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^N VOLUME XVII. V<^ 



We have much pleasure in announcing that with the commence- 

 ment of Vol. XVII of this Magazine, the Editorial staff will be 

 increased and strengthened by the addition to it of Mr. Charles Gh 

 Barrett, who has, from the first, so greatly assisted us, and whose 

 labours in investigating the British Lepidopterous Fauna are so well 

 and favourably known ; and of Mr. Edward Saunders, who, for 

 many years, has turned his attention to other Orders of British Insects 

 with equally beneficial results. 



EDITORS. 







1, Paternoster Row, Londou, E.C. : 

 Ibth May, 1880. 



A NEW SPECIES OF LIPURA. 

 BY HENRY N. RIDLEY. 



This insect I found in April, in the same locality as that of 

 Maehilis brevicornis, namely, at Water-break-its-neck fall, near New 

 Radnor. 



The head is ovate, the antennae four-jointed, the last joint the largest, and oval 

 in shape. The second segment of the body, i.e., the prothorax, is narrow, the third 

 and the fourth are the broadest, the terminal segment is the smallest. I can perceive 

 no trace of eyes. The last segment bears two short up-curved processes, and the 

 whole body is covered with scattered hairs. The colour of the body is orange, the 

 head and the last segment lighter yellow, the under-side is also lighter in colour, 

 and the alimentary canal seen through the translucent skin causes the middle line of 

 the back to appear darker. The feet and antennae are snow-white. 



Length, 2£ mm. 

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