1868.] 



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I establish this genus on a pretty species from New Zealand, to 

 which may be added my Coremia euclidiata, glypJiicata, and heliacaria. 

 All have a peculiar fades, which approaches that of some FidonideCj 

 and even some Noctuce. 



Dasturis paetheniata, Guenee, n. s. 



Al(BfuhcD,Jimhriis albis, nigro interrti^tis : anticcc lineis fasciisque 

 nigricantihus : posticcB margine lineisque, ultima interrupta ; suhtiis flavo- 

 albidce, nervis pallidis,fasciis interruptis nigricantihus. 



28 millimetres in expanse. Wings stout, fulvous, orange, the fringes interrupted 

 with black and whitish. Superior wings traversed by thick angulated blackish lines, 

 which accumulate on the median space, which they in part invade, leaving a distinct 

 cellular dot ; afterwards there is a band of the ground colour, and lastly a broad 

 blackish border divided by the subterminal line, which is fulvous and formed of 

 unequal spots : inferior wings more lively in colour, with a toothed border ; on the 

 upper-side there is a narrow unequal band of atoms, interrupted in the middle, 

 afterwards two lines, and the base powdered with blackish ; beneath these wings 

 are pale yellow, traversed by whitish rays, with the bands interrupted and blackish, 

 on which the nervures are distinctly paler ; the superior wings show these nervures 

 only on the terminal space, the rest being occupied by three bands corresponding 

 to those of the upper-side, and there is a black cellular dot. Body black, clothed 

 with greenish-yellow hairs ; the abdomen bordered laterally with white hairs, and 

 narrowly zoned with the same colour. Antenna3 of the male granulated and 

 scarcely pubescent. 



Genus Cidaeia. 



CiDAEiA PYEAMAEiA, Gucnee, n. s. 



Media. Alee anticcd lignicolores,fasciolis quinque undatis strigaque 

 ohliqua apicali alhidis : posticce pallide ochracea, immaculatcs, lineoUs ter- 

 minalibus nigris : siihtus albidcs, macidis basalibus discalibusque seriatim 

 dispositis fuscis. Antennce pectinatce. 



Perhaps the prettiest species of the genus. Superior wings divided by wavy 

 and toothed bands, alternately white and wood-brown, these last palo and dark ; 

 on the third white band is a black cellular dot touching the brown band ; the fourth, 

 which in reality borders the median space, is more sinuous than the others ; the 

 last, or sub-terminal, is toothed in a nearly regular manner, and is traversed, be- 

 neath the apex, by an oblique white streak j fringe interrupted with whitish and 

 blackish, and preceded by black marks : inferior wings pale uniform silky yellow, 

 the fringe, which is interrupted, separated by well-defined little black marks ; the 

 under-side of these wings is dirty white, from the base proceed two brownish waves, 

 of which the second is deeply divided as far as the cellular dot, afterwards is a 

 series of smaller waves, also brown, shaded with white exteriorily. Abdomen 

 marked with indistinct geminated black dots. Antennae furnished with long and 

 very slender pectinations. 



