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Show 1877.] LEPIDOPTERA F R O M N E W Z E A L A N D . 393 dots at their interior extremities ; fringe alternately brown and white; secondaries ochre-yellow, with a central angulated bifid band, an angulated submarginal streak, and the outer border composed of dark grey scales; a marginal series of black dots; fringe grey ; body brown; abdomen banded with white : primaries below stramineous ; an angulated postmedian band, bifid above the median nervure, a dot at end of cell, an irregular transverse tapering subapical streak, and the centre of the outer border black-brown; a subapical spot, and the apical border pale ferruginous ; a spot on the costa, and an irregular apical submarginal streak, white ; fringe alternately brown and white; secondaries brick-red ; a central longitudinal cuneiform streak proceeding from the base to near the outer margin, and the abdominal border, white ; a spot close to the base, a central angulated transverse band, a claviform submarginal streak, and a spot on the outer margin, black ; fringe grey; body below whitish. Expanse of wings 81 lines. Colls. Dr. Hector aud J. D. Enys, Esq. 70. ASPILATES INSIGNIS, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 1.) o*. Primaries cupreous-brown, the base, costal area, and centre of internal area irrorated with grey ; a submedian longitudinal streak . from base of inner margin to just beyond the end of discoidal cell, and a transverse straight discal band, white; fringe pale grey ; secondaries sandy yellow, the base and outer border finely dusted with pale grey ; fringe whitish ; body grey ; anal tuft testaceous : wings below sandy yellow, fringe whity-brown, white internally ; pectus whitish, venter testaceous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 3000 to 4000 feet elevation. Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. In one example obtained by Mr. Enys the longitudinal white streak of primaries joins the discal white band, and the coloration is altogether deeper than in the type. Mr. Enys took one specimen at 6000 feet. 71. DASYURIS PERORNATA. Fidonia perornata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvi. p. 1672 (1862). Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. 72. DASYURIS PARTHENIATA. Dasyurispartheniata, Guene'e, Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 93 (1868). Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. Allied to Camptogramma correlata of Walker. 73. DASYURIS REHATA. Cidaria rehata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v. pl. cxxxi. fig. 6. Coll. Dr. Hector. This species varies much in the outline of the central band of primaries. I have not seen it with the falcate form of wing represented in Felder's figure. |