
4. Pros. eribola, n. sp.
♂. 14–15mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark reddish-ochreous-brown. Antennæ brownish-ochreous, ringed with dark fascous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints pale yellowish, posterior tibiæ pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings oblong, posteriorly scarcely dilated, costa on basal half rather strongly arched, then straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique; dark reddish-ochreous-brown; a somewhat darker but very ill-defined central fascia from before middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, narrow on costa, suddenly dilated above middle, thence to inner margin rather broad: cilia dark reddish-ochreous-brown, terminal half pale reddish-ochreous, on costa barred with dark brown. Hindwings and cilia dark

fuscous; tips of cilia shortly below apex sometimes pale reddish-ochreous.
Otira River (3,000ft.), amongst forest, in January; four specimens. A distinct species, perhaps nearest P. zatrophana.
