78 NEW ZEALAND NEUROPTEBA. 



" Locality. — Christchurch. 



"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). 



I am unacquainted with this insect. 



Genus SETODES, Kambur (1842). 



" Antennas and maxillary palpi varying. Legs long and slender, the 

 anterior pair much shorter than the others ; spurs of the tibias 0.2. 2. 

 Neuration of the wings similar in both sexes. Anterior wings very long and 

 narrow, lanceolate, not dilated, almost always acute, clothed with dense 

 pubescence and with long fringes. Posterior wings still narrower than the 

 anterior, always acute, often subfalcate at the tips. Abdomen slender. 



" Distribution. — Europe" (Hutton). 



SETODES UNICOLOE. 



Setodes unicolor, McLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. 10, p. 203, pi. 2, fig. 7 (1870). 



This insect has occurred at Lake Horowhenua, at 

 Wellington, at Christchurch, and at Lake Wakatipu. 

 It does not, however, appear to be a common species. 



The expansion of the wings is about £ inch. The general colour is 

 greyish-brown ; antennas greyish-ochreous. Anterior wings greyish-yellow, 

 with some brown dots. Posterior wings pale grey, sub-hyaline, iridescent. 

 Legs greyish-ochreous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, the last segment in the 

 male with a pale fringe of hairs ; superior appendages small, broad ; the 

 inferior pair approximated, elongato-triangular. Length of the body, 5 mm.; 

 expanse of wings, 20-23 mm. 



The perfect insect appears from November till 

 February, and is often attracted by light. 



Genus PHILANISCUS, Walker (1852). 



" Maxillary palpi with the fifth joint long and filiform. 

 Antennae nearly filiform, rather stout, almost as long as 

 the wings. Fore-tibiae with two very short spurs at the 

 apex ; middle tibiae with a pair of long spurs at the apex ; 

 hmd-tibiae with two pairs of long spurs, one at three- 

 fourths of the length, the other at the apex. 



"Distribution. — New Zealand and New South AVales. 



" The larvae are marine, and live among seaweed, in 

 rock-pools, between tide marks. (See Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. 16, p. 117 (1882) ; and Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 18, 

 p. 278 ; vol. 19. p. 46 ; vol. 24, p. 154 ; also N. Z. Journ. 

 of Science, vol. 1, p. 307.) 



" The position of this genus is doubtful " (Hutton). 



