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tween the discal spot and the sub-terminal line the wing is 
thickly sprinkled with white, grey and bluish scales. The hind- 
wings are dull greyish-ochreous. The head and thorax are dark 
grey and the abdomen orange-brown. 
The perfect insect appears in December, and frequents 
forest. It is probably very local. In general colouring 
it imitates bird-droppings, but it is strikingly distinct from 
all the other species having similar imitative tendencies. 
TRACHYPEPLA CONTRITELLA. 
(Gelechia contritella, Walk., Cat. xxix., 657; Trachypepla nyc- 
topis, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xvi., 16.) 
(Plate exexexT ei as) 
This dull-coloured though distinct species is common 
and generally distributed throughout the country. 
The expansion of the wings is about 2 inch. The fore- 
wings are elongate with the apex rounded and the termen very 
oblique; pale purplish-grey; there is a conspicuous outwards- 
curved thick blackish transverse line with two tufts of raised 
scales at about 4, rather indistinct on the costa and dorsum; 
beyond this there is usually a paler central area; another oblique 
transverse line is situated on the costa at about 4+ and encloses 
two tufts of raised scales; there is a wavy transverse line from 
the costa at # to the tornus and a series of indistinct terminal 
dots. The hind-wings are greyish-ochreous, darker towards the 
apex. 
This species varies much in the depth of the ground 
colour, and in the intensity of the markings. The pale 
central area of the fore-wings is also variable. 
The perfect insect appears in January, and frequents 
forest. In the South Island it is often very common in 
beech forests (Nothofagus), but being inconspicuous seldom 
attracts much attention. Its colouring is imitative of dull 
erey lichens. 
TRACHYPEPLA PROTOCHLORA. 
(Trachypepla protochlora, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xvi., 18.) 
(Plate XXXI., fig. 23 @.) 
This species has occurred at Waimarino, Mount Eeg- 
mont, Palmerston North, Wellington, Otira Gorge and 
Invereargill. It seems to be very rare in the North Island, 
but comparatively common in the extreme south of the 
South Island. 
The expansion of the wings is about 3 inch. In its general 
markings this insect closely resembles 7. galaxias but may be 
immediately distinguished from that species by its green colour- 
ing. The fore-wings have the apex rounded and the termen 
oblique; rather dull yellowish-green with black markings nar- 
rowly edged with white; there is a cloudy grey patch on the 
costa at the base; two patches of black raised scales in the disc 
at 4, the upper one strongly angulated outwards; an. indefinite 
triangular patch on the costa near the middle touching two large, 
black-edged discal spots; the upper spot centred with raised green 
scales, the lower with white scales, an obscure wavy line con- 
nects the lower spot with the dorsum; there is a small spot on 
the costa at 2 emitting a fine wavy sub-terminal line followed by 
an indistinct terminal shading and two or three terminal dots. 
The hind-wings are grey, 
This species seems to vary a little in the depth of the 
green ground colour and strength of the markings. 
The perfect insect appears from November till Febru- 
ary, and frequents forest. Its colouring is highly protee- 
tive when it is resting amongst moss or on green lichens. 
In this position the wings are tightly closed, almost flat, 
with their apices overlapping; the antennae are placed 
under the costal margin of each wing; the anterior legs 
are placed forwards, the middle legs somewhat backwards 
and the hind-legs hidden. 
TRACHYPEPLA ASPIDEPHORA. 
(Trachypepla aspidephora, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xvi., 19.) 
(Plate XXXI., fig. 24 9.) 
This very distinct little species has occurred commonly 
at Kaeo, north of Auckland, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, 
the lower slopes of Mount Arthur to 3,200 feet, Christ- 
ehureh, Dunedin, and Invercargill. 
The expansion of the wings is 2 inch. The fore-wings are 
dull whitish-ochreous mottled with brownish-ochreous. There is 
an oblique ochreous-brown mark in the disc near the middle; 
two tufts of raised ochreous scales; an angulated blackish line 
a little before the middle; a@ very large irregular patch on the 
costa from about 4 to near the apex containing:—two tufts of 
raised pale ochreous scales, a black and a brown mark on the 
costa, one large black spot in the disc followed by a small slaty- 
blue spot; there is a short cloudy terminal band not reaching 
the apex. The hind-wings are greyish-ochreous. 
The perfect insect appears in December and January, 
and is usually met with on tree-trunks, where its colouring 
closely approximates to that of many lichens. 
TRACHYPEPLA ROSEATA. 
(Trachypepla roseata, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., liv., 
(Plate XLIX., fig. 22 9.) 
152.) 
This rather inconspicuous species has occurred at 
Takaka and on the Dun Mountain near Nelson. 
The expansion of the wings is about 4 inch. The fore 
wings are very pale ochreous white; there is a minute blackish 
patch on the costa near the base; a much larger pale brownish- 
grey patch near the middle of the dorsum reaching more than 
half way across the wing; the apical third is wholly brownish- 
grey traversed by an irregular dark margined whitish sub-ter- 
minal line; the centre of the apical patch is black and there are 
a few seattered bluish-white scales inside the sub-terminal line; 
four tufts of pinkish raised scales are situated in the disc; the 
cilia are brownish-grey mixed with blackish. The hind-wings 
and cilia are grey. 
This species is nearest to T'rachypepla aspidophora, 
but apparently quite distinct from that species. 
The perfect insect appears in January and frequents 
forest. 
TRACHYPEPLA VINARIA. 
(Trachypepla vinaria, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xlvi., 108.) 
(Plate XXXII., fig. 26 9.) 
This very obscure species has occurred at Wellington, 
Mount Arthur, Arthur’s Pass, and the Otira River. 
The expansion of the wings is about } inch. The fore- 
wings are dull white more or less speckled with pale grey and 
dull purple; there is a blackish-brown spot near the base; a sec- 

