TrtLyarD.—Psocoptera, or Copeognatha, of New Zealand. 191 
Wings: Forewing about two-fifths as broad as long; all the veins 
except Cu, with a double set of very long hairs ; veins testaceous ; membrane 
suffused with pale semi-transparent brown ; pterostigma weakly granulate, 
very long (nearly one-third of entire wing-length), with numerous minu 
hairs along costal margin; no spots on wing. Hindwihg hyaline. 
abitat-—Hamilton, N.Z. A number of specimens taken by myself 
while sweeping Pittosporum and kahikatea (white-pine), 28th March, 1921. 
T ype.— Holotype and series of paratypes in Cawthron Institute collection. 
Genus MAORIPSOCUS n. g. 
Characters as given in the key on p. 188. 
Genotype.—Maoripsocus semifuscatus n. sp. 
Habitat.—New Zealand only, so far as is known. 
This genus is closely related to Kolbea Bertkau from Ceylon and Singa- 
pore, but differs from it in the strongly angulated shape of the pterostigma 
and in having the wings much less hairy. Kolbea also has a partial series 
of hairs developed distally on the veins of the hindwing. 
Maoripsocus semifuscatus n. sp. (Plate 18, fig. 11 ; and text-fig. 16.) 
Forewing, 2-8 mm. ; expanse of wings, 6 mm. Mies 
Head: Epicranium dark brown; two pale-yellowish patches interior 
defined band behind ocelli isolate a large circular 
blotch of the ground-colour in the middle. Antennae and eyes dark 
brown 
Maxillary palpi pale-brownish. , | 
Thorax blackish, with very short pale-brown hairs. Legs brown. 
Fio. 16.—Maoripsocus semifuscatus n. g. et Sp., 
sa (For lettering see fig. 1 
type. Venation. X 24. 
) 
Wings : 
as shown in Plate 18, fig ry hairy 
a nearly black blotch placed basad from the basal side (Sc), which itself 
ty wd 
wards Rs 
ca 
dark blotch which reaches down beyond the prominent angle of the posterior 
margin to . 
in the angle between Rs and M where they meet, on the cubital loop, 
