P. ESBEN-PETERSEN, NEUROPTERA AND MECOPTERA. 3 



crossvein. The same is undoubtedly the case also concerning 

 the Ascalaphidae. M is forked in the hindwing in the same 

 manner in these two families as in the Nymphidae. With 

 regard to Cu in the forwing we find in the Ascalaphidae that 

 Cu2 is free, but running paralleJ, and very close to 1 A; in 

 the llyrmeleonidae, however, Cu2 is visible in its basal part 

 as a short and weak nervure, then it coalesces with lA for 

 a distance but it becomes free in its apical part. The Archce- 

 myrmeleonidae^ occupy an exceptional position in this respect; 

 in this group Cii.2 is not coalescing with 1 A in the forewing, 

 and it seems to me that this groiip ought to have rank of 

 a family. 



I. Nymphidae. 



Nymphes myrmeleonides Leach, Zool. Misc. I, p. 102, 

 pl. 45. — A fine series of this beautiful insects was present 

 from Queensland. 7 specimens, Atherton; 2 specimens, La- 

 mington Plåt; 1 specimen, Herberton; 1 specimen, Colosseum; 

 1 specimen, Cedar creek. 



Myiodactylus osmyloides (pl. 1, fig. 1) Brauer, Verhandl. 

 zool. -bot. Gesellsch., Wien, p. 991, 1866. — One specimen 

 from Herberton, Queensland, January. 



It seems to be a very scarce insect; I have only seen 

 three specimens. 



II. Ascalaphidae. 



Suphalasca dietrichiae Brauer, Verhandl. zool. -bot. Ge- 

 sellsch., Wien, p. 15, 1869, — Three specimens from Kim- 

 berley district, N. W. Australia, February, and one specimen 

 from Atherton, Queensland, January. 



Suphalasca inconspicua Mac Lachlan, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc, London, p. 256, 1871. — One female specimen from 

 Kimberley district, N. W. Australia, February. 



^ Esben-Petebsen, Ent. Medd., Köbenhavn, p. 100, 1918. 



