72 Transactions. — Zoology. 



inward margins dentate ; anterior edge of band almost straight, posterior 

 edge rather sharply angulated in middle, more shortly towards costa ; a 

 short suffused dark fuscous snhapical streak. Hindwings moderate, hind- 

 margin rounded ; light grey, faintly ochreous-tinged, very faintly striated. 



Quite constant, and the sexes alike ; larger and greyer than the preced- 

 ing, from which it is immediately distinguished by the straight anterior edge 

 of the median band. 



Dunedin, Castle Hill (2,500 feet), Mount Hutt, Lake Wakatipu (4,000 

 feet) ; a southern and mountain species, frequenting open ground, in 

 December and January ; twenty-eight specimens. 



24. Ep. semiftssata, "Walk. 



(Coremia semiftssata, Walk., 1320; Coremia ypsilonaria, Gn., E.M.M., v., 64; Cidaria 

 delicatulata, Gn., E.M.M., v., 94.) 



Male, female. — 26-28 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin faintly 

 sinuate ; in male whitish, striated with fuscous-grey, veins dotted with 

 blackish, in female whitish-ochreous, striae dark fuscous ; a blackish line 

 towards base, with a short acute tooth or angulation beneath costa ; a 

 moderately broad median band enclosed by two fuscous blackish-edged 

 fasciae, confluent on lower half, including a small blackish discal dot, and 

 marked on submedian vein with whitish-ochreous ; anterior edge of band 

 sinuate-concave, posterior edge more or less sharply angulated in middle, 

 somewhat rounded towards costa ; a darker hindmarginal suffusion, termi- 

 nated above by a short suffused dark fuscous subapical streak. Hindwings 

 moderate, hindmargin rounded ; light yellowish-ochreous, base sometimes 

 greyish-tinged, and with faint greyish stria?. 



Constant ; the female more ochreous-tinged, and the markings darker 

 and more defined than in male. 



Christchurch, Mount Hutt, Dunedin, amongst open bush, from Novem- 

 ber to April, very common ; fifty-one specimens. 



Here also Gruen^e has described the sexes as distinct species. 



25. Ep. chlamydota, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 27-29 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rather 

 strongly sinuate, crenate ; very pale whitish-ochreous ; a small pale greyish- 

 purple basal patch, margined by a strongly outwards-curved or angulated 

 fuscous fascia, becoming blackish posteriorly ; three or four parallel light 

 ochreous-fuscous lines, partially confluent towards costa ; a broad light 

 greyish-purple median band, margined on both sides by a fuscous blackish- 

 edged fascia, becoming dark fuscous externally; its anterior edge irregularly 

 concave, posterior edge with a broad truncate projection in middle, beneath 

 which is a short triangular indentation ; a fuscous pale-circled discal dot ; 

 an indistinct purplish hindmarginal fascia, darker above and attenuated 

 to apex, and preceded by an irregular reddish-ochreous suffusion, extending 



