HuTTON. — On Neio Zealand Neuroptera. 215 



the male ; the middle caudal seta well developed, but shorter 

 than the outer two. 



Locality. — Wellington. 



Genus Atalophlebia, Eaton (1881). 



Imago. — Pronotura of the female with a longitudinal 

 median ridge. Hind tibiae generally longer than the femora, 

 and longer than the tarsus. Middle caudal seta generally 

 developed. Hind wings with costal and subcostal nervures 

 much arched, the radius nearly straight ; transverse nervules 

 abundant in the fore wing ; those in the marginal area, before 

 the bulla, well defined. 



Subivmgo. — Quiescent during many hours, standing upon 

 all its feet, with the wings erect, and with the lateral caudal 

 setae spreading. 



Nymph. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — Australasia, Japan, Ceylon, South Africa, 

 South America. 



Atalophletoia dentata. 



Leptophlehia dentata, Eaton, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1871, 



p. 80, pi. 4, fig. 18. Atalophlehia dentata, Eaton, Trans. 



Linn. Soc, 2nd series, Zool., vol. iii., p. 88 (1884). 



Imago. — Brown, the segments narrowly bordered with black 

 at their tips. Setae hairy. Wings vitreous, the marginal and 

 submarginal areas of the fore wing dark-yellow ; the cross- 

 nervules in the marginal area before the pterostigmatic space 

 and those in the submarginal area bordered with brown, 

 making a cloud on the bulla. Legs brownish-yellow, the 

 femora more or less dark at the knee, the fore tibia black 

 at the tip. Length of body, 8mm.; of wing, g 11mm., 

 $ 7-13 mm. 



Suhimago. — Wings light-grey, the cross-nervules faintly 

 bordered with darker. Neuration black. 



Locality. — New Zealand. 



Atalophlebia costalis. 



Ba'etis costalis, Burmeister, Handb. der. Ent. Bd. ii., Abth. ii., 

 p. 800 (1839). Potamanthus costalis, Walker, Cat. Neuro- 

 ptera Brit. Mus., p. 546 (1853). AtalojMebia costalis, 

 Eaton, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool., vol. iii., p. 89. 



Subimago. — Black, thorax with a whitish line in front of 

 the wings ; abdomen and legs banded with red. Length, 

 15 mm. 



Locality. — Australia. Mentioned by McLachlan as pro- 

 bably occurring in New Zealand also. 



