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interrupted above and below middle ; sometimes a large blackish discal dot 

 on fifth above middle ; a narrow blackish hindmarginal band : cilia white, 

 base grey. Hindwings moderate, hindtnargin slightly projecting in middle ; 

 colour and markings as in forewings, but lines always obsolete towards 



Variable in the strength or obsolescence of the dark transverse lines, but 

 very different from any other species. 



Christchurch, and Castle Hill (2,500 feet), in February and March, in 

 waste ground ; common ; seventeen specimens. 



8. PanopjEa, n. g. 



Palpi short, porrected, second joint roughly scaled beneath, terminal 

 joint moderate. Antennas in male bipectinated (a 8, b 10). Forewings with 

 vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 from below angle of areole, 10 anastomosing rather 

 shortly with 9, 11 out of 10 considerably before angle, 12 free. Hindwings 

 with veins 6 and 7 long-stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 from near base to 

 near transverse vein. 



8. Panop. verriculata, Feld. 

 (Cidaria verriculata, Feld., exxxi., 20.) 



Male, female. — 32-36 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded; 

 pale whitish-ochreous ; about eighteen fine straight very oblique fuscous 

 stria3, parallel to a line from apex to before middle of hindmargin, obscurely 

 dotted with blackish on veins ; ninth to eleventh rather darker and stronger 

 than rest, twelfth rather fainter ; a large black discal dot above middle. 

 Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rather flattened ; markings as in fore- 

 wings, but ninth stria obsolete. 



Constant. A beautifully perfect instance of imitative colouring ; the 

 fine parallel dotted striae are precisely similar to those of the long drooping 

 dead leaves of the Cordyline, on which the insect always sits ; Mr. Fereday 

 informs me that it is careful to place its wings so that the striae are parallel 

 with those of the leaf. There is no affinity whatever between this species 

 and Scotosia gobiata, Feld., the points of resemblance being purely superfi- 

 cial and acquired for similar purposes. 



Christchurch and Dunedin, always on Cordyline, in October, November, 

 February, March, and May ; fifteen specimens. 



9. Eueydice, n. g. 



Face with a strong cone of scales. Palpi moderately long, porrected, 

 roughly scaled. Antennas in male bipectinated (6). Forewings with 

 vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 from considerably above angle of areole, 10 anas- 

 tomosing strongly with 9, 11 out of 10 rather before angle of areole, 12 free. 

 Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 from near 

 base to near transverse vein. 



