TiLLYARD.—Psocoptera, or Copeognatha, of New Zealand. 179 
Forewing, 3 mm. 
Head covered with golden-brown hairs and with a smaller number of 
total number of joints is about 28. Clypeus very dark brown. Labrum 
pale brown in centre, bordered with dark brown. 
Maxillary palpi medium brown. 
Thorax dark shining brown with golden-brown hairs and darker scales. 
Legs dark brown banded with pale brown ; tibiae with long stiff hairs. 
‘Abdomen dark brown with paler brown hairs and scales. 
Fie. 5.—Oxypsocus hamiltoni n. g. et sp. type Venation. x 25. (For lettering 
do М ; 
Fic. ‘omen hamiltoni n. g. et 8р., type A single scale from forewing. 
x 940. 
: j uffused with brown ; hairs golden-brown, scales 
die dee n dio bases. One of these scales is shown 1 
.]2 mm. in length, and is of a peculiar cultriform 
being in 
while the other side slopes off obliquely for 
there are about 18 very 
separated distally, but gem : T 
striolation is present. “Yenacion kb Hi 
Mini gra г. the main stem of M+ Cu, 18 dark brown. nd- 
indistinct in places, but ks oer алд АБА gre ish hairs on tise 
А іп Cawthron Institute co ection; also a paratype 
„ы xe iet ed on two slides, the wings separate from the rest. 
One set paratype in Dominion Museum collection, Wellin 
abi 
gton. : 
Z. Taken by Mr. H. Hamilton, Zoologist to 
th Habitat Masterton, ton on de 98th March, 1921, while beating 
a fers of Oyate acerosa.. The species is dedicated to its discoverer. 
