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anteriorly suffused, posteriorly irregularly dentate and whitish-margined ; a 

 darker or blackish-green median hand, margined on both sides by first a 

 blackish and then a white line, both margins irregularly dentate, anterior 

 margin concave, posterior margin projecting beneath costa, and with a 

 strong bidentate angulation in middle ; within the median band is often a 

 clear white space on costal half, and sometimes a smaller one on inner 

 margin ; generally a black discal dot ; a dentate white subterminal line, 

 anteriorly dark-margined : cilia with basal half yellowish, apical half 

 white, barred with blackish. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 

 whitish-ochreous, sometimes slightly greenish-tinged, with an obscure row 

 of grey spots before hindmargin ; cilia as in forewings. 



Variable in the presence or extent of the median white markings ; . 

 allied to the preceding. 



Christchurch, Akaroa, Mount Hutt, Dunedin, Lake Wakatipu, com- 

 monly amongst bush, from December to February, in April and June ; 

 twenty-five specimens. 



40. Lar. chlorias, n. sp. 



Male. — 30 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin hardly rounded ; 

 bright yellow ; base of costa dark fuscous-purple ; a curved row of three 

 very small dark purple-fuscous spots about J, and another of four spots 

 before middle, costal spots larger ; a triangular purple blotch on costa 

 before apex, reaching half across wing, anteriorly margined by a strongly 

 sinuate bluish-black streak ; a row of three dark purple-fuscous dots from 

 apex of this to inner margin, and a subterminal row of six similar dots ; 

 cilia yellow. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; rather paler than 

 forewings, with two curved posterior rows of cloudy purple-fuscous dots. 



A very beautiful and conspicuous species. 



I took one fine specimen in a wooded gully near Castle Hill, at 3,100 

 feet, in January. 



41. Lar. agrota, Butl. 

 (Selidosema cegrota, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 499.) 



Male, female. — 26-31 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 

 pale brownish-grey ; basal third with about eight fine dentate slightly 

 curved dark grey striae ; a black discal dot ; four similar striae placed together 

 beyond middle ; two others more indistinct forming a subterminal line, 

 beyond which the hindmargin is slightly darker : cilia barred with blackish 

 and whitish. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded; slightly paler 

 than forewings, without markings ; cilia pale brownish-grey, sometimes 

 barred. 



Only varying slightly in depth of colouring ; the isolation of the four 

 postmedian striae is a good point. 



