irregular submarginal band inside the outer margin, and edged outside with a light colour. The outer margin, just inside the fringe, is usually edged with a blackish line-the marginal line. In the central part of the median belt there is usually in the cell a dark dot or streak, called the cellular, discocellular, or discal dot or streak. These markings refer mainly to the forewings.

The following descriptions are in general quoted in the author's words, but in several cases where the original description was vague or scanty the description has been rewritten or supplemented. I hope in a future number to extend the paper to the other genera of Larentiidæ, and also to give the remaining species belonging to the foregoing genera.

Larentia semisignata, Walk.-Cinereous, minutely black speckled. Antennæ of the male pectinated. Forewings with several denticulated blackish lines, some of which are most conspicuous on the veins, where they form black points; middle space without lines, containing the black transverse elongate discal point; interior, exterior, and submarginal lines formed by whitish points on the veins; marginal lunules black; costa convex; exterior border hardly convex. Hindwings paler, with indistinct lines. Body 4 lines; wings 12 lines.

Lar. punctilineata seems to differ mainly in colour from L. semisignata.

Larentia megaspilata, Walk.-Cinereous brown. ? Palpi stout, pilose, rostriform, extending much beyond the head, and about as long as its breadth. Antennæ of male moderately pectinated. Forewings with numerous indistinct blackish denticulated lines; interior and exterior lines whitish, accompanied by black points, having between them a large pale cinereous subcostal blackish bordered patch, which contains a black point; a black, oblique, bent, diffuse apical streak, which passes across the cinerous zigzag submarginal line; marginal points black, elongated; tips subfalcate, the exterior border being excavated in front. Hindwings dull ochraceous, with indistinct brown lines. Body 41⁄2 lines; wings 13 lines.

This is a very variable species, and I think that Lar. nehata, falcata, and rufescens, are rather varieties of it than distinct species.

Larentia? nehata, Feld.-According to Mr. Butler this is allied to Lar. megaspilata, but is smaller; the primaries much darker and more uniform in colouring, the secondaries ochraceous.

Larentia? falcata, Butl.-Allied to L. punctilineata (which it much resembles in colour and markings), but larger, and with distinctly falcate primaries; primaries reddish-brown, with the base and a broad central belt dark brown, traversed by blackish lines, and margined by white dots; a black discocellular dot; external border blackish, diffused; two or three whitish subapical dots; secondaries silvery-grey, with a darker waved central belt, formed of parallel dark grey lines, dotted with black upon the abdominal margin, white bordered; a submarginal series of white-bordered grey spots; a marginal series of blackish dots in pairs; fringe pale yellowish-brown; abdomen with dor

sal pairs of black dashes on each segment; primaries below grey, with darker white-bordered central belt; costa cream-coloured between the markings; a zig-zag white-bordered subapical stria; secondaries whitish, with a broad irregular central belt, formed by two blackish limiting lines and two grey intermediate lines; the outer black line distinctly undulated; a very ill-defined blackish speckled submarginal band; body below testaceous. Expanse of wings 1 inch, 3 lines.

Larentia? rufescens, Butl.-Intermediate between L. falcata and L. megaspilata. Primaries pale lakey-brown, crossed by numerous undulated brownish lines, with indications of a broad central belt, cuneiform blackish subapical patch and black discocellular dot, all as in L. megaspilata; secondaries pale sericeous testaceous, crossed in the middle by four parallel sinuous undulated grey lines in pairs; three similarly undulated grey lines in pairs; three similarly undulated grey lines upon the external area, and the commencement of a fourth between these and the central ones; external border pale lakey-brown, with a marginal series of black dots in pairs; fringe traversed by a grey line; a black discocellular dot; head and thorax pale lakey-brown, speckled with blackish; abdomen pale testaceous, banded with blackish; primaries below grey; costa pale ochraceous, a whitey-brown discal band immediately following the limiting lines of the central band, otherwise nearly as above, but the central lines rather darker; secondaries altogether darker than above, the groundcolour sandy, the central lines blackish, the lines on external border illdefined; body below pale lakey-brown. Expanse of wings I inch, I line.

