Hudson. — On Macro-lepidoptera in Neiv Zealand. 355 



3. Subfamily CAMPONOTINiE, Forel, 1878. 



Melophorus, Lubbock, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., 1883, p. 51. 



Prolasius, Forel, Mitt. Schw. Linn. Ent. Ges., 1892. 



(19.) M. advena, Smith. 



Formica advena, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1862, 



p. 53. 

 Formica zelandica ('(), Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., 



1878, p. 6 ( ? ). 

 Prenolepis advena, Mayr., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 



1886. 

 Prolasius advena, Forel, Mitt. Schw. Ent. Ges., 1892. 

 Lasius advena, Dalla Torre Cat., 1893. 

 Melophorus (Lasiophanes) advena, Emery, Act. Soc. 



Scien. Chili, 1895, p. 16. 



Prenolepis, Mayr., 1861. 

 (20.) Pr. longicornis, Latr.,* Hist. Nat. Journ., 1802. 

 Formica longicornis, Latr. 



Prenolepis longicornis, Roger, Verzeichn J. Formic, 

 1863. 

 Summa. — Twenty forms (nineteen species and one variety). 



Art. XXXV. — On some New Species of Macro-lepidoptera m 



New Zealand, 



By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. 



[Bead before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 2nd November, 1904.] 



Plate XXII. 



Caradrinina. 

 Orthosia pallida, n. sp. 



Two specimens of this insect were taken by Mr. H. W. Sim- 

 monds at Napier in April, 1903. 



The expansion of the wings is nearly 1| in. The fore wings 

 are pale-cream colour ; there is a very obscure wavy grey trans- 

 verse line near the base, another at about -£-, and another at 

 about f, the space between the second and third lines being 

 slightly shaded with brown. The hind wings are almost white, 

 slightly shaded with grey near the termen. The head and thorax 

 are cream-colour, and the abdomen whitish-ochreous. 



This is an obscure species, and may perhaps ultimately 

 prove to be a bleached or pale variety of some other species 

 already described. Mr. Simmonds, however, assures me that he 

 has no reason to doubt his specimens represent a distinct species. 



* A cosmopolitan species (transported by ship). 



