Entomol. Mitteilungen II, lüiy, Nr. 9. 261 



of Chrysopa. At first sight it has some likenoss to pale coloured 

 speclmens of Ancylopteryx octopunctata Fabr.; but tho shape of fore 

 wings shows clearly that it is a true Chrysopa. 



Äncylopteryx octopunctata Fabr. 



Fabricius, Ent. syst. II, 1793, p. 85. 



A long series of this wide-spread species was present. Ko- 

 sempo, 7. VII. 1911 and X. 1911; Taihorinsho 7. XI.; Sokutsu VI. 

 1912. 



Mantispidae. 



Mantispa orientalis nov. spec. 



Face yellow with a black longitudinal, median streak, which is 

 broadened on the labrum; maxillary and labial palpi black with 

 yellowish annulations at the joinings. The Vertex jet black with two 



Fig. 11. Fore wing of Mantispa orientalis. 



small indisrinct yellowish spots behind the Insertion of the antennae. 

 The basal Joint of antennae reddish yellow on the underside, darker 

 on the upperside; all the other joints short and black, shortly blackish 

 haired. The number of antennal joints 27 or 28. Prothorax brownish 

 black with yellowish sido margins on the front half part. Meso- and 

 metathorax black with yellowish scutellum and wing roots. Ab- 

 domen black; the greater part of abdominal segments with narrow 

 yellowish front margin. Legs and fore coxae reddish yellow\ Pore 

 femora darker on the interior side than on the exterior; apex of 

 tibiae blackish. Intermediate and bind femora dark in the apical 

 half. The terminal tarsal Joint and the apex of tibiae darker. Wings 

 hyaline with a faintly yellowish brown tinge ; tho nervures and 

 pterostigma dark reddish brown to black. The origin of the radial 

 sector and the two following cross veins in the radial area brownish 

 shaded. 



Length of body 12 mm; fore wing 14 mm; bind wing 12 mm. 



One male, Hoozan, 7. IX. 1910, was present. 



Mantispa formosana Okam. 



Okamota. Zool. Anz., Bd. XXXVII, 1911, p. 297. 



