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G. selenitis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 15. 



Generally distributed in Nothofagus forests 1'rum 2,500 ft. upwards. 

 December to February. The species is extremely common, and when a 

 number of them are disturbed from the beech-foliage a clicking sound, like 

 the pattering of raindrops, may be heard. I am unable to offer any 

 explanation as to how this sound is produced. 



G. chrysitjs Feld., Reis. Nov. 140, 43 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 21, 183. 

 Invercargill. May and November. Rare. 



Batrachedra psithyra Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 21, 181. 

 Queenstown, at 2,000 ft., in December. 



B. arenosella (Walk.), Cat. 857 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 21, 181. 

 Invercargill, in swampy situations. February. 



B. agaura Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 579. 

 Invercargill. December and January. 



Dolichernis chloroleuca Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 23, 99. 

 Invercargill. In swampy situations. December. Rare. 



Protosyxaema steropucha Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 18, 174. 

 Generally distributed. September to April. 



Phylacodes cauta Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 242. 

 Ida Valley. 



Orthexches porphyritis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 18, 176. 



Generally distributed in lowland forest. September to March. A variety 

 frequently occurs which is almost wholly suffused with white. 



O. semifasciata Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 200. 



Queenstown; Patupo River (Fiordland). January to March. 



Plutella megalyxta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 203. 



Invercargill (a single specimen) ; Table Hill, Stewart Island, at 2,000 ft. ; 

 Hunter Mountains, from 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. December. The Invercargill 

 specimen is the only one I have met with under natural conditions ; at 

 Table Hill and on the Hunter Mountains the species was commonly found 

 drowned in the tarns on the hillsides. There is an unusual variation in point 

 of size, some of the Hunter Mountain examples having a wing-expanse of 

 39 mm.* 



P. antiphoxa Meyr.. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 576. 



Invercargill; Hunter Mountains ; Alexandra. December to April. 



P. maculipexnis Curt., Brit. Ent. pi. 420 ; cruciferarum Meyr., Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst. 18, 177. 

 Generally distributed. October to March. 



P. psammochroa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. hist. 18, 179. 

 Ben Lomond, at 2,000 ft. November. 



Nepticula ogygia Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 21, 187. 

 Dunedin, in January (Meyrick). 



* The type specimen of this form was given to me by Mr. W. G. Howes. It was 

 amongst some Wellington Lepidoptera, but as there is a little uncertainty as to the 

 locality it is advisable, for the present, to record it as a southern form only. 



