. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Ova of Lepidoptera Fact p. 94. Trans. Inst., Vol. XLVI. Plate Ova of Lepidoptera. Watt.—Ova of some of the Lepidoptera of New Zealand. 95 mutans. When studying the eggs of this moth I was struck by the dissimilarity of the eggs m some of the batches. This led me to examine the parent moths more closely, and, although they were almost similar to the type specimen, there were slight differences in the size, colouring, and clearness of the markings, and these, combined with the dissimilarities in the eggs, ca
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Ova of Lepidoptera Fact p. 94. Trans. Inst., Vol. XLVI. Plate Ova of Lepidoptera. Watt.—Ova of some of the Lepidoptera of New Zealand. 95 mutans. When studying the eggs of this moth I was struck by the dissimilarity of the eggs m some of the batches. This led me to examine the parent moths more closely, and, although they were almost similar to the type specimen, there were slight differences in the size, colouring, and clearness of the markings, and these, combined with the dissimilarities in the eggs, caused me to class the parent moths as two distinct varieties. I examined batches of eggs of eight specimens of variety A, and in all these both the parent moths and individual eggs of different batches were startlingly alike. Of variety B, I only had the good fortune to examine batches from three moths, and the dissimilarities of these and their eggs when compared with the others, and their similarity to one another, led me to class these as another variety. Variety A. This moth has a slightly greater wing-expansion than the
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