204 Mil. n. M'LACiUiAN ON NEW-ZKALAND TJilCUOPTERA. 



in leugth, second and third very long, fifth nearly equal to the third : 

 eyes black. 



Thorax greyish ; mesoscutellum somewhat blackish. 



Wings — anterior wings very long and narrow, greyish-yellow, densely 

 pubescent, the anastomosis somewhat marked with fuscous, and there 

 are also fuscous dots on the dorsal and round the apical margins 

 (these dots are visible only in well-conditioned individuals) ; fringes 

 concolorous with the membrane, except at the anal angle, where they 

 are blackish fuscous ; neuration indistinct ; subcosta ending at about 

 half the length of the wing from the base ; radius ending at one-fifth 

 of the length from the apox ; discoidal cell and cellula thyridii very 

 long ; upper branch of the ramus thyrifer simple ; anastomosis irre- 

 gular (vide Plate 11. fig. /) : posterior wings pale greyish, subhyaline ; 

 fringes grey, very long towards the base of the dorsal margin ; 

 neuration pale. 



Legs pale greyish-ochreous ; the coxaj brownish ; tibiae and tarsi with 

 minute blackish spines on the underside ; anterior tibiae with one short 

 spur. 



Abdomen dull greyish-ochreous, with a greyish tinge, the dorsum darker. 

 In the c? the upper edge of the last segment is fringed with rather 

 long pale ha^•s j the app. sup. are small and broad, scarcely extending 

 beyond the lateral margins ; app. inf. forming two elongately trian- 

 gular valves placed close together. ( c? .) 



Christchurch, Canterbury (Fererfay); o cS . 



Belonging to the same group (for neuration) as the European 

 S. ochracea. 



Family HYDEOPSTCHID^. 

 Genua Polycentropus, Curtis. 



POLYCENTROI'US PUERILIS, U. Sp. 



Fusco-niger, aureo nigroque pilosus. Antennae flava;, fusco-annulata;. 

 Alae anticae latse, fusca;, sparsim pallideque flavo-punctatse : posticaj 

 fuliginosse, cellula discoidali aperta, furcis apicalibus 2" et 5* iu- 

 structis, costulis baud in medio conjunctis. Pedes sordide testacei. 

 Abdomen fuscum ; maris segmento ultimo dorsali lobo elongate, an- 

 gustato, deorsum incurvato, m medio iustructo ; appendicibus inter- 

 mediis aciculiformibus ; superioribus latis cochleariformibus j inferiori- 

 bus elongatis. 



Long. Corp. 2'"; exp, alar. ()|-7"'. 



Head — antennee pale yellow, with narrow fuscous annulations ; vertex 

 black, thickly clothed with blackish hairs, intermingled with a few 

 golden ones ; front produced, with a flattened triangular process ; 

 palpi fuscescent. 



Thorax — prothorux clothed with blackish and golden hairs intermingled ; 



