Philpott. — List 'of the Lepidoptera of Otago. 197 



L. unica Walk., Cat. 9, 112 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 10. 



Dunedin ; Wakatipu ; Alexandra. November and December. Dunedin 

 examples are darker and have the veins less clearly marked with blackish 

 than the mountain forms. There seems also to be a more frequent tendency 

 to the presence of a subterminal series of black points across the wing. 



L. lissoxyla Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 43, 70. 



Several taken on Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin, in March, by Mr. C. E. Clarke. 



L. phaula Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 10. 



Invercargill ; Waipapa ; Dunedin. November to February. Not 

 common. 



L. alopa Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 10. 



Invercargill ; Flagstaff Hill ; Wakatipu. November to March. Common. 

 Wakatipu examples are usually paler and have the stigmata more clearly 

 defined. 



L. blexheimensis Frdy., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 15, 196. 



Dunedin ; Paradise ; Routeburn. November to March. 



L. semivittata Walk., Cat. 32, 628 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 12. 

 Generally distributed in forest districts. November to March. 



L. sulcana Frdy., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 12, 267, pi. 9, 3. 

 Generally distributed. February to April. 



L. stulta Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 37, 330, pi. 20, 1. 

 Invercargill ; Tuturau. October to December. 



Aletta micrastra (Meyr.), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897, 383 ; Huds., 

 N.Z. M. & B. 12, pi. 4, 10. 

 Invercargill ; Gore. March. A scarce insect. 



A. nullifera (Walk.), Cat. 11, 742 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 7. 

 Riversdale ; Wakatipu ; Waipori ; Dunedin. January to March. 



A. moderata (Walk.), Cat. 32, 705 ; griseipennis Huds., N.Z. M. & B. 9, 

 pi. 4, 8 

 Generally distributed. November to March. The note on griseipennis 

 (Trans. N.Z. Inst. 33, 168) refers to this species. 



A. griseipennis (Feld.), Reis. Nov. 109, 22 ; moderata Meyr., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 19, 7. 

 Wakatipu ; Orepuki ; Dunedin. November to March. 



A. falsidica (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 43, 70 ; hamiltoni Hamps., Ann. & 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. 12, 594. 

 Bold Peak. February. 



A. lata Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 192. 



Vanguard Peak; Bold Peak. December and January. I think it 

 probable that this form should be under Ichneutica. 



A. temenaula (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 39, 107. 



Dunedin ; Wakatipu ; Omakau (Central Otago). March and April. 



A. pachyscia (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 39, 107. 

 Wakatipu . Ja nu ary . 



A. longstapfi (Howes), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 43, 128, pi. 1, 3. 



Generally distributed, but rare near Invercargill. February and March. 



