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Ch. tan, Pfeiffer (= sylvia, Hutton). 

 Ch. zeta, Pfeiffer. 

 Ch. colensoi, Suter. 

 Ch. subantialba, Suter. 



Sub-gen. Tesseraria, Bottger, 1881. 

 T. neozclanica, Pfeiffer (= Pupa neozclanica, Fi.). 



Fam. HELICTERIDZE. 

 Gen. Tornatellina, Beck, 1837. 

 T. neozclanica, Pfeiffer. 



Fam. HYDROBIIMh 

 Gen. Potamopyrgus, Stimpson, 1865. 

 P. corolla, Gould. 



Fam. CYRENFDvE. 

 Gen. Pisidium, C. Pfeiffer, 1821. 

 P. lenticula, Dunker. 



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Art. XVII. — Notes on New Zealand Insects. 



By H. Suter. 



Communicated by Professor Hutton. 



[Read before, the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 2nd November, 



1S92.} 



Some time ago the following papers came under my notice, 

 containing descriptions of new species : — 



I. — The Ants of New Zealand. 

 By Prof. Dr. Aug. Forel, Zurich (Switzerland).* 



1. Sub-fam. CAMPONOTIDiE, Forel. 

 Gen. Lasius, Fabr. 

 Sub-gen. Prolasius, nov. sub-gen. 

 P. advena, Smith (= Formica advena, Smith; Prenolepis 

 advena, Mayr). 



Hab. Forty-mile Bush, North Island; Riccarton Bush, 

 near Christchurch (H. Suter). 



* Mittheil. der Schweiz. Entomolog. Gesellsch., Bd. 8, Heft 9. 



