Meyrick. — On Neiv Zealand Geometrina. 87 



Easily separated from, the preceding by the barred cilia, the absence of 

 any clear yellow colouring, the less prominent angulation of the post- 

 median line, and the more elongate wings. 



I found the species common amongst grass on Ben Lomond, Lake 

 Wakatipu, at about 5,000 feet, in December ; five specimens. 



55. Pas. strategica, n.sp. 



Female. — 35 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; dark 

 fuscous, thinly irrorated with yellowish ; a slender straight oblique white 

 fascia towards base ; a narrow somewhat irregular slightly curved white 

 fascia before middle ; a narrow whitish median fascia, broadly suffused with 

 yellowish, bent above middle ; a rather narrow well-defined white fascia 

 beyond middle, sharply angulated in disc ; a sharply dentate white sub- 

 terminal line ; cilia barred with white and dark .fuscous. Hindwings 

 moderate, hindmargin rounded ; dark fuscous, base irrorated with yellowish ; 

 a somewhat sinuate whitish fascia suffused with yellowish before middle ; a 

 white strongly angulated fascia beyond middle ; subterminal line and cilia 

 as in forewings. Hindwings beneath suffused with golden-yellow ; mark- 

 ings as above. 



A fine and conspicuous species. 



Lake Guyon, in January ; one specimen in Mr. Fereday's collection, 

 received from Mr. Travers. 



56. Pas. callicrena, n. sp. 



Female. — 34 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; blackish, 

 irregularly suffused with light reddish ; markings ochreous- whitish, dark- 

 margined ; a slender somewhat sinuate oblique fascia towards base ; a 

 moderate twice sinuate fascia before middle ; a moderately broad sub- 

 dentate fascia beyond middle, sinuate above middle ; a sharply dentate 

 subterminal line : cilia reddish-whitish, barred with dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; dark grey ; a very obscure whitish 

 line before middle ; a moderate whitish fascia beyond middle, sinuate- 

 curved in middle ; subterminal line and cilia as in forewings ; beneath 

 ground-colour reddish. 



Probably constant ; very handsome. 



Mr. E. W. Fereday took one fine specimen at the head of Lake Waka- 

 tipu, high up the mountains, above the forest-level, amongst grass in 

 January. 



57. Pas. perornata, Walk. 

 (Fidonia perornata, Walk., 1672.) 



Male, female. — 23-25 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 

 dark fuscous ; base narrowly orange mixed with white ; four slender orange 

 fasciae, generally partially white except third ; first straight ; second 



