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Homoeosoma vagella Zell.. I sis, 1848. 863. 



Invercargill. January to March. At light only. 



Ephestia kuehniella Zell. 



This introduced pest is now established in the flour-mills throughout 

 Otago. The moths emerge from November to March. 



Orocrambus mela.mpetrus Meyr.. Trans, N.Z. Inst. 17, 133. 

 Vanguard Peak. January. 



0. catacaustus (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 134. 



The Hump; Hunter Mountains ; Bold Peak. From 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. 



December and January. 



0. pervius Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 44, 118. 



Lake Wakatipu and Hunter Mountains, at elevations of from 3,000 ft. 

 to 3.600 ft. December to February. 



0. subitus Philp.. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 44. 116. 



The Hump : Longwoods ; Hunter Mountains ; Bold Peak. From 3,000 ft. 

 to 4,000 ft. December to February. 



0. thymiastes Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 567. 



Seaward Moss. January and February. 

 0. machaeristes Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 224. 



Bold Peak ; Mount Earnslaw ; Vanguard Peak. December to February. 



0. scoparioides Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 46, 119. 



Ben Lomond; Paradise; Commissioner's Creek. December to February. 

 In marshy spots, from 3,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. 



Crambus corruptus (Butl.), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877. 399. pi. 43, 9; 

 Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 15, 20. 

 Wedderburn (Central Otago). 



C. heliotes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 20, 68. 

 Paradise, in January. 



C. aethonellus Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 15. 19. 



Longwood Range ; Takitimu Mountains ; Flagstaff Hill ; Wedder- 

 burn. December and January. The notes under this name (Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 36, 167) refer to G. melitastes. 



C. saristes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 8. 



Seaward Moss. December and January. It is probable that this form is 

 only a variety of aethonellus Meyr. The Seaward Moss insects are always 

 much darker than typical specimens of aethonellus, but in other localities 

 all shades of ground-colour occur and the cilia vary from white to fuscous. 



C. aulistes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 9. 



Invercargill (Meyrick). I am unacquainted with this species ; it is 

 evidently nearly allied to the preceding. 



C. melitastes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 9. 



Invercargill. November to January. Extremely common in open situ- 

 ations where the vegetation is short. The female occasionally has the fore- 

 wings wholly grev-whitish. 



