„ Transactions. 



Ovum. Plate II, fig- 6. 

 ^r'r^em^herical ■ top and bottom flattened, and of equal area. 

 nZn^^^^"^^^ height, 0-58 mn,; dieter 



0i 7 C uZ^?™^V—^- From the microbe about fourteen 

 Scu^i«»e. very I r . fcs radiate towards ^ equatoi , n . 



§ ! X^T kl7k°™L^ from the equator, on the upper portion 

 verging below At «igM Q ^^^ ^ makmg abou t 



of the egg, they are l^d b yo me reticulations traverse the egg at 



lations. ™-™™^L de pth 0-02-0-03 mm. These, of course, di- 

 0-09 mm. ; width, 0-02 mm. , aeptn.u u* 



surrounded by . ^and of M eeu he- ^ J d on m &e top of the egg 



ribs originate, lbe rosette is raiseu » Measurements : Diameter of 



and the mioropyle is sunk crater-like in '*• ^""^th , hexagonal 

 microBvle 0-01 mm. ; diameter of rosette, 0-1)8 mm. , tengtn 

 SS'unding rosette <H* mm. , widtl ■« >mm 



^ B 7 S pear\; ^rTabou tti -Lrrow band of light brown 



^ttSo^e^^^^^ 



yeU ZL and LaidT R iy and in small lots of four or five. Well attached to 



j -rk „™Kov TTip -neriod of incubation is about eleven ucvys. -^ 

 erne r"ugh the to^of the egg to one side of the micropyle, and makes 



its first meal off the shell. 



(Described, 17th November, 1912.) 



Melanchra mutans Walk. t . 



Hadenda mutans Walk., Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus., 11, p. 602. H ^™ 

 fusca Walk., ib., p. 603. Mamestra angusta FeW Re«e der 

 Nov t>1 cix fig. 18. M. mutans Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. i», 

 Til .Fereday List N.Z. Lep., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 30, p. 333. 

 "mZncnZtLs Hudson, KZ. Moths and Butterflies, p. 18, 

 nl 4 fio-s. 34, 35, 36. , 



One of- commonest moths in Wanganu, ; taken in great numbers 

 at " sugar," and much attracted by light. 



Ovum. Plate II, figs. 1 and 5. 



SW^S^rse section circular. Longitudinal section Base flat, 

 top Sly flattened, sides bulged, equator equidistant from the poles. 



