118 T'ransactions.—Z oology. 
tolerably distinct, remote from second line; a hindmarginal row of black dots, 
resting on a terminal whitish line: cilia ochreous-whitish, with two fuscous 
lines. Hindwings 14, ochreous-grey-whitish ; cilia white. 
Resembles the preceding in the form of the straight second line, but 
widely differing in the very light colouring. 
Mount Hutt and Lake Wakatipu (1,000 feet), amongst bush, in Decem- 
ber and January ; six specimens. 
75. Xer. octophora, u. sp. 
Male, female.—99—94 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, 
shoulders irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi 84, dark fuscous, mixed with 
white above, basal joint white. Antenne fuscous; ciliations 3. Abdomen 
ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior pair suffused with dark 
fascous. Forewings rather elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 
round-pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, rather oblique; brownish- 
ochreous, more or less irrorated with dark fuscous, generally forming dark 
lines on veins, and with a few white scales; first line obscurely pale, 
posteriorly indistinetly dark-margined, curved, indented, hardly oblique; 
orbicular and claviform suffused, dark fuscous, generally obscure; reniform 
8-shaped, somewhat blackish-margined, upper half ochreous, lower half 
white; second line whitish, distinet, dark.margined, moderately curved in 
middle; a hindmarginal row of black dots: cilia ochreous-whitish, with 
two dark grey lines. Hindwings 12, ochreous-grey-whitish, postmedian 
line and apex obscurely greyer ; cilia ochreous-white, with a faint grey line. 
Recognizable by the brownish-ochreous ground-colour and well-defined 
reniform, with the lower half white. 
Christchurch, Akaroa, Castle Hill (2,500 to 3,000 feet), Bealey River 
(2,100 feet), Mount Hutt, and Invercargill (sea-level), in dry grassy places, 
in December, January, and March; tolerably common. 
76. Xer. asterisca, n. sp. 
Male, fenale.—21-28 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, suffused with dark 
fuscous.  Palpi 2}, dark fuscous, basal joint white. Antenne fuscous ; 
ciliations 4. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs whitish irrorated with dark 
fuscous, tibie and tarsi banded with black. Forewings rather elongate, 
triangular, costa hardly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin almost straight, 
rather oblique; dull ochreous-fuscous, basal and terminal areas suffused 
with dark greyish-fuscous; first line, orbicular, and claviform all obsolete, 
merged in the basal suffusion ; reniform x-shaped, suffused, dark fuscous ; 
second line slender, whitish, dark-margined, moderately curved ; subterminal 
slender, whitish, not touching second line; cilia whitish, basal third and a 
posterior line dark greyish-fuseous. Hindwings 12, ochreous-grey-whitish ; 
lunule distinct, dark grey ; hindmargin narrowly suffused with dark grey ; 
cilia white, with a dark grey line, 
