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small worm then, easily overlooked. The animal is soft- 

 bodied, subcylindrical, without legs or feelers or appendages 

 of any sort, without shell or other hard parts ; but it is easily 

 distinguished from ordinary marine worms in that the body 

 presents the three following well-marked regions : (1) The 

 anterior end of the body is an elongated cone, bluntly pointed 

 at the tip, and fairly mobile (it is remarkable in this species 

 for possessing a groove running along its dorsal surface) ; this 

 "proboscis" is in life not quite ^in. long. Its base is sur- 

 rounded by (2) a collar-like region of very short extent ; and 

 beyond this is (3) the body proper, tapering off posteriorly, 

 but not ending in any definite tail. 



It is unnecessary for me to enter into any anatomical de- 

 tails — these will be found elsewhere ; but I give an outline 

 drawing of the worm to aid the above description. 



Outline Sketch of BalanoglossuB otagoensis (x i). 



1. Proboscis, with dorsal groove. 



2. Collar. 



3. Bodv. 



Art. IV. — Notes on Macro-lepidoptera observed during the 



Summer of 1898-99. 



By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. 



[Bead before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 12th September, 1899.] 



The following notes refer to a few observations on Macro- 

 lepidoj^tera, which have been made since the publication of 

 my book on " New Zealand Moths and Butterflies." 



Dasypodia selenophora. 



This large and handsome insect was unusually common 

 during the past summer. Several specimens were obtained in 

 the Hutt Valley by Sir James Hector, and by Mr. Williams. 

 A specimen was also found at Karori, where, so far as I am 

 aware, the insect had never occurred previously, although I 

 have worked the locality continuously since 1882. Last April 

 I received a very fine specimen from Wanganui, and about 



