BULLER.—Notice of a New Species of Moth in New Zealand. 279 
Art. XXX.—WNotice of a New Species of Moth in New Zealand. 
By WALTER L. Burrr, D. 8e., F.L.S., &c. 
(With Illustration.) 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 6th November, 1872.] 
DvurinG an expedition into the Ruahine ranges in the summer of 1867, in 
quest of the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), I was fortunate enough to 
discover the fine species of nocturnal moth described below, and figured in 
Pl. XXII. 
After a careful examination of the large type collection in the British 
Museum, I feel no hesitation in referring this new form to the genus Porina, 
and in giving the species a distinctive name. I have dedicated it to my friend 
Captain Gilbert Mair, who accompanied me on the occasion referred to. 
So far as is at present known, the habitat of Porina mairi is confined to 
the wooded summits of the Ruahine ranges, in the Province of Wellington. 
I have never met with it during my frequent travels in other parts of the 
country, nor have I ever seen a specimen in any public or private collection, 
BomBYcina. 
Family Hepialide, Stephens.. 
Genus Porina, Walker. 
Lep. Het. B.M. VII., p. 1572. (1856.) 
P. MAIRI. - sp. nov. 
Ale magnæ, sordide testaceæ ; antice maculis sex marginalibus, albo 
introrsum cinctis; maculis subseptem, seriem submarginalem formantibus, 
sagittatis, nigris; septem, quarum quinque superioribis alboaliis testaceo- 
cinctis, discalibus ; fascia transversa pone has fusca, lituris nigris utrinque 
limitata ; lineis tribus irregularibus nigris, fusco impletis, pone cellam fasciam 
latam formantibus ; macula parva media triangulari alba ; nebula irregulari 
infra cellam pallide ochracea ; macula diffusa cellam terminante alba, crucibus 
duabus nigris interrupta; fasciolis duabus divergentibus discoideis, albo cinctis, 
tertia apud basin sordide testaceo cincta; plagis tribus inæqualibus internis 
et maculis duabus sub-basalibus, nigris : posticæ griseæ, area externa fusces- 
cente nigro 8 fasciata : corpus fuscum: exp. alar. circ. unc. 5, lin. 11. 
Wings large, broad, front-wings produced, ovate-triangular, pale dirty 
testaceous ; six black spots terminating nervures on outer margin, and 
bounded by a lunated marginal white band ; a sub-marginal series of arrow- 
headed black spots, and beyond these a series of rounded spots, the first four 
encircled with white, the rest with pale brown; two broken, black discal lines, 
