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M. exquisita. 



Type taken at sugar in December. Mr. Lewis has also 

 taken one at Ida Valley. 



Agrotis admirationis. 



Fairly common at Ida Valley. 



Dasypodia selenophora. 



This tine moth may, I think, be placed on our list as 

 permanently established. About a dozen examples have been 

 noticed during the last three years. 



Tatosoma topea. 



Fairly common at flowers of Parsonsia albijiora in De- 

 cember. 



Paradetis porphyrias. 



Mr. G. V. Hudson found this peculiar little moth in fair 

 numbers at Paradise, Lake Wakatipu. 



Hydriomena rixata. 



Common at light from December to February. 



H. purpurifera. 



One specimen in January at flowers of ragwort. The 

 species is fairly common on Flagstaff Hill, near Dunedin. 



H. subochraria. 



One example in February at flowers of ragwort. 



Venusia verriculata. 



I secured one at sugar in June. A dense fog prevailed, 

 and no other insects were about. 



Xanthorhoe orophyla. 



Mr. J. H. Lewis has met with orophyla at Wedderburn. 

 It is probably generally distributed north of Dunedin. 



X. stinaria. 



According to Mr. Lewis this species is very common at the 

 Matukituki River, Wanaka. 



X. occulta. 



Bare, but might easily be passed over as cegrota. 



X. oraria. 



Abundant during the summer months on the sandhills near 

 the coast. 



