.'")()() 'r Id ir.-,(irll<Jtl,K. 



Parorchestia sylvicola (l);in;i,). 



ParorvhcHUii, Hjilvicola, St,<',l)l)inj^, Dii.s Ticrroicli Arti|)lii|)., p. 558, lOOfl (wilJi 

 Hytiotiytiiy). 



Siiridiiy IhI;ui(I : s<!V(rn rrmJcs jiikI twelve lemnleM, '■ under dejui (iil<ii,ii- 

 le.iiveH, h'/XpeditJon lldl, 'jrdd M;iy, l!H)H"; and ten males iitid two lerri;i,le„s, 

 " under dead lern lea.ves, iVIontnoidsJii, j!7t,li ,lnne, I'JOH." 



I cannot llnd atiy point, in vvliieh t liese, H|)(reiiMens dilTer a|)|)r<'cia hly 

 lidni typical New Zealand <'xarnp|eH oj tliin H[)(',ei<'H. It, will he noted that, 

 in till' specitnenH Huhtnit t,e(| to ni(t tJie, rnaJe.s i.e., the, Hp(H-ifnens with laif^i- 

 Hceond enathopodH ;i,re more niimerouH than the lern;i,le,s, iJioiif^h on tlie 

 Mi;i,inla,nd of Ne,w Ze;i,l;uid males ar(r iisiia,lly very HcaJ'c.e,. W[ie,l,h(!r this 

 <|epends on t.htr met, hod ol collecting, /.r., select, ine; the la,r<fe,s<; s|)ecimens 

 on t,lie si-ason of the year, or on the clia ract,erisl,ii'S ol a, local variety I can 

 not, Hiiy. I have elsewlM-re dra,vvn at,t,ention t,o Llie, sinidar altnnda,iicc ol 

 tri!i,l(!H in the colhiction of ddTcient s|)ecies ol I'dforchcsl la Irom the snhant 

 a,rctic ishinds of New Zealand (sei' Sid)ant. Islands N.Z., p. tiO.'i). 



Phrosina australis (St,el)liini^f). 

 /'hrosivd (iiislnilis ^\r\}\)\u<^', |{,ep. Vdy. " Cludhiii^rcr," UK, p. Ii:'il, IHHK. 



Otic, laiee specimen, Siindav Island (('aptain l>ollons, l!)')7) ; two 

 Hmidh^' ones wiished up on h'lat l)ea,ch, Sunday Island (VV. \i. I>. Oliver. 

 I'.»()K). 



I refer these specimens to this species, ol which a, sin^dc^ Sp(M'imeii. 

 und(!r a. <piii,rl,(U' <tf a,ii inch in len;^th, was takfii hy the " ( 'hallen^jcr " at 

 Stii,t,i(tii it'ih), east, of Aiisl,ra,lia,. 



Mr. Stchhin^ sa,yH t,liJit, the only dilTerence of import aiiic Im; can dis 

 covi^r l»et,vveen /'. scniilnndld liisso and this species is that the first and 

 second iiidpods, "instead of having' liroadiv rounded extremities, are dis 

 tiiiclly narrowed and aeiite, or neail\' so ; the lelson aJso is less rounded 

 a pically than in the ol her specM's.' In in\' specimens t h(( [)l(',()po(lH a,li(l t;(^lKoii 

 are rat.lier imp(M'fec,t,, hut, so far as they can be, obsi'ived they do not, seini 

 t,o dilTer Miiic.h from the (i<!,iire of /'. sciiMimdld eiven by Stebbine. In the 

 <»ther point.s mentioned by Stebbinj^ my Hpccimeiis seem to aeree with his, 

 but I he djITerences from /'. sciuilivtidht a,ppea,r t(» be very trivial, and but 

 for the locality in which they were huind I should bi' inclined to leler my 

 specimens to that, species. 



Phroninia novae-zealandiae l*(»w(dl. 



I'fironi'iiKi iiovdc zc<d(m<liac Powell, 'Trans. N.Z. Inst., 7, p. UK I, IH75; 

 Slebbine, Hep. Voy. '• ('lialh'U-er,'' 'Jl», p. i:'.5(;, \HHH. 



Several specimens u'.ished upon Low h'lat l'>eacli, Siinda\' Island. 



Piatysceliis iiilciincdiiis (I. M. Thomson. 

 ridh/scchis liilcniu'dids (!. M. Thomson. Trans. N.Z. insl., II, p. -I I. pi. KM), 

 lie. I, IH7'.). 



Severa,l specimens from Suiida\ Island {('aplain rxillous) ; one Iroiii 

 Htoinaeh (d' a, kineOsh, Sunday Island (\V. II. I'>. Oliv(M). 



IVlr. Stebbiiif.^ Hu\H that, this species " ,s(M',mH MC!i.rc(d\-, if at all, distineuish- 

 able from I'Idli/sciius (ironlrs.^^ 



