NEUROPTERA 183 
this is a new record for the genus and the species in this country. In Australia, it is 
known from New South Wales, Australian Central Territory and Tasmania. 
The first specimens taken in New Zealand (Wise 1973: 183, fig.5) were near 
and from wattle trees at Ranui, west of Auckland. Subsequently, following the 
author’s suggestion, P.T. Leaf collected specimens amongst wattles at Whenuapai, 
ca. 10 km north of Ranui. He also found an as yet undentified Hemerobiid larva in 
Acacia rust galls, which may suggest an association for this species. 
This distribution is seen to be sporadic in the North I from Wellington in the 
south to Paihia in the Bay of Islands on the east coast of North Auckland. 
Genus Micromus Rambur, 1842 
Micromus bifasciatus Tillyard, 1923 
AMNZ. Huia, Karamatura Vy. Swept ex Kahikatea, 15.1V.1982, (19) K.A.J. 
Wise. N.Hokianga, W. of Motuti R. mouth, swept manuka in alluvial Kahikatea 
forest, 10.X.1985 (1c’) R.F. Gilbert. 
Hemerobiid larvae were taken with the adult from Huia, west of Auckland 
(Wise 1983). The latest record from north of Hokianga Harbour extends the 
distribution of this species much further north. 
It is of interest that both collections were from or amongst Kahikatea trees 
(Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (A.Rich) Laubenf.) which may suggest an association 
for this species. 
Family CHRYSOPIDAE 
Genus Chrysopa Leach, 1815 
Chrysopa sp. 
NZAC. Auckland. Mt. Albert, on imported pineapple, 22.VI.1988 (1), J. 
Wernham. 
This specimen was taken alive but that does not necessarily indicate that the 
species is established. It is a black-veined Australian and/or Pacific Islands species; 
pineapples are currently being imported from Queensland, Australia. 
Acknowledgements. For access to specimens I thank R.G.Ordish, National Museum, 
Wellington, who has supplied specimens for many years; Drs B.A. Holloway and T.K. 
Crosby, Entomology Division, Auckland, for single specimens recently. 
