310 STimiES IN AUSTRALIAN NEUROPTERA, iv., 



This very distinct and peculiar species might well form the 

 type of a new genxis, since it differs from all other species of 

 XotiobiAla by its green venation, very reduced hindwings, and 

 by the peculiar thickening of the veins near the base of the w ing. 

 I prefer, however, to leave it in Xofiohiplla until we know more 

 about that genus. 



14. NOTIOBIKLLA MULTIFURCATA, n.sp. (Plate xvi., fig.23). 



Total Ipugth 4, antennce "i'T, forewiny 0"7 bv :2"9 wide, /linfl- 

 iriiH/ 4 '8 by 2'\ wide, pxpansc 14 mm. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the last with pale 

 creamy annuli or crescents on the segments (much shrunken). 

 Leyx testaceous, middle anfl hiiul tibia^ strongly fusiform. 

 W i n g s with subhyaline, rather nacreous membrane, the reflec- 

 tions on the forewing in the fresh specimen being pink basalh-, 

 greenish near the middle, and purplish towards the tip. Vf na- 

 tion didl Ijrownish in forewing, paler in hindwing: cross-\eins 

 and forks dark bro\\m, except the vein connecting the two radial 

 sectors, which is black. The veins approaching the distal bordei- 

 of the wing fork strongly at tiro hveh, so that the branches which 

 fork minutelj' along the margin are veiy numerous and close 

 together. In the forewing, M is very close to the basal radial 

 sector, and is connected with it by a short cross-vein from mf ; 

 the veins are not thickened near the base, and Cuj is not arched 

 upwards. 



Type in Coll. Tillyard. Unique. Taken by Dr. A. J. 

 Turner, at Coolangatta (Tweed Heads), 8. Queensland, on April 

 17th, 1915. 



This species is closely related to X. miUa Banks, from which 

 it rliffers in the dark colouration, the broader and more closely 

 veined costal space, and probal)ly also in the peculiar and abund- 

 ant distal forking of the veins (not mentioned by Banks in de- 

 scribing X. itnita). From X. oh/ujiia Banks, it differs in possess- 

 ing narro\\ei' and more elongate forewings, the less broadened 

 and less densely-veined costal space, the much darker general 

 colouration, and larger size (expanse of X. ob/iqua, 12 mm.). 



