42 Mr. R. M'Lachlan on the Neuropterotis Genus 



Neuromus rnontanus^ n. sp. 



N. pallide fusco-griseus. Caput parvum, elongatum ; lateribus deute 

 acuto instructis, ochraceis. Antennae graciles, nigrse; articulo 

 secundo pallido. Mandibula3 palpique griseo-ochracea. Pro- 

 thorax longior quam latus, capite vix angustior, fusco-griseus. 

 Pedes ochracei. Alae pallide albido-stramineae ; venulse costales, 

 discales, venaque cubitalis ad basin fuscae, tenues, reliquse flavidse 

 ( $ ). Long. Corp. 11'" ; exp, alar. 37'". 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 9000'. In coll. Mus. Brit. 



Head small, elongate, posterior angles with a sharp tooth j 

 ochreous, the sockets of the ocelli blackish. Antennse very 

 slender, black, the second joint pale. Mandibles and palpi 

 greyish ochreous. Prothorax longer than broad, scarcely nar- 

 rower than the head, greyish fuscous, the deflexed sides mar- 

 gined with lurid fuscous. Meso- and metathorax grey. Abdo- 

 men blackish (but the colours probably altered). Legs en- 

 tirely ochreous, finely pubescent ; the claws castaneous. 



Wings very pale whitish straw-colour ; the costal and discal 

 transverse nervules and the base of one of the cubital nervm-es 

 fuscous, not incrassated ; the neuration otherwise yellowish. 



One badly preserved individual in the British Museum, 

 from Lacken, Sikkim Himalaya, at an elevation of 9000 feet. 



Neuromus fenestralis^ n. sp. 



N. rufo-brunneus. Caput latum ; lateribus anguste alatis, dente 

 robusto instructis ; circum ocellos basinque antennarum nigrum. 

 Antennae nigrae ; articulo primo rufo, supra in medio nigro notato ; 

 secundo ad basin nigro, ad apicem rufo. Mandibulae nigrse. 

 Maxillae rufae, ad basin nigrse. Prothorax capite angustior, late 

 nigro limbatus. Abdomen, meso- et metasternum flavo-ochracea; 

 abdominis segmento ultimo supra in medio producto ; appendici- 

 bus superioribus elongatis, crassis, paullo clavatis, intus sinuatis; 

 inferioribus valde elongatis, triarticulatis, articulis duobus termi- 

 naUbus brevibus, ultimo forcipato, acuto. Pedes uigri; antici 

 femoribus intus, coxis trochanteribusque omnino rufo -ochraceis ; 

 intermedii posticique femoribus, coxis trochanteribusque omnino 

 rufo-ochraceis. Alae anticae fidiginoso-fuscae, albo fenestratae et 

 maculataj, nigro nervosae ; venulis costalibus crassis, nigro mar- 

 ginatis : posticae fusco-subhyalinae ( c? ). Long. corp. 16-19'" ; 

 exp. alar. 45-51'". 



Hab. Darjeeling. In coll. Mus. Brit. 



Reddish brown. Head broad, narrowly produced at the 

 sides, and furnished with a strong acute tooth at the lower 

 angles ; disk above with fine, raised, intricately wavy lines, 

 an elongate and somewhat smooth space in the middle pos- 

 teriorly ; front (portion in front of the ocelli) rugose-punctate ; 

 sockets of the ocelli and of the antennse black. Antennae 



