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record, as the fact of my having. made many captures in one 
month and few in the next may show simply that I had less 
time for collecting in one month than in the other. 
The following is a list of species collected in the course ofa 
trip to Lake Wakatipu in February of this year :— 
Invercargill—Scotosia deltordata. 
Queenstown—Asthena schistaria, Scotosia gobtiata, S. deltot- 
data, Arsinoe subochraria, Cidaria rixata, C. purpurifera, Laren- 
tia clarata, L. beata, L. cinerearta, Pasithea brephos, Pseudocore- 
mia lupinata, 
Kinloch, at the head of Lake Wakatipu—LZpiphryne undosata 
(very white) ; Epyaxa semifissata, Arsinoe subochraria, Cidaria 
purpurifera, Larentia beata (a fine variety with bright green 
ground colour. and narrow, deep, black markings on the fore- 
wings), Lar. cinerearia, Z. ‘ylobara productata. 
Mount Bonpland, in the wide shingly basin just below the 
elacier—Epyara orophyla (female), Larentia cataphracta (male) 
a distinct and handsome insect, Lar. clarata, Lar. beata, Past- 
thea brephos, Statira hectort. 
The captures in other groups are not yet worked out, and so 
are rescrved for another paper. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
a 
LARVA OF ALLOCHARIS MARGINATA, Sharp.—While 
searching for larve of Lepidoptera along the side of a creek on 
Mount Bonpland in February, the leaves of several Veronicas 
(salicifolia among others) were found to be much attacked by 
some larve. The larve were short and stout, coiling up when 
touched, and in outline resembled the larvee of the Ladybird 
(Coccinella). Length between 10 and 15 mm. Colour, dark 
purplish-brown, underside lighter. These larvee were feeding in 
great numbers, quite exposed, on the surface of the leaves, and 
many plants had most of their leaves disfigured with the 
withered blotches produced by the larvee. They turned to pupe, 
a few at the surface of the earth among the debris of the food 
plant, but most under the surface, and the beetle emerged not 
long after. Captain Broun, who kindly named this and some 
other beetles for me, says that it is very probably AJlocharis 
marginata, Sharp, but the specimens were somewhat crushed. in 
transit by post. ALEX. PURDIE, 
DERMESTES INTRODUCED.—The following instance will 
show how readily many noxious insects may be introduced from 
other countries. Some time ago a box of geological specimens 
for Professor Ulrich was brought to the University from Aus- 
tralia. The box was a kerosene case, and the specimens were 
wrapped singly in newspaper. There was no other material in 
