounded, hindmargin straight, oblique ; grey, irrorated with 
white, very densely towards costa except on edge ; a fine black median line 
from base to first line ; first line very obscure, curved, moderately indented, 
rather oblique ; orbicular represented by a fine black longitudinal line ; 
claviform obsolete; reniform subquadrate, grey, cut by a fine black discal 
line which does not reach orbieular; second line tolerably distinct, sharply 
angulated above middle, sharply indented beneath costa, sinuate near inner 
margin; veins posteriorly obscurely marked with blackish ; subterminal line 
cloudy, hardly irregular, almost on hindmargin throughout; a hindmarginal 
