(_Mamestra griseipennis_, Feld., pl. cix. 22. _Chera virescens_, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii. 489. _Spælotis inconstans_, ib. 545; _Leucania moderata_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 7 (nec Walk.). _Leucania griseipennis_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xx. 44.) (Plate IV., fig. 8.) This species has occurred at Wellington in the North Island. In the South Island it has been taken at Mount Arthur, Lake Coleridge, Rakaia, Akaroa, and Lake Guyon. The expansion of the wings is 1½ inches. The fore-wings are dull greenish-grey; there are two obscure blackish transverse lines near the base and several dull white dots; _a very conspicuous transverse curved black shade near the middle, followed by an extremely jagged dull white transverse line, another less jagged transverse line near the termen; the orbicular is oval, pale, edged with black_; the reniform and claviform are also pale but inconspicuous; the cilia are tinged with brown. The hind-wings are grey _with the cilia wholly white_. The following variety, taken on Mount Arthur, is thus described by Mr. Meyrick:-- "_Var. A._ Thorax and fore-wings without ochreous tinge, with numerous white scales tending to form suffused spots and margins to lines; cilia distinctly barred with darker; hind-wings grey, with dark grey, irregular terminal band."[10] The perfect insect appears from November till March, and is said to be very common in certain localities. It has been taken at considerable elevations in the Nelson province (4,700 feet above the sea-level on Mount Arthur, by Mr. Meyrick and myself). In Wellington it is certainly a scarce species. LEUCANIA MODERATA, Walk. (_Agrotis moderata_, Walk., Suppl. 705. _Eumichtis sistens_, Gn., Ent. Mo. Mag. v. 39. _Mamestra sistens_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 19. _Leucania moderata_, ib. xx. 45.) This species has occurred at Rakaia in the South Island. It very closely resembles the preceding species, from which it is said to be distinguished by the cilia of the hind-wings, which are "partially grey in _Leucania moderata_, wholly white in _L. griseipennis_."--(Meyrick.) The perfect insect appears in February. I am unacquainted with this species. LEUCANIA TEMPERATA, Walk. (_Bryophila temperata_, Walk., 1648 (nec Meyrick). _Xylina inceptura_, ib. 1736. _X. deceptura_, ib. 1737. _Leucania temperata_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xx. 45.) "Terminal joint of palpi moderate; form of wing as in _Leucania griseipennis_, first and second lines whitish, inconspicuous, margined with black dots, second line evenly curved, subterminal perceptible; cilia grey, indistinctly barred with white. Hind-wings grey."--(Meyrick.) Described by Mr. Meyrick from the British Museum specimens. I am unacquainted with this species. LEUCANIA NULLIFERA, Walk. (_Agrotis nullifera_, Walk., Noct. 742; Butl., Voy. Ereb., pl. ix. 5. _Alysia specifica_, Gn., Ent. Mo. Mag. v. 3. _Leucania nullifera_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 7.)