77. Boarm. dejectaria, Walk. (Boarmia dejectaria, Walk., 394; Boarmia attracta, Walk., 394; Boarmia exprompta, Walk, 395; Tephrosia patularia, Walk., 422, Butl. Cat., pl. iii., 8; Tephrosia scriptaria, Walk., 422; Scotosia erebinata, Walk., 1358; Scotosia stigmaticata, Walk., 1359; Scotosia lignosata, Walk., 1361; Gnophos pannularia, Gn., E.M.M., v., 42; Scotopteryx maoriata, Feld., cxxvi., 4; Hemerophila (?) sulpitiata, Feld., cxxvi., 7; Hemerophila caprimulgata, Feld., cxxvi., 12. Male, female.—31–54 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin varying from crenate to strongly dentate; ochreous-fuscous, irregularly mixed and more or less suffused with dark fuscous, tending to form small fine strigulæ; a curved dentate dark fuscous line at ⅓; a small dark fuscous discal spot, sometimes centred with pale bluish-grey, sometimes forming an ocellated ring; an obscure darker irregular median shade; a curved dentate dark fuscous line beyond middle, more oblique than hindmargin; a very obscurely darker dentate subterminal line; often a small snow-white spot before middle of hindmargin. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin varying from crenate to strongly dentate; colour and lines as in forewings. Exceedingly variable; the variation in form of wing is curious. Taranaki, Makatoku (Hawke's Bay), Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, amongst forest, from November to March; thirty-seven specimens. 32. Barsine, n. g. Head tufted between antennæ, face with a slight cone of scales. Palpi moderate, densely scaled, porrected. Antennæ in male bipectinated (5–6). Forewings with vein 6 from below 9, 7 out of 9, 10 and 11 separate, 12 free. Hindwings normal. 78. Bars. panagrata, Walk. (Scotosia panagrata, Walk., 1360; Angerona menanaria, Walk., 1500; Epirrhanthis (?) antipodaria, Feld., cxxvi., 3; Hyperythra desiccata, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 495; Hyperythra arenacea, Butl., Cist. Ent., ii., 495.) Male, female.—33–44 mm. Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenate, apex faintly projecting; ochreous-fuscous, more or less mixed or suffused with dark fuscous; a dark fuscous curved dentate line at ⅓; a small transverse whitish ochreous or sometimes white discal spot, suffusedly margined with dark fuscous; a very obscure darker twice sinuate median shade; a dark fuscous dentate line at ⅔, curved outwards above middle; before the first line and beyond the second are often whitish-ochreous bands, tending to form several spots; an obscure dark fuscous dentate subterminal line. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin rounded, crenate; colour and markings as in forewings, but first and subterminal lines obsolete. Very variable. Masterton, Christchurch, and Akaroa, from March to May, amongst bush; twenty-three specimens.