186 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Neuroptera 



Hemerohius setosulus. 

 Mas. — Testaceus, capite thoraceque nigricantibus, alis vitreis, 

 venis pallidis, alis anticis fascia informi sub-obliqua e lituris 

 fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris. 

 Male. — Allied to H. hirtits. Testaceous : head and thorax 

 blackish; wings vitreous; veins pale; fore-wings pubescent, or 

 minutely bristly, varied with brown, which forms an irregular 

 slightly oblique band ; borders with black points ; costa very 

 broad towards the base of the wing ; hind-wings a little darker 

 along the costa. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 Hindostan. 



Hemerohius Tasmanice. 

 Mas et Fam. — Testaceus, capite fulvo, fascia vitta punctisque 

 duobus testaceis, thorace lituris fulvis, pedibus albidis, alis 

 angustis sub-vitreis, venis albidis, alis anticis sub-pubescenti- 

 bus, venis paucis fusco-punctatis. 

 Male and Female. — Testaceous : head tafU'ny, with a band, a 

 stripe and a point on each side hindward testaceous ; thorax with 

 some tawny marks; legs whitish ; wings narrow, almost vitreous ; 

 veins whitish ; fore-wings minutely pubescent ; veins rather few, 

 with brown points. 



Length of the body 2 — 2\ lines ; of the wings 5 — 6 lines. 

 Tasmania. 



Genus Be roth a, n. g. 



Fcem. — Corpus gracile : caput thorace latius : oculi oblongi ; 

 antennae filiformes, basi approximatae, corporis dimidio 

 pauUo longiores, articulis paucis : prothorax sub-quadratus : 

 abdomen compressura, thorace longius : pedes pilosi : alae 

 angustae, ciliatae, sub-falcatag, venulis transversis paucissimis, 

 margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. — Body slender : head broader than the thorax : eyes 

 oblong : antennae filiform, approximate at the base, a little more 

 than half the length of the body ; joints few : prothorax sub- 

 quadrate : abdomen compressed, longer than the thorax : legs 

 pilose: wings narrow, ciliated, sub-falcate; transverse veinlets 

 very few ; exterior border very oblique : fore-wings with the ex- 

 terior border slightly concave ; space between the costa and the 

 sub-costa narrow, its transverse veinlets forked in front. 



