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 Art. II. — Notes By and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera.

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B R A R Y

E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S.

Communicated by G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. [Read before

1

AM

of

the

Wellington Philosophical Society, Qth

May,

1908.]

again indebted for the material of these notes to the energetic assistance valued correspondents, Mr. G. V. Hudson, of Wellington, and Mr.

my

A. Philpott, of Invercargill.

Caradrinid^. Leucania phaula, Meyr. L. neurce, Philp. (Trans. N.Z. Inst.,

1904, 330),

is

a

synonym

of this

Mr. Philpott kindly sent me two examples of his species, himself this is undoubtedly suggesting that it might be identical with my phaula, and the case. species.

Plusiad^. Plusia transfixa, Walk. sent me several examples of this species from the Thames common and widely distributed in eastern Austraha, where from New it has not been hitherto recorded it is undoubtedly native Zealand, and may perhaps have only recently succeeded in introducing

Mr.

Hudson It is

district.



itself.

wide

The

species of this genus are strong

and bold

fliers,

and can cross

seas.

Hydriomenid^. Eucymatoge

anguligera, Butl.

S t 32-37 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, partially sprinkled thorax with an irregular transverse anterior reddishwith brown-reddish Abdomen whitish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous or dark-fuscous hne. brown-reddish, with a bar of blackish suffusion on apex of second segment, and sometimes a double dorsal series of blackish dots. Forewings triangular, .



costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, obUque, strongly waved pale brownish-ochreous, with numerous waved ferruginousbrown striae, tending to be somewhat marked with black on veins and costa median band somewhat paler through obsolescence of strioe, limited by groups of striae more distinctly marked with black, anterior curved, posterior rounded-prominent beneath costa and in middle, latter prominence suffused



an oblique subapical patch of darker brown suffusion, its and running from above median prominence to apex defined upper edge cilia pale ochreous mixed with brown-reddish, basal half sprinkled with with blackish





dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded, irregularly waved-dentate colour and stria? as in forewings, but prominences of median band nearly

obsolete



a blackish discal dot



ciUa as in forewings.