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Transactions. — Zoology. 



Hawke's Bay district I observed this species flying in immense profusion, 

 literally in clouds ; they must here have committed frightful ravages on the 

 grass. 



C. flexuosellm, Dbld. Taranaki, Lake Wakatipu and Invercargill ; as a 

 rule not above 2,000 feet, but at Lake Wakatipu I took a single isolated 

 specimen at 4,500 feet, the species being at the time common at the lower 

 levels. 



G. tukualis, Feld. Castle Hill (2,500 feet). 



G. cyclopicus, Meyr. Napier ; also in April. 



G. harpophorm, Meyr. Arthur's Pass (2,500 feet), Lake Wakatipu 

 (4,200 feet) ; also in December. 



G. strigosus, Butl. Palmerston and Masterton. 



C. xanthogrammus, Meyr. Castle Hill, in the bed of the Porter River 

 (2,300 feet), and in that of the Waimakariri River (2,100 feet), taken com- 

 monly in January and February ; this species sits persistently on the small 

 bare shingle and gravel of the river-beds, the variegated colours of which it 

 exactly imitates ; if disturbed it flies a very short distance close to the 

 ground, and settles again. The hindwings should have been described as 

 light grey (not whitish). 



Index of Geneea. 



Aciptilia, Hb. 



.. 2. 



Lioptilus, Wallgr. . . 



. 3. 



Asopia, Tr. 



.. 1. 



MiniEeseoptilus, Wallgr. 



. 4. 



Crambus, F. . . 



.. 9. 



Orocrambus, n. g. 



. 8. 



Diptychophora, Z. 



.. 7. 



Platyptilia, Hb. 



5. 





.. 6. 









Index of Species. 





astrosema, Meyr. 



.. 14. 



innotatalis, Walk. 



. 5. 



bipunctella, Walk. . . 



.. 17. 



interrupta, Feld. 



. 14. 



catacaustus, n. sp. . . 



.. 21. 



lithoxestus, n. sp. . . 



. 9. 



celidotus, n. sp. 



.. 6. 



lycosema, n. sp. 



. 3. 



charadrias, n. sp. . . 



.. 8. 



melampetrus, n. sp. . . 



. 20. 



crenseus, n. sp. 



.. 24. 



monospilalis, Walk. . . 



. 4. 



diplorrhous, n. sp. 



.. 26. 



nitens, Butl. 



. 13. 



elaina, Meyr. 



.. 19. 



oncobolus, n. sp. 



. 30. 



enchophorus, n. sp. 



.. 25. 



orites, n. sp. . . 



. 7. 



ephorus, n. sp. 



.. 23. 



paraxenus, n. sp. 



. 28. 



epiphaea, n. sp. 



.. 18. 



patruelis, Feld. 



. 4. 



falcatalis, Walk. 



... 11. 



pedias, n. sp. . . 



. 27. 



farinalis, L. . . 



.. 1. 



repletalis, Walk. 



. 11. 



furcatalis, Walk. 



.. 2. 



selenaaa, n. sp. 



. 15. 



haasti, Feld. 



.. 10. 



sopbronellus, n. sp. . . 



. 29. 



heliastis, n. sp. 



.. 12. 



tritonellus, n. sp. 



. 22. 



holanthes, n. sp. . . 



.. 16. 







