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with which Bagnall compares his form, the venation being as represen .. 

 by Enderlein for C. psociformis, although the latter's figure being dia- 

 grammatic only it is not possible to determine whether, in his C. psoci- 

 formis the cross-vein, from which Bagnall has named his form, is or 

 is not weaker than the rest. In tabulating the British species of 

 Coniopteiygida3 (Entom. Record, xxvii, 1915, p. 241), Mr. Bagnall 

 distinguislies C. psociformis from its allies by its lighter colom* and 

 larger number of antennal joints (38 to 43). Whether the wing- 

 venation is different from that of C. cryptoneuris can probably only 

 be decided by the examination of Curtis's type, which, if still in 

 existence, is presumably in Australia ! The present insect is wholly 

 pale in colour and has about 40 joints in its antennae, and if, as 

 seems likely, it is the commonest species in the South of England, 

 it is in all probability the true C psociformis. 



The wing- venation is by no means constant, as Enderlein has recog- 

 nised in describing the \?iY.furcilla of C. pineticola. I have even seen 

 a specimen of the present species in which one fore-wing is of ihefi/rcilla- 

 type, while the other is normal. 



9 Rossdale Road, Putney, S.W. 

 September \7th, 1917. 



TWO NEW INDIAN SPECIES OP COSMOPTEBYX. 

 BY E. METRICK, B.A., F.R.S. 



The two following species have been recently bred from the larvae 

 in the offices of the Indian Imperial Entomologist, and are of interest; 

 their full life-history will be published by Mr. Fletcher. The perfect 

 insects need very accurate discrimination. 



Gosmopteryx phaeogastra, n. sp. 



S 9-' ^"8 1"™- Head darlc bronzy-trrey, with fine white lines on crown 

 and above eyes, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with black. Antennae 

 black lined with white, foiif apical joints white, then three black, one white, 

 one bhxclc, one white, one black, three white with dark bases. Thorax bronzy- 

 blackish with white central line posteriorly. Abdomen uniform dark grey. 

 Fore wings narrow-lanceolate, apex produced, acute ; blackish ; a tine white 

 subcostal line from base to \, diverging from costa posteriorly, and short 

 median and subdorsal lines beneath posterior portion of this, widely remote 

 from base and band, subdorsal rather posterior ; costal edge shortly white 

 before baud; a broad pale ochreous-yellow postmedian transverse band, edged 

 by slender irregular golden-metallic fasciae, first nearly direct or slightly out- 

 wards-oblique, followed above middle by a black dot, second slightly inwards- 

 oblique from costa, preceded by small indistinct blackish dot beneath costu, 



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