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We went right doM'ii to Invercaigill, tinally stopping at Wallaceville, 

 about nine miles out of town. Mr. Philpott, who lives near there, was 

 exceedingly kind to us, and gave us the benefit of his Mn.de experience of 

 collecting in those parts. When out with him one evening we had the 

 good fortune to take two specimens of that rare moth Melanchra exquisita, 

 of which previously there were only four specimens known. We also got 

 seventy-odd fine specimens of a dark variety of Argijrophenga antipodum 

 from the rushes in a paddock. 



Our next instructions from headquarters were to go back to Macetown, 

 as we seemed to have been most successful there Stopping at Lumsden, 

 we laid down the treacle on fence-posts round the town, and were rewarded 

 by getting a number of moths in excellent condition. A dark variety of 

 Orthosia. cormnn was plentiful, and the following comprised the rest of the 

 catch : Leucania atristriga, L. moderata, L. propria, Melanchra disjungens, 

 M. ewingi, M. mufnns M. prionistis, M. plena, M. rubescens, and Bitijla 

 defigurata. 



The following day, in Queenstown, we took Vanessa cardui, Chrijso- 

 phanus enysii, C. salustius, C. boldenarum, and Li/caena phoebe during a 

 walk round the track to Glenorchy. 



We arrived back at Macetown on the 22nd January, and for the first 

 few days the weather was execrable from an entomologist's point of vieAv, 

 although the mining-men seemed to be perfectly satisfied. 



During the first three days at Macetown we kept a tabulated record 

 ■of the moths taken at night. The following is the list : — 



Orthosia comma 

 Leucania atristriga 

 ,, griseipennis 

 ,, moderata 

 ,, nullifera 

 ,, propia 

 „ semivittata 

 Melanchra disjungens 

 ,, ewingi 



., may a 



,, mutatis 



„ pelistis 



, prionistis 



„ rubescens 



„ ustistriga 



Bitijla defigurata 



„ sericea 

 A(irolis i/psilon 



It must be understood that there were countless numbers on the treacle, 

 and the ones listed are only those in perfect condition, and which were 

 posted to Wellington. 



On the 27th January, as the weather showed signs of clearing, we packed 

 up for a stay in a hut up Advance Peak. This shepherd's hut is situated 

 on the site of an old mine called the Sunrise. Advance Peak itself is 

 5,650 ft. above the sea-level, and the hut is considerably over 5,000 ft. A 

 good trtick leads right to the door, and wt; wore fortunate in having our 



