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tartaraea. 
omoplaca. 
lignana. 
morosa. 
prionistis. 
lemperata. 
phricias. 
decoraia. 
MAORIA. By W. Warren. 
Sect. III. Antennae of <$ ciliated. 
Subsect. A. Pectus and venter of $ Avithout rough hair. 
M. tartaraea Btlr. (10 f). Forewing dark brown tinged with grey, the inner half of median area and the 
terminal area with rufous; inner line waved, double, filled in with grey; outer marked by double dark 
striae on costa and then by a row of points; subterminal line towards costa blackish, then pale edged 
with rufous; stigmata with black outlines, the two upper reddish at centre; the cell darker; a bent and angled 
dark median shade; hindwing dark brown; fringe brown with the tips pale. North and South Islands, 
New Zealand. / 
M. omoplaca Meyr. (10 f). Forewing ochreous white, varied with rufous; an oblique black streak from 
base of vein 1 to cell, which is also black, except at base; a black streak from base beloAV cell, edged 
above with ochreous; lines double, the inner waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards below it; the outer 
strongly dentate, indented on submedian fold; subterminal pale, preceded at costa by fuscous shading and below 
by rufous dentate marks; the terminal area beyond, except at. apex, black; claviform stigma fuscous, 
black-edged; the two upper with whitish rings, black-edged; the reniform with a whitish discoidal lunule; 
hindwing pale suffused with fuscous. Lake Coleridge, Rakaia, New Zealand. 
M. lignana Walk. (10 f). Forewing brownish grey with fuscous irroration, and in some cases purplish- 
tinged; the costal streak and the veins somewhat paler; a slight black dash at base above vein 1; inner 
line double, dentate, oblicpie to median vein, and strongly inangled on vein 1; outer line obscure, 
strongly lumdate dentate, forming black vein-points; subterminal line ochreous white, with fuscous marks 
preceding it; claviform stigma short and broad, with black outline; the upper stigmata both black-edgecl; the 
orbicular with a black spot on its inner side; the reniform with its lower half filled in with fuscous, 
and slightly angled inwards along median nervure; hindwing fuscous, the termen on submedian fold showing 
a slight pale blotch; fringe ochreous, with brown line near base. Marlborough, Wellington, Mt. Hutt, NeAV 
Zealand. 
M. morosa Btlr. (= pelistis Meyr.) (10 f). Forewing pale broAvn, varyinglv suffused with purplish red; 
inner line double, oblique and Avaved; outer line denticulate, the teeth forming black and pale points 
on veins; subterminal line ochreous or grey; the terminal area beyond, except at apex, fuscous; claviform 
black-edged, small; orbicular and reniform with Avhite rings edged with black, their centres fuscous; hindwing 
fuscous. New Zealand: Wellington, Paikakariki, Akaroa, Lake Coleridge. 
M. prionistis Meyr. (10 g). ForeAving grey with some broAvn irroration; a pale rufous streak along 
cell fold from before middle to subterminal line, and another in submedian fold from base to termen; 
inner marginal area with fuscous suffusion along middle area; inner line double, dentate, but obscure, 
strongly angled outwards on submedian fold and above inner margin; outer line marked by two dark 
costal striae, then interrupted and angled inwards on submedian fold; subterminal line indicated by oblicpie 
strigae from termen at and beloAV apex, then by contiguous dentate rufous marks; stigmata ill-defined, the reniform 
externally with a diffuse black patch beyond it at lower angle of cell; veins beyond cell grey defined 
by black streaks; hindwing dark reddish brown; fringe of forewing grey intersected by brown; of hind¬ 
wing Avitli white tips. NeAV Zealand; Wellington and Rakaia. 
M. temperata Walk. (= inceptura Walk., deceptura Walk.) (lOg). Forewing grey brown, somewhat 
reddish-tinged in the and with fuscous irroration; the A 7 eins fuscous; inner line marked only by double 
dark dots on costa, median vein, and vein 1 ; outer line more obscure, dentate, with a row of points 
beyond it on veins; subterminal also indistinct, with some dentate dark markings at middle; claviform 
stigma sometimes partly defined by fuscous; the orbicular and reniform with Avhitish annuli edged with fuscous, 
the reniform projecting inwards along median vein; hindwing brownish fuscous. NeAV Zealand. 
M. ph ricias Meyr. (10h). Forewing silvery purplish grey, with fuscous dusting and suffusion; A r eins 
dark; a slight black streak below base of cell; inner line indistinct, oblicpie to below cell, then denticu¬ 
late ; outer line bent outwards below costa, then oblicpie and very strongly dentate; subterminal slightly 
defined by fuscous externally; orbicular and reniform stigmata obscure, grey edged with fuscous; no 
claviform; hindwing fuscous. New Zealand. This species is slightly abnormal, and may have to be separated; 
the 3rd. segment of the palpi is long, and dilated at extremity; Avhile the thorax is marked by a high triangu¬ 
lar crest. 
M. decorata Bhilp. Forecving pale broAvnish yellow, sometimes tinged with pink; basal half of costa 
Avhite; a dark reddish brown shade from base to termen above tornus, bordered beneath by a conspicuous 
white fascia bent sharply upwards at 3 /<i; a short brown streak from base below middle; stigmata outlined 
with broAvn. the orbicular oblique, the reniform large and pale; space between them dark broAvn extend¬ 
ing to costa; outer line faint, double, waved; subterminal obscure, pale, waved, bordered Avitli bright reddish 
