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about eight fine blackish bars are Situated on the outer part of 
the costa; there is a faint leaden-metallic streak from the tornus, 
and another from about the middle of the termen; the cilia are 
pale brownish-ochreous, with a black apical spot. The hind-wings 
and cilia are white. 
Variable in the extent and intensity of the dark mark- 
ings, especially in the male. 
The perfect insect appears from about the last week in 
August until the middle or end of September. It is thus 
one of the earliest of our Lepidoptera to emerge in the 
spring, and at this season it may be often found, fairly 
plentifully, amongst Leucopogon fasciculatus upon which its 
larva probably feeds. This species is an excellent illustra- 
tion of the need for the collector to be on the alert at un- 
likely times of year and in unlikely places. For over thirty 
years I had but a single specimen of S. parthenia in my 
collection, owing to the fact that I consistently failed to 
look for the insect, either at the right season, or in the 
proper place. 
SPILONOTA ZOPHERANA. 
(Strepsiceros zopherand, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1881, 
688; Trans. N.Z. Inst., xv., 64; Strepsicrates zopherana, 
Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 73.) 
(Plate XXVIL, fig. 29 4.) 
Generally distributed throughout New Zealand wher- 
ever Manuka is abundant. 
The expansion of the wings is from 2 to seven-sixteenths of 
an. inch. The fore-wings are narrow with the apex pointed and 
the termen obliquely-rounded; pale greyish-brown with an inter- 
rupted cloudy white streak from base to apex; there is a series 
of fine oblique brown lines on the costa except near the base; 
a conspicuous blackish-brown bar in the disc; two much smaller 
bars beyond this; the cilia are blackish-grey, paler towards the 
tornus with a conspicuous black patch at the apex. The hind- 
wings, Which have the apex pointed, are pale brown, darker to- 
wards the apex and termen. 
This species is rather variable in the depth of the grey- 
ish-brown colouring, the width of the white streak, and the 
extent and intensity of the other markings. 
The perfect insect appears from August to October, 
and again from January to March, the specimens taken at 
these times apparently belonging to two different broods. 
It is found amongst manuka serub (Leptospermum  sco- 
partum), and in such localities it is often locally abundant. 
The larva probably feeds on the manuka. 
This species is also found in Australia. 
SPILONOTA EMPLASTA. 
(Strepsicrates emplasta, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1901, 
571.) 
(Plate. XXVII., fig. 27 @.) 
This species was discovered by Mr. Philpott at West 
Plains near Inverearegill. 
The expansion of the wings is 4 inch. The fore-wings are 
elongate, narrow, with the termen very oblique and the tornus 
rounded; shining white with coppery-brown markings; there are 
a number of irregular stripes on the costa, scarcely reaching half- 
XV—THE TORTRICIDAE. 
way across the wing; an irregular patch of coppery-brown on 
the dorsum at the base extending to about 4; a second broken 
irregular patch in the middle of the wing almost touching the 
first; a triangular black marked spot near the tornus reaching 
half-way across the wing; a longitudinal dark brown dash to- 
wards the costa before the apex; a dark brown streak along the 
termen; the cilia are grey mixed with brown and white. The 
hind-wings are grey with the cilia pale grey; veins 3 and 4 are 
coincident. 
This species is stated to be distinguished from Spilo- 
nota zopherana by its larger size by the clear, white ground 
colour of the fore-wings, and by the small dark stripes on 
the same which are irregularly oblique in emplasta and 
acutely angulated in zopherana. 
The perfect insect appears in October. 
SPILONOTA CHAOPHILA. 
(Strepsicrates chaophila, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xli., 10.) 
(Plate XOOVis fesaon as) 86ue).) 
At present this species has only been found in the 
1eighbourhood of Wellington, and at Takaka. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 4 inch. The 
fore-wings are rather elongate with the apex blunt and the ter- 
men slightly curved and oblique; bright brownish-ochreous; there 
is a large blackish-brown basal patch, very pointed towards the 
termen; four dots on the costa before the apex; a triangular tor- 
nal patch; an obscure oval leaden metallic marking near the ter- 
men forming the margin of an ocellus, the upper margin being 
also bounded by a rather large, blackish-brown spot above the 
middle of the wing; in the female the fore-wings are reddish- 
brown with the principal markings indistinet or absent; the cilia 
are brown becoming black towards the apex. The hind-wings and 
cilia are brownish-grey. 
There is great variation in the intensity of the mark- 
ings, and the fore-wings in the male are often much suffused 
with brownish-black. 
The perfect insect appears in October and frequents 
forest, but is usually very local. 
SPILONOTA EJECTANA. 
(scidphila ejectana, Walk., Cat. xxviii., 350; Strepsiceros ejectana, 
Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1881, 681; Trans. N.Z. 
Inst., xv., 63; Sciaphila servilisana, Walk., Cat., xxviii., 356; 
Sciaphila saxana, ib., 357; Conchylis ligniferana, ib., 363; 
Strepsicrates ejectand, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 73.) 
(Plate XXVII., figs. 1, 2 varieties.) 
This species is common and_ generally distributed 
throughout the country. 
The expansion of the wings varies from slightly under to 
slightly over ~ inch. The antennae of the male are notched at 
about } from the basal joint. The fore-wings are light grey, more 
or less speckled with dull. white and darker grey; there are sev- 
eral blackish streaks on the costa; the male has a tuft of raised 
scales on the sub-median fold before the middle; there is usually 
a cloudy, longitudinal, blackish streak near the middle; often a 
number of small ochreous-brown patches irregularly dispersed on 
the wing; an ill-defined, often very indistinct, brownish patch on 
the termen below the apex. The hind-wings are brownish-grey 
and the cilia of all the wings grey; veins 3 and 4 of the hind- 
wings are long-stalked. 