Laventia? invexata, Walk.--Cinereous. Palpi porrect, rostriform, shorter than the breadth of the head. Antennæ of male moderately pectinated. Forewings minutely brown-speckled, with many blackish denticulated lines, of which the basal, interior, and exterior lines are black, and more distinct than the others, and are partly shaded with blackish, which hue forms a discal patch; these markings are most distinct towards the costa; submarginal line pale cinereous, zig-zag; marginal points brown, minute: costa slightly convex; exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hindwings with very indistinct lines. Body 3-31⁄2 lines; wings 9 lines.

The smallest species of this group (Butler).

Coremia squalida, Butl.-Silvery greyish-brown; primaries above with the usual irregular central belt very broad, its central area dark grey, its borders broadly yellowish olivaceous, edged on both sides and intersected with undulated black lines; a silvery-white line on each side of the central belt; base olivaceous, traversed by blackish lines and limited externally by a white line; a sub-basal yellowish belt occupying the space between the base and the central belt; disc crossed immediately beyond the central belt by two yellowish-brown lines on a white ground, and followed by a white-edged band of the same colour; outer border yellowish olivaceous; a blackish marginal line; fringe

whitish, traversed by two dark brown parallel lines; secondaries with a black undulated marginal line, fringe traversed by a slender, dusky line; under surface greyish-brown; basal threefourth of the wings limited externally by a very irregular darkbrown line, followed by a white line; discocellulars dark brown; apical borders irrorated with white; fringe whitish, spotted with brown. Expanse of wings, one inch two-tenths. It is easily recognised by its blackish grey colour and white markings.

Coremia ypsilonaria, Guén.-Superior wings dull whitish fleshcoloured, or somewhat straw-coloured, but very pale; markings wood-brown, consisting of a space near the base terminated by an oblique black line, and containing another black line, a median band constricted in its lower, open in the form of a Y in its upper portion, enclosing a little cellular dot placed between two black marks of which the external forms a A with filled-in triangle; there is also a series of little nervural dots, and an oblique sub-apical streak surmounting a faint brownish border; inferior wings slightly smoky, without markings; underside of all the wings more obscure, especially the first half, which is limited by a vague line; inferior with a cellular point and two faint sub-terminal parallel lines, scarcely visible on the upper side. Abdomen marked with geminated black dots. Palpi produced but incumbent. Antennæ furnished with long pectinations in their basal three-fourths, but afterwards filiform. Expanse of wings one inch and a fifth.

Coremia semifissata, Walk.,(=Cid. delicatulata, Guén).-Rosy-cinereous with brown markings. Base of superior wings enclosed by a curved black line. Outside this at some distance is a second black band forming an acute angle near the costa. Between the second band and the median belt are first a broad irregular brown band, then two waved light-brown lines. The centre of the of the median belt is ashy, contracted towards the hinder margin, and contains a black discal streak. This central area is bounded by bands of brown and black, shewing traces of waved black lines. Outside the median belt are three parallel light brown lines, the third sometimes running into the submarginal band. Submarginal band blackish-brown, irregular, bordered by a narrow line of the ground colour. The veins between the median belt and the margin are streaked with short black dashes, and in the central belt the main veins are lined

with whitish grey. A light triangular patch at the apex. A marginal line of short black dashes. Fringe silky, greyishbrown. Inferior wings testaceous, with more or less indications of dark lines. Marginal dashes pale brown, with small brown patches inside them. Fringe silky and brownish. Below testaceous. Forewings shewing the black discal streak, and outside this some faint brownish lines. Hindwings also have the black discal streak, and beyond it some five or six waved brownish lines. Marginal line absent, or very faint. Fringe paler than above. Expanse of wings about one inch and a fifth.

It is very difficult to distinguish between this and Coremia

ypsilonaria in poor specimens. this species are the lining of the veins with whitish-grey, and the presence of distinct parallel brown lines on either side of the median belt.

The main points that mark out

Coremia (?) inamanaria, Guen.-Superior wings entire, acute at the apex, greenish-grey (perhaps quite green in fresh examples); all the extraordinary lines present but very indistinct, the two median ones rather more sensible, and the elbowed line darker above; fringes in good examples violaceous, divided by a line in the middle. Inferior wings whitish grey, powdered with violet atoms; some examples have a faint trace of lines, with the fringe as in the superior, preceded by indistinct geminated dots. The underside of all the wings is in part tinted with violet, with a cellular point and traces of two lines. Body concolorous without markings. Palpi scaly, projected in the form of a beak. Antennæ of female completely filiform.

