On a fiew Species 0/ Nemopterulfe. 59 



The anterior iibice are unarmed, the others are provided 

 with small spurs ; the hind claivs are finely appeiidiculate, so 

 that the extremity appears very slender. 



The great length of: the 1 -bes and the abbreviation, or 

 concealmpnt, ol: the fourth joint of the antennae differentiate 

 this species. 



Length 3i, breadth | line. 



Tarukenga. Two males taken off shrubs in the bush 

 adjoining the llotorua Railway. 



Rhypistena si'lciccps. 



Opaque, black, clothed with depressed asli-coloured pubes- 

 cence ; the hairs ou the liead are, liowever, moi^e distinct 

 and almost quite grey ; legs fuscous, the front tibiiE and the 

 two anterior pairs of tarsi are of a pale chestnut colour. 



Similar to R. lugubris, but differing therefrom in being 

 more distinctly, yet finely, and more densely punctured, in 

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

 the antennal structure. The basal joint of the antennae is 

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

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

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

 insect. The tibia;, excepting the front pair, have short 

 slender spurs. 



Length 3|, breadth f line. 



JNlount Arthur. One example found by Messrs. Cheeseman 

 and Adams many years ago. 



[To be continued.] 



IX. — Description of a new Sprcies of the Neuroptcrous 

 Family Nemopteridffi. By W. F. Ki'kby, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Since the publication of my notes on this family in the 

 * Annals^ tor 1! 00, the most important addition to it received 

 in the Natural History Museum has been a long sei'ies of a 

 new and rather variable species from Asia Minor, which I 

 describe beh^w. 1 was at first inclined to think that more 

 than one species might be r( presented among these specimens, 

 but cannot find any tangible characters to subilivide them. 

 'I'he insects of this family, though of considerable size and 

 probably gregarious in their habits, are very frail, and are 

 ran^ly received in any number or in good condition. 



The present insect is most nearly allied to my genus 

 Cliasmatoptera, the ty})eof which is an Australian insect ; but 

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



