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Show 1877.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM N E W ZEALAND. 391 59. ACIDALIA SCHISTARIA. Acidalia schistaria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 782 (1861). Coll. Dr. Hector. 60. ACIDALIA UNDOSATA. Cidaria undosata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v. pl. cxxviii. fig. 2. Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. 61. ACIDALIA PR^EFECTATA. Acidalia prcefectata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 781 (1861). Acidalia subtentaria, Walker, I. c. xxvi. p. 1610 (1862). Acidalia absconditaria, Walker, I. c. p. 1611 (1862). Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. N o w that I have placed the types of Walker's three descriptions in one drawer, I find them to be slight variations of one and the same species. FlDONID^E. 62. PANAGRA SCISSARIA. Panagra scissaria, Guenee, Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 43 (1868). Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. This species bears a strong general resemblance to Walker's genus Samana ; the latter should, perhaps, be placed near it. Panagra ephyraria is congeneric with Gargaphia muriferata. I discovered that Walker had placed the two together, but without moving the label of the former from its original position. It seems to have been a common practice with this naturalist, when he supposed two of his species to be identical, to put the specimens under one name, leaving the labels undisturbed. This practice has given m e inconceivable trouble, and has wasted much valuable time. 63. FlDONIA BREPHOSATA. Fidonia? brephosata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1037 (1862). Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. 64. FlDONIA CATOCALARIA. Larentia catocalaria, Guene'e, Ent. M o . Mag. v. p. 26 (1868). Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. I believe this to be a slight variety of the preceding species, and to be identical with Fidonia brephos of Felder. 65. FIDONIA ENYSII, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 9.) Primaries above pale grey, crossed by sandy yellowish, white, and dark grey bars and lines, some of which form an irregular darker central band ; outer border broadly dark grey, bounded internally by a lunulated sandy stripe and intersected by a pale line; fringe alternately pale brown and whitish; secondaries bright orange; abdominal area speckled with blackish ; a subbasal transverse black |