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spot, dorsal cilia on terminal half of second segment dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia snow-white, with a more or less distinct dark fuscous spot 

 in costal cilia before apex. 



A handsome and distinct species. 



Hamilton, Palmer ston, Makatoku, and Otira Gorge, locally common 

 amongst dense forest, from January to March. 



3. Acipt. lycosema, n. sp. 



Male, female. —21-25 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs white ; anterior legs internally dark fuscous. Forewings fuscous 

 or ochreous-fuscous ; a broad streak along costa from base to f, attenuated 

 posteriorly, a slender line along lower edge of first segment, a narrow streak 

 along inner margin from J, and whole of second segment snow-white : 

 cilia snow-white, on costa mixed with fuscous, on lower edge of second 

 segment with two small blackish spots before apex and one at apex, some- 

 times also with one on lower edge of first segment before apex. Hindwings 

 and cilia snow-white. 



Included by Walker as a variety of the preceding, from which it is 

 undoubtedly distinct, and separable by the larger size, and wholly white 

 thorax and second segment of forewings. 



Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, amongst bush in December and 

 January; rather common. 



4. Acipt. monospilalis, Walk. 

 (Aciptilus monospilalis, Walk., 950 ; Aciptilia patruelis, Feld., Reis. Nov., pi. cxl., 56.) 



Male, female. — 21-24 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs white ; anterior legs internally fuscous. Forewings snow-white ; 

 extreme costal edge and a few scattered scales, especially along costa, 

 brownish-ochreous ; a blackish dot before cleft, and a minute one on inner 

 margin before middle ; sometimes one or two additional black dots on first 

 segment, and rarely a streak of blackish scales along lower edge of first 

 segment : cilia snow-white, on costa ochreous-tinged, on lower edge of 

 second segment with two small blackish spots before apex, and one at apex, 

 and usually a dot on lower edge of first segment before apex. Hindwings 

 and cilia snow-white. 



Most allied to the Australian A. aptalis, which ranges into Fiji and 

 Tonga. 



Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Otira Eiver, and Dunedin, com- 

 mon amongst forest, from December to March. 



5. Acipt. innotatalis, Walk. 

 (Pterophorus innotatalis, Walk., 945.) 



Male, female. — 15-16 mm. Head^ palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 pale ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair internally fuscous. 

 Forewings pale whitish-yellowish, suffused with pale ochreous on anterior 



