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row of black dots: cilia whitish, with two grey lines, — Hindwings 
13, very pale whitish.grey, somewhat ochreous-tinged, apex somewhat 
darker; cilia white, with à grey line. 
A rather elegant and sufficiently distinct species, 
Bealey River (2,100 feet), Castle Hill (2,500 to 8,000 feet), Lake Cole- 
ridge, Mount Hutt, and Lake Wakatipu (8,000 feet), from December to 
March, generally on the skirts of the beech-forests ; common. 
69. Xer. niphospora, n. sp. 
Male, female.—26-29 mm. Head and antenne white; ciliations $. 
Thorax white, irrorated with fuseous on sides. Palpi 3-84, fuscous, apex 
and basaljoint white. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish, anterior 
and middle pair suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings very elongate, 
narrow, somewhat triangular, costa almost straight, apex round-pointed, 
hindmargin very obliquely rounded; light greyish-ochreous, densely and 
suffusedly irrorated with white except along costa; costa narrowly dark 
fuscous, posteriorly somewhat suffused ; a few scattered dark fuscous scales, 
and veins posteriorly somewhat marked with dark fuscous; orbicular and 
reniform dot-like, black ; margins of second line obscurely indicated by dark 
marks on veins; a hindmarginal row of black dots: cilia white, with two 
light grey lines. Hindwings 13, very pale whitish-ochreous ; cilia white. 
Immediately known by the whitish suffusion and dark costal streak. 
Arthur's Pass (4,500 feet), Castle Hill (2,500 to 3,000 feet), and Lake 
Wakatipu, frequenting dry grassy slopes, in January ; five specimens. 
70. Xer. apheles, n. sp. 
Male.—81 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, somewhat mixed 
with ochreous-whitish. Palpi 8, ochreous-fuscous, apex and basal joint 
white. Antenne light ochreous, ciliations 4. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. 
Legs ochreous-brown, posterior tarsi whitish. Forewings very elongate, 
triangular, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, 
oblique; rather light brownish-ochreous ; lines wholly obsolete ; reniform 
indieated by a faint darker mark; veins posteriorly somewhat whitish ; a 
hindmarginal row of black dots : cilia whitish, suffused with light brownish- 
ochreous towards base. Hindwings 12, ochreous-whitish ; cilia white. 
Recognizable by the large size and brownish-ochreous forewings, with 
almost wholly obsolete markings. 
Arthur's Pass, on a grassy slope at 4,500 feet, in January; one specimen. 
71. Xer. aspidota, n. sp. 
Male, female.—22-26 mm. Head, antenns, and thorax clear light 
ochreous, margins of eyes white; antennal ciliations 4. Palpi 2, black, 
apex of maxillary and basal joint of labial white. Abdomen whitish-grey, 
somewhat suffused with pale ochreous. Legs white, irrorated with fuscous, 
