Philpott. — Notes on Southern Lepidoptera. 169 



Atomotricha ommatias. 



An early spring species. Very common at sugar in April 

 and May. 



Brachysara sordida. 



Also an early species. Not so common as the preceding. 



Trachypepla euryleucota. 



A few in December. My specimens were all taken when 

 the manuka {Leptospermum) was in blossom. I am inclined 

 to think that as the moth sits at rest its white head, thorax, 

 and basal portion of wings are of protective value by reason of 

 their resemblance to an opening manuka-bud. 



Semiocosma peroneanella. 



Not common. Generally distributed. Through the kind- 

 ness of Mr. G. V. Hudson I have been enabled to compare the 

 northern S. peroneanella with this insect (Semiocosma mystis, 

 of Meyrick) and an^ unable to separate the species. The 

 character relied on by Mr. Meyrick as distinctive is by no 

 means constant in the southern forms. 



S. paraneura. 



Common at sugar in December and January. 



Gymnobathra calliploca. 



Very common in forest during summer. 



CEccphora epymilia. 



Comes occasionally to sugar in November and December. 



<E, griseata. 



I think that this species may be taken off our southern 

 lists for the present. I cannot find that Mr. Howes's examples 

 differ from hcmimochla. 



Phseosaces liochroa. 



Uncertain in appearance. I found it in some numbers in 

 the summer of 1901-2. 



Heliostibes electrica. 



Not uncommon in January. 



Erechthias fulguritella. 



Occasionally met with. 



Gracilaria linearis. 



Frequently taken at light, and common among rough 

 herbage during spring and summer. 



