I909-] J. G. Needham : Notes on the Neuroptera. 20Q 



Parosmyi,us, gen. nov. 



Labrum emarginate, mandibles broad and coarsely toothed 

 Fore cox^ (m the male at least) with a cylindric corneus internal 

 IIT"\ '"^'.^l' ^'"f ' moderately hairy, costal area narrow a 

 base, widened beyond, and traversed by numerous partly branched 

 cross-vems; subcosta and radius fused at tip. One basal subcost.1 

 cross-vein, the radial sector arising near it subcostal 



.1. ^'""^u^- ^^^^^-^^^^« hardly differentiated, the cross-veins of 

 the disc bemg numerous and irregular in arrangement. Median 



l^L^'f'^f ^'''''- '^'^ ^^^^ ^^° ^°"S ^^«^^ly Pa^al^el branches 

 uddenly terminating in the peripheral border of marginal forks 

 he hinder branch of the cubitus with a long dependent seres of 



forks to the hmd margin. Tarsal claws serrate basally 



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Fig. 4.— Wings of Parosmylus pvominens, Ndm. 



Type, the following species :-- 



Parosmylus prominens, sp. nov. 



(PI. xxi, figs. 5—10.) 



Four specimens, male and female, from Kulu W Himalavas 

 and one from I^ahoul (10,400 ft.), W. Himalavas ^^^^1^^^^^ 



27 mm nf W ^f^- '4 "i-""- ^"^^^^^^"^ 10 mm; Length of fore wing 

 27 mm of hind wing 26 mm. ; expanse of wing 57 mm ^ 



brn J fuscous, paler beneath and on sutures. Head with a 



broad convex prominence just behind the three ocelli Ai^lenn^ 



short consisting of about 56 segments with a ;ho;f .T.^ 



cylindnc basal segment and k tfird segm^t about twice ^ 



