Watt. — Study of New Zealand Entomology. 247 



Dvar. " A Combination of Two Classifications of Lepidoptera," Jour. 



* N.Y. Ent. Soc, 1895, pp. 17 et seq. 

 Dvar. " Kelationship of Pyralidae and Pterophoridae from the Larvae," 



Entom. News, Feb., 1895. 

 Dvar. " Larvae of the Higher Bombyces," Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.. 



xxvii, pp. 127 et seq. 

 Chapman. " Observations on Larval Prolegs," Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.. 



1893, pp. 97 et seq. 

 Chapman. " Notes on Micro-Lepidoptera whose Larvae are External 



Feeders," Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.. 1894, pp. 335 et seq. 

 Poulton. '" On the Ontogeny of Sphinx convolvuli and Aglia tau," Trans. 



Ent. Soc. Lond., 1888, pp. 515 et seq. 

 Tutt. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep., vol. 1, ch. v, vi, and viii : vol. 2, ch. i. 

 Tutt. " Hints for the Field Lepidopterist," ch. iv. 



The Pupa. 



Chapman. " On a Lepidopterous Pupa with Functionallv Active Man- 

 dibles," Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.. 1893, pp. 255 et seq. 



Tutt. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep., vol. 2, ch. iii, iv, and v. 



Tutt. '" Hints for the Field Lepidopterist," pt. iii. ch. v. 



Chapman. " Notes on Pupae," Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond., 1896, pp. 129 

 et seq. 



Chapman. " On some Neglected Points in the Heterocerous Pupa," Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond., 1893, pp. 118 et seq. 



Chapman. "' The Phylogeny and Evolution of the Lepidoptera from a 

 Pupal and Oval Standpoint." Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1896, pp. 567 

 et seq. 



Packard. " A New Classification of the Lepidoptera," " Bombycine Moths 

 of America.^" 1895. 



No. 1. Plusia chalcites Esp. 



Plusia chalcites Esp., Schmitt., 447, pi. 141, 3. P. verticillata Guen., 

 Noct., 2, 344. P. rogationis, ib., 344. P. argentifera Guen., 

 ib., vi, 352. P. eriosoma Dbld.. Dieff. N.Z., 285 ; Butl., Voy. 

 Ereb., pi. x, figs. 1, 2 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst,, xix, p. 36 ; Feredav. 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxx, p.* 336 ; Butl., Cat. Lep. N.Z., p. 9, tab. 3, 

 figs. 1,2; Hudson, N.Z. Entomology, p. 82, pi. 10, figs. 8, 8a ; 

 Buller, Trans. N.Z. Inst,, xiii, p. 237 ; Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vi, p. 175. P. chalcites, Hudson, N.Z. Moths and Butterflies, p. 35, 

 pi. vi, fig. 3 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xliv, p. 104 ; Lewis, ib., 

 xxxiii, p. 187 ; Meyr., ib., xlii, p. 69 ; Hamilton, ib., xliii, p. 122 ; 

 Longstaff, ib., xliv, p. 113 ; Watt, ib., xlvi, p. 69 ; Hudson, ib., 

 xxxiii, p. 187. 

 The above bibliography refers only to the native species. 



The Ovum. 



This I have already described in detail elsewhere (Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 xlvi, p. 69, pi. i, fig. 10). 



Egg-laying. 



The eggs are laid singly on the underside of the leaves of the food plant. 

 The moth rarely lays more than one egg to a leaf. They are well attached, 



