An orophoro unicolour, a rare New Zealand insect, which was discovered by Mr H Grant at Burke's Pass, on some tussocks some days ago and was forwarded to the Museum on the suggestion of Dt. J. Guthrie, is being fed by Mr S. Lindsay. It was not till 1877 that the first specimen of orophoro unicolour was dsicovered by Butler, and the following year Mr 11. W. Fereday found other specimens in the beds of the Rakaia and the Waimakariri. It is thought that the adult moth is able to fly, although none has ever been captured in this state, the only known ones being hatched in captivity. The female of the species possesses neither legs nor wings, and apparently never develops beyond the larval stage. Iceland has one telephone to. every twenty-six inhabitants, while in Britain we have only one telephone to every twenty-nine persons.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18968, 5 April 1927, Page 4
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