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L. philpotti Prutd {- beata Meyr.. nee Hiill.) (2(1 h) was long confbundcd witli beala l)nt was caiefuUy philpoUi. 

 differentiateil liy tlic late Mr. A. Philpott and is really quite easy to distingnisli. (!cll-niark wanting, hindwing 

 tinged w ith vinaceons, at least distally and on the base of the fringe, discocellulars niuch less angulatcd tlian 

 in beata. It occurs in some localities with bcata (e. g. tlic Taraina Monntains and rnvorcargill). bnt is ^lerhaps 

 niost prevalent in the T«ike Wakatipu district. 



L. limonodes M< >/>■. (26 h). Different froni all the [nereding LarDiliii in shajie. the distal niargins being limonndes. 

 somewliat sinuous; this. and freqnently a dark terminal ])a1(h behind a })ale apical nne nn the Forewing. give 

 a somewhat Asapliodes-Wke appearance to it. Moderately \ariable. the dark lin(\s ol the lorewing generally 

 strongest anterioily. the white lines niore or less jinnct ilorni. Distributed in New Zealand. but not coniinon, 



L. prasinias Mci/r. (2(ih) is easily recognized by its bright ochre-yelluw colouiing and the strongly ißnixitiUi-i. 

 spotted liinges. According to Hidson, who gives as its distribution Monnt Egnionl and t'roni Monnt Ailhur 

 to Invereargill, it is nsnally tonnd in beech forests or snbalpine sci'nb at elevations of al>ont 'MHH) t'cet and is 

 particularly attaehed to Coprosma parviflora; but in the extreme south it beeomes a Iowland inseet. 



L. farinata Warr. (2(1 e). A sim]ile grey species. the markings weak. least so at the costal margin oi the inriutilu. 

 forewing. The 5 miteinial peetinations are rather long, widely spaeed and numbering little over 20 in eaeh 

 series. Wellington, taken in the Botanieal (Jardens. 1 do not knov\ v\ hether its native habitat has yet been 



diseovered. 



L. cinerearia l>bld. (= invexata WaJk., inoperata Wnlh.. dilTusaria W<tlk.. inl'usata ]V<tlk.. adonata rimri'arui. 

 Feld.) (2(i i). .Mncli smaller. of a paler grey and with a tinge of bimvn; the markings stronger. with the central 

 projections of the postmedian sharper. About as many antennal joints are peetinated. Conimon and very 

 generally distributed in New Zealand. 



L. eupitheciaria (Jucn. (2(ji). Whiter than cinerearia, the markings weak except at the costal margin. iKpilhecia- 

 where they are greatly strengthened. On an average larger. sonietimes quite as large as farinata, but very *"" 



different in aspect. Local. Iti forest land at 2500 to 4000 feet altitnde. Possibly a mountain form of cinerearia. 



L. oropliyla Mryr. (26 i). Easily distinguished from semijissala by its greyish c-oloui' and the straight orophyUt. 

 antemedian line. To students of the Palaearctic faiuia it often slightly recalls Xanthorhoe »iimilata ishindicaria. 

 thougli with straighter antemedian. The largest and most similarly coloured examples of A'. ro'iearia. with which 

 Meyrick compared it. have also a curved antemedian, besides longer peetinations and different hindwing 

 venation. Distributed in the monntains of southern New Zealand. in open conntry. from 25(to to 4000 feet. 



L. semifissata Walk. (5 = ypsilonaria Gwe«.. '■:^ delicatulata fri/e«.) (2() i). Somewhat variable in colour. xiinijUnata. 

 especially the j, but ct)nstant in its pronounced sexual dimorphisra. In the o the median band is not broader 

 than in orophyla, perhaps on an average not so broad, the areas on either side of it weakly marked; the $ is 

 broader banded, darkei'. with strong lines and shades in proximal and distal areas. Both sexes have the median 

 vein and 3rd radial ])ale on the central band, also (at least in the V) the Ist median. New Zealand. \\'idel\- 

 distributefl and conunon. in open forest districts. 



L. lophogramma Miyr. (2(1 i) differs from aonifissala in the iluUer and daiker J. with inore indented Itiiilnxjram- 

 distal edge of the median band and withont the black dots on the veins. the hindwing deep ochreous. without 

 markings; , less .sharply marked than that o\' semifissata and lacking the pale veins. wliile the hindwing is 

 without the transverse lines. Castle Hill. ("hristchurch-West. 



L. chlamydota Meyr. (2(1 i). Very distinct in the wing-form and the sha])e of the broad. richly coloured chlamydoia. 

 median band. Hindwing always orange-yellow. but usually clouded ovei- with grey excepting a postmedian 

 band. Both wings beneath are rather dark but variegated and have a striking series of w hite sul)terminal spots. 

 Distributed in New Zealand from Christchurch to inveicargill; also Tokaatui. W'aiouru ».V: Wellington. North 

 Islantl. 



L. bulbulata <lnen. (20 1). A rather sniall species. known at once by its clear orange hindwing. with Imlliulalu. 

 narrow dark iiorder or dark terminal line. Both wings beneath predominantly orange, though less vivid. Dis- 

 tributed in South Island. New Zealand. from sea level to 2oo(» oi' ."JOOO feet. 



L. petrodes Tum. This was at tir.st regarded as a variety of the following and nierely differentiated pclrodc.^. 

 as having the ""forewing grey rather than blackish, with pale ochreous-brown suffusion near base and in parts 

 of disc". Later (Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl.. Vol. 2!t, p. 70) Tuknkk stated that it was ""a very di.stinct species" 

 and that ""in addition to the differences in the forewing the hindwing is free from marking except elo.se to dorsum 

 [hindmargin] and termen, and in the J there is a subcostal spot of modified ochreous scales on upper surface. 

 to which there is nothing similar in L. dascia". Queensland; VVarwick (loc. typ.) and Victoria: (iisborne. 



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