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whitish reflections, tending to form pale transverse bands. The 
cilia are golden-ochreous, with blackish bars. The hind-wings 
are dark grey, with strong purple reflections; the cilia are pale 
golden-ochreous, except near the body. 
The perfect insect appears in October. 
Described and figured from specimens kindly given to 
me by Mr. Lindsay. 
SABATINCA LUCILIA. 
(Sabatinca lucilia, Clarke, Trans. N.Z. Inst., lii., 35.) 
(Plate Xx eee) 
This large and very beautiful species was discovered 
by Mr. C. EK. Clarke at Waitomo. He has likewise taken 
it at Kauri Gully, near Auckland. It has also occurred 
at Waimarino. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly under $ inch. The 
fore-wineges are pale pinkish-ochreous darker towards the base 
and with faint purplish reflections beyond the middle; there is 
a very heavy transverse bar from about 4 of costa to about 4 
of dorsum composed of densely agglomerated black scales; 
another very broad irregular transverse marking extends from 
the middle of the costa to the tornus and is composed of scat- 
tered black scales, densest on its margins, the central portions 
being more or less covered with scattered brown scales; there is 
a similar but much smaller marking from the costa just before 
the apex to about the middle of the termen; this joins the pre- 
vious marking and thereby encloses three more or less oval 
patches of the ground colour. The hind-wings are grey with 
strong purple reflections. The head is brown clothed with 
extremely long shaggy hair. The thorax and abdomen are also 
brown. The antennae are brown tipped with black. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January, 
frequenting forest. It is attracted by light. 
Described and figured from the type specimen in Mr, 
Clarke’s collection. 
MICROPTERYGIDAE. 371 
SABATINCA CALLIARCHA., 
(Sabatinca calliarcha, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xliv., 124.) 
(Plate XXXIX., fig. 28 4.) 
This very handsome and interesting species, which 
was discovered by Mr. Philpott, has occurred at Picton, 
Wallacetown near Invereargill, Blue Cliff and Sandhill 
Point, Fiord County. 
The expansion of the wings is seven-sixteenths of an inch. 
The head is clothed with very long, shaggy, reddish-brown hairs 
and the thorax with shorter hairs. The fore-wings, which have 
the costa strongly arched at the base, are bronzy-greenish-brown: 
there is a narrow curved pinkish-silvery transverse line on the 
dorsum near the base; two very broad convergent pinkish-silvery 
bands at 4 and % and two short irregular bars on the costa be- 
tween these; three small black marks followed by pinkish-silvery 
blotches are placed near the apex and four very large partially- 
confluent black spots on the termen below the apex, as well as 
one or two minute black spots in the disc and on the edges of 
the transverse bands. The hind-wings are deep purplish-black. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January, 
and is found in damp forests. When resting on stones 
covered with glaucous-green algae it is extremely hard to 
see, the colouring of the fore-wings being highly protective 
in such situations. If disturbdd it takes wing and flies 
rapidly for a short distanee, when it again alights. It is 
almost invisible when on the wing. Although usually con- 
sidered a very rare insect it occurs quite plentifully, in 
wet rocky places, in the forest-clad country, immediately 
around Picton. 
Deseribed and figured from a very perfect specimen 
kindly lent to me by Mr. Philpott, prior to the discovery 
of the insect at Picton. 

