XI.—THE 
. The perfect insect appears from January to March. 
According to Fereday it was commonly taken at light in 
Christchurch, and Mr. J. H. Lewis has found it in abund- 
anee amongst sedge on Mount Ida, at elevations of from 
2,000 to 3,500 feet above the sea-level. It is also common 
at Paekakariki, near Wellington. 
Genus 5.—TAUROSCOPA, Meyr. 
Labial palpi, thorax, and coxae clothed with dense rough 
hairs beneath. Fore-wings with ,7 separate, 8 and 9 stalked. 
Hind-wings with 4 and 5 stalked, 6 remote from 7 at origin, 7 
anastomosing shortly with 8. (Plate D., fig. 22, 23 neuration of 
Tauroscopa glaucophanes; fig. 24 head of ditto.) 
An endemic derivative of Talis. 
The four species comprised in this interesting genus 
frequent open country on mountains in the South Island 
at elevations between 4,000 and 5,000 feet above the sea- 
level. None are known from the North Island at present. 
TAUROSCOPA TRAPEZITIS. 
(Tauroscopa trapezitis, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, 227.) 
(Pilate XxX.) eal) 
This species was discovered on Mount Harnslaw at an 
elevation of about 5,300 feet. It has also occurred on 
Vanguard Peak, near Macetown and on the Takitimu 
Mountains. 
The expansion ofthe wings is slightly under 3 inch. The 
fore-wings are black with many rather irregular greyish-white 
markings; there is an oblique stripe near the dorsum at the 
base; several angulated lines at about 4 enclosing an irregular, 
black, trapezoidal area; a conspicuous black crescent-shaped spot 
near the middle of the wing; a curved whitish transverse line 
at about 3, preceded by a grey patch near ‘the costa, a pale 
greyish band just before the termen followed by a series of 
black dots; the veins near the middle of the wing are marked 
in very dull brownish-grey. The hind-wings are very dark 
brownish-black. 
Mr. Meyrick remarks that ‘‘this, the second discovered 
species of the endemic genus T'auroscopa, bears a general 
resemblance to 7’. gorgopis, but is very distinct, especially 
by the pecularly formed first line; whilst the singular 
naked orange cheeks and orbits are quite a unique feature, 
of which there is no trace in the other species. 
The perfect insect appears from November till, Febru- 
ary. On one occasion I eaptured five specimens on the 
grassy slopes of Mount Earnslaw above Paradise, Lake 
Wakatipu but, as a general rule, it appears to be a very 
rare species. 
TAUROSCOPA! GORGOPIS. 
(Tauroscopa gorgopis, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 69.) 
(Plate XIX., fig. 42 9.) 
This interesting species has oecurred on Mount 
Arthur, Old Man Range, Cecil Peak, The Remarkables, 
Advanee Peak, and on the Humboldt Range, Lake Waka- 
tipu at elevations of about 5,000 feet. 
The expansion of the wings is about { inch. The fore-wings 
are dull black, irregularly speckled with white; there are a few 
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irregular white marks near the base, a very jagged transverse 
line at about 4, a cloudy blackish shade near the middle of the 
wing, a very jagged curved white transverse line at about $ pre- 
ceded by a whitish patch on the costa, a row of small black dots 
on the termen. The hind-wings are dark brown. 
Specimens from the Old Man Range are smaller and 
much darker than the typical form. 
The perfect insect appears in December, January and 
February. It is a rare species, frequenting rocky places 
on high mountains, where ‘it flies with great agility in the 
hottest sunshine. 
TAUROSCOPA NOTABILIS. 
(Tauroscopa notabilis, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., liv., 149.) 
Gelater ins tee Oma) 
A single specimen of this species was captured, by the 
late Augustus Hamilton, on Mount Peel, Nelson. Dr. J. 
G. Myers has also taken it on the Dun Mountain at an alti- 
tude of 3,400 feet. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 3? inch. Very 
like Tauroscopa gorgopis, from which it differs in the shape of 
the first line and the absence of small subsidiary angulations in 
the second line. 
The perfect insect appears in December. 
Described and figured from the type specimen kindly 
lent to me by Mr. Philpott. 
TAUROSCOPA GLAUCOPHANES. 
(Tauroscopa glaucophanes, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxix., 109.) 
(Plate XX., fig. 45 @; fig. 46 9; Plate XLVIIL., fig. 5 9 variety.) 
This fine species has occurred on the Old Man Range, 
Vanguard Peak near Macetown, Advance Peak, Takitimu 
Mountains, Hunter Mountains, Ben Lomond, and the Hum- 
boldt Range, Lake Wakatipu, at elevations from 4,000 to 
6,000 feet above the sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings of the male is 1§ inches, of 
the female 14 inches. The fore-wings are rather narrow (broader 
in the male), oblong, dull bronzy-bluish-green with blackish mark- 
ings which are very indistinct or absent in the female; the first 
line is very jagged and extends from + of costa to 4 of dorsum; 
the reniform is elongate, somewhat oblique, broader towards the 
costa; the second line is indistinct except where it touches the 
costa and dorsum; there is faint, sub-terminal line, preceded and 
followed by rather broad pale bands; there is a rather conspicu- 
ous pale whitish-ochreous mark on the costa at about }{ and a 
series of obscure blackish terminal dots. The hind-wings are 
grey, darker towards the apex and termen, especially in the 
male. The cilia of all the wings are dark grey, in the hind- 
wings very slightly tipped with white. In the female the basal 
area of the fore-wings is distinctly paler than the rest of the 
wing. 
Mr. Philpott remarks that well-defined races of this 
species occupy different portions of its distributional area. 
The Wakatipu and Central Otago form is bluish-grey, with 
the markings fairly distinet; the wings are shorter and 
broader than in other districts. The Takitimu race is some- 
what narrower-winged, and is of a uniform fuscous-brown, 
the markings being almost obsolete. The Hunter Moun- 

