IX.—<i>Description of a new Species of the Neuropterous Family</i> Nemopteridæ


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Tlic nntcrior filirr arc unnrmctl, the otlicrs arc provided with siiinll sliiirs ; tIic Iiiiitl dctus nrc fiiicly :qq~ciitliculntc, SO thnt tlic cstrciiiity nplicnra very slciirlcr. 
TIic grcnt Iciigth of tIic 1.1tics n i i d tIic nlilircvintioii, OP coiiccnliiirirt, of tlic foiirtli joiiit of tlic niitciiiia tlilfcrciitintc this s~~ccics. 
Lciigtli 35, brcntltli line. 

, IIIIITC tlistiiict niirl nliiiost qiiitc grey ; Icgs f i i s m i i 5 , tlic I'roiit tilii:c :iiid tlic two anterior pairs o f tarsi :irc oE n 1i:ih: clicztiiiit Cohir. Simil:ir to I t . / u p h i s , liiit tliIIi!riiig tlicrtifi~iiii iii bing ii!orc distiiictly, yet fiiicly, aid iiiorc rlitiiscly

  
	IUigpisfetin siilciceps.
	O/inqllt, bI:i~li, clotlicd wi111 t l c p ~~s ~~l d i -~~h i i ~~d ~i i i h -

T;irtilieiig:i.ncljoiii itig t Iic llotoriin I h i I \v:i!*.'l'wo iiinlca tnkcn OK sliriil~s iii tlic bush crIicc; tlic hairs oii tlic I~ciirl arc, Iiowvcr~riiiictirrctl, i i i liaviiig n ~vcll-~riarl;~d fiirros oil tl1c bncl; of tlic Iic:id, niirl i i i tlic :iiitciiiiol striictiirc.'I'licI m n l joiiit of tlic niitciiwc is nliiiost as Iniig as tlic folIo\\-iiig t\\-o coiijniiitly, tlic third is not twicc the lciigtli of tlic s~coiitl, tlic foiirth is vcry short, n ~i t l tlic lol);ls of tlic otlicrs arc stoiitcr tliaii tliosc of tlint iirscct.Tlic tibix, csccptiiig tlic froiit pair, Iiavc sliort slc11dcr S~ILlrs.Lciigtli 3 z J Iir~atltli < linc.Noiiiit ArtIiiir. Oiic rsnniplc fourid by JIcssrs. Cliccscninu aid Atlains 
iiiany p r s ago. [To bo continued.] On n new Species of

  the nlrendy described but iniperfcctly known nllied forms, nnd othcrs wlticli no doubt rctnniri 10 be discovered, can be fully stiidicd. 


	Gcnus CIIASMATOITTERA,

Netnoptcridx. f:enus, ~v h i Charmalopler.n, Kirb. Ann. d; nhg. 
Kat. Iiist. ( i ) vi. p. 469

  (1900). 'llio ratlier short, stout, a i d strongly liubcscent niitennm arc qtiitc siificicrtt to scpirate the type of this gcttiis 



( N e m o - p t e m Ilutti;, l~'est\v., from

  Anstrali:i) a i d tlic new s1)eciw tlcscrilrctl Lclow from Huller, lkinib., iii tlic typical s1~rcir.a of wliicli the ntilciiiin: rire sleiidcr, ii:ikcd, a1111 lorigcr tlirn the 



Chnsntatoptera Shcppnrdi, sp.n.Uinrcnsions.Long. corp. .......... 
11-14 13-14 Esp. nl. niit

  

.. ......... 
3WO 3 8 l t i Long. nl. post

  

.. ....... 
23-33 sQ-:ll body.

  Antiiinx entircl Llnck ; 1tc:td black above, often iiinrked ktripc extending to the end of tltc rostrum. Tlioras black nbovc, oftcn spotted \\it11 yellow, cspccially iri tliu male ; nbdonicn Llnck abovc, with yellow incisions, and in the male with yellow Jots bctmccn. Uirdct surfncc of tlic body mostly jcllo\v, of abdoiiieii ofrcn reddislt. IVittp clear Iiynlinc, with brown nervitrcs ; costal iieryurc slctidcrly \rlacltisli ; sulcostal i r c r v ~r e s and soinetimc~ intermedian epncc jellowisli. Uiiid wings wirh tlic slinft yellow, with two black dots on the outer side nird onc on thc itiiicr; nt tllo cstrcnie base short trniisversc lateral line3 are sometiriies visiblc. ' Bttyo~id the niiddle tlic wing esl)nn(ls into n very brad spatulatc lobe, wit11 rcticu1:itell iiuuraiioii, follo\vctl by a sriiiillcr arid ~inrrowcr OIIC, arid thcii by n short terrninnl l o h , roiitidcd at tlic end. l'lic lobcs arc purplisli LIown, arid in the nrnlc are prcccded Ly n white space ; and the contrnctcd part of 1110 miiig between tlic lobes is wliite on c;icli side, the slinft always rcmniriirig dnrk ; in tlic fciriale Loth lobe3 arc oftcn cntirely dark, but tlic tcrtiiittnl IoLc is alwnye wfiite. lid. Arnnnus Mountnina, Asia Minor ( 



d .0.mrn.n1N. 
Dr. Shepprd). JIucli resembles tltc South African i\'enioptcra dikttata, generic

  

if tlic niitcnna: arc 111 with jelloiv bcliiiic f ; fncc yellow, with a bronc1 Lliick iiiedinn robably con 
Klug, which is pubescent, wliich t c figuro and tlcscriptioii do not sliow. illat Fpccies, however, tlic herd is yellow above. Downloaded by [University of Auckland Library] at 18:33 11 March 2015
W F Kirby
IX.—<i>Description of a new Species of the Neuropterous Family</i> Nemopteridæ