NOTOREAS PARADELPHA, Meyr.
(Pasithea paradelpha, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 86. Notoreas paradelpha, ib. xviii. 184.)
(Plate [VIII]., figs. 12, 13, 14, varieties.)
In the South Island this insect has occurred on Mount Arthur, and on Ben Lomond, Lake Wakatipu, at elevations of from 3,600 to 5,000 feet.
The expansion of the wings is about 1 inch. The species is said to be distinguished from the preceding "by the barred cilia, the absence of any clear yellow colouring, the less prominent angulation of the post-median line and the more elongate wings."[[39]] (Meyrick.)
The perfect insect appears in December, January and February. In habits it exactly resembles Notoreas mechanitis.
NOTOREAS PERORNATA, Walk.
(Fidonia perornata, Walk. 1672. Pasithea perornata, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 87. Notoreas perornata, ib. xviii. 184.)
(Plate [VIII]., figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, varieties.)
This very pretty insect has occurred at Palmerston and Wellington in the North Island, and at Kekerangu, Mount Arthur, Lake Coleridge, Mount Hutt and Lake Wakatipu, in the South Island.