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AUSTRALIAN NEUROPTERA. Part i. 



By Esben Petersen, Silkeborg. 



(Plates Ixxii.-lxxv.) 



(Communicated by W, W. Froggatt, F.L.S.) 



In the following pages, I give some descriptions of new species 

 of Neuropterous insects from Australia, together with notes on 

 other interesting species. No apology is needed for the fact that 

 these notes are accompanied by illustrations and tables, because 

 much of the literature relating to the Neuropterous fauna of Aus- 

 tralia is to be found scattered in numerous papers and periodicals; 

 and, for the student, it is, therefore, a great work to find the 

 descriptions, which very often are insufficient, as in most cases they 

 are based on old or mutilated specimens, and are often too short. 

 A good and complete description of an insect is a necessity for an 

 exact determination; but when the description is accompanied by 

 an accurate figure, the work is facilitated to a high degree. 

 Therefore, it is my hope that these, and the following notes, may 

 be of some value in the study of the Australian Neuroptera. 



The greater part of the material, here recorded, belongs to Mr. 

 W. W. Froggatt, Government Entomologist of N.S.Wales, to whom 

 my best thanks are due for his kindness in allowing me to examine 

 it. Also ray friend, Mr. R.J. Tillyard, has sent me much material 

 for examination, and I am much obliged to him for his kind 

 assistance. 



NYMPHID^. 



Rambur, Hist. Nat. Ins. Nevr., p.412(1842). 



No ocelli. Antennae much shorter than the wings, which are long 

 and slender. Costa and radius united at the tip. Radial sector 

 with several branches. Cubitus forks a little before the tip of first 

 anal vein; its posterior branch short, bent down and running out 



