For Lepidoptera I can strongly recommend "Jahncke's Patent Round Boxes" with glass lids. They may be obtained from any chemist, or from Messrs. Sharland & Co., Wholesale Druggists, Wellington.

Metrosideros scandens.

Hyperparasite is an animal parasitic in a parasite.

"Host" is a term applied to any animal harbouring a parasite.

Ovipositor, a boring instrument employed in depositing the eggs.

A genus of Hemipterous insects commonly seen skipping over ponds in England.

"n.s." is the accepted abbreviation for new species.

Thread-like.

For an extended account of these observations see "Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," vol. xxiii. (1890).

Metrosideros scandens.

Or lay eggs.

Scutellum: A horny plate situated on the mesonotum, usually somewhat triangular in form.

For life-history of this insect see page 73.

Mamestra composita, M. mutans, M. ustistriga, Erana graminosa, &c.

This genus, as represented in New Zealand, is often called Pyrameis.

For a more detailed account of the metamorphosis of this insect see The Entomologist, vol. xviii. p. 30.

For accounts of parasites and hyperparasites of this insect see pages 60 and 37, also The Entomologist, vol. xviii. p. 153.

On one occasion I enclosed a full-grown caterpillar of this insect in a pot of earth with a recently formed Noctua pupa, whose internal portions it immediately devoured, employing the empty shell of the unfortunate chrysalis as a cocoon. It is impossible to say whether this horrible proceeding often occurs in a state of nature.

The Libellulidæ, Ephemeridæ, Perlidæ, Psocidæ, and Termitidæ are usually included in the Neuroptera.

One mutilated ♀ specimen of this insect was sent to Mr. McLachlan, but was too imperfect to describe from.

For account of the earlier stages of this, or a closely allied insect, see "Transactions of New Zealand Institute," vol. xvi. p. 114.

This genus is frequently called Melampsalta.