"Antennæ in male filiform, moderately ciliated. Thorax with sharp compressed anterior and small posterior crest. Abdomen not crested."--(Meyrick.) Only one New Zealand species is known at present. {8}XANTHIA PURPUREA, Butl. (_Graphiphora purpurea_, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii. _Xanthia ceramodes_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 31. _X. purpurea_, ib. xx. 46.) (Plate V., fig. 32.) This handsome species has been found at Wellington in the North Island, and at Dunedin in the South Island. The expansion of the wings is 1½ inches. The fore-wings are rich, glossy reddish-brown with several scattered whitish scales; there is a distinct yellow mark on the costa at about one-fourth, forming the beginning of a broken transverse line; the orbicular is small, round, and yellowish; the reniform is small, crescentic and yellowish, _the space between the orbicular and the reniform is very dark blackish-brown_; beyond the reniform there is a conspicuous white mark on the costa forming the beginning of a second broken transverse line; a third shaded line is situated near the termen. The hind-wings are pale brown with a dark spot in the middle, very conspicuous on the under surface. The perfect insect appears from September till April. It is usually taken at sugar or light, but is not a very common species. Sub-family 2.--_MELANCHRIDES_. Eyes hairy. Genus 4.--PHYSETICA, Meyr. "Palpi with terminal joint in male greatly swollen, as broad as second, rather short, rounded, with an orifice in outer side, in female normal. Antennæ in male filiform, simple. Thorax and abdomen smooth."--(Meyrick.) (Plate II., fig. 8.) PHYSETICA CÆRULEA, Gn. (_Agrotis cærulea_, Gn., Ent. Mo. Mag. v. 38. _Physetica cærulea_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 5.) (Plate IV., fig. 7.) This fine species has occurred at Wellington in the North Island, and at Blenheim and Rakaia in the South Island. The expansion of the wings is 1-5/8 inches. _The fore-wings are slaty-blue_; there is an obscure, wavy, whitish transverse line near the base, two very wavy blackish lines at about one-third, a dark transverse shaded line across the middle, containing the orbicular spot, then a very wavy line followed by a darker space and a wavy, dull, whitish terminal line. Hind-wings dark grey, paler near the base, cilia shining white. The perfect insect appears in October, December, and January. Mr. Fereday states that it was formerly very common at blossoms. Genus 5.--LEUCANIA, Ochs. "Head rough-scaled; eyes hairy. Antennæ in male ciliated. Thorax with or without slight anterior crest. Abdomen not crested. "A very large cosmopolitan genus, equally common everywhere; it is a development of _Melanchra_, to which some of the New Zealand species give such a complete transition that a line of demarcation can hardly be drawn. The larvæ all feed on _Gramineæ_."--(Meyrick.) We have seventeen species. {9}LEUCANIA GRISEIPENNIS, Feld.