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4. Hippolyte, n. g. 



Palpi short, very slender, porrected. Antenna? in male minutely cili- 

 ated (J). Forewings with vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 from hardly below angle 

 of areole, 10 anastomosing strongly with 9, 11 out of 10 somewhat before 

 angle of areole, 12 free. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anasto- 

 mosing with 7 from near base to near transverse vein. 

 4. Ripi). rubropunctaria, Dbld. 

 (Ptychopoda rubropunctaria, Dbld., Dieff. N.Z., ii., 287 ; Asthena risata, Gn., ix., 438 ; 



Asthena mullata, Gn., E.M.M., v., 42; Acidalia pulchraria, Butl. Cat., pi. iii., 18 



(nee. Dbld.).) 



Male, female. — 19-22 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin slightly 

 bowed ; whitish-ochreous, slightly rosy-tinged ; twelve slender rosy or rosy- 

 fuscous dentate slightly curved stria?, leaving a clear space between sixth 

 and seventh on costal half ; first, sixth, and eighth dotted with black on 

 veins ; a larger black dot on sixth above middle ; lower half of sixth to 

 eighth sometimes clouded with blackish-grey ; a small reddish spot on ninth 

 in middle ; a row of black dots on hindmargin. Hindwings moderate, 

 hindmargin somewhat projecting in middle ; colour, stria?, and black dots 

 as in forewings. 



Variable in respect of the absence or presence of a blackish suffusion of 

 lower half of the median lines ; Australian and New Zealand specimens are 

 quite similar. 



Larva 10-legged, cylindrical, rather stout, segmental divisions incised ; 

 pale dull green, sometimes suffused with pink, brown, purple, or dark 

 green ; dorsal purplish-brown, suffused, central line whitish ; spiracular 

 whitish, broadly margined above with purplish-brown ; segmental divisions 

 pale yellowish-brown. Feeds on Haloragis alata (Haloragacea). Pupa in 

 a slight earth-covered cocoon. 



Palmerston (Wanganui), Nelson, Christen urch, Dunedin, from Sep- 

 tember to March, amongst bush ; also common in New South Wales, 

 Victoria, and Tasmania ; eighteen specimens. The description of the 

 larva was furnished me by Mr. E. W. Fereday, who bred the species. 



5. Epipheyne, n. g. 



Palpi short, slender, porrected, shortly haired beneath. Antenna? in 

 male bipectinated («7, b 10). Forewings with vein 6 from a point with 9, 7 

 from somewhat below angle of areole, 10 very shortly anastomosing with 9, 11 

 out of 10 considerably before angle of areole, 12 free. Hindwings with veins 6 

 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 from near base to near transverse vein. 

 5. Epiphr. undosata, Feld. 

 (Cidaria undosata, Feld., exxviii., 2.) 



Male, female. — 21-24 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded; 

 pale yellow, sometimes suffused more or less entirely with light brownish ; 

 costa generally suffused with light brown ; eight or nine slender irregular 



