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tolerably distinct, remote from second line ; a liindmarginal row of black dots, 

 resting on a terminal whitish line: cilia ochreous-whitish, with two fuscous 

 lines. Hindwings 1^, ochreous-grey-whitish ; cilia white. 



Eesembles the preceding in the form of the straight second line, but 

 widely differing in the very light colouring. 



Mount Hutt and Lake Wakatipu (1,000 feet), amongst bush, in Decem- 

 ber and January ; six specimens. 



75. Xer. octophora, n. sp. 

 Male, female. — 22-24 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, 

 shoulders irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi 3^-, dark fuscous, mixed with 

 white above, basal joint white. Antennae fuscous; ciliations J?. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior pair suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 

 round-pointed, kind margin slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; brownish- 

 ochreous, more or less irrorated with dark fuscous, generally forming dark 

 lines on veins, and with a few white scales ; first line obscurely pale, 

 posteriorly indistinctly dark-margined, curved, indented, hardly oblique ; 

 orbicular and claviform suffused, dark fuscous, generally obscure ; reniforrn 

 8-shaped, somewhat blackish-margined, upper half ochreous, lower half 

 white; second line whitish, distinct, dark-margined, moderately curved in 

 middle ; a liindmarginal row of black clots : cilia ochreous-whitish, with 

 two dark grey lines. Hindwings If, ochreous-grey-whitish, postmedian 

 line and apex obscurely greyer ; cilia ochreous-white, with a faint grey line. 

 Eecognizable by the brownish-ochreous ground-colour and well-defined 

 reniforrn, with the lower half white. 



Christchurch, Akaroa, Castle Hill (2,500 to 3,000 feet), Bealey Eiver 

 (2,100 feet), Mount Hutt, and Invercargill (sea-level), in dry grassy places, 

 in December, January, and March ; tolerably common. 

 76. Xer. asterisca, 11. sp. 

 Male, female. — 21-23 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi 2£, dark fuscous, basal joint white. Antennae fuscous ; 

 ciliations \. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs whitish irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, tibiae and tarsi banded with black. Forewings rather elongate, 

 triangular, costa hardly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin almost straight, 

 rather oblique ; dull ochreous-fuscous, basal and terminal areas suffused 

 with dark greyish-fuscous ; first line, orbicular, and claviform all obsolete, 

 merged in the basal suffusion ; reniforrn x-shaped, suffused, dark fuscous ; 

 second line slender, whitish, dark-marginecl, moderately curved ; subterminal 

 slender, whitish, not touching second line : cilia whitish, basal third and a 

 posterior line dark greyish-fuscous. Hindwings If, ochreous-grey-whitish ; 

 lunule distinct, dark grey ; hindmargin narrowly suffused with dark grey J 

 cilia white, with a dark grey line, 



