Meyeick. — On New Zealand Greornetrma. 105 



85. Am. encausta, n. sp. 



Male, female. — 29-33 ram. Forewings moderate, costa arched at base, 

 apex almost acute, hindmargin obtusely projecting somewhat above middle, 

 upper part slightly concave ; varying from pale whitish-grey, slightly 

 purplish-tinged, to light reddish-ochreous-brown, generally with numerous 

 scattered fuscous or dark fuscous striguhe, sometimes forming an irregular 

 suffusion in disc and along hindmargin, and on an incomplete subterminal 

 band ; three short dark fuscous streaks from costa, first and third oblique, 

 second less denned, direct ; from third often a sinuate row of dark fuscous 

 dots to inner margin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin slightly crenulate ; 

 pale whitish-ochreous-yellow ; sometimes a row of darker dots beyond 

 middle. 



Varies much in colour. 



Makatoku (Hawke's Bay), Nelson, Christchurch, Otira Gorge (1,500 

 feet), Castle Hill (2,500 feet), and Mount Hutt, from January to March, 

 amongst bush ; thirty-one specimens. 



It seems improbable that this common species should have escaped des- 

 cription. I suspect therefore it will be found among Walker's list, but as I 

 have no authority for its identification I have been compelled to attach a 

 name to it. 



38. Stkatocleis, n. g. 



Face with a slight cone of scales. Palpi rather long, porrected, roughly 

 scaled. Antennae in male stout, subdentate, minutely cihated (J). Fore- 

 wings with vein 6 from below 9, 7 from below angle of areole, 10 very 

 shortly touching 9, 11 free, 12 very shortly touching 11. Hindwings 

 normal. 



86. Strat. gallaria, Walk. 



(Selenia gallaria, Walt., 185, Butl. Cat., pi. iii., 6, 7 ; Euchlcena (?) palthidata, Feld., 



cxxxii., 21, 22.) 



Male. — 26-27 mm. Forewings moderate, costa strongly arched towards 

 base, apex acute, hindmargin shortly dentate below apex and above middle, 

 thence straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous, slightly suffused with pale 

 reddish-fuscous, and thinly sprinkled with blackish, basal and apical thirds 

 sometimes wholly reddish-fuscous; a curved dark fuscous line at i, strongest 

 on costa, angulated above and below middle, preceded by a much fainter 

 parallel line ; an irregular curved fuscous median line, sometimes indistinct, 

 darkest on costa, angulated below costa and indented inwards below 

 middle ; a minute black discal dot beyond middle ; a nearly straight dark 

 fuscous oblique line beyond middle, sometimes followed by a pale posteriorly 

 dark-margined dentate line ; two short cloudy irregular blackish lines from 

 inner margin beyond this ; a short upwardly oblique cloudy dark fuscous 



