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to the veins. The female of Protobiella resembles the male in having no 
scales on the hindwing. Again, Spermophorella in Australia is known to 
have an especial liking for sandstone caves and hollows. The capture of 
Protobiella in a locality abounding in limestone caves may therefore indicate 
a similar cave-loving habit for the New Zealand genus. 
These two genera differ widely from all other Berothidae in the shape 
of their wings, the other three genera having them either strongly falcate 
or excessively long and narrow. 
Fie. 1.—Protobiella zelandica n. g. et sp.: wing-venation. 
(For venational nomenclature see fig. 2.) 
Protobiella zelandica n. sp. 
d. Forewing, 7 mm. 
Head dark brown, with pale-testaceous spots; eyes grey-black; antennae 
(broken off) very dark brown, hairy, the basal joint enlarged, club-shaped. 
horax dark brown, the sides of the pronotum yellowish. Legs testa- 
ceous touched with fuscous, and carrying numerous stiff, dark hairs. 
Abdomen brown, hairy, and ending in large semitransparent yellowish 
appendages which appear squarish in lateral view and are turned under 
the end of the abdomen so as to project forwards beneath it. 
Wings: Forewing very slightly clouded and lightly irrorated all over 
with pale fuscous; veins speckled alternately with fuscous and pale testa- 
ceous. Each cross-vein is prominently marked out by a small fuscous cloud 
enclosing it, and there are five fuscous patches situated along the distal 
half of the costal margin.  Hindwing subhyaline, the veins unicolorous, 
fuscous ; the two cross-veins between R, and Rs slightly clouded, and one 
or two fuscous patches along costa towards apex. 
9. Similar to male, but larger (forewing 8:5 mm.), and somewhat more 
heavily spotted on forewing. bdomen ending in two short processes 
projecting downwards and slightly forwards from the down-curved apex. 
Locality.—Terakohe, near akaka, Golden Bay, N.Z.; a single male 
specimen, taken by myself on the evening of 6th February, 1921. Waitati, 
13th December, 1916 ; a single female. 
Type.—Holotype male and allotype female in Cawthron Institute col. 
lection. 
