304 Mr. R. xM'Lachlan's Characters of 



Male. — Antennae pale ochreous ; eyes blackish, slightly re- 

 ticulated with brassy; head, thorax and abdomen reddish-brown; 

 legs reddish- ochreous ; anterior wings rusty-brown, thickly 

 irrorated with whitish spots, which are larger towards the 

 base: on the inner margin are three elongated whitish spots, 

 alternating with others of the dark ground-colour; posterior 

 wings sub-hyaline, tinged with brownish. 



Habitat, New Zealand. 



'^I'his insect, at first sight, has a somewhat deceptive resemblance 

 to Hydropsyche Jimhnata. 



Fam. HYDROPTILID^E. 

 Genus Hydroptila, Dalman. 

 H. albiceps. 

 Mas. — Antennis griseis, obsolete fusco-annulatis ; capite dense 

 cano-piloso ; pedibus pallide griseis; abdomine infra argen- 

 tato ; alis anticis saturate griseo-fuscis, pallide irroratis, 

 apicibus manifeste albis ; posticis pallide griseis. 

 Long. Corp. 1 lin. ; exp. alar. 2^ lin. 



Malt, — Antennae grey, faintly annulated with darker; bead 

 clothed with dense greyish-white pubescence; thorax fuscous; 

 abdomen brown above, silvery beneath ; legs pale grey ; anterior 

 wings dark greyish-fuscous, irrorated with pale grey, the extreme 

 apex conspicuously whitish ; posterior wings pale grey, the cilia 

 concolorous. 



Habitat, New Zealand. In Mr. Dale's collection. 



Family LEPTOCERID^. 



Genus AscALAPHOMERUs, Walker. 



I have followed Mr. Walker in placing this extraordinary 

 genus in the above family, but the robust form and almost cla- 

 vate antennae of the typical species ill accord with the slender and 

 delicate insects on which the family was first founded. 



A.Jinitimus. 



Mas. — Antennis baud crassatis, nigris ; palpis nigro-pilosis ; 

 oculis magnis supra approximatis, brunneo ochraceis ; thorace 

 nigro, utrinque rufo-piloso ; abdomine saturate piceo ; femo- 

 ribus piceis, tibiis tarsisque bruimeo-ochraceis ; alis anticis et 

 posticis glabris, semi-pellucidis, fuligineis, venis sub-costalibus 

 saturaiioribus. 



