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light brown, with a darker basal line. Hindwings grey-whitish, very slightly ochreous-tinged, thinly spotted with grey; cilia whitish, spotted with grey at base.
Characterized by the clear well-defined markings; superficially rather resembling the Australian C. mnemosynana, Meyr., but removed from it by the strong costal fold.
One specimen taken at Wellington in February.
8. Tortrix, Tr.
Thorax smooth. Antennæ in male ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint triangularly scaled. Forewings in male simple. Hindwings broader than forewings. Forewings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 separate, 7 to hindmargin. Hindwings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 approximated at base to 4, 6 and 7 separate.
Separated from Cacoecia by the absence of costal fold in male, from Proselena by the origin of veins 3 and 4 of the hindwings from a point, from Dipterina by the simply and shortly ciliated antennæ of the male. Well represented in Australia; there are six known species from New Zealand, thus distinguishable:—
| A. Head and thorax white | 17. charactana. |
| B. {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ grey | |
| 1. Forewings moderately broad | 18. demiana. |
| 2. Forewings„ narrow | 22. aërodana. |
| C. Head and thorax ochreous | |
| 1. Central fascia wholly absent | 21. leucaniana. |
| 2. Central„ fascia„ partly indicated or entire | |
| a. Posterior costal spot distinct | 20. philopoana. |
| b. Posterior„ costal„ spot„ absent | 19. pictoriana. |
17. Tort. charactana, Meyr.
(Cacoecia charactana, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1881, 492.)
Minor, alis ant. albis, fasciæ mediæ dimidio superiore angusto nigrescente; post. albis, raro albido-griseis.
Male, female.—14–18½ mm. Head and thorax dull white; palpi rather elongate, externally mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched towards base, thence nearly straight, faintly sinuate beyond middle, hindmargin slightly sinuate, not oblique; dull white, faintly strigulated with pale ochreous-grey, and with a few scattered blackish scales; outer edge of basal patch irregular, angulated above middle, partially indicated by blackish scales or obsolete; in female an indistinct grey spot on inner margin before middle, shading into edge of basal patch; central fascia from before middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, upper third very narrow, blackish, or ochreous-fuscous mixed with black, lower two-thirds strongly and irregularly dilated, almost