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marked, the latter forming two irregular projections in and above middle ; 

 a discal dot ; cloudy subterminal and lrindmarginal shades. Hindwings 

 moderate, hindniargin rounded ; bright orange ; base mixed with dark 

 fuscous ; a straight line about \, two parallel sinuate lines in middle, a 

 curved subterminal line, and a dentate hindniarginal fascia dark fuscous ; 

 all the lines vary in intensity, and one or other is often obsolete. Forewings 

 and hindwings beneath orange, with a discal dot, two parallel angulated 

 lines beyond middle, an irregular subterminal fascia and dentate hind- 

 marginal fascia dark fuscous, often partially obsolete. 



Varies slightly in the distinctness of the dark markings. 



Castle Hill (3,000 feet), Arthur's Pass (3,000 feet), Lake Wakatipu 

 (3,000 feet), Invercargill (sea-level), Nelson, and Mount Hutt, especially 

 settling on roads or bare ground, from December to March ; thirty specimens. 

 I have corrected Walker's barbarously-formed name. 

 63. Pas. omichlias, n. sp. 



Male. — 25-26 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; dark 

 grey, irrorated with whitish ; several obscure dark fuscous lines towards 

 base ; a slender curved dark fuscous fascia before middle ; a blackish discal 

 dot ; a somewhat broader irregular subdentate dark fuscous fascia beyond 

 middle, forming a short bidentate projection in middle, and a shorter simple 

 projection towards costa ; sometimes two pale lines beyond this, and a pale 

 subterminal line ; a blackish-grey hindmarginal line ; cilia pale grey. Hind- 

 wings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; rather dark grey ; three faintly indi- 

 cated darker median lines alternating with paler ; a blackish-grey hind- 

 marginal line ; cilia whitish-grey. . 



A dull-looking species, resembling a small Statira hectori, and might be 

 passed over for Larentia cinerearia. 



Castle Hill, taken by Mr. J. D. Enys, "high up" (probably about 5,000 

 feet) ; two specimens. 



22. Statira, n. g. 



Face roughly haired. Palpi moderate, porrected or ascending, with 

 long or very long spreading hairs beneath, terminal joint moderate, nearly 

 concealed. Antennas in male filiform, simple, pubescent. Thorax hairy 

 beneath. Forewings with vein 6 rising out of 9, 7 almost from angle of 

 areole, 10 anastomosing moderately with 9, 11 anastomosing strongly with 

 10, 12 free. Hindwings normal. 



la. Hindwings orange. 



2a. Postmedian line of hindwings curved, parallel to median .. 65. anceps. 



2b. „ ,, ,, angulated, remote in middle 



from median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64. homomorpha. 



lb. Hindwings dark fuscous with whitish lines .. 66. hectori. 



