208 Transactions. 



X. cinerearia (Dbld.), Dieff. N.Z. 2, 286 ; Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 83 

 (part). 

 Generally distributed. November to July. Near Invercargill spring 

 examples are rare, but in the autumn the species becomes plentiful. This 

 difference becomes less marked in localities farther north. The following 

 two species are included in the notes on this form in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 33, 

 176, and 36, 165. 



X. invexata (Walk.), Cat. 1199. 



Queenstown, in December. Usually at rest during the day on dry 

 shaded rock-faces from 1,000 ft. to 2,000 ft. Occasional stragglers occur 

 near Invercargill. 



X. semisignata (Walk.), Cat. 1200; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 83 (part). 

 Common everywhere at low altitudes. November to March. 



X. plumbea Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 194. 



Queenstown, in November. Not very common. 



X. bulbulata (Guen.), Ent. Mo. Mag. 5, 94 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 84. 

 Invercargill ; Ben Lomond ; Takitimu Mountains. August to March. 

 Amongst rough herbage in open situations. On the lower slopes only of 

 the hills. 



X. cinnabaris (Howes), Trans. N.Z. Inst. 44, 203. 

 Garvie Mountains. November. 



X. occulta Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 35, 247, pi. 32, 5. 

 Generally distributed. September to March. 



X. oraria Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 35, 247, pi. 32, 6. 



New Eiver (Invercargill), abundant on the coastal sandhills ; Ben 

 Lomond and Mount Earnslaw, at 4,000 ft. September to April. The 

 female has not yet been discovered, and is probably apterous. Ben Lomond 

 specimens are longer-winged than the coastal form, and those from Mount 

 Earnslaw are still longer. 



X. sericodes Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 202. 

 Mount Earnslaw, 4,000 ft., in January. 



X. imperfecta Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 37, 331, pi. 20, 6. 



Invercargill, in swampy forest. Rare and local. December and January. 

 X. frivola Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 45, 26. 



The type specimen is said to have been taken at Invercargill by myself, 

 but I am quite unable to identify the species. 



X. periphaea Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1905, 220. 



Macetown; Ben Lomond ; Humboldt Range. February. Not common. 

 X. albalineata Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 47, 194. 



Table Hill, Stewart Island, at about 2,000 ft., in December. 

 X. stricta Philp., Trans N.Z. Inst. 47, 195. 



Bold Peak, in February. 



Lythria catapyrrha (But!.), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, 392, pi. 43, 2 ; 

 Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 16, 64. 

 Generally distributed to about 3,500 ft. in all open situations. October 

 to May. On the mountains a very striking form occurs in which the 

 median band is wholly black ; a second well-marked variety is much 

 suffused with reddish. These varieties do not appear to be represented 

 in the lower part of the habitat of the species. 



