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Авт. 14.—Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. 
By ALFRED PuiLPoTT, F.E.S., Assistant Entomologist, Cawthron Institute 
Nelson. 
[Read before the Nelson Institute, 14th September, 1921 ; received by Editor, 16th 
September, 1921; issued separately, 12th February, 1923.] 
Aletia dentata n. sp. etd ыд 
d 9. 36 mm. Head and palpi grey mixed with fuscous, paler in 2. 
Antennae grey, in $ fasciculate-ciliate, ciliations nearly 1. Thorax and 
abdomen grey, anal tuft in d tinged with ochreous. Legs fuscous-grey, 
tarsi annulated with ochreous. Forewings moderate, costa subsinuate, apex 
and irrorated with dark fuscous ; a black dot on costa at base; first line 
very obscure, irregular, deeply indented above dorsum, whitish-ochreous, 
anteriorly margined with black; orbicular circular, pale-ringed ; claviform 
very indistinct, touching first line; reniform blackish, in $ very indistinct, 
in 9 ochreous-margined, dilated on lower half; an obscure dark median 
shade; second line strongly dentate, excurved to middle, thence incurved 
to dorsum, dentations tipped with white; a dark interrupted terminal 
shade, dilated on costa and enclosing three whitish-ochreous dots : cilia 
ochreous-grey mixed with fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous, becoming 
ochreous towards base: cilia ochreous with traces of a dark basal line. 
Hindwings beneath ochreous with a broad fuscous band on termen; a dark- 
fuscous striga from base almost touching a prominent fuscous discal spot. 
Near A. cuneata Philp., but distinguished by the dark coloration and 
the prominent ochreous cilia of the hindwings. Tongariro, 5,000 ft., 1n 
anuary. Mr. J. G. Myers discovered this interesting species. He found 
several resting during the day on rocks, and many others dead inside the 
mountain-hut. The types are in the collection of the Dominion Museum, 
to which they were presented by Mr. Myers, and a single paratype is Ш 
the collections of Mr. Myers, the Cawthron Institute, and the describer. 
Hy AE. 
Chloroclystis punicea n. sp. 
d. 25mm. Head green mixed with yellow. Palpiochreous. Antennae 
shaft ochreous, annulated with brown, ciliations 4. "Thorax green, densely 
mixed with ochreous and golden scales. Abdomen green, much mix w 
blackish on basal segments and with ochreous on apical ones ; anal tuit 
whitish ; a black spot on five or six median segments. Legs whitish- 
ochreous, anterior tarsi annulated with dark fuscous. Forewings, costa 
lines preceding first and the whole area flushed with pink ; median ban 
traversed by several indistinct irregular thin fuscous lines ; posterior edge | 
of median band twice incurved оп upper half, thence irregularly incurved. ve 
