HuTTON. — 0)1 Neiv Zealand Neuroptera. 247 



one ventral tooth, which is long, on the apical margin of 

 the penultimate segment. Length of the body, ^ 8 mm., 

 $ 11 mm. ; expanse of the wings, <? 32 mm., ? 27 mm. 

 Locality. — Ciaristchurch. 



Genus Psilochorema, McLachlan (1866). 



Antennge very slender, slightly longer than the wings. 

 Head transverse, produced in front between the antennae, 

 rugose, the hinder portion forming a raised collar. Ocelli 

 very distinct. Maxillary palpi slender, slightly hairy, the 

 two basal joints short and broad, the third longer and 

 slender, the fourth shorter than the third, the fifth longer 

 than the third. Mesothorax ovate, with a raised tuft of 

 hairs in the middle in the male. Legs moderately long, 

 alike in both sexes ; spurs 2.4.4. Anterior wings narrow, 

 the margins nearly parallel, hairy clothing short and dense ; 

 the apex somewhat dilated ; on the cubital veins in the male 

 are tufts of raised hairs ; discoidal cell closed, with a smaller 

 cell below it ; apical cells long and narrow ; apical forks 

 present in all five veins. Posterior wings rather shorter and 

 broader ; pubescence scanty ; apical forks present in all five 

 veins. Abdomen moderately robust. 



Distribution. — New Zealand. 



In this genus the wings are nearly flat when in repose. 



Psilochorema mimicum. 



Psilochorema mimicum, McLachlan, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 

 ser. 3, vol. 5, p. 274 (1866). 



Antennae fuscous, annulated with yellow, the apical por- 

 tion wholly fuscous. Head and mesothorax dark -chestnut. 

 Anterior wings smoky, with pale-golden and whitish mark- 

 ings ; a whitish indented fascia a little below the apex ; 

 several raised tufts of blackish hairs along the dorsal margin 

 towards the base. Posterior wings greyish -hyaline. Legs 

 greyish-ochreous, the tips of the tarsal joints annulated with 

 pale -yellowish. Abdomen blackish -fuscous, the appendages 

 testaceous. In the male the superior appendages are very 

 small, slender at the base and clavate, hairy ; inferior ap- 

 pendages very large and broad, concave and furnished with 

 numerous minute blackish teeth internally, the outer margin 

 broadly emargiuate. Between the inferior appendages, on 

 the superior portion, arises a long flattened and obtuse piece, 

 probably the upper penis-cover. Length of the body, 6^ mm. ; 

 expanse of wings, 16 mm. 



Locality. — Auckland and Christchurch. 



