The perfect insect is met with from January till March. On the Mount Arthur Tableland it occurred very commonly at about 3,800 feet above the sea-level. In this locality it was freely attracted by light, and large numbers of specimens were captured by the aid of a single candle, exhibited at the tent door during mild evenings.
LEUCANIA ACONTISTIS, Meyr.
(Leucania acontistis, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 9.)
(Plate [IV]., fig. 14.)
A single specimen of this species was captured at Castle Hill by Mr. J. D. Enys, and is now in Mr. Fereday's collection.
The expansion of the wings is 1⅜ inches. The fore-wings are dull ochreous; the veins are slightly darker; there is a fine, black, doubly-curved, longitudinal streak from the base to about one-third. The hind-wings are pale yellowish-grey. The cilia of all the wings are dull ochreous.
Described and figured from the specimen in Mr. Fereday's collection.
LEUCANIA PHAULA, Meyr.
(Leucania phaula, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 10.)
(Plate [IV]., fig. 15.)