Order D ic ty o pte ea .
F am ily F o e f ic u l id æ .
F orf ícula l it t o e e a , PI. 6,Jigs. 4 , 5.
Deep blackish brown, with fulvous legs ; head somewhat
triangular, the sides behind the eyes rounded, very deep
blackish brown ; labrum, cibarial organs and antennæ
fulvo-testaceous ; two fulvous spots on the head, one close
to the inside of each eye, a short, fulvous line on the middle
of the hind part ; antennæ with at least nineteen joints,
first joint the longest, second very short, third three times
the length of second, fourth a little longer than the second,
the others gradually increasing in length ; prothorax
square, fulvous in front, with a short, impressed line in the
middle ; abdomen widest about the seventh joint, deep
blackish browu, the margins slightly fulvous, last segment
of abdomen large, with some wide, longitudinal lines above,
the forceps sbort, slightly hooked at the end, with two or
three sinuations on the inner edge ; legs fulvous, tarsi
without apparent pads. Apterous.
Hab. New Zealand (under stones on the beach).
Family B l a t t idæ .
There are two species of Blattidæ at least found in New
Zealand, both, probably, introduced by ships.
Order O e t h o p t e ea .
Family P h a sm idæ .
P hasma (Acan th odeeus) h o e r id u s . pi. 5, Jig. 4.
Head gray, a slight ridge with four sinuations behind the
antennæ and between the eyes, two spines and two or
three tubercles on the vertex; prothorax gray, with several
small, irregular tubercles, meso- and meta-thoraces brown,
with many longish spines, especially on the sides and under
parts, there are several tubercles on the upper parts ;
abdomen on the under side with spines shorter than those
on the thorax, the upper parts with several subspiniform
tubercles, fourth and sixth segments dilated on the sides
at the end ; coxæ of fore legs with four or five spines,
coxæ of middle and hind legs with two spines ; femora
sharply angled, some of the angles with a few teeth, a crested
dilatation at the base of the tibiæ of two hind pairs, basal
joints of tarsi of two hind pairs of legs crested, with a
notch at the end.
Length, b inches 9 lines.
Hab. New Zealand.
P hasma (Acanthodeeus) s p in ig e e .
Head greenish gray, a broadish protuberance between
the eyes, vertex smooth ; antennæ grayish, ringed with
brownish ; prothorax greenish gray, smooth, mesothorax
narrow, green, cylindrical, with about eighteen strong
spines, placed somewhat in pairs, nine on the upper and
nine on the under side, brownish black at the end, metathorax
green, narrow, cylindrical, with three spines above
and eight below ; abdomen subcylindrical, the joints
thickened, first segment with two spines in the middle on
the under side; fore legs (broken off), two hind pairs grayish,
with six wide brown bands ; femora white at the base,
with two short spines at the very end and two longer on
the inside near the tip ; tibiæ w’ith a slight tooth on the
outside near the base.
Length, 3 inches 7 lines.
Hab. New Zealand, Dr. Sinclair, R.N.
P hasma h o o k e e i. PI. &,Jlg. 6.
Green ; au oblique crest between the eye and the base
of the antennæ, somewhat knobbed in front, a very narrow
black line on the vertex, two black lines on the throat ;
head and thorax smooth ; prothorax smooth, with a narrow
black line down the middle, mesothorax with a black
line down the middle in front, and a shorter black line in
the middle behind, metathorax with a black line down the
middle in front ; legs sharply angled, the femora with one
of the angles serrated, the serratures distant ; tibiæ without
serratiires ; antennæ black, two first joints yellow.
Hab. New Zealand.
Family M an tid.e .
There is at least one species of Mantis found in New
Zealand. I have seen the egg case of a species brought
by Dr. Sinclair.
Family A c h e t id æ .
D e in a c e id a h e t e ea c a n th a . pi. 5, Jig. 1.
Deinacrida heteracantha. White in Gray's Zool. Misc.
1842, 78, Diejfenb. New Zeal. I. p. 280.
Hind legs nearly twice the length of the insect ; tibiæ
quadrangular, broadest behind, the edges behind armed
with ten spines, coming out alternately, spines very strong
and sharp ; body brown, beneath yellow ; head punctured
on the vertex ; antennæ at least tivo-and-a-half times the
length of the insect ; thorax, especially the prothorax
punctured, with some smoothish spaces in the middle, lateral
margins slightly thickened ; head not so wide as the
thorax; labial palpi with the terminal joint swollen at the
end, when dry it is slightly compressed from shrinking,
maxillary palpi very long, three last joints cylindrical, last
longest, gradually clubbed at the end ; prosternum with
two spines approximating in the middle, meso- and metasterna
deeply grooved behind, with a strong tooth on the
sides behind.
Described from a male specimen presented to the British
Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach, measuring fi-om the forehead
to the end of the abdomen, exclusive of appendages,
two inches ; from the end of the tarsus of hind leg to the
end of antennæ stretched out it measures at least 12j
inches. Dr. Andrew Sinclair has presented a specimen of
a female, which, with its hind legs and antennæ extended
is at least 14 inches long ; its head and body, exclusive
of appendages, being 2J inches, its ovipositor is rather
more than an inch long, is slightly bent upwards and compressed
through the greater part of its length, the two
blades being somewhat angular at the base ; nearly the
whole insect is of au ochry yellow colour, the end ot the
ovipositor, and the extreme tip of the spines on the legs
being brown ; the margins of the abdominal segments are
of a lighter colour ; the transversely-ridged and rough-
surfaced femora have many light coloured streaks. The
greater portion of the dorsal part of the thorax is somewhat
ferruginous. This specimen was found by itself on
the Marsh Pine in Waiheké, in the Firth of Thames.
