The invertebrate fauna of Somes and Mokopuna Islands was surveyed over a 5 month period using malaise, pitfall and light traps. New locality records are noted in particular for Hudsona anceps, Myerslopia terrestris (Hemiptera) and a recentlydiscovered new hymenopteran family. Some of the principal biogeographic relationships New Zealand Entomologist, 1990, Vol. 1 3 of Somes/Mokopuna with the North and South Island are identified for Dysnocryptus pallidus, Hudsona anceps, Mimopeus opaculus and

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... ilanisus plebius. The management and conservation implications of the invertebrate fauna are discussed in relation to the operation of the Ministry of Agriculture quarantine station, the potential for a nature reserve and the issue of future public access to Somes.