"Face rough-haired or with projecting scales. Palpi moderate, porrected, with long dense rough hairs. Antennæ in male shortly ciliated. Thorax and coxæ densely hairy beneath. Posterior tibiæ with all spurs present. Fore-wings with areole double. Hind-wings with vein 8 anastomosing with cell from near base to beyond middle."--(Meyrick.) (Plate II., fig. 42, neuration of fore-wing. Hind-wing as in _Xanthorhoe_.) Of this genus we have four species in New Zealand. DASYURIS ENYSII, Butl. (_Fidonia enysii_, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 391, pl. xlii. 9. _Statira homomorpha_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 91. _Statira enysii_, ib. xvii. 65. _Stathmonyma enysii_, ib. xviii. 184.) (Plate VIII., fig. 28.) This species has occurred in the South Island on the Dun Mountain near Nelson, and at Mount Hutt. The expansion of the wings is about 1 inch. The fore-wings are greyish-brown, with numerous wavy blackish transverse lines; there is usually a wavy yellowish transverse stripe near the base, and another broader and more conspicuous stripe near the termen; the termen itself is broadly shaded with dark brown. The hind-wings are orange-yellow; there is a small dusky brown area near the base, then a faint straight transverse line, followed by a slightly waved conspicuous dark brown line; there is a very wavy broad dark brown line near the termen, and the termen itself is narrowly edged with dark brown. The perfect insect appears in January and February, and frequents stony situations on the mountains, at elevations of from 2,500 to 4,000 feet. I have taken numerous specimens on the "Mineral Belt," Dun Mountain, but have not yet met with it elsewhere. This insect is probably often mistaken during flight for _Notoreas brephos_, from which it may easily be distinguished by its _larger size, paler colouring, and simple antennæ of the male_. DASYURIS ANCEPS, Butl. (_Fidonia anceps_, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 392, pl. xliii. 3. _Statira anceps_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 91. _Stathmonyma anceps_, ib. xviii. 184.) (Plate VIII., fig. 29.) This species has been taken in the South Island at Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, and Arthur's Pass. The expansion of the wings is about 1-1/8 inches. _The fore-wings are bluish-grey; there are four wavy dark grey transverse lines_, the three lines nearest the base are double, and the line nearest the termen is shaded towards the base. _The hind-wings are pale yellow_; there is a small dusky area near the base, then a slightly curved grey line, followed by two curved dark grey lines {70}close together; there is a series of irregular blotches near the termen, and the termen itself is broadly edged with black near the apex of the wing, and narrowly near the tornus. The cilia of all the wings are bluish-grey, barred with dusky black.