14 Transactions. — Zoology. 



The following is a tabulation of the species : — 

 la. Head dark fuscous. 



2a. Forewings with clear white markings. 



3a. Basal half white 8. leucoplanetis. 



3b. „ third ,, 9. euryleucota. 



3c. ,, fifth ,, .. .. .. .. .. ..10. conspicuella. 



2b. Forewings without white markings 16. anastrella. 



lb. Head light greyish or ochreous. 



2a. Hindwiugs dark fuscous 17. lichenodes. 



2b. „ grey. 



3a. Anterior transverse line very obtusely angulated .. .. 12. nyctopis. 

 3b. „ ,, ,, rectangularly ,, . . . . 11. spartodeta. 



3c „ ,, „ acutely ,, . . . . 14. protochlora. 



2c. Hindwings grey-whitish 15. aspidephora. 



lc. Head white 13. galaxias. 



8. Track, leucoplanetis, n. sp. 

 Parva, alis ant. dimidio anteriori niveo, posteriori fusco, costae basi 

 nigricante, macula costae anteapicali cum linea transversa conjuncta nivea ; 

 post, griseis. 



Male. — 11-121 mm. Head dark fuscous, face white. Palpi dark 

 fuscous mixed with white, internally whitish. Antennae dark fuscous. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, posteriorly mixed with white. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey. Legs dark fuscous, middle tibiae with central and apical whitish 

 rings, posterior tibiae whitish, all tarsi with whitish rings at apex of joints. 

 Forewings moderate or rather short, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; white, very faintly ochreous-tinged 

 in disc ; base of costa dark fuscous, dilating basally to touch inner margin ; 

 a large fuscous-grey transverse patch, its inner edge nearly straight, ex- 

 tending from middle of costa to middle of inner margin, outer edge convex 

 below middle, extending from f of costa to middle of hindmargin, margins 

 irregularly mixed with blackish, and containing some white scales in disc 

 and towards anal angle, and some spots of raised ferruginous scales par- 

 tially margined with blackish ; a grey spot on costa before apex, and a small 

 irregular grey patch extending along upper part of hindmargin : cilia grey, 

 white at base along hindmargin and below anal angle. Hindwings grey, 

 apex darker ; cilia grey. 



The smallest and proportionally shortest-winged species of the genus, 

 very distinct. 



Hamilton and at the foot of the Otira Gorge, in January ; two specimens. 



9. Track, euryleucota, n. sp. 

 Minor, alis ant. saturate fuscis, macula magna basali alteraque parva 

 costae postica lineam transversam emittente cams, costae basi nigra ; post, 

 saturate griseis. 



