220 Transactions. 



S. microphthalma Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 87. 

 Lake Harris. January. 



S. hemic ycla Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 87. 



Bold Peak ; Routeburn. In forest at 2,500 ft. January. 



S. xysmatias Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 39, 111. 



Bold Peak ; Old Man Range. At about 4,500 ft. February. 



S. ergatis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 88. 



Invercargill ; Ben Lomond ; Kinloch. Abundant in open waste places. 

 October to January. 



S. autochroa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 39, 111. 



Invercargill. November. Common in open marshy situations. 



S. encapna Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 20, 65. 



Invercargill, in open swamps, November to February. Lake Harris, at 

 about 2,800 ft., ift January. 



S. critica Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 88. 



Qiieenstown ; Routeburn. December and January. Not common. 



S. characta Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 90. 



Invercargill ; Wyndham ; Dunedin. January to March. 



S. ustimacula Feld., Reis. Nov. 135, 17 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 91. 

 Generally distributed and very common in all lowland forest districts. 

 October to December. 



S. pongalis Feld., Reis. Nov. 137, 33 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 91. 

 Invercargill ; Dunedin. February. Rare. 



S. melanaegis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 92. 



Invercargill; Dunedin; Paradise; Routeburn. Ascending to about 

 2,500 ft. November to January. 



S. locularis Meyr., Trans'. N.Z. Inst. 44, 118. 



Takitimu Mountains; Wakatipu ; Flagstaff Hill. From 1,000ft. to 

 3.500 ft. January. 



S. triscelis Meyr., Subant. I si. N.Z. 71. 



Hunter Mountains ; Longwood Range. From 2,500 ft. to 3,000 ft. 

 December. Apparently confined to Nothofagus forests. 



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

 Invercargill. December. Rare. 



S. periphanes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17. 94. 



Invercargill ; Wakatipu. December to February. 



S. colpota Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 20, 65. 



Dunedin. January. Rare. The notes under this name (Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 33, 181, and 36, 168) refer to the preceding species. 



S. phalerias Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lord. 1905, 230. 



Bluff ; Ben Lomond. November and December. Bluff examples are 

 much smaller than the mountain form, but otherwise identical. 



S. diphtheralis Walk., Cat. 34, 1501 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 94. 

 Kinloch; Routeburn. December. 



