XANTHORHOH By L. B. Phoit. 2ö1 



X. infantaria (luen. (= plumbea Phil polt) (2,") i). Closely siiiiilar to L. citierearia aiid with iicarly the inianiarUi. 

 same antennal stviicture; easily sepaiated by tlit' veiiation: further, the clear grey groiiiul-colour lacks alto- 

 gethei- tlie biüwnisli suffusion, except tliat a faint iiulication of such is oecasionally obscrvable on a nairow 

 subteniiinal band. (i)ueenstown, November to early in January. Also cornnion in Januaiv on ]\Iount Cook. 

 Guenee's type, not exaetly loealized. whieh has been assimied to bclong to L. f/**f/-m ;•/>/. is really a small. 

 soniewhat faded 7 <if the piesent species. 



X. CO suppressaria Walk. (25 c). Founded on 2 Jf fioin Aiicklaiid, tlic tyjie in good condition except suppresm- 

 tliat it (as also tlie paratype) has lost its abdomen. I feel pretty confickMit that it is misj)laccd and should be '"'"• 



a Ewphyia or Horisme, closely related to the Australian E. sererafn (Jiioi.. with -which it agrees in palpus. venation, 

 etc. I suppose it is distingiiishable from that variable s)iecies. and not an accidental introduction into Xew 

 Zealand: the distal niargins seeni soniewhat more crcniilate and the oblique ochraceous-butf streak is broader 

 and clearcr. the underside ratlier darker. 



X. venipunctata Wall.-. ( ]).><aniathodes Miyr.. hu-idata fliids.. nee Wall.-.) (2.") c). Unniistakable on roiipinicta- 

 account of the alniosl straiglit ternicn and markings ot the forcwing; postniedian edgeil with white dots on '"• 



the veins. Palpus and pectinations long. Widely tlistributed in New Zealand, including Stewart Island; also 

 on the Chatham Islands. 



X. lucidata ]\'nlL-. (= robustaria Walk.. ])ractica Meyr.) (2.") c). Much more variegated. generally in tlie liiciddhi. 

 ij' with a good deal of white in the distal aiea (^VALKER■s type of roljiislari<( shows this); ]) o s t m e d i a n 1 i n e 

 o f f o r e w i n g s i n n a t e. New Zealand. the Walker types (as usual) without exact location; practica was 

 described froni the Motueka Valley, near Nelson. Distiibuted but rare. Auckland to Dunedin. ab. plurimata yturimata. 

 Wall', is a $ form with the median area strongly blackcned. 



X. cinnabari Hoves (= cinnabaris Meyr.) (25 d) is a pretty, yellow species. evidently an intruder be- cinnalmri. 

 tween hicidata and its near ally rosearia, but I have conserved as nearly as possible Meyrick's sequence. The 

 type has on the forewing a strongly flarkened median band, but the commoner forms rctain here more nearly 

 the ground-colonr. except on the dark bordering lines; in either case the area is edged on each side with white. 

 -- Only in ab. obsoleta nov. do the dark and the wliite lines bccome practically obsolete, leaving only very obsolefa. 

 shado\\y traces of a median liand. (larvie Moinitains: the type 03 of both forms are fi'om Nevis, in my col- 

 lection. The luiderside is in all ciinialMiri very wcakly markefl. 



X. rosearia Dbid. (= ardularia Giien., inamoenaria Guen.) (25 d). Variable, but readily distinguishable ronearh. 

 from lucidata on the upperside by the strongly curved proximal edge of the median band: the band itself is 

 less strongly developed. sometimes very little darkened, commonly only darkened about its 2 or 3 i)roximal 

 and 3 distal lines. When freshly emerged, both sexes are brighter. the ,^ more rosy-tinged. the 5 yeilow-green 

 rather than yellow. Palpus somewhat over twice diameter of eye; pectinations rathei- long. ^\'idely distributed 

 and common in New Zealand. Larva light green. with indistinct longitudinal whitish lines. the head greenisli- 

 yellow. Feeds on «atercress. i'npa very dark ))rownish-black. glossy. spun-u]) among debris on the .surface 

 of the ground. 



S. subductata Walt. (2."> d) is separated by Meyrick frt)m rosearia. on 1 V from Auckland. w ith no suhdmUiki. 

 comparative description; iicriiajis he lelied on the only "slighth" curved antemedian and j)ossibly the ""yellow- 

 greenish" tone, his rosearia 7 t being discolonred to ochreous or yellowish. I figure the original, which is also 

 an Auckland $; it will be seen that it has quite the normal antemedian of rosearia. but only measures 23 nun 

 (Meyrick's $ 2(5 mm); its underside has just the sanie reddish tinge as in all rosearia. Hunsox says it ha.s 

 occurred also at Kaeo and "appears to be contined to the extreme north of the North Island", but .strongly 

 (and very justifiably) doubts its valklity as a si^ecies; he figures as sxbdiictata a pale ochreous biow n 7, eertainly 

 not like the original (!). 



X. homalocyma Meyr. (^ rosearia part., Meyr. olim. nee Dhld.) (25 d). from the Chatham Islands, /(owi/ocf/)««. 

 expands 22 to 2.s mm. the o generally the larger, antennal pectinations long. "Somewhat intermediate between 

 rosearia and subductata; markings mucli as in subductata. but forewing without the characteristic yellow-greenish 

 mixture", distal edge of median band much less jjiominent in middic. "It also approaches the larger Tasmanian 

 centroneura, which however is reddish-tinged and has distinct band of median Striae on hindwing", etc. Hind- 

 wing here very weakly marked. Founded on 27 si)iMimens. 



X. oropliylloides Huds. (^ i.ioiihyloides Meyr.) (25 d). "Very closely allicd to orophyla [Larenlia] and omphylloi- 

 rosearia but with narrower wings"; forewing jjale bluish grey, median band generally jialer and browner than "'•"'• 



the rest of thewing; hindwing pale grey. Auckland Island and Campbell Island; generic position uncertahi (the 

 species unknown to me). 



