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Dipt. metallifera (Butl.)—Probably from Mount Hutt. 
Inpt. auriscriptella (Walk.)—Wellington, Christchurch. 
Dipt. helioctypa, n. sp.—Ochreous-fuscous, with a whitish- 
ochreous patch towards base, a second on costa, a third along 
hind-margin, two dark transverse lines, and a white discal spot ; 
hind-wings dark fuscous. Lake Wakatipu. 
Dipt. elaina, n. sp.—Grey, slightly greenish, with two dark den- 
tate transverse lines, and a very small black discal spot. Larva 
on moss. Cambridge to Dunedin. 
Crambus acthonellus, n. sb.—Deep ochreous-brown, with a central 
longitudinal white streak; hind-wings dark fuscous, Mount Hutt. 
Cr. corvuptus (Butl.)—Mount Hutt. 
Cr. vamosellus (Dbld.)—Very common everywhere. 
Cr. angustipenms, Z.—Christchurch. 
Cr. dicrenellus, n. sp.—Light greyish-brown, somewhat brassy, 
with a central white streak, and costa white almost to base; head 
white. Mount Hutt. 
Cr. haplotomus, n. sb.—Greyish-ochreous, with a central streak, 
and costal edge almost to base white, and seven black dots on 
hind-margin ; “head ochreous. Lake Wakatipu. 
Cr. calliyrhous, n. sp,—Greyish ochreous, with a central sttenle® 
costal edge, and upper veins posteriorly white; head white. 
Christchurch. 
Cr. simplex (Butl.)—Canterbury. 
Cr. siviellus, n. sp.—Dark brown, with a.central streak and 
costal streak, silvery-white ; head white. Hamilton. 
CP: apicellus, Z.—Hamilton to Christchurch. 
Cr. vitellus (Dbid.)—Very common everywhere ; very variable. 
Cr. flexuosellus (Dbld.)—Very common everywhere. 
Or. tuhualis (Feld.)—Wellington to Christchurch. 
Cr. cyclopicus, . sb.—Grey, with two double dentate dark trans- 
verse lines, and an ocelloid ring, often obsolete. Christchurch, 
Lake Guyon. 
Cr. harpophorus, u. sb.—Grey, with a slender suffused whitish 
streak from base to beyond middle, with a hook beneath in middle 
broadly margined beneath with dark grey. Lake Wakatipu. 
Cr. strigosus (Butl.)—Christchurch and Mount Hutt. 
Cr. xanthogrammus, n. sb.— Whitish, with a spot towards base, 
two slender irregular transverse fasciz, and hind-margin dark 
fuscous-grey, and two slender bright ferruginous longitudinal 
streaks. Lake Coleridge. 
Cr. sabulosellus (Walk.), Cv. votuellus (Feld), and Cv. trivirgatus 
(Feld.) belong to a different family. 
2.) “On a new species of Stauroneis,” by Jno. Inglis, Esq. 
Stauroneis Hutiomi, n. sp.—Frustule. Front view: Oblong, with a 
marked depression at the line of suture; length rather more than 
six times its breadth. Side view, with three inflations on both 
Sides, those at each end slightly less than those in the middle ; 
valve narrowing towards the ends, which are obtuse. Stauvos 
linear, dilated towards the margin of valve, reaching the margin. 
Length, .oo8 of an inch. Habitat (recent), fresh water at Nga 
Pari, Fernside; fossil at Lake Sumner, Onehunga. This 
| ‘interesting diatom was found in a fossil condition about 10 years 
ago by Professor Hutton, who figured, but did not describe it. It 
has therefore been named S. hutton, 
