Hurrox.— Contributions to the Entomology of New Zealand. 855 
Art. XLII.— Contributions to the Entomology of New Zealand. By F. W. 
Hvrrox, Director of the Otago Museum, 
[Read before the Otago Institute, 24th October, 1876.) 
Tue following notes embody the result of the work done in the Otago 
Museum during the past year towards obtaining a better knowledge of the 
habits of our insects. Owing to the lateness of the season when we com- 
menced, these results are not so numerous as could be wished, but I hope 
next year to present you with a larger budget. The larve were all col- 
lected and reared by Mr. F. J. Bourne, Museum Assistant. I am also 
much indebted to Mr. R. W. Fereday for assistance in determining several 
of the species, especially those named by M. E. Guenée. 
PYRAMEIS GONERILLA, Fabr. 
Caterpillar.—Back, black or brown, with numerous white dots ; two 
interrupted yellow lines down each side. Under surface, brown, with white 
dots. Each segment with five elevated setose papille. Head, hairy, 
variable in colour. Legs, black or greenish, with black rings. Pro-legs 
and dorsal papille, bright green. Spiracles, edged with white. Length, one 
inch. 
Chrysalis.—Pale brown, finely veined with black. Dorsal surface with 
six golden spots in two rows. Anterior end with two projecting points. 
A compressed dorsal spine on the thorax, two lateral ones on each side ; 
each segment of the abdomen with a pair of dorsal spines. 
Hatches in December, feeds for a month or six weeks everywhere, spins 
a slight web suspended from its food, and changes toa chrysalis in January 
or February. The perfect insect appears in J anuary, February, or March. 
Nycremera ANNULATA, Boisd. 
Caterpillar.— Hairy. Dark velvetty-black, with three longitudinal stripes 
of reddish-orange. Each segment with eight tufts of long black hairs, two 
between each of the red stripes. Head and legs, black. Length, one inch. 
Chrysalis. —Blackish-brown, each ring on the dorsal surface with a row 
of large, yellowish, rectangular blotehes, each of which is partly divided into 
two in front; three of these blotches in each segment. Head and last 
segment, dark brown. Below, the abdominal segments are marked as on 
the back. Sternal elements, dark brown, with longitudinal linear markings 
of yellow. 
. Hatches in November, and feeds for four or five weeks. Feeds on 
groundsel in preference to any native vegetation. Chrysalis hung to trees, 
palings, grass, ete. Moth appears in midsummer, 
