Mr. Meyrick regards this insect as identical with Xanthorhoe beata.
XANTHORHOE CHLORIAS, Meyr.
(Larentia chlorias, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 80.)
This species was discovered in the South Island at Castle Hill, by Mr. Meyrick.
"The expansion of the wings of the male is 30 mm. (about 1¼ inches). Fore-wings moderate, termen hardly rounded; bright yellow; base of costa dark fuscous-purple; a curved row of three very small dark purple-fuscous spots about one-fourth, and another of four spots before middle, costal spots larger; a triangular purple blotch on costa before apex, reaching half across wing, anteriorly margined by a strongly sinuate bluish-black streak; a row of three dark purple-fuscous dots from apex of this to dorsum, and a subterminal row of six similar dots; cilia yellow. Hind-wings moderate, termen rounded; rather paler than fore-wings, with two curved posterior rows of cloudy purple-fuscous dots.
"A very beautiful and conspicuous species.
"I took one fine specimen in a wooded gully near Castle Hill, at 3,100 feet, in January."—(Meyrick.)
XANTHORHOE ÆGROTA, Butl.
(Selidosema ægrota, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii. 499. Larentia ægrota, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 80.)
(Plate [VII]., fig. 37 ♂.)