NOVITATES ZoOLOaiCAE XXVI. 1919. 285 



5. Macronemurus platycercns sp. nov. (fig. 2). 



Etym. From Gr. TrXary? large and KepKo<; tail ; allusion to the relative 

 shortness and width of the cerci of <?. 



Fulvus, fulvo-ferrugineo mistus. 



Caput (fig. 2, a) facie, palpis et duobus primis articulis antennarum flavis ; 

 vertice plaga lata, occipite linea transversa, fuscis ; palporum labiaUum ultimo 

 articulo fusiformi elongate, acuto, externe fusco notato ; antennis ferrugineie, 

 vix fulvo annulatis. 



Thorax flavus, fusco longitudinaliter striatus. Prothorax (fig. 2, o) paulo 

 latior quam longior, antrorsum leviter angustatus ; disco hnea media longitudinaU 

 pone sulcum, punctis ante sulcum et stria obUqua utrimque prope marginem 





Fia. 2. — Macronemurus platycercui S Nav. 

 a. Hpad and protborax. &. End of abdomen, from side. (Id Coll. Xav^.) 



posteriorem, fuscis. Pili laterales albidi. Meso- et metanotum tribus striis 

 longitudinaUbus fuscis, interruptis, media in duas tresve divisa. 



Abdomen fulvum, palUdo breviter pilosum ; inferne fusco-ferrugineum ; 

 superne linea media longitudinali fusco-ferruginea ; cercis <J fuscis fuscoque 

 pilosis (fig. 2,6), latitudine abdominis paulo longioribus, sublaminaribus, arcuatis. 



Pedes flavo-fulvi, fusco setosi ; apice tibiarum et articulorum tarsorum 

 fusco ; calcaribus testaceis, modice arcuatis, duos primes tarsorum articulos 

 aequantibus aut superantibus. 



Alae hyalinae, irideae, acutae ; margine externo sub apicem leviter concavo ; 

 stigmate paUido, vix sensibUi ; reticulatione fulvo-pallida, ad venularum in- 

 sertionem fusco punctata ; area apicali serie venularum gradatarum instructa. 

 Pili fusci, densiuscuU, tenues. 



Ala anterior 7 venulis radialibus internis ; sectore radii 8-9 ramis. 



Ala posterior una venula radiali interna ; sectore radii 9-10 ramis. 



Long. Corp. $ . . . . . . .28 mm. 



Long. al. arit. ....... 22 „ 



Long. al. post. ....... 20-6 „ 



From Hammam Rirha, North Algeria, May 30, 1913 (VV. R. et E. H.). 



Tribe Neuroleini Nav. 



6. Neuroleon algericus Nav., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Nord Afrique, 1913, p. 216, 

 f. 3. 



From the Oued N9a, M'zab coimtry, April 16-30, 1914 (E. H. et C. H.) ; Ain 

 Sefra, South Oran, May 1-18, 1913 (W. R. et E. H.). 



The type in the Vienna Museum being incomplete and the slender shape 



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