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Rather common amongst bush at Christchurch, and at Hamilton and Cambridge, in September, January, February, and March.

Minor, alis ant. albis, costæ basi, macula disci antica cum altera costæ pæne confluente, punctisque costæ quinque nigris, punctis disci quinque ochreis nigro-marginatis, serie punctorum postica transversa nigra; post. albidis.

Male, female.—17–19 mm. Head and thorax white; palpi in male moderate, in female elongate, lower half dark fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa gently arched, somewhat bent before middle, hindmargin straight, oblique; white, with scattered grey scales; a short thick black streak along base of costa, followed by a black dot; a small oblique blackish spot in disc at ⅓, preceded by a small fuscous-grey suffusion, and followed by two raised tufts, half black and half white; a small rather inwardly oblique blackish spot on costa at ⅓, almost connected with discal spot; these black markings are somewhat mixed on edges with whitish-ochreous; some raised scales towards inner margin at base and ⅓; five equidistant short blackish marks on costa between ⅓ and apex, rather oblique inwardly; five small spots of raised whitish-ochreous scales arranged in an oval in disc, each with a few black scales on margins; between these, and above posterior ones, is an ill-defined grey suffusion; a very ill-defined cloudy grey irregular dentate transverse line from second of the five costal marks to inner margin at ⅘, angulated above middle; a more distinct similar line from third costal mark to inner margin before anal angle, containing a series of blackish dots; a hindmarginal row of blackish dots: cilia white, mixed with grey. Hindwings and cilia whitish.

Three specimens taken at Dunedin in February.

The remaining descriptions of Walker, not quoted here, are all unidentifiable in themselves, and unrecognizable from the loss or original bad condition of the types. It is probable, however, that all are merely synonyms of species given above. A list of them is given in my paper cited above.

In the following indices the number refers to the number prefixed above to each genus and species. The names italicized are synonyms only:—