38 rjuly, 
NEW SPECIES, &c., OF HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA FROM CANTER- 
BURY, NEW ZEALAND, COLLECTED BY MR. R. W. FEREDAY. 
BY ACHILLE GUENEE. 
{Contimied from page 6). 
Grenus Agrotis. 
Ageotis (Sp^lotis) coeeulea, Gueuee, n. s. 
Alee anticce cceruleo-grisece, lineis mediis maculisque ordinariis vix ex- 
presds pallidioribus, saturate cinciis ; subterminali nulla, vel punctulis solum 
indicata : posticeie maris lutece, margine late griseo, subtus omnes in mare albo- 
ochracece,in/ceminaalbo-grisece. Abdomen maris utrinque luteum. Palpi 
crassi. 
Size and aspect of our hirivia, which is the European species to which it is most 
nearly allied. The S lias the superior wings distinctly bluish-cinereous, the fringe 
ooncolorous ; the half line and the two median ones are faintly marked by whitish 
atoms, and bordered on each side by darker grey ; the orbicular stigma is large, 
whitish, and well marked, and almost contiguous to the extra basal line ; the reni- 
form stigma is much less visible, and is separated from the preceding by a square 
gi-oup of dark atoms ; the subterminal line is obliterated or scarcely indicated by 
little unequal whitish dots ; other dots, smaller but more visible and more regular, 
follow the elbowed line : inferior with the ground colour ochraceous, but much 
obscured by a broad grey band and vague median line : the under-side of all the 
wings is yellowish-white without markings. Thorax bluish-grey, and the abdomen 
full yellowish-ochreous on each side. Antennse almost entirely filiform. 
The ? differs much from the male. Its anterior wings arc somewhat slaty- 
grey, with the fringe whitish, and the under-side of all the wings whites scarcely 
yellowish, powdered almost everywhere with grey atoms, as is also the abdomen. 
But that which best distinguishes this pretty species is the form of the palpi, 
which varies enormously in the sexes. In the ? they are extremely thick but 
glossy, and project strongly beyond the front ; the second joint spongy, strongly 
rounded at the apex, and the third joint is scarcely visible, but in the place of it 
one sees only a sort of lateral opening. In the ? , on the contrary, they are of the 
ordinary form, and the third joint is very apparent, ovoid, and directed forwai'd. 
Ageotis admieatiokis, Gruenee, n. s. 
Sub-qffinis A. corticea\ Ala?, anticce griseoi, lineis mediis distantibus, 
maada orbiculari elongata, renigeram fere attingente, clavi/ormi longa : 
posticm griseoe, fimbria albida ; siibtus albidce, hmula cellulari, lineaque media, 
Juscis. 
I have seen only one specimen in rather poor condition. It is rather smaller 
than corticea. Superior vrings smoky-grey, with the ordinaiy lines much sinuated, 
blackish and edged with greyish-white atoms ; the two median lines very distant, 
almost parallel; the elbowed line not angulated inferiorily; the three stigmas pale 
grey encircled with black ; the reniform almost touches the elbowed line, and is 
surrounded by blackish shades ; the orbicular very oblong, pyriform, and its apex 
almost reaching the reniform ; the claviform is very oblong and distinct j the sub- 
