NEUROPTERA 55 



Anterior wings in the ? long and narrow, generally somewhat broader in the t ; 

 the gradate nervules form four rows of cellules, in the upper of which the cellules are 

 very high and narrow ; the intermediate rows are subject to further division, so that in 

 some examples as many as 5 or 6 cellules may sometimes be seen in a transverse line at 

 some portion of the wing. In one example there are 5 complete rows. 



In the posterior wings there are also 4 rows, but one is often incomplete or may be 

 entirely obsolete. The superior row, as in the anterior wings, consists of extremely high 

 and narrow cellules, with the sides more or less curved. 



The third cubital cellule has its inferior apical angle considerably produced, and 

 the dividing nervure is evidently shorter than its apical margin (i.e. the nervure between 

 it and the fourth). 



Apical dorsal plate of <? strongly dilated, with very short hairs on its margin above, 

 on the margin beneath they are also short, and form a fringe directed inwardly. 

 Apical ventral valve tongue-like, its surface nearly glabrous. (Plate III. fig. 6 and 

 Plate IV. figs. 19 & 19 a.) 



Expanse 33 — 38 mm. 



Hab. Hawaii, various localities (2000 — 4000 ft.). Haleakala, Maui (5000 ft.). 

 Koolau range, Oahu (above 2000 ft.). 



(18) Anomalochrysa simillima, sp. nov. 



Extremely closely allied to the preceding, flavous, fading to testaceous, or brown, 

 the latter variety with the wings whitish, and subopaque. Probably varies in colour 

 like the preceding. 



On the anterior wings 5 rows of cellules result from the series of gradate nervules, 

 and there is a tendency to further division. 



The species may be distinguished by the following characters ; the cellules of the 

 upper row formed by the gradate nervules, especially in the hind wings, are less high, 

 and not so narrow in proportion to their height. The third cubital cellule is less 

 produced (as a rule hardly at all) at its inferior apical angle, and the dividing nervure is 

 about equal to the apical side of the cellule. 



In this, and the other species of the genus, the dorsal margin of the anterior wing 

 is greatly thickened at the base just beyond the petiole, and with the nervure above an 

 elongate cellule is formed. In the preceding species this cellule, although narrow, is 

 distinct and open, but in the present one it is nearly obliterated, owing to the fact that 

 the greatly dilated margin in parts touches, or almost touches, the nervure above. 



Hab. High plateau of Kauai (4000 ft.). 



F. H. II. 8 



