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NEW ZEALAND 
though he was, he was none the less welcome, for had we not 
journeyed from the top of the world round to the bottom in order to 
see him ? 
EIGHT WEEKS IN NEW ZEALAND. 
Wellington (North Island), lat. 41° 15' S. 
January 20th, 1910. 
It is difficult for any one who has read Commander J. J. Walker’s 
“ Antipodean Eield Notes ” 1 to make any general remarks about New 
Zealand, for that observant traveller’s account of the aspect of the 
country is quite excellent. Indeed, my only excuse for writing at 
all is that he says nothing about the moths that he came across. 
Wellington gave me the impression of solid prosperity and active 
business life. This impression is enhanced by the necessities of its 
situation, for the business quarter of the city lies along the foot 
of lofty hills, the main streets being laid out on land reclaimed from 
the harbour, hence the chief traffic is compressed within narrow 
limits, while the inhabitants live scattered over the steep hillsides. 
The suburbs are made readily accessible by electric tramways, which 
scale the hills in all directions. The author of “ New Zealand Moths 
and Butterflies” lives at about the highest point, commanding a 
grand view over the lake-like harbour. We were fortunate in 
the occasions of our short visits, for we found “ Windy Wellington ” 
quite calm and peaceful, and suffered from neither gales nor earth¬ 
quakes. 
On my first visit I had an afternoon’s collecting in the Botanical 
Garden. A part of this is cultivated, but a considerable portion 
consists of a hill covered with the Manuka, or Tea-tree (Leptosjoermum 
scoparium, Forst.), a gregarious plant highly characteristic of Austral¬ 
asia. From 6 feet to 20 feet high, often covering immense tracts of 
country, it has somewhat the appearance of a large Heath, but belongs 
to the Natural Order Myrtaceae. Its pretty little white flowers were 
nearly over at the time of my visit. Manuka bush is usually the 
resort of Crambi ; here the species were *0. rctmosellus, Zell., 2 and the 
abundant, but pretty, *C '. flexuosellus , Walk. Upon the paths, in 
the wilder and less frequented parts of the garden, two small species 
1 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Second Series, vol. xv., 1904, p. 24. 
2 To give an idea of the singularity of the New Zealand fauna, but at the same 
time to avoid repetition, I have in this chapter marked with a * species such as, to 
the best of my knowledge and belief, are confined to New Zealand. 
