M'LacnHLAN.— On New Zealand N: europtera. xci 
and a few Panorpidz, neither of which are known from New Zealand; while 
Hemerobiide and Osmylidz are feebly represented in both ; the Nymphids, 
an almost peculiarly Australian family, are unknown in New Zealand. In 
Trichoptera alone does New Zealand appear to have the advantage over 
Australia. 
The paucity of species of Dragonflies is very remarkable; and one is 
tempted to believe that in New Zealand there must be a scarcity of aquatic 
insects both as larve and otherwise, and of those aérial insects upon which 
the perfect Dragonflies prey. Another point strikes me ; and that is the small 
number of aphidivorous Planipennia, the chief of which (the Chrysopidze) are 
unrepresented. Can it be that indigenous Aphides are happily almost 
unknown there? It may be that the ideas here thrown out are based upon 
erroneous premises ; and if so it behoves the entomologists of New Zealand to 
set me right by producing a fair sample of the insect fauna of their colony. 
The list of Trichoptera here given is scarcely more than a reprint of that 
already published by me in the *Journal of the Linnean Society' (Zoology), 
vol x. Much of the material from which the entire list is compiled has been 
received from my friend Mr. R. W. Fereday, of Christchurch, and from 
Mr. H. Edwards, who was for some time at Auckland ; nor must the collec- 
tions formed by Dr. Sinclair, Mr. Colenso, Dr. Hooker, Col. Bolton, the 
naturalists of the ‘ Novara,’ etc. be forgotten. No special localities are 
given, because many of the insects are noted simply as from New Zealand 
without further indication. 
In the references I have indicated by an asterisk where the best description 
of each species may be found; and if this sign occurs so frequently in 
connection with my own Жал. the reader must please consider that 
I do not claim for them any special excellence, and that it is owing to the 
fact that in most cases no others exist. 
PSEUDO-NEUROPTERA. 
Termitide. 
Genus CarorERwES, Hagen. 
l. Calotermes insularis, W hite. 
Termes insularis, White, Zool. of Mir of * Erebus’ and ‘Terror’}+; Walk. Brit. Mus. 
Cat. Hw "opt. opt ii. p. 522. Calotermes insularis, Hagen, Linnea Entomologica, 
; id. Brit. Mus. Cat. Ne europt. (Termit.), p. '2. 
Also found i in New Holland. 
2. Calotermes improbus, eee 
alotermes improbus, Hagen, Linnea Entomologica, Band xii. p. 44* ; id. Brit. Mus Cat. 
Kosropt иша Sasa 5 "bs Brauer, Reise der ‘ No ame Neuro ropt. p. 45. 
Hagen described a wingless example from Van Diemen’s Land. Brauer 
described the winged form of what he considers to be the same species from 
New Zealand. 
+ I have not been able to verify this reference. 
