
220 XV—THE 
The expansion of the wings is 4 inch. The fore-wings are 
rather broad; dark purplish-grey and very glossy; there are sev- 
eral very irregular patches of deep red scales principally situated 
on the basal, dorsal and sub-terminal areas; the cilia are deep 
orange-red. The hind-wings are dark grey, the extreme apical 
cilia being reddish-ochreous. 
The perfect insect appears in December. It is found 
in alpine serub consisting of Veronica and Cassima. 
Described and figured from a specimen in Mr, Phil- 
pott’s collection. 
Genus 3—CATAMACTA, Meyr. 
Antennae in male moderately ciliated. Palpi rather long, 
porrected, second joint with projecting scales above and beneath, 
terminal moderate. Thorax without crest. Fore-wings with 
veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hind-wings with veins 3 and 
4 approximated at base, 5 more or less approximated to 4, 6 and 
7 stalked. (Plate E., figs. 22, 23 neuration of Catamacta gavi- 
sana; fig. 24 head of ditto.) 
There are seven species in New Zealand, some of which 
were formerly referred to the genus Adoxophyes, which 
does not occur in New Zealand. Four of the species are 
confined to the North Island. 
CATAMACTA TRICHROA., 
(Adoxophyes trichroa, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soe. Lond. 1901, 578.) 
A single specimen of this species was taken by Mr. 
Meyrick at Whangarei. 
The expansion of the wings of the female is about ? inch. 
Head, palpi, and thorax dark reddish-fuscous mixed with whitish- 
ochreous, shoulders with a ferruginous spot. Antennae whitish, 
ringed with dark fuscous.- Abdomen grey. Fore-wings moderate, 
elongate-oblong, costa anteriorly moderately arched, posteriorly 
straight, apex somewhat produced, termen sinuate, rather 
oblique; deep brown-reddish; an irregular shining white streak 
above middle from base to costa before apex, attenuated towards 
base, about middle, and at 3; costal area above this streak suf- 
fused with ferruginous-ochreous, rest of wing suffusedly mixed 
with shining white and blackish, apex beneath streak wholly 
blackish; a shining white suffused subcostal streak on basal 4, 
and one along fold from base to near tornus, interrupted at 4: 
cilia deep brown-reddish, mixed with whitish and dark fuscous. 
Hind-wings grey; cilia whitish, basal third grey. 
The perfect insect appears in December. 
T am unacquainted with this species. The above is a 
copy of the original description. 
CATAMAUCTA RUREANA. 
(Catamacta rureana, Feld., Reis. Nov. pl. exxxvii., 47; 
phyes camelina, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii., 97.) 
(Plate XXVII., fig. 22 4, 23 9.) 
Adoxo- 
Specimens of this interesting species are at present 
only recorded from Wellington and from Nelson. 
The expansion of the wings is about } inch. The fore-wings 
of the male are rather broad with the costa strongly arched at 
the base, the apex very slightly pointed and the termen almost 
straight; pale ochreous with reddish-brown markings, sometimes 
slightly tinged with purple; the basal area iS more or less 
streaked and spotited with brown; there is a very broad, oblique, 
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irregular central band reaching from 4 to 3 of costa narrowing 
TORTRICIDAE. 
and touching the dorsum at about 3; there is a large cream- 
coloured spot on the costa in the middle of the central band fol- 
lowed by a smaller spot; the terminal area of the wing is usually 
divided into a number of small squares by brown veins and fine 
transverse markings. The female has the costa very strongly 
arched at the base, the apex strongly produced upwards, the ter- 
men rounded and almost straight; very rich reddish-purple, dark- 
est near the middle of the wing; there is a very elongate narrow 
cream-coloured spot on the costa which appears to accentuate the 
peculiar costal outline. The hind-wings in both sexes are white, 
faintly tinged with ochreous, with a few very faint grey mark- 
ings, 
In many of the males the brown markings almost cover 
the whole of the fore-wings. In some female specimens 
the markings closely resemble those of the male, but are 
darker, and strongly tinged with purplish-red. 
The perfect insect appears from January till Mareh. 
It frequents restricted localities in forest and is rarely 
met with. / 
CATAMACTA LOTINANA. 
(Adoxophyes lotinana, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xv., 40.) 
CBIateRxGL Ve, igi bees) 
This distinctly-marked species has occurred at Christ- 
church, Dunedin and on Bold Peak, Lake Wakatipu. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over # inch. The 
fore-wings are oblong with the apex very acute and the termen 
rounded; pale ochreous-brown and very glossy; the spaces be- 
tween the veins and the dorsal margin are more or less clouded 
with dull reddish-brown and on the terminal third there are rows 
of five or six dull grey spots between each of the veins, the 
veins themselves being pale ochreous and very conspicuous. The 
hind-wings are pale whitish-ochreous very faintly mottled with 
pale grey. The cilia of all the wings are shining white with a 
grey basal line. The female has the fore-wings more oblong and 
the hind-wings paler than the male. 
The larva feeds on the toe toe grass (Arundo con- 
spicua). The pupa is enclosed in a firm white cocoon 
attached openly to the surface of the leaves. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January. 
Described and figured from a specimen in Mr. Fen- | 
wick’s collection. 
CATAMACTA GAVISANA. 
(Catamacta gavisana, Walk., Cat. xxviii, 3812; ? innotatana, 
ib. 833; Conchylis marginana, ib., 371; Pyrgotis porphy- 
readna, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W., 1881, 443; Capua 
aoristand, ib., 446; Adoxophyes conditana, Meyr., (nee 
Walk.), Trans. N.Z. Inst., xv., 40.) 
(Plate XXII., figs. 15, 16, 17 @ varieties; 18, 34, 35 9 ditto.) 
This extremely variable species is probably common, 
and generally distributed throughout the country. 
The expansion of the wings varies from slightly over } 
inch to slightly over 3 inch. In the male the fore-wings are rather 
broad, triangular, the costa very slightly bent and the termen 
oblique; the-colour and markings are very variable as described 
below. The hind-wings are pale grey more or less mottled with 
darker grey; the cilia are pale grey. The female has the fore- 
wings rather long, the costa strongly arched towards the base, 
slightly curved beyond the middle, the apex somewhat produced 

