340 Transactions. — Zoology. 



S. mdinata. 



Common as usual. Mangatariri Valley. 



S. panagrata. 



Common as usual. Mangatariri Valley. 



S. dejectaria. 



Common as usual. Mangatariri Valley. 



Sestra humeraria. 



Common in forest as usual. 



Gonophylla fortinata. 



One specimen, in forest. 



Declana floccosa. 



Common as usual. 



Crambus ramosellus. 



Common as usual. Mangatariri and Waingawa Rivers. 



C. flexuosellus. 



Common as usual. Mangatariri and Waingawa Rivers. 



C. vitellus. 



Common as usual. Mangatariri and Waingawa Rivers. 



C. apicellns. 



On swampy spur on track to Mount Holdswortli. Common. 



C. xanthogr animus. 



One specimen taken by Mrs. Hudson, Mangatariri River. 



Mecyna marmarina. 



A large pale variety of this species was common on Mount 

 Holdswortli from about 3,800 ft. to 4,500 ft, 



M. flavidalis. 



Common as usual. 



Scoparia philerga. 



A few worn specimens in forest. 



S. acharis. 



A few worn specimens in forest. 



S. hemicycla. 



In stunted birch forest, Mount Holdswortli. 3, GOO ft., common, 

 but rather worn : evidently too late for it. This is a rare and 

 interesting species. 



S. characta. 



One specimen seen at " sugar," Mangatariri River. 



