62 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [EfOomology. 



Xanthorhoe orophylloides. (p. 68.) 



A single specimen only, taken by Captain Dorrien-Smith at the head of the 

 North Arm, Carnley Harbour. (Plate II, fig. 12.) 



Xanthorhoe oxjrptera. (p. 67.) 



I am also indebted to Captain Dorrien-Smith for a single specimen of this 

 interesting species, which was also found at the head of the North Arm of Carnley 

 Harbour. The outline of the wings is distinct and remarkable, and has been repro- 

 duced in the figure from an impression taken from the actual specimen on photo- 

 graphic paper. (Plate II, fig. 23.) 



Drepanodes neoselena. (p. 70.) 



Four specimens of this large and striking insect were captured in forest to the 

 west of the large stream near Camp Cove, Carnley Harbour. Like its New Zealand 

 relative, D. muriferata, it is attached to Polypodium Billardieri, which is very 

 abundant in the rata forest in that locality, and on which its larva probably feeds. 

 It is much larger and darker in colour than its New Zealand ally. (Plate II, 

 fig. 13.) 



Protyparcha scaphodes. (p. 71.) 



Seventeen specimens of this very distinct little species were taken during hot 

 sunny intervals amongst tussock-grass in openings in the rata forest near a small 

 stream. Camp Cove, Carnley Harbour. This was the only lepidopteron I found 

 frequenting the open country. It was very active and inconspicuous. (Plate II, 

 fig. 16.) 



Scoparia triscelis. (p. 71.) 



Eight specimens of this species were captured in dense rata forest around 

 Carnley Harbour and Norman's Inlet. (Plate II, fig. 1.) 



Scoparia parmifera. (p. 72.) 



Only three specimens of this very neatly marked species were taken, and one 

 seen. All occurred in rata forest at Carnley Harbour. This species was also found 

 at Campbell Island. (Plate II, fig. 2.) 



Scoparia epicomia. (p. 72.) 



Four specimens of this New Zealand species occurred in damp spots in dense 

 forest. Three were taken at Carnley Harbour, and one at Norman's Inlet. All 

 are identical with the New Zealand species, but are rather duller and less distinctly 

 marked than the majority of New Zealand specimens. 



This insect may possibly have reached Auckland Island as a larva or pupa, 

 enclosed in a cocoon, amongst moss on a floating log, in which case it would, of 

 course, have been necessary for a member of each sex to have been simultaneously 

 transported. On the other hand, it is possible, though not very probable, that its 

 presence on the island may be explained by a fertile female having been blown 

 across the ocean during an exceptionally heavy northerly gale. 



Scoparia epicomia is a fragile insect, of such feeble flight that the question of 

 its having flown over more than two hundred miles of ocean need not be considered. 



