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broadly touching basally, nearly straight, 
tapering to black incurved tips. Aedeagus 
rather simple, as figured. Female genital seg- 
ment large; dorsal valve attenuate apically, 
blunt; ventral valve shorter than dorsal, deep, 
sharp apically. 
HOLOTYPE, female, allotype, male, numer- 
ous paratypes, Fox Glacier, February 7, taken 
on Carmichaelia sp. One specimen taken at 
Brown’s Creek, Rai Valley, January 17, differs 
in having the forewing almost entirely dark, 
a narrower, longer pterostigma, somewhat 
shorter antennae. 
HOST PLANT: Carmichaelia spp. 
The large series of specimens at hand seems 
to be consistently different from the form 
taken east of the mountains. The chief differ- 
ences are the size, the length of the vertex and 
the nature of its anterior margin, the position, 
shape, and size of the genal processes, the 
width of the pterostigma, the straight or up- 
turned tip of the dorsal valve of the female 
genital segment, and the color, especially the 
degree of pigmentation of the wing. 
This form has a marked resemblance in 
general appearance to Arytaina rohusta Craw- 
ford of western North America. 
Genus Ctenarytaina Ferris and Klyver 
1942 Papiana Tuthill, Bernice P. Bishop 
Mus., Occas. Papers 17: 78. 
This genus was erected by Ferris and Klyver 
for Rhinocola fuchsiae Maskell and three other 
related species. They surmised correctly that 
Rhinocola eucalypti Maskell belonged to the 
same genus, but as they had no specimens 
they did not place it there. Although this was 
the genus Rhinocola of Maskell it does not en- 
compass those Australian species assigned to 
Rhinocola by Froggatt. Of the five species 
known from New Zealand three are apparent- 
ly endemic and two are undoubtedly intro- 
duced. 
The genus Papiana, which I erected for a 
species from the Society Islands, is identical 
with Ctenarytaina, The two species which have 
been assigned to Papiana, P. lulla (Society 
Islands) and P. distincta (Lau Islands), extend 
the range of the genus well into Polynesia. 
Ctenarytaina fuchsiae (Maskell) 
1890 Rhinocola fuchsiae Maskell, New Zeal. 
Inst., Trans. 22: 162, pL 12. 
1932 Ctenarytaina fuchsiae Ferris and Klyver, 
New Zeal. Inst., Trans. 63: 55, pi. 14. 
Length to tip of folded wings 1. 6-2.1 mm. 
This species has been well described by 
Maskell and by Ferris and Klyver. It is found 
throughout New Zealand on Fuchsia spp. 
from the time of the first opening of the leaf 
buds in the spring until past midsummer. I 
was unable to find living adults after the third 
week in January. Although it occurs on the 
host in myriads there is no evident injury. 
HOST PLANTS: Fuchsia excorticata Linn., P. 
procumbens Hook. 
Ctenarytaina clavata Ferris and Klyver 
1932 Ctenarytaina clavata Ferris and Klyver, 
New Zeal. Inst., Trans. 63: 55, 57, pi. 14. 
Length to tip of folded wings 1.3-1. 5 mm. 
I found this minute species to be present 
on both Leptospermum scoparium and L. 
ericoides at many localities throughout New 
Zealand. The abundance varied considerably 
but, without exception, at least a few adults 
could be obtained by sweeping the hosts 
when they were in bloom. 
HOST PLANTS: Leptospermum scoparium Forst. 
and L. ericoides A. Rich. 
Ctenarytaina pollicaris Ferris and Klyver 
1932 Ctenarytaina pollicaris Ferris and Klyver, 
New Zeal. Inst., Trans. 63: 55, 57, pi. 14. 
I made only one collection of this form 
although I swept its host plant throughout 
New Zealand. I obtained a few specimens at 
Okuti Valley on the Banks Peninsula, Janu- 
ary 19, swept from Leptospermum ericoides in 
company with C. clavata. A few specimens 
are also at hand collected at Foxton, January 
20, 1951, by R. A. Cumber. 
HOST PLANT: Leptospermum ericoides K. Rich. 
