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small spot on inner margin near base dark fuscous ; a thick black transverse 

 streak from J of costa to ^ of inner margin, becoming obsolete towards 

 margins but very conspicuous in disc, very obtusely and roundly angulated 

 outwards in middle, including two tufts of raised scales, between wliich is a 

 ferruginous mark ; between this streak and base the ground-colour is often 

 dark grey ; beyond this streak is sometimes a broad transverse whitish band, 

 becoming white on costa, but generally suffused and obsolete ; an elongate 

 cloudy dark grey spot along costa about middle, beneath which are some 

 irregular ferruginous marks in disc ; two small tufts of scales in disc beyond 

 middle ; a cloudy blackish-grey transverse line proceeding from costa at f 

 obliquely inwards, a little beneath costa sharply bent outwards, and thence 

 curved to anal angle ; two or three obscure blackish-grey spots round apex : 

 cilia whitish-grey, with two cloudy dark fuscous lines. Hindwings grey, 

 towards apex dark grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with two cloudy grey 

 lines. 



Characterized by the very obtuse angulation of the anterior line, which 

 is so rounded as hardly to form any apparent angle, and is also much 

 thicker, blacker, and more conspicuous in disc than in the allied species. 



Christchurch and Dunedin, in January and February ; common in 

 forest. 



13. Track, galaxias, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. canis, griseo-sparsis, postice interdum griseo-suffusis, 

 fascia ad basim lata postice fere rectangulata nigroque marginata, costae 

 triangulo medio, lineaque postica transversa sinuata saturate griseis ; post, 

 griseis. 



Male, female. — 14-15 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint 

 externally dark fuscous, except towards apex, apex of terminal joint 

 blackish. Antennas grey. Thorax dark grey, irregularly mixed with 

 white. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, middle tibiae with whitish 

 central and apical wiugs, posterior tibiae grey-whitish, all tarsi with whitish 

 rings at apex of joints. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; white, with a few scattered 

 grey scales ; a small dark fuscous spot at base of costa ; a dark grey trans- 

 verse band near base, its inner edge more or less near to base and suffused 

 into ground-colour, outer edge extending from \ of costa to \ of inner 

 margin, edged with blackish and almost rectangularly angulated outwards 

 in middle, preceded by a black tuft of raised scales above and below middle, 

 between which are some ferruginous scales ; a triangular dark grey patch 

 on costa about middle, its apex touching a ferruginous irregularly blackish- 

 margined spot in disc, and connected with inner margin beyond middle by 

 a twice strongly dentate blackish line ; a suffused grey spot on costa at f , 

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