420 Rev. T. Blackburn on Hawaiian Neuroptera. 



vules in both pairs of wings, consisting of about 9, 7 and 8, 7 

 nervules respectively (the number, however, varies and does 

 not appear to be sexual). There are about twenty-three ante- 

 pterostigraatic nervules. 



Length of body 8-10 millim.; expanse of male 22-25 millim., 

 female 2G millim. 



I captured a short series of this insect flying by day in a 

 forest on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, at an elevation not much under 

 7000 feet, in May 1882. 



Anomalochrysa ornatipennis^ sp. nov. 



Body, legs, palpi, and antennse liver-coloured, the hind 

 body being darker. Basal joint of antennse bulbous. Pro- 

 notum transverse, with two strong transverse dorsal im- 

 pressions. 



^ . Characters unknown. 



Wings vitreous, shining, iridescent ; neuration dark brown 

 and very conspicuous, studded throughout with long black 

 hairs. Pterostigmatic region very conspicuous, liver-coloured, 

 marked with three (in the anterior wings) or two (in the 

 posterior) well-defined nearly black spots. Three series of 

 gradate nervules in the anterior wings (in the right wing there 

 are traces of an additional series between the first and second), 

 consisting of 8, 4, and 4 nervules respectively ; about seven- 

 teen antepterostigmatic costal nervules. 



Length of body 6 millim. ; expanse, female, 22 millim. 



A single specimen of this insect occurred to me on Mauna 

 Loa, Hawaii, at an elevation of about 4000 feet. Although 

 it is a female, the remarkable and conspicuous marking of the 

 wings justifies its being described and named. It bears a 

 considerable general resemblance to A. hepatica^ McLachl. 



Besides the above, I possess the following Chrysopidse : — 

 (a) A single female specimen of an ally oi A. Maclachlani^ 

 captured on the mountains near Honolulu. It is conceivable 

 that it may be the female of the same species ; but as it differs 

 somewhat in colour, being of a uniform yellowish wMie 

 (wings included) , and has the thorax less elongate, the basal 

 joints of antennee much more bulbose, &c., I have little doubt 

 that it represents a distinct, though rather closely allied, 

 insect. 



(6) A species aUied to A. montnna, but much smaller, and 

 without the scarlet markings. A single male occurred on 

 Haleakala, Maui, and as its sexual characters do not seem to 

 differ much from those of A. ^nontana, 1 hesitate to consider 

 it a distinct species. 



