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CATALOGUE OF 
exterior border straight, slightly oblique. Length of the body 
lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 
a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 
135. CONCHYLIS QUINQUENOTATA. 
Fcem. Pallide lutea, subtus rufescente-ochracea ; thorax antice 
fusco fasciatus ; pectus argenteum ; abdomen rufescente-ochra- 
ceum , subtus aureo- argenteum ; alee anticce fascia obliqua 
cinereo-fusca , line a submarginali ferruginea. 
Female . Pale luteous, smooth, reddish ochraceous beneath. 
Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, much shorter than the breadth of 
the head ; third joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length 
of the second. Thorax with a brown band in front. Pectus silvery. 
Abdomen reddish ochraceous, gilded silvery beneath. Fore wings 
rectangular at the tips, with an oblique dark cinereous-brown band, 
which proceeds from the costa to the disk and there terminates ; a 
ferruginous submarginal line, much abbreviated hindward, dilated 
to the exterior border in front; costa and exterior border almost 
straight, the latter not oblique. Hind wings reddish ; fringe ochra- 
ceous. Length of the body 2% lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
a . Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Genus RETINIA. 
12. Retinia Georgiana. 
Mas. Subcervino-argentea ; caput et thorax rufescente-cervina ; 
abdomen cinereum apice cervinum ; alee anticce vix acutce , 
lineis octo transversis deviis variis ochraceis ; posticee ceneo- 
cervince, fimbria albida. 
Male. Silvery, sericeous, tinged with fawn-colour, more cine- 
reous beneath. Head and thorax reddish fawn-colour. Palpi por- 
rect, stout, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely 
short. Antennae stout, very minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, 
extending a little beyond the hind wings ; tip fawn-colour. Fore 
wings hardly acute, with eight various irregular transverse ochra- 
ceous lines; first and second lines slender; third broader in the 
middle; fourth still broader; fifth and sixth slender, dilated towards 
the costa; seventh obliquely connecting the sixth with the eighth, 
which is marginal and incomplete. Hind wings aeneous fawn- 
