68 NEW ZEALAND MACRO-LEPIDOPTEBA. 



an obscure dentate yellowish or whitish subterminal line ; an interrupted black terminal line. Hind- 

 wings moderate, termen rounded ; dark fuscous ; two nearly straight lines before middle, faintly darker ; 

 a faint paler or sometimes whitish sinuate fascia beyond middle, margined and bisected with darker. 



" Varies slightly in distinctness of pale markings. 



"Mount Hutt and Lake Wakatipu (5,400 feet), on the open mountain sides, in 

 December and January; twelve specimens." — (Meyrick.) 



XANTHORHOE BULBULATA, Gn. 

 (Cidaria bulbulata, Gn., E. M. M. v. 91. Larcntia bulbulata, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 84.) 

 (Plate VIII., fig. 1.) 

 This species has occurred in the South Island at Kekerangu, Christchurch, Castle 

 Hill, and Dunedin. 



The expansion of the wings is barely 1 inch. The fore-wings are very pale brownish-ochreous ; 

 there is a brown area near the base ; a moderately broad brown central band with a distinct projection 

 near the middle ; the termen is broadly shaded with brown, with a wary paler line in the middle of 

 the shading ; there are often several oval paler marks in the middle of the central band, and pale 

 brown spots and lines between the darker brown markings. The hind-wings are bright orange, with 

 the cilia pale brown. 



The perfect insect appears from September till March, and frecpuents open, grassy 

 places, from the sea-level to elevations of from 2,000 to 3,000 feet. 



Genus 12.— LYTHEIA, Hb. 



" Face rough-haired or loosely scaled, antennae in male bi-pectinated, apex sometimes simple. 

 Palpi with long rough hairs. Thorax roughly hairy beneath. Fore-wings with areole simple. Hind- 

 wings with vein 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle." — (Meyrick.) (Plate II., figs. 39 and 40, 

 neuration of L. chrysopeda.) 



We have two interesting little species in New Zealand. The genus also occurs 

 in Europe, and probably elsewhere. 



LYTHEIA CHliYSOPEDA, Meyr. 

 (Arcteuthes chrysopeda, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xx. 48.) 

 (Plate VIII., fig. 33 S , 34 $> .) 

 This bright-looking little species has been taken in the South Island at Mount 

 Arthur. 



The expansion of the wings is about ;j inch. The fore-wings are eery dark, glossy brown • there 

 is a pale yellowish transverse line near the base, a broader, rather wary orange-yellow line a little before 

 the middle, another still broader at about two-thirds, and an indistinct fne line near the termen. The 

 hind-wings are rich orange-brown, with three broad, wary, dark brown transverse bands; the termen is 

 narrowly margined with dark orange-brown. The female is generally rather paler than the male, very 

 faintly marked specimens occasionally occurring. 



The perfect insect appears in January and February. It frequents the tussock 

 openings in the forest on the Tableland of Mount Arthur, at elevations of from 3,000 

 to 4,000 feet. In these situations it appears to be fairly abundant, flying actively in 

 the hottest sunshine. 



LYTHEIA EUCLIDIATA, Gn. 

 ICoremia euclidiata, Gn. x. 420. Corcmia glyphicata, ib. 420. Fidonia catapy.irha, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Load. 1H77, 392, pi. xliii. 2. Stratonice catapyrrhd, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 64. Stratonicc euclidiata, 

 ib xvii. (33. Arctesthes euclidiata, ib. xviii. 184. Arcteutlies euclidiata, ib. xx. 17.) 

 (Plate VII I. . tig. 3.-) 3 ■• 

 This pretty little species has occurred in the South Island at Lake Kotoiti near 

 Nelson, Lake Guyon, Otira Gorge, Dunedin, and Mount Linton near Invercargill. 



