"I took one fine specimen in a wooded gully near Castle Hill, at 3,100 feet, in January."--(Meyrick.) XANTHORHOE ÆGROTA, Butl. (_Selidosema ægrota_, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii. 499. _Larentia ægrota_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 80.) (Plate VII., fig. 37 [M].) This rather inconspicuous species has occurred at Palmerston and Kaitoke in the North Island; and at Christchurch, Dunedin, and Lake Wakatipu in the South Island. It has also been taken at Stewart Island. The expansion of the wings is about 1-1/8 inches. _The fore-wings are dull ochreous-brown; there are several indistinct wavy blackish lines near the base, a black dot above the middle, then three or four more lines, followed by a cloudy shading on the termen._ The hind-wings are pale ochreous-brown. _The cilia of all the wings are dull ochreous-brown barred with black._ The perfect insect appears from November till March and is sometimes very common. It usually frequents rather open situations in the neighbourhood of forest, and I have often observed it amongst the bushes of "Wild Irishman" (_Discaria toumatou._) It is extremely abundant on the banks of the River Dart, at the head of Lake Wakatipu. XANTHORHOE LUCIDATA, Walk. (_Larentia lucidata_, Walk. 1200. _Coremia plurimata_, ib. 1321. _Panagra venipunctata_, ib. 1666. _Larentia psamathodes_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 81. _Larentia lucidata_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvii. 64.) (Plate VII., fig. 38 [M].) This rather dull-coloured species has occurred at Napier, Palmerston, and Wellington in the North Island, and at Dunedin in the South Island. The expansion of the wings is 1 inch. _The fore-wings are dull yellowish-brown; there are numerous fine, almost straight blackish lines parallel to the termen, forming four more or less distinct transverse bands_; the first at the base rather broad, the second a little before the middle, the third beyond the middle, and the fourth just before the termen; there is a black dot a little above the middle of the wing, and the veins are marked with white dots between the transverse bands. The hind-wings are pale brownish-ochreous; there are numerous, rather faint, wavy, blackish, transverse lines, which are much more distinct near the dorsum. There is a series of distinct black dots on the termen of both fore- and hind-wings. The perfect insect appears during the winter months from March till August. It is rather a scarce species, but on mild evenings it is sometimes taken at light. XANTHORHOE HELIAS, Meyr. (_Larentia helias_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 81.) (Plate VII., fig. 40.) Two specimens of this species have been taken at Dunedin in the South Island.