DUNEDIN 
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Dunedin, South Island. 
March 5th—7th, and March 19th—21st, 1910. 
If it be true, as I am quite disposed to admit, that Christchurch 
is an especially English-1 poking town, there is no doubt whatever as 
to Dunedin being Scottish. The buildings, especially the churches, 
have a thoroughly Scottish look, and all the streets have Scottish 
names. 
All the more credit to the Scots, for the town is admirably laid 
out, and from many points of view—especially that of the entomolo¬ 
gist—it was a grand idea to reserve a strip of bush all around its 
landward sides forming the “ Town Belt. 55 I wonder whether some 
entomologist had a hand in this wise scheme. 
The high ground above the Town Belt commands grand views 
over city and harbour, with the big surf rolling in beyond the sand¬ 
hills. Earlier in the year, and with weather of a less pronounced 
Scotch type, insects might have been more abundant by day in what 
remains of the bush; but, even as it was, I managed to pick up a few 
things. On tree-trunks a few of the pretty little Pug, * Helastia 
mucosata (bilineolata ), Walk., were to be found, while beating drove 
out an occasional * Probolaea falcata, Butl., * Asthena subpurpureata, 
Walk., or a delicate green Tortrix, * Nymphostola galactina , Feld. 
& Bog., reminding me of our T. viridana, though larger and paler, but 
unlike our British green Tortrix, this is a rarity, according to Mr. 
Durrant. Another Tortrix found there was * Carposina adreptella , 
Walk. I also obtained, by beating, the Weevil, Fmpoeotes censorius, 
Pascoe, and dark specimens of the Bug, Onocontias vittata, Fabr. In 
the bush near the cemetery the Pyrale, Mnesictena notata, Butl., 
turned up, it is alike pretty and distinct. One of the commonest 
trees in the bush was * Fuchsia excorticate, Linn.; its small flowers 
were not out at the time of our visits, but the trees were very 
conspicuous by their untidy, loose, papery bark. 
But quite my best “ find ” in Dunedin, if not indeed in New 
Zealand, was Mr. George W. Howes, F.E.S. Owing to a change of 
his abode I had quite a hunt for him, but ultimately after dark ran 
him, so to say, to earth. He lives on the outskirts of the town 
adjoining the best sugaring town in the Town Belt, and there, under 
Mrs. Howes’ guidance, I found him, like many other “ good things ” 
—at sugar! Mr. Howes generously placed his “round” at my 
disposal, and in his genial company I had three most profitable 
nights—March 5th, 19th, and 20th—moths being plentiful on each 
occasion. 
