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Asaphodes megaspilata. 

 Common as usual. 



Xanthorhoe limonodes. 

 Two specimens. 



Xanthorhoe semifissata. 



Common in the forest. Only males seen. 



Xanthorhoe beata. 



Rare. Some like tlie South Island forms. 



Xanthorhoe chorica. 



A fine series of this rare and very beautiful species was secured. 

 Specimens were principally beaten from a shrub closely resembling 

 Leptospermum, on which its larva may possibly feed. This insect has 

 hitherto been recorded from the South Island only. 



Xanthorhoe cymozeucta. 



Fairly common in forest. A new species not previously taken. 



Xanthorhoe cinerearia. 



Specimens of both the large lowland and smaller hill form (invexata) 

 were observed. 



Epirranthis alectoraria. 

 Rare. 



Selidosema fenerata. 



Commonly resting on the trunks of rimu-trees {Dacrydimn cupres- 

 sinum) on which its larva probably feeds. In cultivated districts, where 

 the insect is usually common, the food plant is Cupressus luacrocarpa. 



Selidosema aristarcha. 



Two very fine specimens of this rare insect were beaten out of tree- 

 ferns. 



Selidosema leucelaea. 



Taken amongst totara {Podocarpus totara), on which its larva feeds. 



Selidosema productata. 

 Rare. 



Selidosema panagrata. 



Some fine varieties found resting on tree-trunks. 



Selidosema monacha. 



One specimen of this extremely rare insect was found drowned in a 

 mountain-tarn on Ruapehu, at about 4,800 ft. 



Chalastra pelurgata. 



Fairly common. Some good varieties taken. 



