836 
PORINA. By R. Peitzner | and M. Gaede. 
vitiensis. 
dinodes. 
aurimacu- 
lata. 
leonina. 
sencx. 
jocosa. 
having replaced the former closure by a thick stopper of wadding close behind the opening of the bored 
hole. The pupa having grown hard pushes the wadding aside and moves freely and quickly up and down 
(10—12 inches), by the help of the peculiar file-like rings on the abdominal segments. Shortly before the 
emergence it shows itself especially in the afternoon, with its head in the hole, visible from outside. It emerges 
in March, until 3 p. m. — This species is also characteristic for its mimicry, strikingly copying the head of 
a snake or lizard, which peculiarity I witnessed in the Tring Museum. Another interesting statement may be 
mentioned here. Thornston found a specimen by breeding, which he took to be a new species of this ge¬ 
nus. He had found it in the bush, badly damaged and rubbed off. Frogatt also considers it to be new, at 
first sight it looks like a large Cicada owing to the shape of its head. — Scott established the genus Zelotypia 
for this species. 
L. vitiensis Rothsch. Forewing loamy brown, marked everywhere with irregular rows of golden spots. 
Hindwing yellowish loam-coloured without spots. Head, thorax, abdomen darker brown. Legs and hairtufts 
as in Charagia. 110 mm. Fidji. Described according to a single specimen brought by a dealer. 
8. Genus: Porfsaa WJcr. (Elhamma Wlcr.). 
Antennae strongly developed, with two rows of pectinations in the <$, palpi moderate, stretched. 
Hind tibiae densely and roughly haired. Vein 7 of forewing from the cell-angle, 8 and 9 from 10, beginning from 
the upper margin far before the angle. Hindwing like forewing. Distributed in New Zealand and Australia 
as far as New Guinea, very numerous and characteristic for the fauna. We begin with the New Zealand 
species which represent a more or less select group. 
P. dinodes Meyr. (77 a). 70 mm. Forewing dark brown, marked white, especially at the base and 
distal margin, the markings crescentiform. Hindwing yellowish-brown. Antennae of S strongly pectinated. 
New Zealand (Invercargill). 
P. aurimaculata Philp. Similar to dinodes by the antennae being almost just as strongly pectinated. 
Thorax dark brown, abdomen brownish ochreous. Forewing brown, darker at the costal margin at the base. An 
irregular blackish-brown spot at the inner margin near the base, a similar one behind it, irregularly edged 
with white. A large oval blackish-brown spot below the centre on % °f the length of the wing touches a similar 
one obliquely below it, edged with white. A few white spots, partly centred dark, are in the centre of the 
wing. Some curved white lines at the centre of the costal margin. Before the distal margin there is a double 
row of dark spots partly edged with white, the middle ones with a golden centre. Dark spots at the margin 
are edged light. Hindwing brownish ochre. $ 70 mm. Mount Cook. 
P. leonina Philp. Antennae of likewise strongly pectinated. Thorax rather dark brown. Abdomen 
brown. Forewing dark brown with a few blackish-brown spots. Short irregular white striae below the costal 
margin from the base to % of the length of the wing. A few worm-shaped white lines above the anal angle. 
A dark, white-edged spot at % of the inner margin. A reddish-yellow band edged with white on both sides 
extends from % of the costal margin to the inner margin near the ana) angle. Then an indistinct submarginal 
line with black spots. Hindwing red-brown. $ 62 mm. Mount Arthur. 
P. senex Pduds. 42 mm. All the wings scantily covered with hair-like scales. Forewing very pale, 
irregularly spotted with blackish-grey. Two rather large irregular patches of the ground-colour near the base, 
and two dark transverse bands. Hindwing brownish-grey. Body brownish ochreous with several very pale 
ochreous hair-tufts in the middle. Antennae strongly bipectinated. 1 emerged in February from a pupa 
that was found by J. H. Lewis below stones in the Old Man Range, Central Otago, 4000 ft. Altogether 4 
or 5 SS °f the species have become known besides. The $ is somewhat different. Thorax dark red-brown, 
collar white. Abdomen sooty black. Forewing smoky brown, marking white. A line below the costal margin 
extends from the base to % of the length, where it meets a dark-centred ring-spot. A median band ex¬ 
tending from the base is widened behind. Its lower edge almost touches a round spot in the disc at % of 
the length of the wing. Below this spot there is a curved line above the inner margin. A large oblong- 
oval spot below the costal margin before the centre. An irregular triangular spot before the anal angle. 
An irregular band enclosing one or several dark spots extends from the apex to the centre of the wing, at 
% of the length of the wing. White scales at the margin. Hindwing dark brown, a few white places at 
the costal margin. $ 40 mm. Wakatipu. 
P. jocosa Meyr. Thorax lighter or darker brown, sometimes whitish behind, abdomen brown. Fore¬ 
wing dark brown, especially dark sometimes in the centre of the wing. A white, dark-edged spot at the base. 
Behind it, at % of the length in the centre of the wing, there is another spot which is sometimes prolonged 
to a streak, and an irregular oblong spot behind the centre. At % of the length of the wing there is a co- 
alescent row of dark spots in white rings and sometimes also centred white, more distinct in the q. Some¬ 
times there is proximally to this row another incomplete row of spots, which may be connected with a white 
spot below the centre of the wing. A white ring-spot at the costal margin near the apex. Dark, light-edged 
crescents at the distal margin. Hindwing dark-brown, exceptionally brownish ochreous. Fringes of both 
wings speckled dark. 40—50 mm. New Zealand. 
