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C. aristias Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897, 385 ; Huds., N.Z. M. & B. 



42, pi. 6,' 21 and 22. 

 Ben Lomond. December and January. 



C. halianthes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 39, 108. 

 Wakatipu. November to January. 



C. rubella Philp.. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 193. 



Ben Lomond ; Bold Peak. December and January. 



C. modesta Philp.. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 193. 



Ben Lomond and Bold Peak, at altitudes of from 3,000 ft, to 4,000 ft, 

 December and January. 



C. luminosa Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 192. 



Bouteburn ; Ben Lomond, at 2.000 ft. December. 



('. magximaculata Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 193. 



Queenstown; Flagstaff Hill, at about 1,000 ft. Xovember to January. 

 Specimens from Flagstaff are smaller and darker than Wakatipu examples. 



C. maculata Huds., N.Z. M. & B. 44, pi. 6, 18. 



Bluff; Queenstown. October to January. Bare. 



< '. malachita Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 45, 25. 

 Wakatipu. 



C. lichexodes (Purd.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 19, 70. 

 Generally distributed. December to February. 



C. sphragitis (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 20, 51. 



Generally distributed. November to February- Not common. 



C. xeries (Meyr.), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 20, 51 ; minima Huds., Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. 37, 356. 

 The Hump ; Hunter Mountains ; Wakatipu ; Flagstaff Hill. From 

 1,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. December and January. The species varies greatly 

 in size, ranging from 15 mm. to 24 mm. in wing-expanse, but the variation 

 does not appear to be climatic or seasonal, and is probably connected with 

 the food-supply of the larva. Mr. Hudson now regards his minima as an 

 unusually small specimen of this species. 



Microdes epicryptis Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897, 384. 

 Generally distributed. September to March. 



M. villosata Guen. 



• Stewart Island. April. A pair obtained by Mr. B. Fisher, and now in 

 the collection of Mr. G. Howes. 



Phrissogonus dexotatus (Walk.), Cat. 1361 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 

 20, 53. 

 Dunedin. September to February. 



Elvia glaucata Walk., Cat. 1431 ; Meyr., Trans.' N.Z. Inst. 15, 65. 



Generally distributed. November to July. Attached to dense and 

 damp portions of the forest. Near Invercargill a tendency is shown towards 

 a darkening of the ground-colour, the normal green giving place to dark- 

 bluish-fuscous. 



