Part 85

Report of American Department of Agriculture, 1881, p. 93.

Mr. Philpott informs me that the larva of M. paracausta closely resembles that of M. vitiosa.

This species has been recently named by Mr. Meyrick, but a description of it has not yet been published.

The accurate ascertainment of the positions of the veins near the costa in this species is a matter of considerable difficulty owing to the extremely dense tuft of hairs there situated.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 29.

Newman's British Moths, 319.

Meyrick, Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 33.

Meyrick, Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 35.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 35.

Meyrick, 'Handbook of British Lepidoptera,' 159.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xi. 300.

Ib. xix. 38.

Since this was written I find that Mr. Meyrick has created a new genus, Hyperaucha, for the reception of this insect. See 'Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,' 1897, 383.

N. Z. 'Journal of Science,' July, 1884.

N. Z. 'Journal of Science,' July, 1884.

A second specimen of this variety has since occurred in the neighbourhood of Nelson.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 60.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 60.

N. Z. 'Journal of Science,' July, 1884.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 60.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xviii. 208.

Ib. xvi. 71.

Ib.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 78.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 82.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 83.

Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 86.

In connection with these three species of Notoreas I should here mention that I have a number of specimens in my collection which appear to me to establish a complete transition between N. mechanitis, N. paradelpha, and N. perornata. From a careful study of these specimens I am led to believe that these three forms are really only varieties of one very variable species. Mr. Meyrick does not at present share this opinion, but I am disposed to think that this is chiefly due to the comparatively limited number of specimens he has had the opportunity of examining. In any case I do not regard the question of the specific or varietal values of these, or indeed of any other forms, as matters of great scientific importance, being, to a great extent, merely matters of individual opinion.