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with an interrupted blackish dorsal line ; under side with two rows 

 of black points. Wings elongate, rather broad, with numerous 

 little transverse darker streaks ; these are obsolete on part of the 

 fore wings. Fore wings acute, with some blackish points, which 

 are mostly marginal, with a broad oblique brown costal streak, and 

 with some other broad brown streaks, which form an incomplete 

 stripe along the interior border, and an incomplete submarginal 

 band ; costa convex towards the base ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex and oblique, except towards the tip. Hind wings ciuereous ; 

 under side with darker streaks. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



71. Teras excessana. 



Mas et foem. Cervina ; abdomen cinereum ; alee antica? strigulis 

 plurimis transversis obscurioribus ; anlicce apice rectangulatce, 

 puncto discali diffusa nigricante ; posticce cinerece. 



Male and female. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 full as long as the breadth of the head ; third conical, not more 

 than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae setulose. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Wings with numerous minute transverse 

 darker streaks. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with a blackish 

 diffuse discal point ; costa sligbtlv convex towards the base ; exte- 

 rior border very slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings cine- 

 reous. Male. — Antennae setulose. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 

 12—14 lines. 



a — c. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



72. Teras oblongana. 



Foem. Cinereo -cervina ; alee elongates, strigis plurimis transversis 

 indistinctis obscurioribus ; anticce apice rectangulatce, strigis 

 duabus discalibus unaque subcostali strigulisque nonnullis 

 nigris ; posticce cinerascentes. 



Female. Dull cinereous fawn-colour, hardly paler beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, as long as the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 fringed; third conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Wings elongate, with numerous transverse minute indis- 

 tinct darker streaks. Fore wings acute, rectangular at the tips, 

 with three short black streaks, of which two are discal and one is 



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