A VIL —THE 
The perfect insect appears from January till March, 
and is loeally abundant in dry stony places, such as river 
beds or roadsides. It is strictly diurnal in its habits, fly- 
ing freely in the hottest sunshine. The species is practi- 
cally cosmopolitan, though rarer in Europe than else- 
where. 
Genus 6—PANTOSPERMA, Meyr. 
Antennae almost as long as fore-wings. Labial palpi with 
appressed scales, slightly rough anteriorly, terminal joint as 
long as second, pointed. Fore-wings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, 
7 to termen. Hind-wings lanceolate. 
An endemic genus represented by one species. 
PANTOSPERMA HOLOCHALCA. 
(Pantosperma holochalca, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 89.) 
(Plate XXXIII., fig. 14 9.) 
This very plain-looking species has occurred at To- 
kaanu, Makotuku and Wellington. 
The expansion of the wings is about $ inch. The fore- 
wings are elongate-elliptical with the apex acute; brownish- 
ochreous with bronzy reflections; there are a few greyish-black 
scales irregularly scattered over the wing but no distinct mark- 
ings. The hind-wings are dark grey with faint purplish-bronzy 
reflections. 
The perfect insect appears from January till March, 
stragglers being sometimes met with until the end of 
April. It frequents rushes (Juncus), where it is often 
lecally abundant. It flies rapidly in the hottest sunshine. 
Genus 7.—GLYPHIPTERYX, Hibn. 
Labial palpi with second joint loosely or roughly scaled 
in whorls, sometimes tufted, terminal joint compressed, rough- 
ened, pointed. Fore-wings with vein 7 to termen, 7 and 8 some- 
times stalked. (Plate H., figs. 24, 25, 26 neuration and head of 
Glyphipteryx erastis.) 
This is a large cosmopolitan genus, especially well 
represented in Australia and New Zealand, but very scan- 
tily in Europe, Africa, and North America. Its members 
are distinguished by the smooth head, the broad forehead, 
the short thickened labial palpi and the slender antennae 
being shorter than the body. Many of the species are fur- 
ther distinguished by an indentation in the termen below 
the apex, but species which cannot otherwise be separated 
generically have the termen entire. Other species have 
the anterior wings adorned with silvery markings, or sil- 
very and white markings. All the species are true day- 
fliers, delighting to sport in the hottest sunshine; they are 
fond of sitting on flowers, and when otherwise at rest, 
they have the peculiar habit of alternately raising the 
wings slightly and then depressing them just as if they 
were fanning themselves.* 
The larvae of the New Zealand species, of which the 
life histories are known, feed on the pith inside the stems 
of, rushes or sedges, the insects remaining in this condition 
during the autumn and winter, the pupa state being as- 
sumed early in the spring. 
No less than twenty-nine species of this interesting 
genus are found in New Zealand, and although of small 

*Stainton, Natural History of the Tineina, xi, 230. 
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size, many of them must be ranked amongst the handsom- 
est of our native insects. Of these species five are re- 
stricted to the North Island, fourteen to the South Island 
and ten oceur in both islands. 
GLYPHIPTERYX CIONOPHORA. 
(Circica cionophora, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 88.) 
(Elater xxii, fe LO ae) 
This rather inconspicuous species has occurred at 
Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and at Ida Valley, 
Central Otago. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 4 inch. The 
fore-wings are elongate lanceolate with the apex very sharply 
pointed in the female; whitish-ochreous; there is a straight, 
bronzy longitudinal stripe from the base to the apex near the 
costa and a cloudy ochreous streak along the fold. The hind- 
wings are grey, paler in the female. 
The perfect insect appears in February, March and 
April, frequenting open grassy country. According to 
Mr. Meyrick it is common on the Lyttelton Hills near 
Christchurch, and I have met with it in abundance on the 
grassy cliffs around Sinclair Head, near Wellington. 
GLYPHIPTERYX AENBA. 
(Glyphipteryx dened, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xlix., 244.) 
(Plate XXXIV., fig. 7 9.) 
This handsome species was discovered by Mr. Philpott 
on the Hump Ridge, Southland. It has also occurred on 
Mount Burns, Hunter Mountains, at altitudes between 
3,000 and 3,500 feet above the sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings is about 4 inch. The fore-wings 
are extremely-pointed without any apical lobe; shining golden 
or brassy; there is a narrow purplish band along the costal 
edge and a@ number of white and iridescent scales towards the 
apex, the extreme apex being blackish. The hind-wings are 
grey, with purplish reflections. 
The perfect insect appears from December till Feb- 
ruary, and is found in! open grassy places on the mountain 
side. It is a rare species, apparently confined to the 
extreme south. 
Described and figured from a specimen in Mr. Phil- 
pott’s collection. 
GLYPHIPTERYX XESTOBELA. 
(Circica xestobela, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx., 89.) 
(Plate XLVIIL., fig. 22 &; 37 9.) 
This species was discovered by Mr. Meyrick on 
Arthur’s Pass at an altitude of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet 
above the sea-level. 
The expansion of the wings of the male is 4 inch, of the 
female # inch. The fore-wings of the male are rather broad, 
with the apex sharply pointed; dull bronzy-brownish-grey, nar- 
rowly margined with cream colour along outer part of costa; 
the cilia are cream colour on costa and greyish-white on ter- 
men and dorsum. The hind-wings are grey with paler cilia. 
In the female the wings are much abbreviated and quite in- 
capable of flight, pale cream colour, with about ten transverse 
rows of blackish scales, paler towards base. The hind-wings are 
cream colour. 
The perfect insect appears in January. 

