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One of the commonest of the family was * Pseudo-coremict melinata ; 
with them were two * P. productata. The hook-tipped * Gargaphia 
muriferata, Walk., is very common in some parts of New Zealand, 
but I took one only. The delicate * Asthena undosata was common, 
but * A. subpurpureata comparatively scarce; both looked out of 
place at sugar. * Coremia aegrota , Butl., and * C. semisignata both 
visited the sweets, but not in any numbers, and the same is true of 
the lovely green *Ppyaxa beata , Butl., *Cidaria similata, and *Helastia 
mucosata (also green). In contradistinction to those species, the 
hook-tipped * Probolaea falcata, and * P. megaspilata , Walk., as well 
as *Coenoccilpe gohiata , Feld., were all three common enough, the last- 
named always reminding me of our British Phibalapteryx tersata. 
Even in New Zealand the Pyrales hardly go to sugar as freely as 
they go to light, but the genus Scoparia is exceptional in this respect. 
Our list of sugar-frequenting Pyrales at Dunedin comprised * Mnesi- 
ctena flavidalis , * Adena hybreasalis , Walk., a pretty and extremely 
variable insect, ranging from purple-grey to orange, and the little 
Endotrichid, * Diplopseustis perierialis , Walk. Then of * Scoparia 
augastis , Meyrk., we took three, but of * S. cymatias , Meyrk., S. 
minualis , S. philerga , and Xeroscopa rotuella, Feld., single specimens 
only. 
The extremely variable Tortrix, Ctenopseustis obliquana, came to 
the sugar in considerable numbers, nearly all females. Others of the 
group were * Tortrix excessana, the sexes almost balanced; *Cctrposina 
exochana, Meyrk., a male, while the rare * Nymphostola galadina also 
put in an appearance occasionally. In addition we took a female 
*Cnephasia jactatana, Walk., which Mr. Durrant says is a very good 
thing. A *Deinacrida sp. was not as numerous as his big brother 
had been at Wellington and not nearly as formidable looking. Two of 
the Longicorns, * Somatidia antarctica , were very likely not attracted 
by the sugar at all, but had other business on the trees, and the same 
may likely enough be true of the Tenebrionid, Artystona obscura, 
Sharp, and Cilibe elongatus. The endemic Slug, * Janella papillata , 
Hutton, also visited the sugar. 
I was exceedingly anxious to see alive that highly characteristic 
New Zealand butterfly the silver-washed Satyrid, * Argyrophenga 
antipodum , Doubl., but it would appear that I was quite too late; 
very probably the bad weather had cleared off the last stragglers. In 
vain did I try every place that Mr. Howes could suggest. 
On the Hill above Normanby, to the westward (March 7th), I 
picked up * Coremia semisignata , * Epyaxa semifissata, Walk., * Asa- 
phodes abrogata , Walk., which was common in one field among grass. 
