The expansion of the wings is barely 1 inch. _The fore-wings are pale greyish-ochreous; there is an interrupted reddish-brown transverse band near the base; two faint, interrupted, shaded blackish lines, one at about one-third and the other at about two-thirds, enclosing between them a large central area, which contains a very distinct black dot above the middle, and several irregular shaded black marks; beyond this there is a wavy reddish-brown band; the apex of the wing is somewhat projecting, and the termen is considerably bowed._ The hind-wings are pale grey, with a paler central band, and numerous faint, wavy, darker grey lines. _The cilia of all the icings are white, banded with dark grey._ The perfect insect appears from November till January. Mr. Fereday states that it is a plain-frequenting species, especially attached to gorse hedges.[37] Described and figured from a specimen kindly given to me by Mr. Fereday. XANTHORHOE CHORICA, Meyr. (_Larentia chorica_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xx. 58.) (Plate VII., fig. 44.) A single specimen of this beautiful insect was taken at Akaroa by Mr. Fereday. The expansion of the wings is 1 inch. All the wings are pale ochreous. The fore-wings have a short transverse black mark from the costa near the base; a fine wavy white transverse line, followed by a wavy black band; _the middle of the wing is white, marbled with very pale blue; beyond this there is a broad black band wavy towards the termen, with a very prominent rounded projection near the middle_; there are two reddish-brown marks on the costa before the apex, a blackish patch on the termen below the apex, and a row of terminal black dots; the apex is slightly projecting, and the termen is strongly arched. The hind-wings have several fine blackish transverse lines near the base; a broad shaded band in the middle, and a terminal series of black dots. The perfect insect appears in January. Described and figured from the specimen in Mr. Fereday's collection. XANTHORHOE SUBOBSCURATA, Walk. (_Scotosia subobscurata_, Walk. 1358. _Larentia petropola_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 82.) This species has occurred in the South Island at the Otira Gorge. "The expansion of the wings is 39 mm. (1½ inches). Fore-wings moderate, termen rounded dark grey, densely irrorated with bluish-whitish; costa broadly suffused with ochreous-whitish anteriorly; a very obscure curved ochreous-whitish line towards base, anteriorly dark-margined; two obscure curved subdentate adjacent whitish lines about one-third, followed by a dark line; a blackish {67}discal dot; a very irregular dentate curved dark grey line beyond middle, followed by two adjacent whitish lines; a sharply dentate obscure whitish subterminal line, anteriorly dark-margined. Hind-wings moderate, termen rounded; markings as in fore-wings, but more obscure, paler and more suffused towards base.