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NOTANATOLICA COGNATA. 



Leptocerus cognatus, McLachlan, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 London, ser. 3, vol. 1, p. 6 (1862). Notanatolica cognata,. 

 McLachlan, I.e., vol. 5, p. 258 (1866) ; Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. 10, pi. 2, fig. 6. 



" Antenna? dark brown, with white tips to the joints ; basal joint testa- 

 ceous ; palpi black, clothed with long grey hairs. Head and thorax 

 testaceous. Abdomen brown. Legs pale greyish-ochreous. Anterior wings 

 grey, sparingly clothed with heavy pubescence. Posterior wings hyaline, 

 with coppery iridescence. Length of tbe body, 10 mm. ; expanse of the 

 wings, 30 mm. 



" Locality. — Auckland " (Hutton). 



I am unacquainted with this insect. 



NOTANATOLICA CEPHALOTUS. 



Leptocerus cephalotus, Walker, Cat. Neuroptera Brit. 

 Mus., p. 73 (1852). Notanatolica cephalotus, McLachlan r 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. x., p. 213. 



" Ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Head broader than the thorax - r 

 palpi slightly hairy ; antenna? testaceous, more than four times the length 

 of the body, with a black ring on each joint. Thorax with three brownish 

 stripes. Legs testaceous. Wings sub-hyaline, the veins testaceous. Length 

 of the body, 8 mm. ; expanse of wings, 30 mm. (Walker). 



" Locality. — Auckland. 



" Mr. Walker remarks that the wings of the specimen are much rubbed, 

 and Mr. McLachlan calls it a doubtful species " (Hutton). 



I am unacquainted with this species. 



Genus LEPTOCEEUS, Leach (1815). 



•' Antenna? very long and slender. Maxillary palpi very long and strongly 

 hairy. Labial palpi very small. Legs long and slender, the anterior pair 

 much shorter than the others. Spurs 2.2. 2, those on the anterior tibia? 

 very short, the others long. Neuration of the anterior wings differing in the 

 sexes. In the male the upper branch of the superior cubitus is once forked 

 at the apex, while in the female it is twice forked. Apical cells Nos. 1 and 4 

 not reaching the anastomosis. Posterior wings usually much broader than 

 the anterior ; apical forks Nos. 1 and 5 present. 



" Distribution. — Northern Hemisphere, in cold and temperate regions " 

 (Hutton). 



LEPTOCERUS (?) ALIENUS. 



Leplocenis (.') alienus, McLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. 10, p. 202(1870). 



" Brown, with long dark-grey hairs ; antenna? white, with black rings. 

 Anterior wings elongate, narrow, slightly dilated at the apex, rounded, dark 

 grey, the longitudinal nervures with brown dots. Posterior wings sooty ; 

 in the female the superior cubitus is twice forked at the end. Length of the 

 body, 8 mm. ; expanse of the wings, 23 mm. 



