394 CATALOGUE OF 



New Zealand. 



The three following: species differ much in structure from all 

 the preceding groups of Boarmia. 



126. BOARMIA DEJECTARIA. 



Mas. Saturate ferrugineo-fusca, gracilis, subtus flavescente-cine- 

 rea ; antennae usque ad apices pectinatce ; tibia posticce in^cras- 

 satce ; aim ampla?, testaceo subconspersa?, lineis interwre et 

 exteriore nigris angustis testaceo submarginatis, linea submar- 

 ginali testacea vix undulata ; antica? gutta discali nigricante 

 albo punctata. 



Male. Deep ferruginous-brown, slender, yellowish cinereous 

 beneath. Antennae moderately pectinated to the tips. Hind tibia? 

 incrassated. Wings ample, slightly testaceous-speckled; interior 

 and exterior lines black, slender, slightly testaceous-bordered, the 

 latter hue most conspicuous on the costa of the fore wings ; submar- 

 ginal line testaceous, hardly undulating ; under side brown-speckled, 

 with a broad submarginal band. Fore wings with a blackish discal 

 dot, which contains a white point. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Major Parry's collection. 



127. Boarmia attracta. 





Mas et fcem. Ferruginea, sat robusta, subtus testacea ; antenna 

 maris pectinatce ; abdomen basi testaceo fasciatum ; tibia 

 posticus incrassata? ; ala? amplce, vitta obliqua pallide flavescente , 

 nonnunquam conspersa, guttis quatuor anterioribus flavescent- 

 ibus, fascia posteriore obliqua obscure fusca, fascia marginali 

 pallide fiavescente ochraceo notata nonnunquam obsoleta. 



Male and female. Ferruginous, rather stout, testaceous beneath. 

 Antennae of the male moderately pectinated. Abdomen with a tes- 

 taceous band at the base. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings ample, 

 with an oblique pale yellowish stripe, which occupies only the base 

 of the hind wings, and extends nearly to the tips of the fore wings, 

 where there is a yellow spot ; this stripe has blackish dots along it 

 in front, and it is intersected very obliquely by a dark brown band, 

 which extends from the interior border of the hind wings and becomes 

 pale and attenuated as it traverses the stripe; beyond this there is 

 a black zigzag line, which in the hind wings is testaceous-bordered 



