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dilation "which represents reniform; anterior margin of second line repre- 

 sented by a row of black dots ; a terminal row of black dots : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, with two grey lines. Hindwings If, very pale ochreous-grey ; 

 lunule and postmedian line faintly darker ; cilia ochreous whitish, with a 

 grey line. 



Easily recognized by the two very conspicuous black streaks. 



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

 67. Xer. harpalea, n. sp. 



Male. — 24 mm. Head and thorax white irrorated with grey. Palpi 2^, 

 dark fuscous, apex and basal joint white. Antennre grey ; ciliations \ . 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs white irrorated with fuscous-grey, tibise and 

 tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings very elongate, triangular, 

 narrow at base, costa slightly arched, apex almost acutely pointed, hind- 

 margin strongly sinuate, oblique ; white, irrorated with ochreous-grey ; 

 veins obscurely marked with blackish ; first line obsolete ; orbicular 

 roundish, claviform elongate- oval, reniform irregular, all very obscure, 

 slightly ochreous -tinged, partially dark-margined ; second line whitish, 

 obscure, interrupting streaks on veins ; sub terminal obscurely whitish, 

 confluent with second line in middle ; a hindmarginal row of blackish 

 dots : cilia whitish, with a fuscous -grey line. Hindwings \\, very 

 pale greyish- ochreous ; postmedian line and apex grey ; cilia white, base 

 ochreous, with a grey line round apex. 



A rather obscurely-marked species, but distinguished from all by the 

 more pointed apex and strongly sinuate hindmargin of forewings. 



Otira Gorge, on a rock-face at 1,600 feet, in January ; one specimen. 



68. Xer. ejuncicla, Knaggs. 



(Scoparia ejuncida, Knaggs, Ent. Mo. Mag., iv., 81.) 



Male, female. — 19-24 mm. Head grey, suffused with white. Palpi 3, dark 

 fuscous, apex and basal joint white. Antennae grey ; ciliations i. Thorax 

 grey, sides irrorated with white, with a narrow black stripe on each side of 

 back. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated with 

 whitish. Forewings very elongate, triangular, narrow at base, costa almost 

 straight, apex rounded, hindmargin straight, oblique ; grey, irrorated with 

 white, very densely towards costa except on edge ; a' fine black median line 

 from base to first line ; first line very obscure, curved, moderately indented, 

 rather oblique ; orbicular represented by a fine black longitudinal line ; 

 claviform obsolete ; reniform subquadrate, grey, cut by a fine black discal 

 line which does not reach orbicular ; second line tolerably distinct, sharply 

 angulated above middle, sharply indented beneath costa, sinuate near inner 

 margin ; veins posteriorly obscurely marked with blackish ; subterminal line 

 cloudy, hardly irregular, almost on hindmargin throughout ; a hindmarginal 



