196 Transactions. 



Nyctemera annulata (Boisd.), Voy. Astr. 5, 197, pi. 5, 9 ; Meyr., Trans 

 N.Z. Inst. 22, 218. 

 Generally distributed in open country. October to May. The species 

 is now less common than formerly, owing to the destruction of much of 

 the food-plant (Senecio jacobaea) of the larva. 



Heliothis armigera Hubn., Samml. Eur. Schmett. 370; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 19, 34. 

 Invercargil] ; Dunedin. March. Rare. Apparently occasional stragglers 

 only reach the neighbourhood of Invercargill. 



Euxoa radians Guen., Noct. 1, 261. 



Dunedin ; Alexandra. October and November. Invercargill, a single 

 specimen at blossom of Rubus australis in October. 



E. admirationis (Guen.), Ent. Mo. Mag. 5, 38 ; Huds., N.Z. M & B. 31, 

 pi. 5, 37. 

 Dunedin ; Wakatipu ; Alexandra ; Ida Valley. December to April. 



Agrotis ypsilon (Rott.), Naturf. 9, 141 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 32. 

 Generally distributed. October to April. 



A. innominata Huds., N.Z. M. & B. 31, pi. 5, 39. 



Dunedin. August to October. Found in plenty by Mr. C. C. Fenwick 

 on the lupin-covered sandhills near St. Clair. This is the only known 

 southern locality. 



Graphiphora compta (Walk.), Cat. 10, 404 ; immunis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 19, 30. 

 Invercargill ; Tuatapere. Probably generally distributed in lower forest 

 districts. Much more common in the autumn. 



Austramathes purpurea (Butl.), Cist. Ent. 2, 490; ceramodes Mevr., 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 31. 

 Dunedin. October to June. Common. 



Andesia pessota (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 29. 

 Wakatipu. February to April. Fa irly common. 



Homohadena fortis Butl., Cist. Ent. 2 549 ; iota Huds., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 35, 243, pi. 30, 3. 

 Invercargill, rare, October ; Wakatipu, to 3,000 ft., common, August 

 to April. 



Ichneutica ceraunias Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 13. 



Woodend (Invercargill) ; Tuturau ; Waipori ; Wakatipu and Hunter 

 Mountains, to 5,000 ft. November and December. Not common. 



I. cana Howes, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 46, 96. 



Hector Mountains. A single example in November. 



I. dione Huds., N.Z. M. & B. 14. 



Hunter Mountains. Not uncommon at flowers of Dracophyllum longi- 

 folium at about 3,250 ft. 



Leucania purdii Frdy., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 15, 195. 



Dunedin; Routeburn. December to March. Larva on Astelia nervosa 

 var. montana. 



L. acontistis Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 9. 

 Generally distributed ; rare near Invercargill. 



