
XVII.—THE 
The perfect insect appears from the middle of Sep- 
tember until the middle of November and is sometimes very 
common. It is rather sluggish in its habits, and mostly 
frequents gardens and other cultivated places. It is usu- 
ally found resting on fences or tree-trunks in the day- 
time, often secreting itself on the under-side of objects 
almost in contact with the ground. It occasionally enters 
houses, and is frequently observed drowned in vessels of 
water which have been left in the open over-night. 
ATOMOTRICHA PROSPICIENS. 
(Atomotricha prospiciens, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., lv., 662.) 
(Plates Mi fies 2 219.) 
This rather bright-looking species has been taken by 
Mr. C. E. Clarke at Pompolona, Te Anau-Milford Track, 
and at Orepuki, Southland. 
The expansion of the wings is $ inch. The fore-wings are 
bright yellowish-brown, paler around the markings, the mark- 
ings themselves being blackish-brown; there are several elon- 
gate marks along the fold; the two discal stigmata are very 
large, strongly outlined in black towards costa; the second line 
is very strongly angulated outwards below costa, thence strongly 
inwardly oblique. The hind-wings are pale ochreous. 
The perfect insect appears from October till December. 
Genus 15.—BAREA, Walk. 
Basal joint of antennae without pecten, Thorax with strong 
crest. Fore-wings without tufts. Hind-wings elongate-ovate. 
(Plate G., fig. 30 head of Barea dinocosm4a.) 
A considerable Australian genus. The larvae probably 
feed in bark of trees. We have four species in New Zea: 
land. 
BAREA DINOCOSMA. 
(Phloeopola dinocosma, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W. 1883, 349; 
VANS aONG ilu St aX Vis ke.) 
(Plate XXXIT,, fig: 10) 9°) 
At present this rather distinctly-marked species has 
only been recorded from Auckland, Raurimu, Ohakune 
and Wellington. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over ? inch. The 
fore-wings are moderately broad with the apex and tornus rather 
rounded; bronzy-brown with golden reflections; there is a black 
spot on the costa at the base and a smaller spot on the dorsum; 
two small spots obliquely placed in the disc at about 4; a very 
large kidney-shaped black spot in the dise beyond the middle fol- 
lowed by a narrow outwards-curved ochreous transverse line; 
beyond this line the ground colour of the wing is much paler; 
there are three black dots on the costa near the apex and a 
series of similar dots on the termen. The hind-wings are pale 
grey, whiter near the base with a darker grey lunule near the 
middle of the dise. 
The perfect insect appears in November and Decem- 
ber, frequenting the densest parts of the forest where it 
may sometimes be dislodged from amongst masses of Aste- 
lia solandri, a plant often growing on dead trees in such 
situations. It is rare and of obscure and very secluded 
habits. 
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BARHA AMBIGUA. 
(Barea anbigua, Philp. Trans. N.Z. Inst., lvi., 396.) 
CRlaten WI eye bea), 
This species was discovered by Mr. W. Heighway, at 
Horseshoe Lake, near Christchurch. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over # inch. The 
fore-wings are elongate-oblong; dull brownish-ochreous, irregu- 
larly sprinkled with blackish-grey; two small black marks on 
costa and dorsum at base; two small, somewhat horse-shoe- 
shaped, black marks, one on fold, the other immediately above 
fold; a very large, irregular kidney-shaped discal spot; a diffused 
somewhat triangular blotch from apex, almost reaching the dis- 
cal spot; four small elongate blackish terminal markings; the 
cilia are greyish-ochreous. The hind-wings and cilia are dull 
greyish-ochreous. 
This species closely resembles B. dinocosma, from which 
it differs in its slightly larger size and much darker and 
generally greyer colouring of both fore-and hind-wings. 
The perfect insect appears in November. 
BAREA CONFUSELLA. 
(Barea confusella, Walk., Cat. xxix., 682; Phloeopola confusella, 
Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 18838, 354.) 
(Plate XXXII., fig. 11 9.) 
This common Australian insect was first observed at 
Wellington and Nelson about the year 1908. It has no 
doubt been artificially introduced. Specimens have also 
been taken at New Plymouth, Christchurch, Dunedin and 
on Bold Peak, Lake Wakatipu. 
The expansion of the wings is about 1 inch. The fore- 
wings are very pale golden-ochreous with confused black mark- 
ings; there is a very broad wavy oblique bar on the costa near 
the base almost reaching the dorsum; a much smaller indistinct 
bar beyond this; two discal dots; a large cloudy V-shaped mark 
on the outer half of the costa, the point of the V touching the 
tornus and a series of indistinct sub-terminal spots; the spaces 
between all these markings are thickly sprinkled with blackish 
seales. The hind-wings are greyish-ochreous, darker towards 
the apex. 
The perfect insect appears in January and February, 
and is found in gardens, resting on tree-trunks by day, 
or feasting on blossoms at night. In Australia it is at- 
tached to Hucalyptus. The New Zealand specimens belong 
to the Victorian form with grey hind-wings, the New South 
Wales form having them pale yellowish. 
BAREA EXARCHA. 
(Barea exarcha, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., viii., 357; Tzatha 
planetella, Huds., Ent. Mo. Mag., lix.. 218.) 
(Plate LI., fig. 20 ¢.) 
This large and conspicuous species has occurred in 
the North Island at Ohakune, and in the South Island at 
Christehureh and Dean’s Bush. It has probably been in- 
troduced from Australia through human agency. 
The expansion of the wings of the female is almost 14 
inches. The fore-wings are elongate-oblong, with the apex and 
tornus rounded; pale ochreous-brown, irregularly clouded with 
patches of darker brown, with black markings; there is a large, 
rather yellowish-brown, crescentic band, around apex, termen 
and tornus, its inner edge irregularly margined with black; two 
rather faint blackish patches on costa at 4 and 3; a minute black 

