BY R. J. TILLYARD. 65 



in February-March, 1913. A single 9 fi'om Broken Hill, taken 

 by Mr. O. Lower (undated). 



Types: ^ in Coll. Tillyard (Cottesloe, W.A., February 18th, 

 1913: W. IJ. Alexander; Museum No.6726); 9 in Coll. W. A. 

 Museum (Subiaco, W.A.; IVIarch 12th, 1913; W. B. Alexander; 

 Museum No. 6898). 



The Broken Hill 9 differs from the Western Australian speci- 

 mens in having a row of black spots along the posterior margin 

 of the forewing, at the ends of the cross-veins descending from 

 lA. 



This very distinct and handsome species appears to be quite 

 common around Perth. Its superficial resemblance to Proto- 

 plectroib loiKjitudinale, n sp., has been already noted. 



Subfamily MYRMELEONTIN.E. 



Genus M Y R M E L E N Linn. 

 17. Myrmeleon loweri, n.sp. (PI. vi., fig. 15). 



Total length 29, abdomen 21, forewing 29, hindwing 26 mm. 



Head 3 mm. wide; ei/es pale grey; epicranium grey, a small, 

 yellowish patch just in front of anteniiic, which are 4 mm. long, 

 with tips in the form of a fiattened club; face chiefiy dark grey, 

 geiioi and Inhrurn dull orange-yellow, labium yellowish. 



Thorax pale powdery-gre}', anterior lobe and base of pro- 

 thorax lemon-yellow, as are also the wing-bases and the latero- 

 posterior edges of the mesonotum; sutures of pterothorax dark. 

 Legs short, dull orange, a patch of black distally on femora, a 

 greyish tinge on tibia:': tibial spurs, distal spines of the tarsal 

 joints, and claws black. 



A b d o m e n fairly long and slender, powdery-grey; two, small, 

 yellow spots at base of 1; suture between 1 and 2 blackish, a 

 trace of two, fine, yellow spots apically on 3, the same spots 

 larger and more distinct on 5-7 and on sides of 8; 9 touched with 

 yellow, blunt, hairy at tip. 



Wings witli pale yeWow renafion; bases strongh' yellowish; 

 about 34 costal ci'oss-veins before pterostigma in both wings. 

 Fterostignia, in forewing, distinct, pale brownish, covering 7-8 

 veinlets, some of which are branched; in hindwing, fainter, 



