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64. Stat. homomorpha, n. sp. Male.—28 mm. Forewings moderate, costa rather abruptly arched near base, hindmargin slightly rounded; dark fuscous-grey, with numerous irregular darker striæ; a pale curved fascia towards base, mixed with whitish and bisected by a dark line; a second about ⅓; a third beyond middle, irregularly dentate and sinuate; an obscure pale subterminal line. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded; bright orange; basal space up to first line mixed with dark fuscous; a nearly straight line about ⅓, a second more obscure beyond and parallel to it, a third irregularly angulated and subdentate beyond middle, a narrow irregular interrupted subterminal fascia, and a dentate hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous. Forewings and hindwings beneath orange, with a straight line before middle, an angulated line beyond middle, an interrupted subterminal fascia, and a hindmarginal fascia blackish; two additional anterior incomplete lines in forewings. Readily identified by the postmedian line of the hindwings. Mount Hutt, in January (Mr. R. W. Fereday); five specimens. 65. Stat. anceps, Butl. (Fidonia anceps, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 392, pl. xliii., 3.) Male.—27–30 mm. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, hindmargin slightly rounded; dark fuscous-grey, irrorated with bluish-whitish; the absence of the irroration produces numerous irregular dentate sinuate darker striæ; two before middle and two beyond middle more strongly marked, enclosing a moderately broad clear space, containing a blackish discal dot; a darker subterminal shade, and another on hind-margin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded; rather deep ochre-ous-yellow; basal space up to first line mixed with dark fuscous; a straight line about ⅓, two somewhat curved parallel median lines, an irregular partially-interrupted subterminal fascia, and a hindmarginal fascia dark fuscous. Forewings and hindwings beneath yellow, with a straight line before middle, an angulated line beyond middle, an interrupted subterminal fascia, and a hindmarginal fascia blackish. Constant; less intensely coloured than its allies. Nelson, Arthur's Pass (3,000 feet), and Castle Hill (3,100 feet), in January, settling on bare ground and roads; twelve specimens. 66. Stat. hectori, Butl. (Euclidia hectori, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 387, pl. xlii., 4.) Male.—33 mm. Forewings moderate, costa abruptly arched near base, hindmargin almost straight or slightly rounded; dark fuscous-grey, irrorated with bluish-whitish; markings obscurely blackish; an irregular curved dentate line near base; a strongly-marked irregular twice sinuate line about ⅓, closely followed by a similar less marked line; a small discal spot;