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S. xiphospora (Meyr.), Tra.)is. N.Z. Inst. 17. 115. 



Ben Lomond and Hunter Mountains at 3,500 ft. December to February. 

 The costa is more narrowly brown in the southern form of this species. 



8. aspidota (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 115. 



Dunedin ; Wakatipu. In forest to 2,000 ft. December to February. 



S. sideraspis (Meyr.), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 231. 



Humboldt Range ; Mount Earnslaw ; Advance Peak. At 5,000 ft. and 

 upwards. January. The species bears considerable resemblance to some 

 forms of Tauroscopa glaucopkanes. 



S. nomeutts Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 116. 



Longwood Range ; The Hump ; Hunter Mountains. From 3,000 ft. 

 to 4,000 ft. November to February. The Hunter Mountain form is un- 

 usually large, a characteristic of several species inhabiting that locality. 

 It is probably to be accounted for by the abundant vegetation, and the 

 sheltered position of the range. 



S. orgaxaea Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1901. 569. 



Bluff ; Broad Bay (Otago Peninsula); Flagstaff Hill. November to 

 January. Not common. 



S. lumixatrix Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 41, 8. 



Generally distributed in lowland forest. November to December. 



S. legxo.ta (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 117. 



Invercargill (very rare) ; Wakatipu (to 2,000 ft.). December and January. 

 S. fumata Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 198. 



Flagstaff Hill; Longwood Range. From 1,000ft. to 2,800ft. De- 

 cember. 



S. chalara Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 570. 

 Kingston ; Ben Lomond. November to January. 



S. octophora (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 118. 



Invercargill ; Dunedin ; Ben Lomond ; Routeburn. In rough herbage 

 to 2,000 ft. November to January. 



•S. asterisca (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 118. 



Invercargill; Wakatipu. Rare. January and February. 

 S. leucogramma (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 119. 



Invercargill ; Sunny side (Waiau) ; Wakatipu. Rare. December and 

 January. 



Diplopseustis perieralis (Walk.), Cat. 19, 958 ; minima Meyr., Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst. 20, 63. 

 Invercargill ; Wyndham ; Dunedin. September to April. 



Pyralis farixalis L.. Syst. Nat. 226; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 18, 122. 

 Dunedin (Howes). 



Morova subfasciata Walk., Cat. 32, 523 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 108. 

 Invercargill. January. Very rare. 



Platyptilia heliastis Meyr.. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 129. 

 Mount Earnslaw, 2.500 ft.. in January. 



P. falcatalis Walk., Cat. 30, 931 ; Meyr.. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 17, 128. 

 Generally distributed in forest districts. December and January. 



