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H. siria (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 93. 



Invercargill. Very local. October and November. The specimens 

 from which the species was described are said to have been obtained at 

 Dunedin by the late Captain Hutton prior to 1883, but no subsequent 

 collector has found the species in that locality. 



Euchoeca rubropunctaria (Dbld.), Dieff. N.Z. 2, 287 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 16, 60. 

 Generally distributed, but not common, in the southern portion of Otago. 

 November to February. 



Asthena pulchraria (Dbld.), Dieff. N.Z. 2, 286 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 

 16, 69. 

 Table Hill (Stewart Island) ; Fiordland ; Wakatipu. November to 

 March. The species does not occur at elevations much below 1,000 ft. 



A. SCHISTARIA (Walk.), Cat. 782 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 69. 

 Generally distributed. October to April. 



Venusia verriculata (Feld.), Reis. Nov. 131, 20 ; Mevr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 

 16, 62. 



Generally distributed. October to June. The larva feeds on Cordyline 

 australis. It is pale-greenish with chocolate-brown markings ; a subdorsal 

 chain of spots, two on each segment ; a supra-lateral line of spots, one on 

 each segment ; a strong lateral line ; several spots on each segment below 

 lateral line. It eats freely of the young leaves of its food-plant, cutting 

 irregular indentations. It is subject to the attacks of an ichneumon fly, 

 which pupates within the skin of the dead caterpillar, and, when ready 

 to emerge, gnaws a circular hole through the dorsal surface of the anal 

 segments. 



V. xanthaspis (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 61. 

 Wakatipu. December to February. 



V. charidema Meyr., Subant. I si. N.Z. 70. 



Kinloch ; Ben Lomond ; Flagstaff Hill (Dunedin). From 1,000 ft, to 

 2,500 ft. November and December. Originally described from Auckland 

 Island specimens. Four other species from these islands, discovered at the 

 same time, have since been obtained on the mainland, in all cases in 

 southern Otago. This leaves five species from the Subantarctic Islands 

 still unknown on the mainland. 



V. undosata (Feld.), Reis. Nov. 128, 2 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 60. 



Generally distributed in forest to 3,000 ft. October to March. The 

 ochreous and brown forms seem to be restricted to the lower levels, the 

 mountain -specimens belonging to the very pale yellow varieties. 



V. dissimilis Philp., Trans. N.Z. hist. 46, 118. 

 Ben Lomond, 3,000 ft. December to February. 



Asaphodes abrogata (Walk.), Cat. 1075 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 61. 

 Generally distributed in open uncultivated situations, particularly those 

 of a damp marshy nature. February to April. 



A. megaspilata (Walk.), Cat. 1198 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 63. 



Generally distributed in lowland forest districts, but does not appear to 

 extend to the Wakatipu. October to March. Easily separated from all 

 varieties of A. rufescens by the yellow hindwings and the more strongly 

 sinuate termer of forewings. 



