On (I 11' }c Sprctes of XomopteruUe. 5D 



Tlie antorior (ibiie are unarmed, the othnrs arc provided 

 with small spurs; tlic liiud claws arc finely appcudiculate, so 

 tli:it the extremity appears v(M'y sKuder. 



Th;* f,'reat, len^'tli oF the 1 .bes jiud the abhrcviatiou, or 

 coueealmijit., of ihc fourth joint ol the anteuu;e tlill'ercJitiato 

 this spc(.'ies. 



Lcnj^th '.}}j, breadth „ lino. 



'rarukeM,L::a. Two males taken oil' shrubs in the bush 

 adjoining the llot(jrua Railway. 



Rlnip'istena .'<iilc'icej)S. 



0/yfl(^//^', l)Iaek, clothed with depresscMl ash-coloured pubss- 

 cence ; the h;iirs on the liead are, however, more distinct 

 and almost quite ;;rey ; le;is t'useous, the front tlbiie and the 

 two anterior pairs of tar>i are of a pale chestnut colour. 



Similar to R. luqiihris. but (lilKu'iui; therefrom in b.nu;^ 

 more distinctly, yet linely, aiul more di-nsily punctured, in 

 having a well-marked furrow on the back of the head, and in 

 the antennal structure. The basal joint of the antennie is 

 almost as long as the following two conjointly, the third is 

 not twice the length of the second, the tburth is very short, 

 and the lobes of the others are stouter than those of that 

 insect. The tibiie, excepting the front pair, have short 

 slender spurs. 



Length W], brv'adth | line. 



]Mount Arthur. One example found by ^Icssrs. Cheeseman 

 and Adams many years ago. 



[To be contiuufd.j 



IX. — Description of a new Spfcics of (he Xpurn/)ln'OH!i 

 Family Nemoptcridaj. By W. F. Kiur.Y, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Sixer: the publication of my notes on t'liis family in tlie 

 ' Annals ' tor 1! CO, the most important addition to it reci-ivel 

 in the Natural History .Museum has b.-en a long scries of a 

 new and ratlicr variable species from Asia Minor, wliicli I 

 describe below. 1 was at tir.st inclined to think that more 

 tlian one sj)ecieR might be represented among these specimonsj 

 bnt cannot find any tangible characters to subdivide them. 

 T he insects of this family, though oi considerable size and 

 ])robably gregarious in their habits, an* very frail, an 1 are 

 rarely received in aviy number or in good condition. 



Tiie present insect is most jiearly allied to my genus 

 C/ia.smatoptem, the fy|)e of wdiieh is ;\n Australian insect ; but 

 It is not unlikfly that it may ultimately be referred to a new 



