780 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN NEUROPTERA, vi., 



PsYCHOPSELLA, n.g. (Plate Ixxviii., fig.l 1 ). 



Characters as given in the key on p. 771. Small insects, with 

 an expanse of about an inch; the hind wings very much shorter 

 than the fore. 



Genotype, PsychopseUa gallardi, n.sp. 



PsYCHOPSELLA GALLARDI, n.sp. (Plate Ixxviii., fig. 1 1 ). 



^. Unique. Total length, 7*8 mm.; abdomen, 5mm.; forewivci, 

 12"5 mm.; hindwing, 95 mm.; expanse, 245 mm. 



Head 1-3 mm. wide, pale ochreous: eyes dark grey; antennae 

 dull brownish, very short, 18 mm. 



Thorax: prothorax pale ochreous. Pterothorax dull brown- 

 ish, with darker markings. Legs very short, with pale ochreous 

 femora, slightly darker tibise and tarsi. 



Wings: foreiving with discal and internal gradate series 

 complete, the former consisting of fifteen cross-veins, the latter 

 of nine. Costal series of cross- veins rudimentary, consisting of 

 only about six cross-veins near base, and a single one about half- 

 way along the costal area; marginal series absent. Colouration 

 a very pale ochreous, tesselated all over with slightly darker 

 markings, and here and there small dark brown patches; of 

 these, the most prominent are three sets along the vena triplica, 

 another just beyond the anastomosis, one near the middle of the 

 discal series, two in the marginal area, and some irregular dark 

 markings along Cu. Hindivhig with short discal and internal 

 gradate series, not complete, the former of six or seven cross- 

 veins, the latter of only four; no marginal series, and only one 

 or two costal cross- veins near base. iVo markings at all upoot 

 the hindtving, which is dull whitish and quite transparent. 



Abdomen pale ochreous, prettily marked with a mid-dorsal 

 series of dark spots and smaller lateral spots on each segment. 

 Appendages', superior, a pair of very conspicuous, depressed, sub- 

 triangular processes, laterally flattened, and appearing somewhat 

 forcipate from above; these project well beyond the tip of the 

 abdomen; each one has its apex rounded, and carries near its 

 base, on the outer side, a raised embossment; the whole of the 

 appendage above the embossment, and outwards to the tip, 



