( 565 ) XVII. Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from Neiu Zealand. By Edward Meyrick, B.A., F.Z.S., etc. [Read October I6t1i, 1901.] The following new species oi Lcpidoptcra from New Zealand were received from various sources ; those attributed to the late Mr. Fereday were included amongst his collections which came into the possession of the Christchurch Museum, and were referred to me for examination. CARADRINIDiE. Orthosia fortis, Butl. Toxocampa fortis, But!., Cist. Ent., ii, 549. A specimen, without locality, from Mr. Fereday 's collec-tion ; previously unknown to me, and apparently to Mr. Hudson also. It is too poor for description (the original type is also exceedingly poor), but it appears to be properly referable to Orthosia ; it can however be at once recognized as distinct from all other New Zealand species of the family by the peculiar black subbasal mark of the forewings, con-sisting of a small black triangular spot in disc near base, connected by anterior angle with a black triangular dilation of the lower end of subbasal line. Leucania toroneura, n. sp. S ■ 30-32 m.m. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen light brown-ish-ochreous, somewhat golden-tinged, terminal joint of palpi moderate. Antennoe moderately bipectinated to near apex. Legs pale ochreons. Forewings with costa almost straight, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded ; light brownish-ochreous ; veins marked with more or less distinct slender blackish streaks, especially median and subdorsal : cilia pale brownish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. Four specimens. Mount Cook, at 2500 feet, in December (G. V. Hudson). A neat and distinct species. TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1901. — PART IV. (DEC.)
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