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as the 5 of G. invisits, and which Petersen is still disposed to consider 

 the same as the latter species. 



The cross-veinlets in the costal area of the fore wing of G. luxtoni 

 seem to exclude any possible association of the same with this c? • 



The genus is remarkable for the rounded projection at the base o£ 

 the anterior wing and for the swollen scutellum of the mesonotum. 



Fig'. 3. — Apex of abdomen from beneath of Gepus invisus, ^ • 

 4. — Apex of abdomen from side of Gepus invisus, $ . 



For the sake of comparison, I give figures of the apex of the abdomen 

 of a $ from Egypt (Ballah, l.viii.lO) kindly given me by Mr. Storey. 

 The wings of the d are figured on Plate II, Kg. 1. 



Acantliaclisis pallida McLach. 

 1 $ , Amara, 10.viii.18 (Buxton). 

 Has been recorded from South Russia and "Western Asia. 



Nemopteeidae. 

 Halter lialteratus Forskal. 

 2 S c? , 3 $ $ , Baiji, near Fathah, R. Tigris, 14-27. v. 20 (1 c? , 2 $ $ 

 "at light," and 1 6 settled on leaf of Capparis spinosa at 7 a.m.), 

 3 $ 5 , Mirjana, R. Djala, 27-30.V.19, " at light " (Feile). 



Kirhynia extensa Oliv. 

 1 2 , Mirjana, l.vi.l9, among grass and flowers, bank of river — 

 "one like this on thistles and other flowers " (JPeile). 



In his Mon. de los Nemopteridos (Mem. Real Acad, de Ciencias 

 y Artes, Barcelona, 1910, p. 386) Navas figures the hind wing of d type 



u2 



