2l4 AUSTKAMAN NEUROPTKRA, ill., 



Nervures of forewing with dark tspots. Hindniaigin of forewing hardly 

 excavate at apex. Radial area in forewing with two cross- veins — 



iteiiropimctata. 



CHHYSOFTI)/E. 



D I C T Y O C H It Y S A, ll.geil. 



Antennae longer than fore wings. Costal area rather broad in 

 the forewing, but gradually narrowed towards pterostigma. 

 Subcostal area broad in its basal fourth. Tlie cross-vein 

 between Sc and R placed a little before origin of lis. M forks 

 regularly, and its branches do not coalesce as in Chrysopa, nor 

 form cellules as in Nothochrysa. M forks behind the origin of 

 Ks. Cu forks a little further out than the cross-veins between M 

 and the stem of Cu. In the hindwing, the costal and subcostal 

 areas are of the usual form, In the discal area of the fore- and 

 hind wrings, all tiie cells are of hexagonal form. No series of 

 gradate cross-veins. No forks along the apex of wings. 



Genotype, Dictyochrysa fulva, n.sp. 



This genus is a very interesting one, especially with regard to 

 the peculiar and unusual nervature of the wings. 



Dictyochrysa fulva, n.sp. (Plate xiii., tig. 10). 



Head fulvous Palpi brown. Vertex with a short, narrow, 

 dark, transverse streak above the antennte. Antennae fulvous 

 at base, blackish at the tip; basal joint very stout. Prothorax 

 fulvous, almost as long as broad, and with rounded front angles. 

 A verv narrow, longitudinal, dark, median streak, not reaching 

 the hind-margin; and a narrow, lateral one in the middle between 

 the median streak and the side-margins, and of the same length 

 as the median ones. Along the lateral margins, an indistinct 

 dark streak. Mesothorax fulvous. Metathorax brown, its 

 scutellum fulvous. Sides of thorax fulvous, with brownish spots 

 and streaks. Abdomen [somewhat shrivelled in the specimen] 

 castaneous at base, paler towards apex. Legs fulvous. Hind- 

 femora l)rown in their apical parts: fore- and intermediate-tibi:» 

 darker on their upper side, and hind-tibiae with a dark band at 

 apex. Tarsal joints pale brownish. First tarsal joint as long 



