whole iusect is of an ochry yellow colour, the eud of the 

 ovipositor, and the extreme tip of the spines on the legs 

 being brown ; the margins of tlie abdominal segments are 

 of a lighter colour; the transversely-ridged and rough- 

 surfaced femora have many light coloured streaks. The 

 greater portion of the dorsal part of the thorax is some- 

 what ferruginous. This specimen was found by itself on 

 the Marsh Pine in Waiheke, in the Firth of Thames. 

 Five other specimens of smaller size Dr. Sinclair found 

 congi'egated under bark of trees. The Deinacrida, accord- 

 ing to the Maories, generally keeps high up on the trunk, 

 which the natives are afraid to climb, as the insect, 

 especially the dark-headed, long-jawed male, bites severely. 



Type. B.M. 



HeMIDEINA THORACICA. 



S Deinacrida thoracica, White, Zool. Ereh. & Terror, tab. 

 5,/. 2 (1845). 



Hemideina thoracica, Walker, Cat. Deniapt. Salt & Blatt, 

 Supj)l.,p. 162, K. 2(1869). 



(J, ? Hemideina producta, Walker, I. c. p. 163, n. 5 

 (1869). 



Hab. New Zealand (Boss, Pelerin, Smith, Bolton, Brciv). 



Type. B.M. 



I am satisfied that H. producta can be nothing but 

 H. thoracica discoloured (probably through spirit), it agrees 

 precisely in structure with H. thoracica, but the thorax 

 and legs, instead of being entirely testaceous or ochraceous 

 are clouded with piceous. 



Order Neuroptera. 



Family LibellulidyE. 



Petaluea Carovei. Tab. 6, figs. 1, la. 



Petalura Carov($i, White, Dieff. N. Zeal. II., App., p. 281, 

 n. 97 (1843). 



Auckland (Sinclair). Type. B.M. 



Cokdulia Smithii. 



Cordulia Smithii, TJHiite, Zool. Breb & Terror, tah. 6,/. 2 

 (1845) ; Be Seltjs-Longcha'mjjs, Spwps. des Cordid. {Acad, 

 roy. sci. Bclg.),p. 21, n. 11 (1871). 



Cordulia NovEe-Zeelandise, Brauer, Verh. Zool. botan., 

 Wicn. (1865) ; Voy. JSfovara, pi. 11.,/. 3 (1865). 



New Zealand, Auckland. Type. B.M. 



Family Acjkionid^. 

 Lestes Colensonis. 



c? Agi-ion Colensonis, White, Zool. Ercb. & Terror, tab. 6, 

 /. 3 (1845). 



(J , ? Lestes Colensonis, Be Selys-Longchamps, Synops. 

 Agrionincs {Acad. roy. sci. Bclg), p. 44, n. 41 (1862). 



New Zealand. Type. B.M. 



Described in full by De Selys, who states that it is 

 certainly allied to B. gracilis in its anal appendices. 



Family TermitidvE. 

 Calotermes insularis. 



Termes insularis. Walker, list Neuropt. Ins. 111., p. 521, 

 n. 28 (1853) ; White Ms., tah. 7,/. 11. 



Calotermes insularis, Hagcn. Monogr. Tcrmit. Liiincca 

 Entomol. XII., p. 42, n. 2 (1858). 



New Zealand {Sinclair). Type. B.M. 



According to Dr. Hagen, this species, in form, size and 

 colour, stands very near to C. castaneus. 



Order Hemiptera (Heteroptera). 

 Family OxYNOTlDiE. 



OLCHALIA SCHELLKNBERGII. 



Pentatoma (Arma) aculeata, White Ms., tab. 7.,/. 2. 



Pentatoma Schellenbergii, Chterin, Voy. Coq. Zool. II., 

 Ins. p. l&B,pl.l\ (1830). 



(Echalia Schellenbergii, Stcd, Stett, Brit. Zcit. XXIII., 

 p. 93. 



Arma Schellenbergii, Walker, Cat. Eemipt. Heteropt. I., 

 p. 140, n. 39 (1867). 



Pentatoma cousocialis, Boisduval, Voy. de I'Astrol. II., 

 ^.630,^;. 11,/. 9(1833). 



Arma ? Schellembergii, Ballas, Bist Hcmipt. Ins. I., p. 89 

 (1851). 



Ehaphigaster perfectus, Walker, Cat. Hcmipt. Heteropt. 

 II., p. 371, n. 83 (1867). 



New Zealand {Ross, Sinclair, Bolton). B.M. 



Cermatulus nasalis. 



Pentatoma (Jalla) diffinis, IVliite Ms. tab. 7,/. 4. 



^lia nasalis, Hope, Cat. p. 32 (1837). 



Cermatulus nasalis, Ballas, Bist. Hcmipt. Ins. I., p. 106, 

 n.l;pl. 11.,/ 3 (1851). 



Asopus nummularis, Erichson, Arch. fur. Naturg. VIII., 

 p. 276, n. 258 (1842). 



Ehaphigaster Pentatomoides, Walker, Ccd. Hcmipt. 

 Heteropt. II., p. 370, n. 81 (1867). 



New Zealand {Sinclair, Earl, Pelerin, Bort, Bolton). B.M. 



Family CydniD/E. 

 JSthus Leptospermi, u. sp. 



Cydnus Leptospermi, White Ms. tab. 7, /. 3. 



^thus Leptospermi, Ballas, Bist Hemipt. Ins. l.,p). 119, 

 n. 22 (1851). 



Ovate, glabrous, head, thorax and first two or three 

 segments of abdomen sparsely fringed with rather long 

 bristles ; head semicircular in front ; with distinct 



