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S. submarginalis Walk., Cat. 27, 48 ; M e yi\ 3 Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 95. 



General! v distributed in forest and ascending to about 2,000 ft. Novem- 

 ber to January. 



S. cataxesta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 96. 



Wakatipu ; Central Otago. November to March. 



S. asaleuta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 39, 112. 



Wakatipu. An occasional straggler at Invercargill. 



S. gyrotoma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 7. 

 Ida Valley ; Alexandra. November. 



S. indistinctalis (Walk.), Cat. 27, 48 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 97. 



Invercargill ; Lake Monowai ; Queenstown ; Dunedin. November to 

 January. 



S. atmogramma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 202. 



Invercargill ; Ben Lomond. September to November. Not common. 



S. psammitis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 99. 



Generally distributed ; ascending to about 2,500 ft. September to April. 



S. chalicodes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 98. 



Bold Peak. February. The record of this species near Invercargill 

 {Trans. N.Z. Inst. 33, 180) is extremely doubtful. 



S. epicomia Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 99. 



Stewart Island ; Invercargill ; Dunedin. Common in dense forest. 

 October to January. 



S. feredayi Knaggs, Ent. Mo. Mag. 4, 80 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 

 100. 

 Generally distributed in open country and round the outskirts of forest. 

 November to April. The female often has short and narrow wings, and 

 is an example of the tendency towards an apterous condition in the female 

 not uncommon in New Zealand Lepidoptera. 



S. acompa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 100. 



Hunter Mountains , Wakatipu. From 1,200 ft. to 2,500 ft. December. 



S. cyptastis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 7. 



Seaward Moss ; Invercargill ; Wyndham ; Longwood Range. October 

 to February. The hill form (Longwoods, 2,700 ft.) is generally larger, but 

 does not differ in any other respect. 



S. crypsixoa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 102. 



Ida Valley ; Wakatipu ; Takitimu Mountains. November to January. 

 Common in open country from 2,000 ft. to 3,500 ft. 



S. agana Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 44, 119. 

 Lake Wakatipu (Meyrick). 



S. axena Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 103. 



Invercargill ; Routeburn ; Dunedin, November to January. 



S. steropaea Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 103. 



Stewart Island ; Invercargill ; Queenstown ; Dunedin. December to 

 February. Not common. 



S. exilis Knaggs, Ent. Mo. Mag. 4, 81 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 104. 

 Generally distributed in open dry situations. November and December. 



