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pery iridescence. Length of the body, 10 mm. ; expanse of 

 the wings, 30 mm. 



Locality. — Auckland. 



Notanatolica cephalotus. 



Leptoccrus cephalotus, Walker, Cat. Nem^optera Brit. Mus., 



p. 73 (1852). Notanatolica cejihalotus, McLachlan, Jom-n. 



Linn. Soc, vol. x., p. 213. 



Ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Head broader than the 

 thorax ; palpi slightly hairy ; antennae testaceous, more than 

 four times the length of the body, with a black ring on each 

 joint. Thorax with three brownish stripes. Legs testaceous. 

 Wings subhyaline, the veins testaceous. Length of the body> 

 8 mm. ; expanse of wings, 30 mm. (Walker.) 



Locality. — Auckland. 



Mr. Walker remarks that the wings of the specimen are 

 much rubbed, and Mr. McLachlan calls it a doubtful species. 



Genus Leptocerus, Leach (1815). 



Antennae very long and slender. Maxillary palpi very 

 long and strongly hairy. Labial palpi very small. Legs long 

 and slender, the anterior pair much shorter than the others. 

 Spurs 2.2.2, those on the anterior tibiae very short, the 

 others long. Neuration of the anterior wings differing in the 

 sexes. In the male the upper branch of the superior cubitus 

 is once forked at the apex, while in the female it is twice 

 forked. x\pical cells Nos. 1 and 4 not reaching the anasto- 

 mosis. Posterior wings usually much broader than the 

 anterior ; apical forks Nos. 1 and 5 present. 



Distribution. — Northern Hemisphere, in cold and tempe- 



rate regions. 



Leptocerus (?) alienus. 



Leptocerus (?) alienus, McLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. 10, 



p. 202 (1870). 



Brown, with long dark-grey hairs ; antennae white, with 

 black rings. Anterior wings elongate, narrow, slightly dilated 

 at the apex, rounded, dark-grey, the longitudinal nervures 

 with brown dots. Posterior wings sooty ; in the female the 

 superior cubitus is twice forked at the end. Length of the 

 body, 8 mm. ; expanse of the wings, 23 mm. 



Locali ty . — Christ church . 



It is uncertain to what genus this insect should be referred. 

 So far as the general characters and the neuration of the 

 anterior wings are concerned, it presents no apparent generic 

 difference from the European species of Leptocerus, but the 

 neuration of the posterior wings is somewhat aberrant. 

 (McLachlan.) 



