(Plate [IV]., fig. 17.)
This insect has been taken at Blenheim and at Rakaia.
The expansion of the wings is 1⅜ inches. The fore-wings are dull ochreous with the veins darker; there are one or two obscure blackish dots at about one-third from the base, and several faint dots near the termen. Hind-wings paler with very pale cilia; the antennæ in the male are moderately bipectinated.
The moth appears in November.
Described and figured from Mr. Fereday's specimens.
LEUCANIA AROTIS, Meyr.
(Leucania arotis, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 11. Leucania aulacias,[[12]] Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 11.)
(Plate [IV]., fig. 18.)
This species has occurred at Wellington in the North Island. In the South Island it has been found at Blenheim, Christchurch, and Rakaia.
The expansion of the wings is about 1½ inches. The fore-wings are cream-colour with the veins finely marked in grey; there is a series of streaks of darker cream-colour between the veins, and a row of minute black dots near the termen; the cilia are cream-colour. The hind-wings are dark grey with the cilia white.