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There were several Pyrales: *Mnesictenct flavidalis; the variable 
% Bcoparia submarginalis, Walk., several; *S. indistinctalis, Walk.; S. 
leptalea , Meyrk.; *8. philerga , Meyrk.; the Hydrocampid, Nymphula 
nitens, Butl., (2); the Phycid, Homoeosoma vagellum , Zell., (2); the 
handsome silver-striped Chilo halterellus; *Crambus angustipennis, 
Zell.; *C. sublicellus. By far the fussiest and noisiest visitors were 
two large brown Longicorn beetles, *Ochrocydus huttoni, Pascoe, 
which is considered a good thing. 
Quite a number of Tortrices came to light: one *Tortrix leucaniana , 
Walk., a male; *T. excessana, Walk., one of each sex, and several 
T. post-vittana, Walk., mostly females. The last-named, Mr. Durrant 
says, is an Australian species which has spread to New Zealand, to 
the Sandwich Islands, and other places. This was also taken in the 
hotel garden on the wing at dusk accompanied by Ctenopseustis 
obliquana , Walk., another species that is spreading widely, and the 
cosmopolitan Hemerophilid, Porpe bjerkandrella , Thunb. 
The domesticated Borkhausenia pseudo-spretella, Stain., and several 
Blow-flies, Pollenia stygia, were inmates of the hotel. 
In the small garden I took *Crambus apicellus, Zell.; the Humble- 
Bee, Bombus harrisellus , Kirby; two small Bees, Paracolletes vestitus , 
Smith, and the Asilid fly, *Saropogon fugiens , Hutton. 
The Geyser Eeserve at Whakarewarewa and the Public Gardens 
at Eotorua were alike singularly barren of insect life. Dragon-flies 
were the most prominent objects, especially Demoiselles, *Lestes 
colensonis , being especially common near the lake. The Manuka 
bushes gave shelter to *Cr ambus flexuosellus, odd specimens of *Sco- 
paria eucarpa, Meyrk., and *Sestra flexata, 1 Walk.; a brace of Asthena 
pulchraria , and sundry Bugs, *Nysius zealandicus, Dali., while 
*Cieindela tuberculata ran or flew about the paths. The sole butter¬ 
fly was Zizera labradus . 
Excursions to various points on the shores of Lakes Eoto Eua 
and Eoto Iti did not yield much more. The little uninteresting 
Zizera labradus was generally abundant, showing a partiality to 
Vervain ( Verbena officinalis , Linn.), an introduced plant. This 
reminds me that in moist meadows Bartsia viseosa , Linn., another 
introduced plant, grows in the greatest abundance, though in England 
it is quite local. Again, the introduced Bramble, in spite of being 
scheduled by Act of Parliament as a “ noxious weed,” was growing 
luxuriantly in and around the Maori village of Te Awahou, and 
1 Mr. Hudson, by some accident, has reversed flexata and humeraria , but I have 
examined both the types in the British Museum, and compared them with Walker’s 
descriptions, so that there is no doubt about the matter, 
