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Madras; Ceylon; Perak; and the Island of Hainan; subsp. subpallida subsp. nov. (13g), from Formosa and svhpallida. 
New Guinea, has the hindwings much paler. 
N. uniformis Moore (13 g). Forewing pale brownish suffused with pink, leaving pale streaks uni for mis. 
below and in end of cell and an oblique series from beyond end to apex; veins white defined by 
very fine brown streaks, which also appear in the interspaces; a slight black streak below base of cell; a 
black point in lower angle of cell; inner line marked only by a black dot on submedian fold; outer 
by a series of black dots; hindwing white, the veins and termen ochreous; terminal black points on 
both wings. This species is found in the N. W. Himalayas and at Dharmsala in the Punjab. 
36. Genus: Iclmeutica Meyr. 
Tongue well developed; frons smooth; palpi upturned, the second segment hairy in front, the 
third smooth, porrect; thorax and abdomen without crests; forewing elongate, the apex produced, acute; 
termen oblique; neuration normal. Type I. ceraunias Meyr. The genus is restricted to New Zealand. 
Sect. I. Antennae of $ bipectinate. 
I. ceraunias Meyr. (13 g). <$. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous; a fine black streak in submedian ceraunias. 
fold to middle with a shorter streak below it; an oblique streak above inner margin before middle; 
costal and inner marginal area pale ochreous; the cell pale ochreous, emitting dentate marks along 
veins 6, 4, and 3 tOAvards termen; hiudwing ochreous with fuscous suffusion. $ Avith the foreAving nar¬ 
rower, and the colour dull brown instead of rufous. Mt. Arthur, NeAv Zealand. 
I. dione Hudson. Forewing fuscous brown, the median area rather darker; an oblique whitish dione. 
streak from median vein before middle to vein 1 beyond middle; the reniform stigma whitish, angled 
outwards above and inwards below to a long dentate mark on median vein; terminal area greyer, with 
a series of dentate brown marks representing the subterminal line; a terminal series of lunules; hind¬ 
wing pale grey. Mt. Arthur, NeAv Zealand. 
I. toroneura Meyr. (13 g). Forewing broAvnish ochreous tinged Avith fulvous; the veins distinctly toroneura. 
fuscous; hindwing ochreous suffused with fuscous; the fringe pale. Mt. Cook, NeAv Zealand. Described 
from a single 
Sect. II. Antennae of $ with pedicellate fascicles of cilia. 
I. unica Walk. (= juncicolor Guen.) (13 g). Resembles toroneura, but both inner and outer lines uniea. 
marked by black vein points; the hindAving pale brown, more or less overlaid with fuscous; fringe ochreous. 
Marlborough, N. Zealand. Toroneura Meyr. is possibly a form of this with the lines obsolete. 
I. dunedinerssis Hmps. (13 g). Forewing ochreous broAvn; veins slightly darker and dotted with dunedinen- 
white; slight white points in and beyond loAver angle of cell; a curved outer series of white points Si ?- 
on veins; hindwing ochreous broAvn; fringes Avhite, ochreous at base. Dunedin, N. Zealand. 
Sect. III. Antennae of $ with tuber culate fascicles of cilia. 
I. acontistis Meyr. Forewing dull brownish ochreous; the veins slightly darker; a sinuous black acontistis. 
streak from base below cell; hindAving luteous grey; the fringe ochreous. Castle Hill, New Zealand. De¬ 
scribed from a single <$. 
I. phaula Meyr. (= neurae Philp.). Forewing pale broAvnish ochreous; the A 7 eins obscurely shown phaula. 
by dark and light dots; outer line marked by a row of black dots; the terminal area somewhat dark¬ 
er; hindAving pale ochreous grey clouded with dark grey in terminal area; fringe ochreous. Resembles 
1. unica, but distinguished by its larger size and the different antennae of the $. Christchurch, N. Zealand; 
bred from tussock grass. 
Sect. IV. Antennae of <$ with sessile fascicles of cilia. 
I. semivittata Walk. (13 h). Forewing ochreous; a rufous streak below cell to below rise of vein semivUtata. 
2, continued as a curved mark to vein 2 beyond cell; a short oblique streak above inner margin near 
base; a black dot in base of cell; inner line marked by 3 black dots on the veins; the outer by a com¬ 
plete series; stigmata shown by three black dots in upper part of cell beyond middle and a short 
streak in lower part; a black point beyond loAver angle of cell; hindwing ochreous suffused Avith fuscous; 
fringe ochreous. Christchurch, Dunedin, Mt. Torlesse and Auckland, NeAv Zealand. 
I. purdii Frdy. ForeAving deep chocolate or snuff broAvn, Avith a broad blurred yellowish ray purdii. 
running from base along each fold to %, the upper one containing ill-defined traces of stigmata; costal 
