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may have, from time to time, relieved the pressure of the rocks 

 that restrained overheated steam and other volcanic agents 

 from bursting out, and so may have led to volcanic eruptions ; 

 just as the series of earthquakes in Guatemala and in the Carib- 

 bean Sea in April and May, 1902, were the signs of movements 

 in the great folds of that part of the earth's crust, in the course 

 of which, the pressure in the Antillean Ridge being relieved, 

 the volcanic forces below Mount Pelee in Martinique, and Mount 

 Souffriere in St. Vincent, caused the disastrous eruptions of 

 that year. 



Group V. — Off the coast near Raglan and Kawhia. Chief shock : 

 24th June, 1891 (VII- VIII, R.-F.). The line joining this origin to that 

 of the earthquake of 1st February, 1882, is parallel to the other lines of 

 origins (Groups I to IV) ; but we have no data to establish any connec- 

 tion between them. 



Art. LVII. — Note on the Occurrence of Two Rare and Two 



Introduced Moths. 



By G. Howes, F.E.S. 



[Read before the Otago Institute, l-ith Xovember, 1905.] 

 Plate XLIV. 

 Asaphodes parora. 



This rare species not having been figured by Mr. Hudson, 

 I have sketched from a specimen taken in August, 1900, at 

 West Plains. Mr. Philpott has a specimen also from West 

 Plains, and very much lighter in colour. 



Xanthorhoe subductata. 



I took a 2 specimen of this moth in Dunedin in March, 1904. 

 Mr. Hudson mentions subductata as occurring in Auckland in 

 December. My specimen has J in. more wing-expanse than 

 that described by him, and the lines are fainter. 



Achaea melicerte. 



A splendid specimen of this grand Australian moth was sent 

 to me by my brother from Motueka, Nelson. Caught in Feb- 

 ruary or March of last year. With the two records, first in 1876 

 and then from Titahi Bay last year, this should place A. meli- 

 certe among oui established Lepidoptera. 



Pyralis farinalis. 



This moth has occurred very plentifully in Dunedin the last 

 two years, and has apparently become fully established. 



