274 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Helastia chabybdis, Butler. 



Caterpillar. — Black, smooth, with a more or less interrupted white line 

 down each side. Head brown. Length, J inch. 



Moth hatched 17th November. 



This species feeds upon Veronica salicifolia. The coloui's are variable, 

 and sometimes it is reddish. 

 EupiTHEciA iNDicATAKiA, Walker (?). 



This should be Cidaria muscosata, Walker. 

 CoREMiA EOBusTARiA, Walker (?). 



This should be Phibalapterycv rivularis, Butler. 

 Phibalapteryx undulifeea, Butler. 



Caterpillar. — Brown, with a few scattered brown hau-s. A single 

 tubercle on the segment in front of the pro-legs. 



Feeds on Leptospermum ericoides. The moth comes out in November and 

 December. 

 Cryptolechia galactina, Felder. 



Chrysalis. — Pale sea-green ; white below. Upper surface finely granu- 

 lated, the granules arranged in rows. Abdomen keeled, with a median 

 row of glandular hairs. Superior surface of the abdomen with black hairs, 

 the mferior with white hairs. 



Found on Myrtus bullata. The moth came out in March. 

 Chlenias egregia, Felder. Eeise der Novara, Lepidoptera, PL 131, f. 24. 



There is a specimen of this moth in the Museum collection. I found it 

 in a box with the other New Zealand moths when I took over the Museum, 

 and consequently I have no reason to doubt the correctness of the locality. 

 Felder gives it from South Australia. 



Art. XXXn. — Contributions to the Ccelenterate Fauna of New Zealand. 



By Professor F. W. Hutton, of the Otago University. 



[Read before the Otago Institute, 14f/i October, 1879.] 



Siphonophoea. 



Diphyes appendiculata, Eschsch. Acal., p. 138, pi. 17, f. 7 ; Lesson, Aca- 



lephes, p. 447. 



Found occasionally on the coast near Dunedin. 



Sarcoconus imbricatus, Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, Zoologie, IV., 



p. 71, pi. 3, f. 13 and 15 ; Lesson, Acalephes, p. 479. 

 Physophora australis, Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, Zoologie, IV., 

 p. 57, pi. 1, f. 19-21 ; Lesson, Acalephes, p. 507. 

 Not uncommon on the coast near Dunedui. 



