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as well as two specimens of an Asaphodes , which Mr. Prout thinks 
may possibly be distinct from the preceding. Among smaller things 
were *Scoparia submarginalis, * Crambus tuhualis (which also turned 
up in the hotel), and * G. mttdlus , Doubl., and a male of the Tortrix 
* Proselena hemionana, Meyrk. The Heteromerous beetles, Artys- 
tona obscura, and Adelium sp., were found under the bark of dead 
trees. 
On Opaho Hill (March 19th) and about the rifle-ranges we got 
nothing but * Coremia semisignata , * Asaphodes abrogata, Emmiltis 
rubraria, * Or ambus tuhualis, and the now familiar Asilid *Neoitamus 
varius. The Tiger-beetle, * Cicindela latecincta, White, was fairly 
common, and Mr. Howes found one eating a small centipede. He 
also called my attention to a * Deilemera annulata which had just 
flown into a spider’s web. The captor was grey, singularly like in 
colour to the dead Manuka to which her web was attached. Having 
mummified the moth the spider tried to haul it up into her dining¬ 
room, but after vain attempts descended and cut away a thread 
which kept the moth down. Having at last pulled up her unfortunate 
victim, she proceeded to suck its juices, an operation that we watched 
for some minutes. 
St. Kilda sand-hills were visited on March 6th under most 
unfavourable conditions, and in spite of much struggling about in the 
extremely dense growth of the Yellow Lupin ( Lupinus arbor ms, 
Sims)—which had been introduced from California, and most effect¬ 
ually employed, to hold the sand in position—I got nothing save 
* Mnesictena flavidalis, * Crambus angustipennis, and a few Tortrices, 
to wit, three males of Pyrgotis plagiatana, Walk., and one female 
Ctenopseustis obliquana . With the moths was an unnamed Ichneu¬ 
mon-fly, while the Beetle, Cilibe elongatus, was found under a 
plank. 
Mrs. Longstaff found at St. Clair abundance of the Top Shell, 
Diloma nigerrima, Chemnitz, also a few specimens of the abnormal 
Limpet, * Biphonaria australis, Quoy, which lives at, or even above, 
high-water mark, but is provided with both a pulmonary cavity, and 
a branchia, and appears (like Amphibola) to be passing from an 
aquatic to a terrestrial existence. 
At Dunedin we had the pleasure of staying in the same hotel 
with Mr. H. Suter and his wife. 1 The former was kind enough to 
name Mrs. Longstaff’s shells, and to give her much valuable informa¬ 
tion about them. 
1 We regret to have since heard of her death. 
