92 Transactions. — Zoology. 



a baud of three parallel irregular dentate twice sinuate lines beyond middle, 

 posterior two partially confluent, last strongest ; hindmargin broadly and 

 suffusedly darker : cilia barred with dark fuscous and white. Hindwings 

 moderate, hindmargin rounded ; dark fuscous, base irrorated with bluish- 

 whitish ; a curved cloudy whitish line before middle, a second in middle, a 

 third more irregular and distinct beyond middle, and a fourth, slender and 

 irregular, towards hindmargin. Forewings and hindwings beneath whitish, 

 with four irregular fascia? and a hindmarginal band dark fuscous. 



Tolerably constant. 



Lake Wakatipu (on the summit of Ben Lomond, 5,700 feet) and Mount 

 Hutt, in December and January, flying rather actively about the face of 

 precipices ; eight specimens. 



23. Dasyuris, Gn. 



Face with projecting hairs. Palpi moderate, porrected, roughly scaled 

 beneath, terminal joint short. Antenna? in male rather stout, dentate, 

 shortly ciliated (£). Thorax hairy beneath. Forewings with vein 6 rising 

 out of 9, 7 almost from angle of areole, 10 anastomosing moderately with 

 9, 11 anastomosing moderately with 10, 12 free. Hindwings normal. 



Established by Guenee for the single species here included in it ; closely 

 allied to Pasithea. The name Dasyurus is employed amongst the Mammalia ; 

 it is not primarily desirable to employ two names so similar as Dasyurus 

 and Dasyuris, but as they are not identical, there is no valid reason for 

 changing them when once given. 



67. Das. partheniata, Gn. 

 (Dasyuris partheniata, Gn., E.M.M., v., 93.) 



Male, female. — 27-28 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded ; 

 pale yellowish-orange, markings rather dark fuscous ; basal space mixed 

 with dark fuscous, bordered by an irregular fascia, angulated sharply in 

 middle ; a narrow fascia before middle, and a broader fascia beyond middle, 

 between which is a transverse line, and a discal dot ; posterior edge of 

 second fascia with a moderately sharp angulation in middle, a shorter one 

 towards costa, and irregularly dentate throughout, first fascia and median 

 line parallel to this ; an irregular subterminal fascia, and another along 

 hindmargin, sometimes partially confluent beneath, their margins dentate : 

 cilia barred with whitish and dark fuscous. Hindwings moderate, hind- 

 margin rounded ; deep orange ; base mixed with dark fuscous ; an angu- 

 lated median line, a slender irregularly dentate or interrupted subterminal 

 fascia, and a slender dentate hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous ; cilia as in 

 forewings. 



Tolerably constant ; a pretty species. 



At the foot of Mount Hutt, amongst tussock-grass, in March (Mr. E. W. 

 Fereday) ; sixteen specimens. 



