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Some of the immature stages of 13 species of New Zealand Chironomidae are described. Thelytokous parthenogenesis is recorded in two subfamilies: Orthocladiinae ( Lymnophyes vestitus (Skuse), Corynoneura donovani n.sp.) and Chironominae ( Lundstroemia agameta n.sp.). Biological notes with a telltative key to the immature stages are included. Five new species, Corynoneura donovani, Polypedilum luteum, Polypedilum alternans, Tanytarsus albanyensis and Lundstroemia agameta are described.
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D. J. Forsyth (1971) studied this question.
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