194 Mr. R. MacLachlan's Monograph of 



in the wingSj so noticeable in psociformis . The follow- 

 ing descriptions apply to species of Goniopjteryx — Hemero- 

 hius parvulus, Miiller, Faun. Fridrichsd. 66 (1767); Sem- 

 hlis farinosa, Rossi, Mant. Faun. Et. ii. 105 (1794); 

 Phryganea a^&a, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. 201 (1798); 

 and Miiller correctly estimated the position of his insect, 

 in which some of the more modern authors shewed less 

 keen perception. 



Family III. CHRYSOPID^. 



Antennce setiform, long. Terminal joint of the palpi 

 cylindrical, not subulate. Ocelli absent. Eyes brilliant. 

 Wings sub-equal ; costal veinlets simple ; suh-costa and 

 radius separated to the apex ; sub-costal area with one 

 transverse veinlet near the base,* and several near the 

 apex under the pterostigma; radius starting from the 

 sub-costa at about a quarter of its length from the base, 

 formed, as it were, of many little veins directed upwards 

 and downwards alternately ; a row of cellules between it 

 and the sub-costa ; it emits numerous sectors, some of 

 which join the cubitus anticus, but most run into the 

 apical portion of the wing, where they end simply or in 

 a furcation ; beyond the middle the sectors are united 

 by two rows of gradate veinlets ; the cubitus anticus starts 

 from the sub-costa still nearer the base, and runs straight 

 to the anal portion of the apical margin ; the cubitus posticus 

 starts from the extreme base of the sub-costa, and runs 

 parallel with the cubitus anticus, but is alternately broken 

 like the radius ; it sends off numerous branches to the 

 dorsal margin ; between the two cubiti is a row of trans- 

 verse cubital cellules, whereof the third is divided into 

 two by a longitudinal veinlet ;f the post-costa starts from 

 the base of the wing, and joins the dorsal margin soon 

 afterwards. 



Sody slender ; more robust in the female ; appendices 

 not evident. 



Legs slender ; the ungues generally strongly curved 

 and dilated internally at the base (PL XI. fig. 4 fe), but 

 sometimes simple (PL XI. fig. 4 a). 



Larva, as a rule, not covering its body with the debris 

 of its prey. % 



* In the exotic genus A'poclirysa, this veinlet is absent. 



f In Apochrysa this veinlet is absent. 



X Schneider (Mon. Chrys. p. 56) says, he has never observed these 

 larvae use the skins of their prey as a covering ; but this does take place 

 in some species. 



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