Described and figured from a specimen kindly given to me by Mr. Fereday.
XANTHORHOE MNESICHOLA.
(Larentia mnesichola, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xx. 56.)
(Plate [VII]., fig. 39 ♂.)
This dull little species has occurred in the South Island on Mount Arthur, at elevations of from 4,000 to 4,800 feet.
The expansion of the wings is 1 inch. The fore-wings are pale brownish-ochreous, and rather glossy; there is a series of minute black dots at the base, a second series at about one-third, then a cloudy curved band, slightly darker than the rest of the wing, followed by a third series of minute black dots; a fourth series is situated slightly before the termen. The hind-wings are very pale brownish-ochreous.
The perfect insect appears in January. Mr. Meyrick states that it is rather common.
XANTHORHOE PRÆFECTATA, Walk.
(Acidalia præfectata, Walk. 781. Acidalia subtentaria, Walk. 1610. Acidalia absconditaria, Walk. 1611; Butl., Cat. pl. iii. 21. Larentia præfectata, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 78.)
(Plate [VII]., fig. 30.)