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insect would seem to point to a recent introduction by medium of shipping 

 at the port of Bluff. When at rest the wings are held so as to meet below 

 the body, and a position is generally chosen with the head pointing down- 

 wards. 



Dichromodes gypsotis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 20, 60 ; niger Meyr. 

 {nee Butl.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 94. 

 Invercargill ; Wakatipu. January. I reared the species from larvae 

 found feeding on lichen. A description of the larva was not secured, but 

 it was of a remarkable character, the margins of each segment being ex- 

 panded into fimbriated processes, thus imitating the edges of the food-plant. 



D. sphaeriata (Feld.), Reis. Nov. 131, 14; petrina Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 

 24, 216. 

 Queenstown. December to February. 



D. ida Huds.. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 37, 356, pi. 22, 2. 

 Ida Valley. October. 



D. si.mulaxs Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 40. 107. 



Old Man Bange, at about 4,000 ft., in February. 



Theoxexa scissaria (Guen.), Ent. Mo. Mag. 5, 43 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 16. 56. 

 Ida Valley. October. Bare. 



Epirraxthis alectoraria (Walk.). Cat. 259; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 

 16, 95. 

 Generally distributed in forest districts to 3.000 ft. October to June. 

 It is, I think, probable that two species are confused under this name. 

 The large form, which does not graduate completely into the smaller, 

 has the termen of the forewings less angulated ; the pair of small ringed 

 dots is also relatively and actually nearer the termen. The small form is 

 much the commoner near Invercargill. 



E. hemipteraria (Guen.), Phal . 9, 220, pi. 6, 2 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 



20, 60. 

 Distribution coextensive with the preceding species. November to March. 



Selidosema argentaria Philp.. Trans. N.Z. hist. 45. 77. 



Invercargill; Wyndham. December To May. The note under fenerata 

 (Trans. N.Z. Inst. 36. 165) refers to this species, which may be regarded 

 as the southern representative of fenerata. 



S. rudiata (Walk.), Cat. 1420 ; astrapia Meyr.. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 22, 218. 

 Stewart Island ; Invercargill; Dunedin. November to February. Net 

 common. 



S. suavis (Butl.). Cist. Ent. 2, 497 ; lupinata Meyr. (nee Feld.), Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 16. 98. 

 Generally distributed in forest districts at all elevations. August to Ma v. 



S. lupixata (Feld.), Reis. Nov. 131, 19; kumillima Huds., N.Z. M. & B. 83, 

 pi. 9, 5. 

 Generally distributed. January to May. Attached to Leptospermxm. 

 The female is very rare. 



S. leucelaea Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 6. 



Generally distributed. September to May. Usually in forest, but 

 frequently found in open lands. 



