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as second and third united, and equal to fifth, which is rather 

 broad, almost cordiform. Second joint a little longer than third, 

 which is equal to fourth. Claws simple, and somewhat curved 

 at apex. 



Apex of wings elliptical. Nervature dark brown. C, Sc, and 

 R yellowish for about their whole length; the other nervures 

 yellowish between base of wings and the origin of Rs or the fork 

 of M. Pterostigma dark reddish-brown, long and very distinct; 

 in the pterostigmatic area, Cu bent somewhat outwards. Mem- 

 brane of the wings hyaline, at base strongl}^ yellowish, especiallv 

 in the fore wings. Nervures with short, blackish hairs. 



Length of forewing, 17 mm.; of hind wing, 15 mm. 



Queensland; one specimen; Coll. Froggatt. 



N O T H C H K Y S A . 



MacLachlan, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1868, p. 195. 



NOTHOCHRYSA CHLOROMELAS. 



Girard, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1862, p. 607. 



In "Australian Neuroptera," Part i., I mentioned two speci- 

 mens of this species from the Solomon islands. In the material 

 at hand, one specimen is present from Darnley Island, Queens- 

 land, 1910 (\V. W. Froggatt leg.); Coll. Froggatt. 



NOTHOCHRYSA INSIGNATA. 



Navas, Ann. Soc. scient. Bruxelles, 1914, p.323. 



Mackay, Queensland; one specimen, 1905 (Turner leg.): Coll. 

 Froggatt. Navas has described the species on specimens from 

 Queensland, and from Hermansburg, Central Australia. 



NoTHOCHKYSA NiGRiNKKVis, n.sp. (Plate xiv., figs. 11, llAj. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish. Tip of apical joint of 

 labial and maxillary palpi brownish. At each side of the clypeus, 

 a brownish spot; and below each antenna, but near to the eye- 

 margins, a greyish-brown, short, transverse streak. Vertex 

 with a V-shaped black figure. Antennse at least as long as the 

 wings, pale brown at base, and becoming dark brown at apex 

 basal joint very stout and yellowish. Prothorax about twice as 



