3i8 INSECTS 



Family Tachinid^! 

 Comptosia bicolor, Macq. 



First recorded from Auckland in 1859 (Reise der 'Novara') ; intro- 

 duced from Australia. 



Capt. Hutton omits this from his list in 1903, as having been 

 included in error in the ' Novara ' list. 



Comptosia fasciata, Fabr. 



First recorded from Auckland in 1859 {Reise der 'Novara')', 

 probably introduced from Polynesia. 



This species is also omitted by Capt. Hutton. 



Micropalpus brevigaster, Macq. 



First recorded from Auckland in 1859 (Reise der 'Novara'); 

 probably introduced from Australia or Tasmania. 

 Omitted by Capt. Hutton. 



Lamprogaster strigipennis, Macq. 



First recorded from Auckland in 1859 (Reise der 'Novara'); an 

 Australian species. 



Omitted by Capt. Hutton. 



Lamprogaster caerulea, Macq. 



First recorded from Auckland in 1859 (Reise der 'Novara') ; prob- 

 ably introduced from Australia. 



Omitted by Capt. Hutton. 



Captain Hutton was of opinion that the five above-named species 

 got into the ' Novara's ' lists in error. 



Phorocera feredayi, Hutton 



First recorded from Dunedin by Capt. Hutton in 1881. Parasitic 

 in the larvae of the basket moth (Liothula omnivora). 



Phorocera marginata, Hutton 



Recorded from Dunedin (1881), Christchurch and Wellington. 

 Parasitic in the larvae of Liothula omnivora, (Eceticus omnivorus, 

 Melanchra composita, M. ustistriga, and M. mutans. 



Phorocera nyctemeriana, Hudson 



Wellington (1883) recorded by Mr Hudson; Christchurch and 

 Queenstown (Capt. Hutton), and Dunedin by Mr Howes. Parasitic 

 on the caterpillars of Nyctemera annulata and of Leucania purdiei^. 



1 Philpott recorded this as reared from Porina, but is not sure that his identifica- 

 tion is correct. 



