318 STUniKS IN AUSTRALIAN NEUROPTERA, iv., 



in the hindwing, only the lower half of the series is present, con- 

 sisting of four cross-veins. Tibiic without spurs. 



Females larger and more darkly coloured than males, the latter 

 without any scales on the hindwing. 

 Genotype, Sp. disseminata, n.sp. 



The two known species may be easily distinguished as follows : 

 Bocly-coloin-ation pale fawn, marked with brown; antennre les-s 

 than half as loni; as fore^^ing; costal cross-veins only once 

 forked; forewing clouded irregularly with pale fawn, and one 

 darker brown blotch; scales on hindwing of female covering 



nearly the whole of the wing >^p. diniieimnaln, n.sji. 



Bodj'-colouration l)lackish and dark grey; antennie longer tlian 

 half the length of the forewing ; costal cross-veins much 

 branched ; forewing- marked all over with dark, irregular 

 streaks and blotches; scales on hindwing of female confined to 

 a small area along the middle portions of j\l, . M._> , and three 

 branches of Rs ^p. mandafissima, n. sp. 



18. Spkrmopiiorella disseminata, n.sp. (Plate xvii., fig.'28). 



Totai Jpngfh, $ 5-5, 9 6-5; ahdomiu. $ 3, 9 3-5; /ornrlvif, ^ 9, 

 9 11-5; exj)ansp, ^19, 9 24 mm. 



Head: eyes grey, head and antenn;v pale fawn, a touch of 

 brown on epicranium. T h o r a x brownish, with paler mai'kings 

 on notum; legs pale fawn or creamy, moflerately long, slender. 

 Abdomen fawn-coloured, with an interrupted brown dorsal 

 band. Appendages of 9 1-2 mm., cream}', slender, cylindrical, 

 hairy; there are also two, pointed, triangular processes, 0-3 mm. 

 long, closer to the base of segment 9, and nearly hidden by the 

 long appendages. (Plate xviii., fig. 31). W i n g s with pale, almost 

 white, venation, which, in forewing, is speckled all over with 

 brownish dots. Several of the costal forks darkened, also cross- 

 veins at each end of the pterostigma. Pvunning obliquely up- 

 ward, from a point about one-third of the way along the posterior 

 border, is a brown mark, which reaches up to M,,; many irregular 

 fawn-coloured blotches and streaks also occupy the middle of the 

 wing, especially below the pterostigma. All these markings vary 

 much in intensity, and are more conspicuous in the females than 

 i]\ the males, Hindwings without mai-kings, except a touch of 



