100 Transactions.. — Zuoluijy. 



77. Boarm. dejectaria, Walk. 

 (Boarmia dejectaria, Walk., 394; Boarmia attracta, Walk., 394; Boarmia exprompta, 



Walk, 395 ; Tephrosia patularia, Walk., 422, Butl. Cat., pi. iii., 8 ; Teplirosia 



scriptoria, Walk., 422 ; Scotosia erebinata, Walk., 1358 ; Scotosia stigmaticata, Walk., 



1359 ; Scotosia lignosata, Walk., 1361 ; Gnophos pannnlaria, Gn., E.M.M., v., 42 ; 



Scotopteryx maoriata, Feld., cxxvi., 4 ; Hemeroplrila (?) sulpitiata, Feld., cxxvi., 7 ; 



Hemerophila caprimulgata, Feld., cxxvi., 12. 



Male, female. — 31-54 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin varying 

 from crenate to strongly dentate ; ochreous-fuscous, irregularly mixed and 

 more or less suffused with dark fuscous, tending to form small fine strigulae ; 

 a curved dentate dark fuscous line at ^ ; a small dark fuscous discal spot, 

 sometimes centred with pale bluish-grey, sometimes forming an ocellated 

 ring ; an obscure darker irregular median shade ; a curved dentate dark 

 fuscous line beyond middle, more oblique than hindmargin ; a very ob- 

 scurely darker dentate subterminal line ; often a small snow-white spot 

 before middle of hindmargin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin varying 

 from crenate to strongly dentate ; colour and lines as in forewings. 



Exceedingly variable ; the variation in form of wing is curious. 



Taranaki, Makatoku (Hawke'sBay), Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, 

 amongst forest, from November to March ; thirty-seven specimens. 



32. Baesine, n.g. 



Head tufted between antennae, face with a slight cone of scales. Palpi 

 moderate, densely scaled, porrected. Antenna? in male bipectinated (5-6). 

 Forewings with vein 6 from below 9, 7 out of 9, 10 and 11 separate, 12 free. 

 Hindwings normal. 



78. Bars, panagrata, Walk. 

 (Scotosia panagrata, Walk., 1360 ; Angerona menanaria, Walk., 1500 ; Epirrhanthis (?) 



antipodaria, Feld., cxxvi., 3 ; Hyperythra desiccata, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 495 ; llype- 



rythra arenacea, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 495.) 



Male, female. — 33-44 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, 

 crenate, apex faintly projecting ; ochreous-fuscous, more or less mixed or 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous curved dentate line at ^ ; a 

 small transverse whitish ochreous or sometimes white discal spot, suf- 

 fusedly margined with dark fuscous ; a very obscure darker twice sinuate 

 median shade ; a dark fuscous dentate line at |, curved outwards above 

 middle ; before the first line and beyond the second are often whitish- 

 ochreous bands, tending to form several spots ; an obscure dark fuscous 

 dentate subterminal line. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded, cre- 

 nate ; colour and markings as in forewings, but first and subterminal lines 

 obsolete. 



Very variable. 



Masterton, Christchurch, and Akaroa, from March to May, amongst 

 bush j twenty-three specimens. 