Five other specimens of smaller size Dr. Sinclair found
congregated under bark of trees. The Deinacrida, according
to the Maories, generally keeps high up on the trunk,
which the natives are afraid to climb, as the insect,
especially the dark-headed, long-jawcd male, bites severely.
^ Type. B.M.
H e MIDEINA THOKAOIOA.
cJ Deinacrida thoracica. White, Zool. E ré. & Terror, tab.
5 ,f. 2 (1845).
’ Hemideina thoracica. Walker, Oat. Dermapt. Salt & Blatt,
Suppl., p. 162, n. 2 (1869).
$, Î Hemideina producta. Walker, I. e. p. 163, n. 0
(1869).
Hab. New Zealand (Boss, Pelerin, Smith, Bolton, Drew).
Type. B.M.
I am satisfied that S . produeta can be nothing but
H. thoracica discoloured (probably through spirit), it agrees
precisely in structure with H. thoracica, but the thorax
and legs, instead of being entirely testaceous or ochraceous
are clouded with piceous.
Order N eu eo pt e ea .
Family Libellulidæ.
P etaluka Carovei. Tab. 6, figs. 1, la.
Petalura Carovéi, White, Dieff. N. Zeal. II., App.,p. 281,
». 97 (1843).
Auckland (Sinclair). Fype. B-M.
COEDULIA SMITHII.
Gordulia Smithii, While, Zool. Ereb & Terror, tab. 6, /. 2
(1845) ; De Selys-Longchamps, Synops. des Cordal. (Acad,
roy. sci. Belg.),p. 27,». 11 (1871).
Gordulia Novæ-Zeelandiæ, Braucr, Vcrh. Zool. botan.,
Wien. (1865) ; Voy. Novara, pl. I I .,/. 3 (1865).
New Zealand, Auckland. TyP®- B.M.
Family A grionidas.
L e stes C olensonis.
¿ Agrión Colensonis, White, Zool. E ré . & Terror, tab. 6,
/. 3 (1845).
J , ? Lestes Colensonis, De Selys-Longehamps, Synops.
Agrionines (Acad. roy. sci. Belg.), p. 44, ». 41 (1862),
New Zealand. TyP®- B M.
Described in full by De Seiys, who states that it is
certainly allied to L. gracilis in its anal appendices.
Family T erm it id íe .
Caloteemes in su l a r is .
Termes insularis. Walker, List Neuropt. Ins. HI., p. 521,
n. 28 (1853); White Ms., tcé. 7 ,/. 11.
Calotermes insularis, Hcujen. Monogr. Termit. linncea
Entomol XII., p. 42, n. 2 (1858).
New Zealand (Sinclair). TyP®- B.M.
According to Dr. Hagen, this species, in form, size and
colour, stands very near to 0. castaneus.
Order H em ipt e ea (H ete eopt era).
Faimly OxYNOTiDiB.
CEohalia S ch e l l en b b eg ii.
Pentatoma (Arma) aouleata. White Ms., tab. 7.,/. 2.
Pentatoma Schelleubergii, Guerin, Voy. Coq. Zool. II.,
/».s. p. 168, ill 11 (1830).
CEchaba Scliellenbergii, Stal, Stett, Ent. Zeit. XXIII.,
p. 93.
Arma ScheUenbergii, Walker, Cat. Hemipt. Heteropt. I.,
p. 140, n. 39 (1867).
Pentatoma consocialis, Boisduval, Voy. de VAstrol. IL,
630,^51. 11,/. 9 (1833).
Arma ? SclieUembergii, Dallas, List Hemipt. Ins. I., p. 89
(1851). .
Rhaphigaster perfectus. Walker, Gat. Hemipt. Heteropt.
I I , p. 371, ». 83 (1867).
New Zealand (Boss, Sinclair, Bolton). L.M.
C ermatulus n a sa l is . -
Pentatoma (Jalla) diffinis. White Ms. tab. 7 ,/. 4.
iElia nasalis, Hope, Cat. p. 32 (1837).
Cermatulus nasalis, Dcdlas, List. Hemipt. Ins. l.,p . 106,
». 1 ; p l II.,/. 3 (1851).
Asopus nummularis, Erichson, Arch. fü r . Naturg. VIII.,
p. 276, ». 258 (1842).
Rhaphigaster Pentatomoides, Walker, Cat. Hemipt.
Heteropt. II., p. 370, n. 81 (1867).
New Zealand (Sinclair, Earl, Felerin, Lort, Bolton). B.M.
Family C y d n id t e .
ri?TIIUS L e PTOSPERMI, 11. sp .
Cydmis Leptospermi, White Ms. tab. 7 , / 3.
iEthus Leptospermi, Dallas, List Hemipt. Ins. l.,p . 119,
». 22 (1851).
Ovate, glabrous, head, thorax and first two or three
segments of abdomen sparsely fringed with rather long
bristles ; head semicircular in front ; with distinct