﻿The first Heteropteron from Juan 

 Fernandez. 



By 

 E. Bergroth. 



During Dr. Skottsberg's expedition to Juan Fernandez 

 the zoologist of the expedition, herr BÄCKSTRÖM, also brought 

 together a collection of insects, which I have had occasion 

 to see in the Stockholm Museum. As he had to collect 

 animals of all Orders, the insects are not so numerous as 

 might have been desired, but albeit most insect-orders are 

 represented only by few species, there is a fairly good num- 

 ber of Coleoptera of various families. They have the aspect 

 of antarctic insects and some of them will probably prove 

 to be previously known from Southern Chili or Patagonia, 

 but it is quite possible that also one or other New Zealand 

 form might be found among them. It is well known that 

 there is a decided close affinity between some animal forms 

 of Chili and of New Zealand. Of the many examples that 

 could be cited as illustrating this fact I will only mention 

 the genera Uropetala Sel. (New Zealand) and Phencs Ramb. 

 (Chili) among the Odonata, the occurrence of the Chilian 

 Coleopterous genus Lagrioida F. G. in New Zealand, and 

 the Lepidopterous genera Ai'gyropJicnga .DOUBL., Gojwphylla 

 Meyr., Drepanodes GuÉN., DiptychopJwra Zell, and Sicti- 

 lodes H. SCH., the New Zealand species of which are much 

 more nearly allied to the Chilian species than to others. 

 There can thus be little doubt that between New Zealand 

 and Chili there has in bygone times existed a land-connec- 



