BuLLER. — Notice of a New Species of Moth in New Zealand. 279 



Art. XXX. — Notice of a New Species of Moth in New Zealand. 

 Bj Walter L. Buller, D. Sc, F.L.S., &c. 



(With Illustration.) 



\Ile.ad before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 6th November, 1872.] 



During an expedition into the Ruahine ranges in the summer of 1867, in 

 quest of the Huia {Heteralocha acutirostris), I was fortunate enough to 

 discover the fine species of nocturnal moth described below, and figured in 

 PI. XXII. 



After a careful examination of the large type collection in the British 

 Museum, I feel no hesitation in referring this new form to the genus Porina, 

 and in giving the species a distinctive name. I have dedicated it to my friend 

 Captain Gilbert Mair, who accompanied me on the occasion referred to. 



So far as is at present known, the habitat of Porina mairi is confined to 

 the wooded summits of the Ruahine ranges, in the Province of Wellington. 

 I have never met with it during my frequent travels in other parts of the 

 country, nor have I ever seen a specimen in any public or private collection. 



BOMBYCINA. 



Family Hejnalidoe, Stephens. 

 Genus Porina, Walker. 

 Lep. Het. B.M. YIL, p. 1572. (1856.) 



P. MAIRI. sp. nov. 



Alse magnse, sordide testacese ; anticae maculis sex marginalibus, albo 

 introrsum cinctis ; maculis subseptem, seriem submarginalem formantibus, 

 sagittatis, nigris ; septem, quaruni quinque superioribis alboaliis testaceo- 

 cinctis, discalibus ; fascia transversa pone has fusca, lituris nigris utrinque 

 limitata ; lineis tribus irregularibus nigris, fusco irapletis, pone cell am fasciam 

 latam formantibus ; macula parva media triangulari alba ; nebula irregular! 

 infra cellam pallide ochracea j macula difiusa cellam terminante alba, crucibus 

 duabus nigris interrupta ; fasciolis duabus divergentibus discoideis, albo cinctis, 

 tertia apud basin sordide testaceo cincta ; plagis tribus insequalibus internis 

 et maculis duabus sub-basalibus, nigris : posticse grisese, area externa fusces- 

 cente nigro 8 fasciata : corpus fusciim : exp. alar. circ. unc. 5, lin. 11. 



Wings large, broad, front-wings produced, ovate-triangular, pale dirty 

 testaceous ; six black spots terminating nervures on outer margin, and 

 bounded by a lunated marginal white band ; a sub-marginal series of arrow- 

 headed black spots, and beyond these a series of rounded spots, the first four 

 encircled with white, the rest with pale brown; two broken, black discal lines, 



