Meyrick. — On New Zealand Geometrina. 61 



somewhat curved dentate fuscous striae, variable in strength and intensity ; 

 fifth hardly dentate and sometimes obsolete, leaving a rather wide space 

 between fourth and sixth ; a small blackish spot on fifth above middle ; 

 hindmargin fuscous. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin somewhat project- 

 ing in middle ; colour and stria? as in forewings, but first three and fifth 

 stria? absent ; a small blackish discal dot. 



Very variable in the presence and extent of the light brownish suffusion. 



Wellington, Christchurch, Mount Hutt, Dunedin; very common in 

 bush, from August to February, and in May ; thirty specimens. 



6. Heemione, n. g. 



Palpi short, slender, porrected, roughly scaled beneath. Antenna? in 

 male bipectinated (a 5, b 7). Forewings with vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 from 

 angle of areole, 10 shortly anastomosing with 9, 11 out of 10 considerably 

 before angle of areole, 12 free. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 short- 

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



Nearly allied to Epiphryne. 



6. Hern, xanthaspis, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 27-80 mm. Forewings moderate ; hindmargin hardly 

 bowed ; bright yellow ; costa suffused with reddish-fuscous, and marked 

 with five short oblique darker marks ; a transverse oval dark fuscous spot 

 in disc above middle, sometimes touching costal suffusion ; a transverse 

 row of very faint fuscous dots from last costal mark. Hindwings moderate, 

 hindmargin slightly projecting in middle; very pale whitish-yellow ; two 

 strongly curved transverse rows of very faint fuscous dots between middle 

 and hindmargin. 



Apparently constant. 



Lake Guyon, in February and March (Mr. Pi. W. Fereday) ; six 

 specimens. 



7. Thyoxe, n. g. 



Face with a slight cone of projecting scales. Palpi moderate, straight, 

 porrected, shortly rough-scaled above and beneath. Antenna? in male bipec- 

 tinated (a 6, b 8). Forewings with vein 6 horn slightly below 9, 7 from 

 somewhat below angle of areole, 10 out of 9 below 8, 11 anastomosing 

 rather shortly with 9, 12 free. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked, 8 

 anastomosing with 7 from near base to near transverse vein. 

 7. Thy on. abrogata, Walk. 

 (Aspilates abrogata. Walk., 1075 ; Fidoyiia (?) servirfaria, Gn., E.M.M., v., 43.) 



Male, female. — 22-27 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin slightly 

 rounded ; ochreous-yellow ; generally eight cloudy blackish somewhat bent 

 transverse lines, variable in strength, often more or less wholly obsolete, 

 especially towards base, usually in female ; eighth generally rather thick, 



