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The expansion of the wings is nearly ~ inch. The fore-wings 
are black sparsely speckled with grey; the transverse lines are 
deep red edged with black, sometimes almost entirely black; 
there is a narrow basal band followed by a broken reddish line; 
the median band is wide bordered with thick red and black wavy 
lines; the central area is grey with a black discal dot; there is 
a very distinct red subterminal band and a series of dull reddish 
terminal dots. The hind-wings are deep greyish-black with a 
wavy paler grey line and black lunules. The cilia of all the 
wings are pale ochreous barred with greyish-black. In some 
specimens the deep red markings are almost completely displaced 
by black. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of December and 
in January. It frequents open hill--tops. 
NOTOREAS ANTHRACIAS. 
(Larentia anthracias, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi., 84; Xanthor- 
hoe anthracias, Huds., N.Z. Moths, 67.) 
(Plate Sab. fie soma) 
This species has occurred at Mount Hutt, Vanguard 
Peak, Mount Aurum, Lake Wakatipu, Takitimu Mountains 
and The Hump, Southland. 
The expansion of the wings is about 1 inch. The fore-wings 
are blackish-grey speckled with paler grey and with greyish- 
white markings; there is a small basal patch margined by a 
blackish and whitish oblique wavy line; the inner edge of the 
median band is oblique also margined with blackish and white 
wavy lines; there are two wavy lines in the middle of the median 
hand and a conspicuous elongate discal dot; the outer edge of 
the median band has a strong rounded projection above the 
middle; it is margined with two blackish and two whitish lines; 
the veins on the subterminal area are dotted in black and the 
terminal area is slightly paler. The hind-wings are grey with 
numerous faint wavy lines. All the cilia are white barred with 
grey. : 
The perfect insect appears in December, January and 
February. It frequents open mountain sides at elevations 
of from 2,000 to 5,400 feet above the sea-level. 
Described and figured from a specimen from the Fere- 
day collection. 
NOTOREAS INCOMPTA. 
(Notoreas incompta, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1., 126.) 
(Plate XV., fig. 48 @.) 
This interesting species was discovered by Mr. R. 
Gibb on the Kepler Mountains, at an elevation of 3,000 
feet above the sea-level. It has also occurred on Arthur’s 
Pass, and on the Hunter Mountains, near Lake Manapouri. 
The expansion of the wings is 14 inches. The fore-wings 
are whitish very densely speckled with black and with numerous 
jagged black lines darkest on the costa; the basal patch median 
band and terminal area are considerably darker than the spaces 
between them; there is an ochreous-brown clouding beyond the 
basal patch and the median band is also strongly clouded with 
ochreous-brown; the veins are irregularly dotted in black and 
white. The hind-wings are dull grey more or less speckled with 
white, with obscure ochreous-brown and whitish median bands; 
the veins are very obscurely dotted in black and white. The 
cilia of all the wings are whitish barred with black. 
The perfect insect appears in January, and usually 
frequents bare rocks where its colouring is no doubt pro- 
‘yellow, except the black discal 

GEOMETRIDAE. 
tective. At Arthur’s Pass I found it in considerable num- 
bers amongst Helichrysum, at about 4,000 feet’ above the 
sea-level. 
Described and figured from the type specimen in the 
Southland Museum prior to my discovery of the insect at 
Arthur’s Pass. 
NOTORHAS MECHANITIS. 
(Pasithea mechanitis, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi., 86; Notoreas 
mechanitis, ib. xviii., 184; ib. xliii., 59.) 
(Plate XIV., fig. 38 ¢@.) 
This insect has occurred in the South Island at Mount 
Arthur, Arthur’s Pass, Mount Hutt, Ben Lomond and the 
Hunter Mountains. 
The expansion of the wings is about { inch. All the wings 
are dark brownish-black. The fore-wings have an almost straight 
transverse yellow or white stripe near the base, edged with 
black towards the body; a rather wavy stripe at about one-third, 
edged with black towards the termen; then several irregular 
yellowish or white spots or marks, followed by a very distinct 
white stripe, projecting towards the termen near the middle; 
there is a broken fine yellow subterminal line. The hind-wings 
have a shaded white or yellow transverse line near the base, 
another near the middle, a third, considerably finer and often 
broken, near the termen. The cilia of all the wings are white 
shaded with grey near the base, but with no distinct bars. 
The perfect insect appears from January till March, 
and flies with great activity in the hottest sunshine. It 
frequents grassy mountain sides at elevations ranging 
from 3,000 to 4,500 feet above the sea-level, and in these 
situations it is often very abundant. 
NOTOREAS ATMOGRAMMA. 
(Notoreas atmogramma, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliii., 59.) 
(Plate exer iewsGn 4 wou er) 
This species, which appears to be the North Island 
representative of VN. mechanitis, has occurred on the Tara- 
rua Ranges, near Wellington. 
The expansion of the wings of the male is slightly under 
1 inch; of the female a little over 1 inch. It differs from N. 
mechanitis in its larger size; more obscure colouring, especially 
in the male; absence of the strong golden yellow suffusion, and 
colour of the wnderside of the hind-wings which are wholly 
dot and rarely one extremely 
faint line, whereas in N. mechanitis they are marked with 
strong black lines. 
The perfect’ insect appears in January and February, 
and frequents open grassy country between 4,000 and 5,000 
feet above the sea-level. 
NOTOREAS PARADELPHA. 
(Pasithea paradelpha, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi., 86; Notoreas 
paradelpha, ib. xviii., 184.) 
(Plate XIV., fig. 40 ¢.) 
In the South Island this insect has occurred on Mount 
Arthur, Arthur’s Pass, Hunter Mountains, and Ben 
Lomond, Lake Wakatipu, at elevations of from 3,600 to 
5,000 feet. 
