M'Lachlan. — On New Zealand Neuroftera. xci 



and a few Panorpidge, neither of whicli are known from New Zealand ; while 

 Hemerobiidae and Osraylidse are feebly represented in both ; the Nymphidse, 

 an almost peculiarly Australian family, are unknown in New Zealand. In 

 Trichoptera alone does New Zealand appear to have the advantage over 

 Ansti'alia. 



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 larvse and otherwise, and of those aerial 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 Chrysopidse) are 

 unrepresented. Can it be that indigenous Aphides are happily almost 

 unknown there 1 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. E.. 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. Hookei", 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 descriptions, 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. 



Termitidse. 



Genus Calotermes, Hagen. 



1. Calotermes insularis, White. 



Termes insularis, Wiite, Zool. of Voyage of 'Erebus' aud 'Terror't ; Walk. Brit. Mus. 

 Cat. Neuropt. pt. iii. p. 522. Calotermes insularis, Hagen, Liiiuaaa Entomologica, 

 Band xii. p. 42* ; id. Brit. Mus. Cat. Neuropt. (Termit.), p. 2. 



Also found in New Holland. 



2. Calotermes imj^rohus, Hagen. 



Calotermes improhus, Hagen, Linnsea Entomologica, Band xii. p. 44* ; id. Brit. Mus Cat. 

 Neuropt. (Termit.), p. 6 ; Brauer, Reise der 'Novara,' Neuropt. p. 45. 



Hagen described a wingless example from Yan Diemen's Land. Bi-auer 



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. 



