76 Transactions. — Zoology. 



31. Cid. similata, Walk. 



(Cidaria similata, Walk., 1413 ; Cidaria timarata, Feld., cxxxii., 19.) 

 Male, female. — 29-33 mm. Forewings moderate, kiiidmargin rounded, 

 crenulate ; whitish-fuscous, suffused almost throughout with rather bright 

 green ; numerous irregular shortly dentate dark fuscous striae, towards base 

 angulated above middle ; two pairs before middle converging and confluent 

 on lower half into a narrow fascia, spotted with blackish, and posteriorly 

 markedly concave ; two other pairs of more irregular twice sinuate striae 

 beyond middle also converging similarly but less strongly ; a broken sub- 

 dentate white subterminal line, preceded by fuscous spots. Hindwings 

 moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenulate ; whitish-ochreous, more reddish- 

 ochreous towards inner margin, with numerous incomplete dentate obscure 

 grey striae. 



Constant ; the thorax is rather strongly crested. 



Christchurch and Dunedin, usually at rest on moss-grown tree-trunks, 

 from November to March ; seventeen specimens. 



32. Cid. callichlora, Butl. 

 {Cidaria callichlora, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 509.) 



Male. — 31 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenate ; 

 yellowish green, irregularly suffused with rather darker green ; numerous 

 irregular dentate blackish lines ; two of these before middle and three at § 

 suffused with blackish on lower half, indicating a median band, of which 

 the posterior edge forms a short bidentate projection in middle, and a short 

 simple projection towards costa ; a slightly paler subterminal line preceded 

 by an irregular blackish suffusion ; a small blackish discal dot. Hindwings 

 moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenate ; grey- whitish ; several indistinct 

 grey lines, only perceptible near inner margin ; a black hindmarginal line. 



Probably constant. 



Christchurch, in March (Mr. E. W. Fereday) ; two specimens. 

 33. Cid. chaotica, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 25-29 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 

 crenulate ; dark fuscous, slightly mixed with pale ochreous, or with a very 

 broad pale ochreous median band ; numerous dentate blackish or dark 

 fuscous striaa ; two adjacent ochreous-fuscous or partially whitish-ochreous 

 blackish-margined lines at %, followed by a row of white dots ; two similar 

 lines at f , sinuate beneath costa, with a strong bidentate angulation below 

 middle, almost touching hindmargin, and preceded by a row of white dots ; 

 an obscure blackish discal dot ; a small whitish-ochreous mark on costa 

 before apex ; a blackish interrupted hindmarginal line. Hindwings mode- 

 rate, hindmargin rounded, crenulate ; light ochreous-grey ; several grey 

 striae towards inner margin ; an obscure darker discal dot. 



