56 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN NEUROPTRRA, ii., 



wing-length from base; there is also a small, black mark on the 

 radial brace. 



ffab.— Wavooua,, W.A. Taken by Mr. G. F. Berthoud, to 

 whom T dedicate the species, on February 23rd, 1911. Unique. 



Type in Coll. Tillyard. 



8. Glenoleon aurora, n.sp. (PI. i v., fig. 9). 



(J. Total length 19, abdomen lO'O, forewing 24, hindwing 

 21-5 mm. 



Head : fii/es olive-grey; epicraniiim reddiHU-hvown, with three, 

 small, black spots on occiput; in front, a transverse band of 

 shining black, passing between the eyes and enclosing ba.ses of 

 aiitennje; these latter 4*5 mm., brownish, tipped with bWickish; 

 face and mouth-parts yellowish-brown. 



T h o rax dull reddish-brown, marked with dark grey. Leys: 

 femora orange-brown tipped with dark grey, tibia? and tarsi 

 greyish-brown. 



•Abdomen alternately banded, very irregularly, with orange- 

 brown and dark grey; on the orange-brown portion of 3-6 are 

 some blackish spots or lines. 



Wings with a delicate, pinkish sheen on the nearly hyaline 

 membrane; venation of forewing blackish along costa, speckled 

 pink and black on Sc, R, and Rs, the rest brownish specked 

 with black. In hindwing, costa paler and veins less speckled. 

 Pterostiyma in both wings distinct, about 1-5 mm., mostly pink, 

 but touched proxiraally with brown. Hindwing with a small, 

 brown blotch at distal end of Mj and Cuj. 



9. Differs from ^ in having less black on epicranium, the wings 

 less speckled, somewhat pinker, and without the brown blotch 

 on the hindwing. Wings considerably wider, less pointed, and 

 altogether larger than in ^. 



Hah. -Broken Hill, N.S.W. .Several specimens taken by Mr. 

 O. Lower, in 1900 and 1902. 



Types, (^9, in Coll. Tillyard;((J, December 4th, 1900; $, No- 

 vember 10th, 1902; Broken Hill; O. Lower). 



This species and the succeeding one are very distinct from all 

 other species of the genus by the beautiful, pink sheen of the 



