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Epacridaceae. Dracophyllum acicularifolium: Beetles, Dasytes sp., fam. Melysidae. Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium: Platyomidae caudata, fam. Curculionidae, beetles. Loganiaceae. Geniostoma ligustrifolium: Syrphus novae-zealandiae, fam. Syrphidae, and numerous other flies as well as Rygmodus modestus, fam. Hydrophilidae, a beetle. Gentianaceae. Gentiana patula: Apis mellifera, fam. Apidae, and numerous native bees, Hylaeus sp., fam. Hylaeidae. As well as unidentified flies, beetles, and a moth Notoreas sp., fam. Hydriomenidae. Apocynaceae. Parsonsia heterophylla: Numerous flies, Odontomyia chloris, fam. Stratiomyiidae, Hystricia pachyprocta, fam. Tachinidae, and hover-flies, also a beetle Luperus vulgaris, fam. Chrysomelidae, and several moths, of which one belongs to Scoparia sp., fam. Pyraustidae. Boraginaceae. Myosotidium Chathamica: Apis mellifica, fam. Apidae. Scrophulariaceae. Hebe speciosa: Hylaeus capitosus, fam. Hylaeidae, and Paracolletes hirtipes, fam. Colletidae, bees and flies Anastellorhina stygia, fam. Muscidae and thrips. Hebe speciosa X Lewisii: Numerous flies, Hystricia pachyprocta, fam. Tachinidae, Itamus bulbus, fam. Asilidae and Syrphus novae-zealandiae, fam. Syrphidae. Also bees, Paracolletes sp., fam. Colletidae, Halictus sordidus, fam. Andrenidae, and beetles Dasytes anacharis, fam. Melyridae and Navomorpha sulcatum, fam. Cerambycidae. Hebe Barkeri: Numerous bees, Paracolletes sp., fam. Colletidae. Hebe salicifolia: Numerous bees, Halictus sordidus, fam. Andrenidae and Paracolletes hirtipes, fam. Colletidae, butterflies, Chrysophanus feredaye, fam. Lycaenidae, and Pyrameis gonerilla, fam. Nymphalidae, a beetle Nysius clavicornis, fam. Lygaeidae, and Diptera, Protohystrichia signata. Hebe macrocarpa var. talisepae: A fly belonging to the Anthomyiidae. Hebe angustifolia: Numerous bees Halictus sordidus, fam. Andrenidae. Hebe parviflora: Diptera, Helophilus antipodes, fam. Syrphidae. Hebe Lewisii: Nyctemera annulata, fam. Arctiidae, a moth, Paracolletes hirtipes, fam. Colletidae, bees and numerous flies of Macquartia sp., fam. Tachinidae, also a number of thrips and unidentified butterfly. Hebe evenosa: Pyrameis gonerilla, fam. Nymphalidae, the red admiral butterfly and thrips. Hebe subalpina: Numerous unidentified Diptera and Chrysophanus sallustius, fam. Lycaenidae, a butterfly.