LUMSDEN—QUEENSTOWN 
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Lumsden (South Island), 27 miles below Lake Wakatipu. 
March 8th, 1910. 
As the train on its journey northwards approaches the mountains 
near Lumsden Station it passes through a quantity of Tussock-grass. 
The wind caused by the train roused many small moths, not a few 
of which entered the train, but having a very limited supply of pill¬ 
boxes accessible, I was able to box but six. These turned out to be 
one * Coremia semisignata , one * Scojoaria paltomacJia, Meyrk., one 
* Crambus sublicellus, and three indifferent specimens of a new species 
of the latter genus which Mr. E. Meyrick, F.E.S., has described as 
* Crambus obstructus , sp. nov., adding: “It comes nearest to *C. vit- 
tellus, Doubl. This makes the 38th Mew Zealand Crambus , all 
endemic, besides an endemic genus developed from Crambus ( Oro - 
crambus') with six species; whilst in Australia there are only two 
species of Crambus, both immigrants.’’ 1 
Lake Wakatipu (South Island), lat. 45° S., altitude above sea, 
1069 ft. 
March 8th—18th, 1910. 
The somewhat severe beauty of Wakatipu is enhanced by the 
lake being closely shut in by mountains on every side throughout 
its whole length of nearly fifty miles. If the snow-fields and glaciers 
at its head bring Switzerland vividly to mind, the lower mountains, 
with their rugged slopes clothed in dense bracken with here and 
there woods of birch-like beech, have rather a Scotch character. 
Unfortunately forest-fires have left many sad scars upon the 
mountains. 
Mr. Howes joined us at the foot of the lake, and his companion¬ 
ship greatly increased my pleasure besides adding to my spoils, for 
without him I should have done but little night work. 
We arrived at Queenstown too late to sugar, so made arrangements 
to ascend Ben Lomond the next morning. As we rode up, the view 
looking back over the lake was indescribably lovely; I have seen 
nothing finer anywhere. The weather had been threatening from the 
first, and when we drew rein at the hut, just below the col, or saddle, 
the heavens opened and it began to pour. We waited in the hut, 
hoping against hope, and gazing wistfully up into the cloud where 
we knew that the summit must be. The saddle is about 4700 ft. 
1 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 2nd Ser., vol. xxii., p. 82 (1911). Mr. Meyrick 
tells me that neither of the Australian Crambi occurs in New Zealand. 
