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NOTES OX THE GENUS PSYCHOPSIS, NEWMAN, 

 WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By Walter W. Froggatt, F.L.S., Government Entomologist. 



(Plate xxi.) 



Since my former contribution* to the study of these beautiful 

 Neuroptera, I haxe obtained a fine series of specimens of all the 

 described species, through the kindness of my Correspondents in 

 ^'arious parts of Australia : and among them some from the 

 vicinity of Adelaide, S. A., where Newman's type was obtained 

 over sixty years ago. 



From a comparison of the specimens now available, it is quite 

 evident to me that two species which can be well defined and are 

 constant in their markings, have been both placed in our Museum 

 collections under the name of Psychopsis ruimica. In his descrip- 

 tion of the type, Newman does not mention the rich red colour 

 in the blotches on the fore wings, so typical in the second form; 

 nor are the}^ shown in the woodcut given on the title-page of the 

 second volume of the 'Entomologist.' 



The brief description given in my former paper under the name 

 of P. mimica, therefore, applies to the one to which I now propose 

 to give specific rank, under the name of Psychopsis netvmani. 

 Both the species in question seem to have much the same range, 

 but, being rare insects, they are not common in collections. Mr. 

 Lea informs me that he has never seen them in any Tasmanian 

 collection. One (probably Newman's) is found in Western Aus- 

 tralia. 



The note on P. cmlivagus in my former paper, applies to P. 

 insolens, for the former, though the smallest of the genus, is one 

 of the most beautiful. 



* These Proceedings, 1902, p. 307. 

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