Loncstaff. — Nomenclature of the Lepidoptera of N.Z. 

 Leucania dunedinensis Butl. ^f 



113 



2040. Leucania dunedinensis Hmpsn. (2), 

 vol. 5, p. 591 , xcvi, 2. 



2041. Leucania semivittata Walk. (5), 

 vol. 5, p. 592 ; fig. 



* 2042. Leucania blenheimensis Fereday 

 (0), vol. 5, p. 592, xcvi, 3. 



(2042a.) Leucania purdiei Fereday (1) 



[vol. 5, p. 611, ignot.]. 

 2043. Leucania sulcana Feredav (5), 



vol. 5, p. 593 ; fig. 



* 2606. ? Sympistis pessota Meyr. (0), 

 vol. 6, p. 412, ignot. 



* 2607. Sympistis iota Huds. (0), vol. 6, 

 p. 413, ignot. 



2608. Sympistis fortis Butl. (2), vol. 6, 



p. 413 ; fig. 

 2715. Austramathes purpurea Butl., vol. 6, 



p. 492 ; fig. 



2775. Bityla defigurata Walk., vol. 7,, 

 p. 41 ; fig. 



2776. Bityla, sericea Butl. (1), vol. 7, 

 p. 41. % 



2777. ? Bityla pallida Huds. (1), vol. 7, 

 p. 42, cix, 6. 



3591. Cosmodes elegans Donov., vol. 8, 



p. 17 ; fig. 

 4071. Ariathisa comma Walk., vol. 8, 



p. 400 ; fig. 

 Plusia chalcites Esp. 



Leucania semivittata Walk.. Huds. p. 13, 



iv, 21, 22 

 Leucania blenheimensis Fereday, Huds. 



p. 13, iv, 23 

 Leucania pnrdii Fereday, Huds. p. 10, 



iv, 11 

 Leucania sulcana Fereday, Huds. p. 13, 



iv, 19, 20 

 Miselia pessota Meyr., Huds. p. 6, v, 26 



Miselia iota Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 



1903, vol. 35, p. 243, xxx, 3 

 Orthosia fortis Butl., Mevr. Trans. Ent. 



Soc. Lond. 1901, p. 565 

 Xanthia purpurea Butl., Huds. p. 8, v, 32 



Bityla defigurata Walk., Huds. p. 29, v, 33 



Bityla sericea Butl, Huds. p. 29, v, 31 



Orthosia pallida Huds., Trans. N.Z. lust. 



1905, vol. 36, p. 355 

 Cosmodes elegans Donov., Huds. p. 33, 



vi, 2 

 Orthosia comma Walk., Huds. p. 7, v, 27, 



28 

 Plusia chalcites Esp., Huds. p. 35, vi, 3 



Dasy podia selenophora Guen., Huds. p. 35, 



vi, 4 

 Hypenodes exsularis Meyr., Huds. p. 34. 



Hyperaucha octias Meyr., Huds. p. 37, 



vi, 7 

 (Rhapsa octias, Huds.)| 

 Bhapsa scotosialis Walk,, Huds. p., 36, 



vi, 5, 6 



Sir George Hampson has not seen any of the following thirteen species, 

 the types of which would appear to be in New Zealand, consequently he is 

 unable to give any definite opinion about them. His difficulty is the same 

 as Mr. Hudson has often laboured under. 



Agrotis veda Howes, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 



1906, vol. 38, p. 511, xliv, 3 

 Orthosia margarita Hawthorne, Huds. 



p. 6, v, 31 

 Melanchra exquisita Philpott, Trans. 



N.Z. Inst. 1903, vol. 35, p. 246, 



xxxii, 2 

 Melanchra omicron Huds., Huds. p. 22, 



v, 42 

 Melanchra asterope Huds., Huds. p. 24, 



v, 15 

 Melanchra grandiosa Philpott, Trans. N.Z. 



Inst. 1903, vol. 35, p. 246, xxxii, 1 

 Melanchra mollis Howes, Trans. N.Z. 



Inst. 1908, vol. 40, p. 533 

 Melanchra octans Huds., Huds. p. 25, 



v, 1 

 Melanchra erebia Huds., Subantarc. Is. 



N.Z. 1909, p. 68, ii, 15 



Hypenodes exsularis Meyr. (0). 

 Hypenodes anticlina Meyr. (0). 



Hmpsn., vol. 5, p. 612 (? near Polia 

 pictula). 



Hmpsn., vol. 5, p. 612 (? Hyssia, near 



cucullina). 

 Hmpsn., vol. 5, p. 612 (? Morrisonia, 



near dotata). 

 Hmpsn., vol. 5, p. 612 (? Morrisonia). 



Hmpsn., vol. 5, p. 612 (? Xylomania, 

 near natalensis). 



f Mr. Meyrick (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, p. 566) confesses to having led Mi. 

 Hudson astr.iv. 