As regards my examples rosy or reddish might replace violet in the above description. Fresh specimens have the forewings of a peculiar, dull, yellowish green.

Coremia ardularia, Guén.-Wings silky, very pale pinky-grey, with very indistinct traces of lines, save the two median ones, which are blackish upwardly and enclose a black dot very near the extra-basal; sub-terminal absent, preceded by a series of very small black nervural dots; below the apex is an indistinct greyish dash; inferior yet paler, without markings on the upperside; pale flesh-coloured beneath, mixed with black atoms, and with an indistinct median line formed of black atoms, and a cellular dot placed very near the costa. Body concolorous, without markings. Palpi prominent, as long as the head. Antennæ with very fine but long pectinations, filiform at the apex. panse of wings one inch and a tenth or under.

Ex

This seems to come very near to Coremia rosearia, Doubl. Coremia pastinaria, Guén.-Superior wings entire, the terminal margin straight, not falcate; wood-brown, traversed by a multitude of slender undulated brown lines; the median space circumscribed by two narrow bands of a dirty white, each divided in the middle by a brown line; this space, which includes several dark lines (of which the exterior two tend to form rings) encloses in the cellule an ashy-grey spot, prolonged and constricted on the costa and marked in its centre by a black dot; the subterminal line is whitish but very irregular, thickened in its lower portion and divided above by an oblique black mark; the fringe is preceded by black festooned marks, regular, but isolated by the nervures; inferior wings ochreous-yellow, somewhat shining, also bordered by black festoons, but with only faint traces of lines; beneath they are whitish yellow, with the same faint traces of lines formed by brown dots, and with a black cellular mark. Palpi rather broad, the second joint flattened and securiform, the third forming a very short tubercle. Abdomen marked with a row of geminated black dots. Expanse of wings 131⁄2 tenths of an inch.

This is given as a synonym of Cor. rosearia, Doubl., by Mr. Butler.

It was suggested by Mr. Butler in his "Lepidoptera of N.Z." that the series of moths named as Cidaria inclarata, descriptata, perductata, and congregata, with several synonyms, would prove variations of one species. Having been able to examine a great number of fresh specimens, I am assured that this is the case, and the name inclarata will therefore stand for the whole. With them I would also include Cidaria congressata, Walk., and even Coremia deltoidata may prove but an extreme variety of this species, distinguished only the falcation of its wings. No dependence can be placed on the shape of the wing, as this is quite as variable as the markings. I shall give the general character of the markings, noting where variation oftenest occurs.

Coremia inclarata, Walk. (Synonyms-Cidaria descriptata, bisignata, conversata, aggregata, congressata, Walker; Cidaria monoliata, inopiata, Felder).-Superior wings brown; basal area darker, bounded by a dark brown curved line, and containing a more slender dark line, and the commencement of a third on the costa very near the base. This basal area may be edged with whitish. Space between this and the median belt is sometimes brownish, with a faint trace of dark waved lines. Sometimes the inner edge of the central belt is edged with a whitish band lined with a brown line. Median belt dark brown and distinct, widest towards the costa. Outer bands of the median belt dark brown, shewing traces of waved black lines, the two interior of which tend to form circles round the central ashy area containing the black discal streak. Outer edge of median belt usually edged with a broadish white band containing at least two waved brown lines. Sub-marginal band blackish, obscure and clouded inside, waved and interruptedly edged with white outside. A light apical oblique streak, backed by a blackish marginal cloud. Marginal line black, interrupted by the veins. The margin may be clouded with blackish brown. Fringe silky and brownish. Inferior wings a reddish fawn colour of varying shades, with indications of waved black lines at the interior margin. Fringe and marginal line as in superior wings. Body and abdomen greyish. Abdomen with dorsal geminated black dots. Underside of forewings dull, testaceous, clouded with blackish below the apex. Discal streak black, and area of median belt blackish. Hind-wings dull greyish white, mottled. Discal streak black, and outside it indications of several brownish black lines. Expanse of wings one inch and three-fifths, and under.

The shape of the wings is more falcate than in Coremia pastinaria, and the white markings of the forewings wider. The median belt is also more obliquely set in the wing. The outer edge of this median belt may be nearly straight, or it may be much waved and very prominent about the middle.

Coremia deltoidata, Walk.-As I have said above, I am in

clined to think this a variety of Cid. inclarata.

Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi short, slightly rostriform.