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240 XV—THE TORTRICIDAE. 
Mr. Meyrick remarks that this species is ‘‘remote from 
all its congeners in superficial appearanee; the peculiar 
angulated sub-costal mark at the base (differing in the 
sexes), 1S unique in its way, but only conspicuous in the 
male.’’ 
The perfect insect appears from January to March 
and again in August. It frequents forests and gardens, 
but it does not appear to be generally common in such situa- 
tions, 
HARMOLOGA SCOLIASTIS. 
(Trachybathra scoliastis, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxix., 113.) 
(Plate XXIV., fig. 4 9.) 
This rather obseurely-marked species was discovered 
at the head of Lake Wakatipu, and has also occurred on 
Mount Aurum. It is stated to be generally distributed in 
the extreme south, although not common. 
The expansion of the wings of the male is # inch, of the 
female about {~ inch. The fore-wings are rather narrow and 
oblong with the costa slightly bent before the middle; dull yellow- 
ish-grey; there are several minute black marks near the base; 
a rather broad oblique black bar in the disc at about 4, emitting 
several short black lines towards the termen and with a smaller 
black bar above it; there is an obscure pale brownish-grey sub- 
terminal band edged with blackish-grey spots towards the tornus; 
in addition to these markings the fore-wings are more or less 
dappled with dull brown especially on the costa and dorsum. The 
hind-wings are dull orange-yellow with a cloudy brown border 
and numerous faint brown spots. 
The perfect insect appears in January and February. 
It frequents the open country on the banks of the Dart 
River at the head of Lake Wakatipu, where it may be dis- 
lodged from the foliage of the Wild Irishman (Discaria 
towmatow), a plant which grows very freely in that locality. 
HARMOLOGA SISYRANA. 
(Harmologa sisyrana, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xv., 44; Harmo- 
loga antitypa, ib. xlvi., 105.) 
(Bl are SXEXeViTe atl oes) 
This very obseure-looking species has been taken at 
Auckland, Wellington, Christehureh, Dunedin and Wedder- 
burn (Central Otago.) 
The expansion of the wings varies from & to # inch. The 
thorax is crested. The fore-wings are rather elongate-oblong with 
lighter and darker grey markings; there is a conspicuous, very 
irregular, dark edged, pale band at about 4; a broad, irregular, 
pale centred, central area; a winding, rather pale grey, subter- 
minal band from the apex to the tornus, very indistinct in the 
female. The hind-wings are pale grey mottled with darker grey. 
The female is larger and paler than the male. 
The larva is somewhat flattened, almost uniform in thick- 
ness, slightly tapering posteriorly; the head is dull ochreous with 
four pale brown stripes and several dots; the body pale green 
with two very broad, rather irregular, clear white dorsal lines 
interrupted at each segmental division; there is a broad dark 
green sub-dorsal line and a wavy whitish lateral ridge; the lower 
portions of the larva are very pale green; segments 3 and 4 have 
a single row of blackish warts, the other segments, except the 
last, a double row; each wart emits a bristle; the length of the 
full-grown larva is about & inch. 

This larva is active in its habits constructing a silken 
eallery amongst the dense foliage of the Tauhinu (Cassinia 
leptophylla), on which it feeds during the spring and early 
summer. 
The pupa is enclosed in the larval habitat. 
The perfect inseet appears from November till April. 
It is found in open situations where its foodplant is com- 
mon, and is often taken on sand-hills near the sea-coast, 
but is never very abundant. 
HARMOLOGA PONTIFICA. 
(Harmologa pontifica, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xliii., 74.) 
(Plate XXV., fig. 32 @.) 
This very beautiful and distinct species has occurred 
on the Mount Arthur Tableland, but is very rare. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over # inch. The 
fore-wings are oblong with the termen very slightly oblique; 
very delicate purplish-bronzy-brown,; there is a very distinct pale 
grey oblique transverse band at about 4, broadest near the dor- 
sum; @ cloudy central band and a well-defined, inwards-curved, 
sub-terminal band; there are two cloudy reddish-brown patches 
on each side of the first band; an elongate black discal dot in 
the central band and a reddish-brown shading along the edges 
of the sub-terminal band; the costal region is considerably 
darker, especially near the edges of the transverse bands; there 
are numerous scattered minute brown streaks over the entire 
wing. The hind-wings are rather pale brown faintly mottled with 
darker brown. 
The perfect insect appears in January, frequenting 
open mountainous country at an elevation of about 4,000 
feet above the sea-level. 
HARMOLOGA FESTIVA. 
(Harmologa festiva, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xlvii., 199.) 
(Plate XXViIL., fig, 21 (4 -) 
This bright-looking species was discovered by Mr. Phil- 
pott on Mount Cleughearn near Lake Monowai, at an alti- 
tude of about 3,000 feet. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly under 8 inch. The 
fore-wings are oblong with the termen nearly straight, bright 
orange-brown clouded with dull bluish-grey in the dise and to- 
wards the apex; there is an oblique elongate-triangular whitish 
patch reaching from the costa at + to the middle of the dorsum; 
a short white bar on the middle of the costa and an almost 
straight white sub-terninal band; all these white markings are 
edged with broken black lines. The hind-wings are dark greyish- 
black. 
The perfect insect appears in January, and is found 
amongst sub-alpine veronicas and other shrubs. 
HARMOLOGA SANGUINBEA. 
(Harmologa sanguinea, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xlvii., 199.) 
(PlatewxXsev ily, fies da as) 
This brightly-coloured species was found by Mr. Phil- 
pott on Mount Cleughearn, Hunter Mountains, at an alti- 
tude of 3,000 feet. . 
The expansion of the wings is nearly # inch. It is rather 
like H. festiva but with the ground colour tinged with purple and 

























