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Secondaries.—Anal angle rectangular. 
Upper side——Same colour as upper. side of primaries; dark markings, ~ 
similar to those of form B., but less distinct, and the dark border and 
sub-marginal band not confluent towards the anterior margin; cilia dark 
fulvous. 
Under side.—Fuscous ; the markings of the upper side repeated, but very 
indistinct; each macula of the sub-marginal band bears a pale lunule, and 
has also a pale outward margin ; cilia pinkish-brown. 
Fig. E. represents the upper side of the male and fig. 4 the wi side. 
Exp.—1 inch 8:5 lines. 
Hab. Kaiapoi Bush, Canterbury. 
Time of appearance: December and January. 
I discovered this form at Kaiapoi Bush, where it was not uncommon 
before the bush was destroyed. I know of no other locality where it has 
been seen or taken. 
(?) C. RAUPARAHA, 
_ F. Female.— This, as stated in my former pe er, I believe to be the 
female of form E. " 
Exp.—1 inch 4 lines. 
Hab. One specimen taken at Kaiapoi Bush and one at Fendalltown, near 
Christchurch. 
Time of appearance: January. 
C. sonpENARUM, White. 
G-—I have two or three varieties, and am not quite clear as to which 
Mr. Butler's description, in his ** Catalogue of Lepidoptera of New Zealand," 
p. 8, refers. The figures 8 and 9 in plate at the end of his catalogue most 
nearly agree with the variety found (or formerly found, for I have not seen 
it for some years past) within the city of Christchurch, on some flat sandy 
waste ground. Mr. Butler, referring to the figures, states, ‘‘ the bands and 
spots on the under-surface of secondaries have been made altogether too 
dark,” which is not the case with the Christchurch specimens, the latter 
being generally darker than shown in Mr. Butler’s figure, though some 
individuals are not quite so dark. 
The varieties appear to be due to locality, as the individuals of each 
locality vary but little. 
There are three localities where I have taken this insect, namely, Christ- 
church; Drayton Station, on the plains near Mount Hutt; spurs of mountains 
near Castle Hill Station; and the top of the Mount Hutt range—all in 
the Canterbury province. | 
distinctive characters of the varieties may be better understood by 
the es tabular arrangement, 
