LARV# OF N.Z. GEOMETRINA, ETC. 161 
with short black dashes, a dark blotch about the ninth segment. 
The dorsal and lateral stripes may be margined with purplish- 
red. Underside green. Larve found in April. 
Eurydice cymosema, Meyr.—Larva beaten from Myoporum 
letum or from Coprosma. Colour brownish-grey ; about 24 mm. 
long. Each of the segments swells somewhat towards the pos- 
terior end, thus producing an irregular outline. A dark inter- 
rupted dorsal stripe, very indistinct. A dark tubercle on each 
side of the ninth segment. Under side similar to upper side, 
with some median dark markings. Larva in March. I have 
parted with the moth bred from this larva, and so am not per- 
fectly certain as to its being this species. _ - 
Pasiphila bilineolata, Walk. (muscosata, Walk.)-—Larva about 
12 mm. long. Colour brownish ; surface very rugged; body 
tapering somewhat towards thehead. Two pair of small dorsal 
tubercles about the middle, the posterior pair being larger. Ob- 
lique lateral dark markings faintly seen on the dark ground 
colour ; below lighter. I have beaten this larva from Aristotelia, 
from Leptospermum ericoides, and from a mixed growth of 
bramble (Rubus) and Muhlenbeckia. Warva in December and 
January. 
Var. A. (inexpiata, Walk. charybdis and calida, Butl.)— 
Larva smooth, green, about 10 mm. long; an indistinct dorsal 
and sub-dorsal stripe of darker green; underside green, with a 
light ventral stripe; head yellowish. Formed small rough 
earthen cocoons on the surface of the earth. The food-plant is 
Myoporum laetum. Larve in March. (See N.Z. Journ. Sc, 
March, 1882, p. 95.) Regarding the varieties or species belong- 
ing to the genus Pasiphila, I shall write in another place; it is 
enough here to remark that the difference between these larvee 
seems to indicate that at least two species have been included 
by Mr. Meyrick under the name dz/:neolata. 
Asthena schistaria, Walk.—Larva about 12 mm. long ; feed- 
ing on Leptospermum ericoides. Colour green, with a darker 
green dorsal stripe; lateral stripe white, edged below with 
purplish-red. A white sub-dorsal line may also be present. 
Below green. Larve in December and January. The form de- 
scribed by Walker as sudpurpureata is the typical form about 
Dunedin. 
Scotosia gobiata, Feld. Larva about 22 mm. long, greyish- 
brown with arough prominent dorsal tubercle about the ninth 
segment. There are sometimes other smaller tubercles. An 
easily recognised larva, feeding on various species of Coprosma. 
Larve in January, March, and May. 
Cidaria similata, Walk.—Larva about 25 mm. long, cylindri- 
cal. Back a dull deep green ; lateral stripe reddish-white, edgcd 
below with a darker colour ; ventral side lighter green, with four 
parallel white or yellow lines close together, extending from the 
forelegs to the prolegs. Outer side of prolegs white. There are 
traces of a median dorsal stripe of brownish-red on the anal 
segments, Beaten from Coprosma, Larve in January. I am 
