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defined, subterminal ; a deeper green discal dot ; extreme costal edge 

 spotted with blackish. Hindwings short ; greenish-ochreous-whitish ; a 

 grey discal dot. 



A beautiful and conspicuous species. 



I have only seen two specimens, sent to Mr. Fereday by Mr. T. H. 

 Potts, who took them near Christchurch. 



16. Tat. transitaria, Walk. 



(Cidaria transitaria, Walk., 1419 ; Sauris mistata, Feld., cxxxi., 12.) 

 Male, female. — 26-35 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded 

 or very faintly sinuate ; ochreous-whitish, irregularly suffused with dull 

 light olive-green ; a black furcate streak along inner margin towards base ; 

 numerous irregularly sinuate and dentate dark fuscous striae, irregularly 

 marked with blackish ; a more conspicuous one beyond middle, partially 

 edged with white posteriorly, twice shortly angulated on upper half, and 

 deeply concave on lower half. Hindwings in male small, in female rather 

 small ; in male pale greyish-ochreous, in female greyer and darker. 

 Apparently constant. 



Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, amongst bush, in January and 

 May ; Mr. E. W. Fereday has taken it at sugar ; ten specimens. 



17. Tat. agrionata, Walk. 



(Cidaria agrionata, Walk., 1417 ; Cidaria tipulata, Walk., 1417 ; Cidaria inclinataria, 

 Walk., 1418; Cidaria collectaria, Walk., 1419.) 



Male, female. — 31-34 mm. Forewings elongate, costa rounded, hind- 

 margin very obliquely rounded, somewhat sinuate below middle ; whitish- 

 ochreous ; numerous irregular dentate dark fuscous striae ; a dark fuscous 

 median band, broad on upper half and with sinuate margins, suddenly 

 contracting and narrow on lower half, margins nearly straight. Hindwings 

 in male much reduced, small, elongate, in female rather small ; grey, paler 

 towards base. 



Apparently constant except in intensity of markings. 



Christchurch aud Akaroa (Mr. E. W. Fereday), in January, and from 

 March to May, amongst bush ; eight specimens. 



Section E. 

 15. Asthena, Hb. 



Face smooth. Palpi short, slender, porrected. Antennae in male 

 slender, filiform, shortly ciliated (-|). Forewings with vein 6 from a point 

 with 9, 7 from angle of areole, 10 anastomosing moderately with 9, 11 

 anastomosing moderately with 10, 12 free. Hindwings normal. 



A genus occurring also in Europe, America, Australia, and perhaps 

 generally. 



la. Lines of wings green 18. pulchraria. 



lb. „ „ purplish-grey 19. schistaria. 



