Meyrick. — On New Zealand Geometrina. 69 



18. Asth. pulchraria, Dbld. 

 {Acidalia pulchraria, Dbld., Dieff. N.Z., ii., 286; Chlorochroma plurilineata, Walk., 563, 

 676; Asthena ondinata, Gn., ix., 438, pi. xix., 4, Butl. Cat., pi. iii., 20; Cidaria 

 ondinata, Feld., cxxviii., 17.) 



Male, female. — 24-26 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin more or 

 less rounded ; greenish-whitish ; numerous light bluish-green slightly curved 

 dentate striaa ; a darker green discal dot ; costa narrowly fuscous. Hind- 

 wings moderate, hindmargin somewhat projecting in middle ; colour, striae, 

 and discal dot as in forewings, but strise absent towards base. 



Variable in form of wing, principally in convexity of hindmargin ; occa- 

 sionally the fuscous suffusion of the costa is very slight. From Tasmania I 

 have a form which is brighter and yellower green, with the lines and hind- 

 margin straighter. 



Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Arthur's Pass (2,600 feet), and Dunedin, 

 amongst bush, in January ; also from Tasmania and South-east Australia 

 ten specimens. 



19. Asth. schistaria, Walk. 

 (Acidalia schistaria, Walk., 782 ; Asthena subpurpureata, Walk., 1588 ; Acidalia tuhuata, 



Feld., cxxviii., 5.) 

 Male, female. — 23-26 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded 

 or faintly sinuate ; grey-whitisb ; numerous purplish-grey slightly curved 

 dentate striae ; a dark fuscous discal dot ; a stria before middle and another 

 beyond middle generally darker or partially blackish, sometimes broadly 

 suffused on lower half ; a hindmarginal row of very numerous dark fuscous 

 dots. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin in male rounded, in female pro- 

 jecting in middle ; colour and markings as in forewings. 



Variable in intensity of colouring and in the presence of the median 

 suffusion. 



Wellington, Christchurch, Akaroa, Dunedin, especially frequenting Lep- 

 tospermum, from January to March ; twenty-one specimens. I do not know 

 that this species is found in Australia, but should think it very probable. 

 It only differs from the preceding in colour, but I have seen no approach to 

 any connecting forms. 



16. Scotosia, Stph. 

 Face with more or less projecting scales. Palpi moderate, roughly tri- 

 angular-scaled, porrected. Antennae in male stout, serrate, shortly ciliated 

 (£). Thorax slightly crested. Forewings with vein 6 from a point with or 

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

 anastomosing rather strongly with 10, 12 free. Hindwings normal, 

 la. Anterior lines of forewings more oblique than hindmargin . . 20. gobiata. 

 lb. * „ „ „ less „ „ „ .. 21. deltoidata. 



