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14. New Species of Neuropterous Insects from South Africa 

 (Ephemerida, Megaloptera and Embiidina). By T. ESBEN- 

 PETERSEN. 



EPHEMERIDA. 

 GEN. ATALOPHLEBIA, Eat. 



ATALOPHLEBIA PELLUCIDULA u. sp. (Figs. 1 and 2.) 



$ . Imago. Head and eyes blackish. Thorax castaneous with a 

 longitudinal median streak behind and with yellowish streaks on the 



FIG. 1. Atalophlebia pellucidulo,, $. Forewing. 



sides. Abdomen whitish, pellucid ; the segments with narrow 

 blackish hind borders ; sixth segment also with some small dark brown 

 spots near the front margin ; seventh segment with two larger brown 

 spots near the front margin, each enclosing a whitish spot ; in the 

 eighth segment the front half is dark brown with two very small 

 whitish spots close to the front margin ; ninth segment almost com- 

 plete dark brown above. Venter whitish ; the terminal segment 

 somewhat brownish and reddish yelloAV at apex. Forceps greyish 

 white. Setae pale yellowish brown and brownish auuulated. Legs 

 pale yellowish brown. Femora with a narrow and indistinct brownish 

 baud at base, a broad blackish one in the middle and at the tip. 

 Length of tarsal joint of intermediate and hind tibiae as in At. 

 tabularis (Eaton, Monogr. Bee. Eph., pi. x, fig. 16 /i). 



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