WarT.—.Leaf-mining Insects of New Zealand. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS OF PUPA. 
679 
| ч 
Майне at хаде ов Dime. | Diameter. 
Mm. Mm. Mm. 
Upper border of er y palpi s E 0:25 0:62 0°60 
Bottom of labial pa 2s ae 0:52 0:70 0:60 
Bottom of first ie 1:00 0°76 0-62 
Bottom of second legs 1:50 0:70 0-70 
Bottom of third | 2-00 0:28 0:35 
Extreme length 2-06 ue кА 
Dehiscence. 
Pupa is normally extruded from cocoon to about level of second legs ; 
vertical and PER e splitti 
dealt with 
dehiscence took Em entirely within cocoon 
CoMPARATIVE TABLE OF Main CHARACTERISTICS. 
occurs as in other Nepticulids already 
cases, where the 1 TR were i from larvae, 
The Larva. | The Mine. The Cocoon. The Pupa. 
Food- i | Ventral Chain Average : Dorsal 
plant. Skin. | of Ganglia, |. Class. Size. Position.| Colour. gr beng 
N. fulva | Olearia Pile eed | Not noticeable| Blotch .. | 2-3 sq. ст Outside| Brown | Single row, 
a ly mine 
N.ogygia .. | Olearia | Pile hut, Very distinct | Gallery .. | 4-6 cm. Outside Brown | Single row, 
e 
N. erechtitus | Erechtites Pile mim minute, | | Not noticeable| Gallery .. | 3-4 in. Са Brown | More than 
: mine one TOW. 
N. lucida .. | Beech .. eho very | Very distinct | Gallery .. | 25 mm. ef si White | Single row. 
mine 
N. perissopa | Rangiora | Minute chi- | | Not noticeable Gallery + | Gallery | Within | White | More than 
tinous | - blotch 1-6 in, mine one row, 
plates | Bloteh à 
| | sq. in. 
(28.) Gracilaria selenitis Meyr. M Se 
—— selenitis 
47, 
p. 38, 1912. 
228, 1915; 
Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 41, 
The Imago 
1909 ; 
nerd Tuséciorum, vol. ор, 4 128, 
а, Original Description.—See Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 41, р. 15, 
ng-venation is as sh 
own in fig. 24. 
Note cross-vein below retinaculum 
Win 
(either М, or basal portion of M, , fusing with Cu,), and Cu,, arising close 
to base of cell; both these preculiarities were present in 
examined. Male slightly smaller than female, and lighter-coloured, more 
reddish. There appears to be little or no range of variation. 
Type in Mr. Meyrick's collection. 
Apparently to be found in any of the "e подна роб forests. 
been taken plentifully in bush on banks of Wai 
caught September to December. 
ei 
Distribution. 
in the five specimens 
tream, Dunedin ; imagos 
Eos has taken it also 
Has 
at Tuatapere, The Hump (Southland), and 2 Longwood, in December. 
