Meyeick. — On New Zealand Geornetrina. 91 



64. Stat, homomorpha, n. sp. 



Male. — 28 mm. Forewings moderate, costa rather abruptly arched near 

 base, kindniargin slightly rounded ; dark fuscous-grey, with numerous ir- 

 regular darker striae ; a pale curved fascia towards base, mixed with whitish 

 and bisected by a dark line ; a second about ^ ; a third beyond middle, ir- 

 regularly dentate and sinuate ; an obscure pale subterminal line. Hind- 

 wings moderate, hindrnargin rounded ; bright orange ; basal space up to 

 first line mixed with dark fuscous ; a nearly straight line about -J, a second 

 more obscure beyond and parallel to it, a third irregularly angulated and 

 subdentate beyond middle, a narrow irregular interrupted subterminal 

 fascia, and a dentate hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous. Forewings and 

 hindwings beneath orange, with a straight line before middle, an angulated 

 line beyond middle, an interrupted subterminal fascia, and a hindmarginal 

 fascia blackish ; two additional anterior incomplete lines in forewings. 



Keadily identified by the postmedian line of the hindwings. 



Mount Hutt, in January (Mr. E. W. Fereday) ; five specimens. 



65. Stat, anceps, Butl. 



(Fidonia anceps, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 392, pi. xliii., 3.) 

 Male. — 27-30 mm. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, 

 hindrnargin slightly rounded ; dark fuscous-grey, irrorated with bluish- 

 whitish ; the absence of the irroration produces numerous irregular den- 

 tate sinuate darker striae ; two before middle and two beyond middle more 

 strongly marked, enclosing a moderately broad clear space, containing a 

 blackish discal dot; a darker subterminal shade, and another on hind- 

 margin. Hindwings moderate, hindrnargin rounded ; rather deep ochre- 

 ous-yellow ; basal space up to first line mixed with dark fuscous ; a straight 

 line about ^, two somewhat curved parallel median lines, an irregular par- 

 tially-interrupted subterminal fascia, and a hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous. 

 Forewings and hindwings beneath yellow, with a straight line before middle, 

 an angulated line beyond middle, an interrupted subterminal fascia, and a 

 hindmarginal fascia blackish. 



Constant ; less intensely coloured than its allies. 



Nelson, Arthur's Pass (3,000 feet), and Castle Hill (3,100 feet), in 

 January, settling on bare ground and roads ; twelve specimens. 



66. Stat, hectori, Butl. 



(Euclidia hectori, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 387, pi. xlii., 4.) 

 Male. — 33 mm. Forewings moderate, costa abruptly arched near base, 

 hindrnargin almost straight or slightly rounded ; dark fuscous-grey, irro- 

 rated with bluish-whitish ; markings obscurely blackish ; an irregular curved 

 dentate line near base ; a strongly-marked irregular twice sinuate line 

 about £, closely followed by a similar less marked line ; a small discal spot; 



