144 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Pros, eremana, n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. fusco-oclireis, innotatis ; post, saturate griseis. 



Male. — 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous. An- 

 tennae dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate- oblong, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hind- 

 margin straight, oblique ; uniform brownish-ochreous : cilia light brownish- 

 ochreous. Hind wings dark grey, posteriorly still darker ; cilia pale grey or 

 whitish, with a grey line. 



Closely allied to P. siriana, Meyr., but lighter, more ochreous, and 

 recognizable by the absence of any discal dot in the fore wings, and the 

 paler cilia of the hindwings. 



Castle Hill (2,500 feet), and Invercargill, frequenting swampy ground ; 

 taken commonly in December and January. 



Pros, zatrophana, Meyr. 

 (Harmologa zatrophana, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1882, 46.) 



Having obtained what I believe to be undoubtedly the male of this 

 species, I find that there is no costal fold, and the species is therefore 

 referable to Proselena. As the male is distinctly marked, and these 

 markings were lost in the dark suffusion of the female, I give a diagnosis 

 and description of the former. 



Parva, alis ant. lsete ochreis, albido-maculosis, fascia antica angusta 

 obliqua, altera media latiore perobliqua cum tertia pbstica erecta sub medio 

 confluentibus, hac lineas duas plumbeas metallicas includente, rufo-ochreis, 

 nigro-mixtis ; post, saturate fuscis. 



Male. — 11-12 mm. Forewings bright ochreous, irregularly and suf- 

 fusedly spotted with whitish ; markings deep reddish-ochreous, somewhat 

 mixed with blackish ; a narrrow straight fascia from before £ of costa to 

 beyond -J- of inner margin ; a moderately broad very oblique fascia from 

 costa before middle, confluent in middle of disc with a similar straight fascia 

 from f of costa to inner margin before anal angle, the latter fascia con- 

 taining two irregular incomplete metallic-grey transverse lines : cilia bright 

 ochreous, towards tips paler. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey- whitish, 

 with a dark grey basal line. 



Common in Arthur's Pass from 2,600 to 3,000 feet, flying freely over 

 thick herbage in January. 



Hakmologa, Meyr. 

 Harm, oblongana, Walk. 



Larva 16-legged, rather stout, cylindrical, somewhat tapering at both 

 ends ; dull grey ; dorsal slender, dark grey ; subdorsal indistinctly darker 

 than ground-colour ; spots small, pale, dark-centred ; head and second 

 segment dark fuscous. Feeds on Discaria toumatou, forming a shelter of 



