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parallel but dentate ; beyond second a short straight parallel orange streak 

 from costa ; third median, irregularly sinuate, sometimes partially obsolete ; 

 fourth dentate, sharply angulated in middle ; an irregular dentate bright 

 orange line near hindmargin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 

 orange ; base mixed with dark fuscous ; an oblique line near base, a 

 sometimes double irregular sharply angulated line before middle, an 

 irregular dentate interrupted subterminal fascia, and a row of partially 

 confluent spots on hindmargin dark fuscous. 

 Tolerably constant. 



Wellington, Lake Coleridge, and at the foot of Mount Hutt, in grassy 

 places, during February and March (Mr. E. W. Fereday) ; eighteen 

 specimens. 



58. Pas. niplwcrena, n. sp. 

 Female. — 24-25 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; rather 

 dark fuscous, mixed and obscurely striated with orange ; a curved white 

 subdentate line before J, anteriorly blackish-margined ; a similar white line 

 beyond J, posteriorly blackish-margined ; space between these sometimes 

 suffused with orange ; a slender irregularly dentate white fascia beyond 

 middle, rather strongly angulated in middle, anteriorly blackish-margined, 

 posteriorly closely followed by a dentate orange line ; a dentate orange line 

 near hindmargin, dilated on costa. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin 

 rounded; orange, lighter anteriorly; basal half dark fuscous mixed with 

 orange, its outer edge irregularly curved ; a dentate subterminal fascia and 

 narrow hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous, sometimes obscure. 



Possibly when the male is known this may prove to be a Dasyuris. 

 I took two specimens on the mountain-side above Arthur's Pass at 4,500 

 feet, in January. 



59. Pas. ferox, Butl. 

 (Fidonia ferox, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 392, pi. xlii., 8.) 

 Female. — 24 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; fuscous, 

 partially greyish-tinged; a dark ochreous-fuscous nearly straight dentate 

 stria about \, between which and base are three others fainter ; an obscure 

 discal dot ; a dark ochreous-fuscous nearly straight dentate stria in middle, 

 between which and hindmargin are seven or eight similar striae becom- 

 ing gradually more strongly curved. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin 

 rounded ; bright orange ; base mixed with dark fuscous ; a straight strongly 

 marked median hue, an obscure parallel line beyond it, three fine sub- 

 dentate curved lines parallel with hindmargin, and a hindmarginal line 

 dark fuscous. Forewings and hindwings beneath orange ; markings of 

 both as in hindwings above, but the four posterior lines separated by 

 yellowish- whitish interspaces. 



