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Show 1877.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM NEW ZEALAND. 403 lated with grey, the costal and apical areas reddish. Expanse of wings 8 lines. Coll. J. D. Enys, Esq. Dr. Hector also possesses a faded example of this species. 120. CACOECIA TAIPANA. Tortrix taipana, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v. pl. cxxxvii. fig. 46. Coll. Dr. Hector. Felder's figure is a little too decided, judging from Dr. Hector's example. The two preceding species belong to the same group with C. costana. 121. CACOECIA INANA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 13.) Primaries above pale clay-brown, irrorated with grey, costa indistinctly spotted with grey; secondaries silky white, reticulated with grey; thorax clay-brown; abdomen whitish : wings below white, reticulated with dark grey, costal borders tinted with testaceous; body below sordid white, venter with lateral black dots. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3| lines. Coll. Dr. Hector. Mr. Enys has an example of a species somewhat resembling Rha-codia rureana of Felder. It may be a Cacoecia ; but as it has lost its palpi, I cannot venture to describe it. 122. HETEROGNOMON EXCESSANA. Teras excessana, Walker, Lep. Het. xxviii. p. 303 (1863). Colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. 123. (SCIAPHILA) SPOLIATANA?? Sciaphila spoliatana, Walker, Lep. Het. xxviii. p. 356 (1863). Coll. Dr. Hector. The single example is much rubbed, and injured by mites; it may have nothing to do with Walker's species : several of Walker's types have the wings closed, and thus are not easily recognized. 124. ZELOTHERSES? ROBUSTA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 17.) cf 2 • Primaries sordid white, acute; a broad oblique patch beginning just within the base of the discoidal cell and terminating in a point near to the centre of inner margin, a slender subcostal dash near the base, five spots on the apical half of costa, a squamose patch across the median veins, and the terminations of the nervures black-brown; secondaries greyish, particularly towards the outer margin; body sordid white: primaries below grey, the costal margin white, crossed by greyish spots towards apex ; secondaries paler grey, the costa white ; body below white. Expanse of wings 4\ lines. Coll. Dr. Hector. A curious little species, found on the Canterbury plains amongst scrubby bushes, 26* |