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X. cataphracta Meyr. (24 i). A large and qiüte Orfholilha-Wke species, the median liand of the forowiiig mtaphnula. 

 broadly hioken into two, the rather strong distal hands cut by a con.sjjicuous oblique apical mark. Palpus rather 

 Short. The original description. made from $5 (which are generally smaller than the J'cJ), seems to Cover bot h 

 this and the following species, but the first mentioned locality (Artluir"s Pass) should point to the present species 

 as type, and the name has been restricted in this sense. Ocr-urs also in tiie soutli. 



X. declarata Front (24 1). A link between cala phrartd and rluratn. liaving more nearly the colouring rhrhimln. 

 of the former, the raarkings of the lattei-. Lake Wakatijni distiid : ücn l.omond and (,»neensto\vn; also reeorded 

 from the Takitimii ]Mountains. 



X. clarata Walk. (24 1). Easily distinguished by the ochreous or yellow tone, which is very pronounced cUirala. 

 on the almost miieolorous hindA^ing above and on parts of the forewing bcncath. Palpus longer than in the 

 two preceding, at least twice the diameter of the eye. Widely distributcd in Xew Zealand, up to 4700 feet. 

 Speeimens from higli altitudes are said to be larger and of a lightoi- colour. 



X. citroena Clarke (24 1) is "evident ly allied to rhinifa" but immediately recognizable by its deep orange cilroena. 

 colouring. o 32 — 3G mm, $ 28 — 30 mm. Forewing suffused with deep orange; 2 or 3 whitish arched fasciae 

 near base, 2 median, attenuated or more or less interrupted in middle. jiartly bordered with bro\\'nish; beyond 

 middle a whitish fascia. waved. angulated about middle; a wavy subterminal; fringes barred with brownish. 

 Hindwing deep orange, with lighter suffusion alternating with brownish. Several taken at the edge of the Franz 

 Josef Cdacier, Westland (N. Z.); evidently local. no links with darala known. 



X. glaciata Huds. (24 1). Ex])anse almost U, inch. Forewing with co.sta strongly arched near apex; glnciaUi. 

 bright yellowisli ochreons. with blackish-brovvn and bluish-white markings, tiie basal jjatch being of the latter 

 colour, a dark terminal patch similar to that of prymnaea; centre of median area bluish-white, heavily dark- 

 sprinkled. Hindwing pale brownish ochreous, with a broad suffused terminal band; a grey discal dot. Mount 

 Moltke, S. ^^'estland, 5600 feet. A "lieautiful species". eonjecturally jilaced here. 



X. prymnaea Meyr. (24 1). Another very pretty species with the general colouring yellow. the median pri/nituiea. 

 band of the forewing broad, containing a clear white area; the terminal clouding behind the apex is obliquely 

 bounded anteriorly, reminiscent of the Lygris-Eustrorna group of the Palaearctic Region. Mount Arthur Table- 

 land, New Zealand. 3600—4200 feet. 



X. cymozeucta Meyr. (= obarata Meyr., nee Feld.) (241). This and the following have been confused. cumozeucia. 

 The species, with the highly sinuate and c r e n u 1 a t e distal margins and with the less bright colouring, 

 which Meyrick determined as obarata. is not that of Felder according to the type, but is conspecific with 

 the form from Ohakune. of which Meyrick's later description (1913), though not very perfect, is quite good 

 enough: he himself and Hudson, Howes and Philpott are in agreement as to its belonging here. I have a 

 good series from Temuka and Meyrick's first revision (accomiaanied by an excellent description of the present 

 species as "obarata") gives "Wellington. C'hristcliurch and at the foot of Mount Hutt; a plain-frequently species 

 esjjecially attached to gorse-hedges '. Htdson gives a wide distribution but indicates that it has become scarcer 

 of recent years. 



X. obarata Feld. (= chorica Meyr.) (25 a). Shape less extreme, both wmgs above with some brighter olmrala. 

 brown suffusions, forewing with a dark terminal patch nearly as in j>rynmaea, underside Avith some bright red- 

 dish distal shades. Meyrick, having (in 1884) misidentified Felder's rather ])oor figm-e, separated off (hi 1888) 

 the wrong species as new, probably without Consulting afresh the said figure. Very local, though found here 

 and there from Ohakune to Invercargill. P'elder's type was not localized; Meyrick's came from Akaroa. 



X. bryopis Meyr. (25 b). Expanse 29 — 32 mm. The olive-greenish tinge in the yellow groimd-colour bri/oi'i'^. 

 may prol)ably be more vivid in freshly emerged speeimens. Palpus moderate, heavily scaled. Antenna with 

 the pectinations of the outer series long, of the inner moderate. A very distinct specües. Described on qq from 

 Mount Arthur, 4500 feet. - cosmodora Meyr.. 1 $ taken with bryopis. may be its $; 27 mm; much paler, basal cosmodora. 

 and median areas edged with black and again witli white, postmedian line with stronger prominences than in 

 bryopis. white central band of median area interrujjted in middle, hindw ing better marked. 



X. nebulosa Philpott. Expanse 34 mm. Pectinations rather short. Forewing with costa strongly arched, whuln.sfi. 

 sinuate in the middle. termen slightly sinuate; ochreous grey-whitisli. distal margin broadly greyish-fuscous; 

 lines brown, antemedian irregularly subdentate. curved, postmedian irregulär, with slight tri]ile projection in 

 the middle. Hindwing with median and broad terminal bands. Marlborougli district. New Zealand. Near 

 subobscurata, but smaller and differently marked. 



