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blackish-grey towards the dorsum; there are three or four minute 
black marks on the costa near the base, the second 
forming an oblique stripe; a rather large, narrow, oblique, 
pale ochreous spot edged with black below middle at 34; 
a black dot above middle of disc and a small pale ochreous, some: 
times blackish-mixed spot, below it; three small faint whitish- 
ochreous spots arranged in a triangle in the disc beyond the 
middle and ringed with white. An indefinite angulated sub-ter- 
minal shade marked with black on the veins; a series of black- 
ish dots on apical half of costa and termen; the cilia are grey 
faintly barred with white. The hind-wings are pale grey with 
paler cilia. 
There appears to be considerable variation in the dis- 
tinctness and presence or absence of many of the markings 
and I am consequently not yet able to clearly separate the 
closely allied forms described as C. amalodes and C. sar- 
canthes. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January, 
and frequents light forest or scrub, especially Leptosper- 
mum. It is usually a rare species. 
CARPOSINA AMALODES. 
(Carposina analodes, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xliii., 61.) 
This species was described from specimens taken at 
Otira River, where it is fairly common. It is stated to dif- 
fer from Carposina contactella ‘‘ in the forewings, which 
are rather broader with the termen less straight and some- 
what less oblique; in the black costal spot beyond 4 and 
preceding sub-costal dot (both of which are absent in con- 
tactella), and in the less grey hind-wings.’’ (Meyrick.) 
The perfect insect appears in December and frequents 
forest. 
CARPOSINA SARCANTHES. 
(Carposina sarcanthes, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1. 133.) 
This species, which appears to be very similar to the 
somewhat variable Carposina adreptella, is stated to be 
specially characterized by the pale pinkish-ochreous basal 
half of hind-wings. At present it is only reported from 
Wellington. 
CARPOSINA THALAMOTA. 
(Heterocrossa thalamota, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xli., 12.) 
(Plate XXII., figs. 25 and 26 varieties.) 
This rather obscurely-marked species was discovered by 
Mr. Philpott at Invereargill and has also occurred at 
Wyndham. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over § inch. The 
fore-wings are rather elongate with the termen oblique; very 
pale purplish-grey irregularly clouded with pale brownish-ochre- 
ous and usually very heavily and irregularly sprinkled with dark 
grey scales; there are four obscure black-edged pale brown discal 
spots with a very conspicuous oblong black discal patch between 
them. The hind-wings are very pale greyish-white. 
This insect seems to be very variable. In some speci- 
mens the ground colour is pale ochreous-brown with little 
or no dark grey suffusion; the dark oblong discal patch is, 
however, a good distinctive character. 
The perfect insect appears from December till Febru- 
ary and frequents forest. 
Described and figured from specimens in Mr. Phil- 
pott’s collection. 
CARPOSINA ADREPTELLA. 
(Gelechia adreptella, Walk., Cat. xxix., 654; Puramorpha adrep- 
tella, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1881, 698; Hetero- 
crossa dadreptella, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xv., 66.) 
(Plate XXII, fig. 22 @.) 
This rather inconspicuous species has occurred at Ham- 
ilton, Cambridge, Ashhurst, Wellington, Takaka, Christ- 
church, Lake Wakatipu, and Invercargill. 
The expansion of the wings is about 2 inch. The fore-wings 
are narrow with the apex rather pointed dull brownish-ochreous 
with blackish-grey markings; there are about seven small spots 
on the costa; a rather large spot with a tuft of raised scales in 
the dise at about % from the base; between this and the base there 
are a number of minute dots irregularly arranged on the upper 
half of the wing; there is an angulated transverse series of black- 
ish dots from # of the costa to the tornus and a terminal row 
of similar dots. Zhe hind-wings are white faintly clouded with 
grey at the tips. 
According to Fereday the larva feeds in the stems of 
the garden raspberry and its natural foodplant is therefore 
doubtless the wild Rubus. It has also been found feeding 
in the shoots of the introduced Rubus. 
The perfect insect appears from September to March, 
and frequents forest. It seems to be fairly common in 
some localities, though scarce in others. 
CARPOSINA IOPHABA, ; 
(Heterocrossa iophaea, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxix., 118.) 
(Plate XXIL, fig. 24 ¢@.) 
This very distinct little species was discovered by Mr. 
Philpott at West Plains, near Invercargill. It has also 
occurred at Wyndham and in the North Island, at Whaka- 
papa, Mount Ruapehu. 
The expansion of the wings is { inch. The fore-wings are 
narrow, elongate with the termen oblique, dark purplish-grey 
speckled with very pale grey; three tufts of raised scales, edged 
first with black and then with white, are placed very obliquely 
at the base; an irregular line of four similar tufts at 4; and a 
series of five tufts arranged round the middle of the wing which 
is sometimes darker; there is a row of dark grey marks on the 
costa and termen and a cloudy sub-terminal shading. The hind- 
wings are dull greyish-ochreous. 
The perfect insect appears from October till February, 
and frequents forest. Mr. Philpott informs me that it is 
generally found on the trunks of white pines and similar 
trees. It displays the usual habit-of the genus of alighting 
on the ground and taking refuge amongst the twigs and 
dead leaves. The shape the insect assumes with folded 
wings facilitates its secretion into any small crevice. 

