MAORIA. By W. Warren. 
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Sect. I. Antennae of $ bipectinate for two-thirds. 
M. plena Walk. (= sphagnea Feld., viridis Btlr.) (10 b). <$. Forewing olive green, irrorated with brown plena. 
and black; inner and outer lines double; the inner oblique and waved, preceded by a blackish patch on inner 
margin; the outer lunulate dentate, the teeth forming points on the veins, indented beyond cell, and 
incurved below vein 4; subterminal line pale green, preceded by brown shading, which forms a semi¬ 
circular patch in submedian interval, and followed by black shading except at the two extremities; some 
black lunules along termen; claviform stigma indistinctly outlined in green; orbicular and reniform green 
edged with black, and black at centre; the reniform in some cases with a pale reddish patch externally; hind¬ 
wing purplish fuscous; fringe ochreous, traversed by a dark line; the $ is darker; the forewing, especially 
in median area, being more suffused with brown and black; the reniform marked with a paler spot. Larva 
greenish brown, the venter yellower; a series of subdorsal rust red spots, the last four segments with oblique 
black stripes; along the sides a series of black markings on the hinder edge of each segment, the space 
between each varied with yellow, green, and pink; anal segment yellow; head brown marked with black; feeds 
on grasses and low plants. New Zealand. 
M. praesignis Howes. Forewing rich red brown, with well-defined green areas; a greenish suffusion praesignis. 
from base along costa for %; inner and outer lines well-defined, pale green, the inner bent in middle; 
space between them reddish brown; subbasal line double; subterminal line distinct, edged internally with 
deep reddish brown, externally with green; a greenish suffusion from base to anal angle; veins faintly marked 
with dark brown and green; reniform stigma dark below, white above; fringe reddish brown; hindwing 
red-brown, darker terminally. Orepuki, New Zealand. Close to plena. 
M. insignis Walk. {— turbida Walk., skelloni Btlr., polychroa Meyr.) (10 b). Forewing purplish rufous, insignis. 
suffused with black on median area between subcostal vein and vein 1, on each side of vein 2, and in ter¬ 
minal area; inner margin greyish, often mixed with olive; a black streak at base of sub median fold; a black 
patch above inner margin near base; inner line angled outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 1 and 
bent inwards, edged with grey internally; outer line dentate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line 
whitish, preceded by black and olive suffusion, dentate to termen on veins 4 and 3; claviform large, 
edged with grey and black; upper stigmata also large, with black outlined pale annuli, the reniform 
with black lunule on inner side and conspicuous w'hite patch on outer; hindwing dark fuscous; fringe with 
w r hite tips. Larva exceedingly like that of plena ; feeding on dock. New Zealand. 
M. mutans Walk. (= spurcata Walk., vexata Walk., angusta Feld., acceptrix Feld.) (10 c). £ Fore- mutans. 
wing redbrown with fuscous speckling; costal area paler in basal half; veins slightly blackish; a black streak 
below' base of cell; an oblique black bar on inner margin precedes inner line; outer line dentate, the 
teeth forming points on veins; subterminal line whitish, defined by black on both sides, with a dentate 
black mark before it in submedian interspace; stigmata black-edged; median area in and below cell black; hind- 
wing reddish brown; $ forev'ing greyer, without redbrown tinge; the postmedian area whitish: in rare cases 
the $ resembles the $ in coloration and markings; the ab. lignifusca Walk. (10 c) embraces without lignifusca. 
the black suffusion of median area in and below cell; — in debilis Btlr. (10c) the postmedian area of fore- debilis. 
wing in is suffused with grey; ab. pallescens ab. nov. (= ab. 3. Hmps.) (10 c) has the forev'ing of the $ pallescens. 
whitish, faintly suffused with brown. Larva stout, wrinkled in front; dorsum reddish brown; lateral line broadly 
black; a series of black subdorsal stripes; ventral surface green; in other cases the markings are scarcely 
visible, the whole larva being green or brown; feeding on Plantago. New' Zealand. 
M. paracausta Meyr. (8 k). Forewing pale ochreous, with W'hite and fuscous irroration towards costa, paracausta. 
the white more abundant in the $; a sinuous black streak below cell reaching outer line, with brown below it 
as far as inner line, and beyond with a brown patch above, it, dilated in terminal area to apex and tornus; 
inner and outer lines dentate, slender, conversely white-edged; subterminal line showing dentate w'hite marks 
on veins 4 and 3 to termen and a double mark above tornus; stigmata subobsolete; fringe mottled; 
hindwing greyish white, with obscure outer and broken terminal line; in the ab. subvelata ab. nov., probably subvelata. 
confined to the the costal half of forewing is suffused with dull grey brown, while the horizontal black 
streak tends to become obsolete. Mt. Arthur, Castle Hill, Invercargill, New' Zealand. The larva is said to closely 
resemble that of infensa. 
M. bromias Meyr. (10 c). Forewing brown pink suffused with fuscous, except some patches near bromias. 
base, on the inner median area, and beyond the cell; a black streak beloAv base of cell and an oblique 
streak above inner margin before middle; inner and outer lines conversely edged with pink; claviform stigma 
black-edged; orbicular and reniform pinkish and fuscous, with slight grey annuli edged with black, the ren¬ 
iform with whitish lunule at centre; subterminal line followed by a blackish terminal area, with den¬ 
tate black marks on each side of it in submedian interval; dentate on veins 7, 6, 4, 3, where there is some 
white on it, and a diffused patch at inne margin; hind wing fuscous ochreous, with a fine dark teiminal 
line. Chatham Island, New Zealand. 
