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SPARGANOTHIDAE 



HoMONA Wkr. 

 Homona aestivana Wkr. 

 Ericia ncstivann Wkr., Cal. Lep. B.M. 35, 180;3 (1866). 



Ffl6.— Base Camp, Jan. 1913 : Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 2 SS. 

 Walker's Type is broken : these specimens have a small thoracic crest. 



Homona mermerodes Meyr. 

 Hnmona mrrmerodcs Meyr., Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.. 35 : 1910, 213-4, sp. U3 (1910). 



^a6.— Base Camp, Nov. 1912— Jan. 1913 ; Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912. 

 3 3S, 1 ?. 



TORTRICIDAE 



Megalodoris Meyr. 

 Megalodoris lamprostola, sp. n. (Dint.) 



Antennae purplish blackish. Palpi porrect, terminal joint dependent ; purplish 

 black. Head purplish black. Thorax metallic greenish fuscous. Forewings broad, 

 strongly arched at base, slightly sinuate beneath apex ; brilliant deep bluish, or bluish 

 black, with an outwardly oblique fascia, from the costa almost to the tornus, and the 

 whole basal area, with the exception of the extreme base, bright orange-yellow ; the 

 outer margin of the orange basal area is almost evenly convex from the costa at one- 

 fourth to the dorsimi at two-thirds ; the inner margin of the orange fascia leaves the 

 costa at about two-thirds, and is somewhat sinuate, the most noticeable projection of 

 the dark ground-colour occurring between veins 2 and 3 ; the outer margin of the 

 orange fascia is almost parallel with the inner, and limits a dark, triangidar, apical area, 

 the purplish colouring being continued narrowly around the termen at the base of the 

 blackish cilia. Exq). al. 35 mm. Hindwings dark purplish fuscous, with a conspicuous 

 orange-yellow marginal patch ; leaving the termen at vein 4, with convex edge, this 

 patch points toward a triangular, orange, costal patch, continuous with the orange 

 basal area of the forewings ; on the underside these orange markings form a continuous 

 fascia, much encroached on at vein 5 by a strong projection of the purplish black basal 

 area ; cilia blackish, orange-yellow adjacent to the marginal patch. Abdomen purplish 

 blackish, the terminal somite greyish ochreous, the preceding somite narrowly edged 

 with the same. Legs purplish blackish. 



Type ¥ (350341) B.M. 



Hab. — Base Camp, March 1913. Unique. 



A beautiful and distinct species. 

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