Entomology.^ SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 59 



Lepidoptera. 



Leucania pagaia. (p. r>7.) 



One siiciiincii niily. taken l)y Dr. Bcnliam. (I'late II, fiji;. !).) 



A Tortrix near Pijrgolls. but not in a condition to describe, also occurred. In 



addition, I saw a species of (jlj/phipteryx, which I was unable to capture, on the 



Oh'dfid. 



DlPTERA. 



Two flies, AUiijihiihtpis pinict<it(i (p. 143) and an allied species, were taken. 



Orthoptera. 

 Onosandrus pallitarsis, Walker ? (Plate IV, fig. 9.) 



This species belongs to the genus Onosandrus, and appears to be closely allied 

 to, if not specifically identical with, 0. pallitarsis, Walker, a species common among 

 the roots of plants in various parts of New Zealand. (See Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 x.xi.x, p. ■221.) Seven specimens of this fine weta were found by Professor Kirk. 



A species of weta, Ischyroplectron isnlatum, Hutton, has been recorded from the 

 Bounty Islands "under rocks (Fairchild)," the genus being known from Bounty 

 Islands only. (Hutton, I.e., pp. 227-29.) 



(2.) AUCKLAND ISLANDS. 



Nine entire days and two half-days were spent by the expedition at Carnley 

 Harbour, in the south of Auckland Island, and, as the weather fortunately allowed 

 some collecting to be done on each day, a fairly complete collection was made of the 

 insects which were about at the time. One day was perfectly fine and almost calm, 

 and the major part of three other days was warm and sunny. In addition to the 

 stay at Carnley Harbour, shoi-ti visits were made to Noraian Inlet, Enderby Island, 

 Disappointment Island, and Port Ross, and collections made at each of these places. 

 The total number of sj^ecies of insects taken on the Auckland Islands amounted 

 to sixty-one, distributed amongst the orders as follows : — 



Coleoptera . . . . . . . . . . 15 



Hijmenoptera . . . . . . . . .3 



Diftera . . . . . . . . . . 20 



Lepidoptera . . . . . . . . . . 20 



Neuroptera . . . . . . . . . . 3 



Total.. .. ..HI 



Prior to the visit of the expedition the total number of species known from the 

 Auckland Islands amounted to twenty-eight (eleven Coleoptera and seventeen Diptera), 

 and, so far as I have been able to ascertain, no specimens of insects belonging to the 

 other orders had ever been obtained. In considering the entomological results 

 of the expedition, especially in respect of the Lepidoptera, it must be borne in mind 

 that the best season of the year had not arrived, and that a visit during the middle 

 or end of January would no doubt bring to light a large number of species which 

 were not in evidence as early as November. No butterfly was seen on the islands, 



