302 Mr. R. M'Lachlan's Characters of 



Family PHRYGANID^. 

 Genus Colpomera, n.g. 



Male. — Antennae scarcely so long as the wings, broad, laterally 

 compressed, basal joint very short ; head elongated and attenuated 

 posteriorly; eyes prominent, slightly prolonged posteriorly; max- 

 illary palpi with the basal joint very short, three succeeding joints 

 longer, of equal length, the lower side very concave ; labial palpi 

 with the first and second joints short, broad, concave below, some- 

 what pyriform, terminal joint elliptical and longer than the others ; 

 prothorax very short ; mesothorax oval-elongate, rather angular 

 at the sides ; thighs with a deep groove on the inner side, smooth ; 

 tibiae and tarsi strongly spinose, spurs 2.4.4. 



Anterior wings sparingly clothed with very short hairs, the 

 costa slightly arched ; hind margin very oblique, w'ith three 

 sinuations ; the first commencing immediately below the apex, 

 and with the second short, the third long, reaching to the anal 

 angle ; veins strong, not differing materially in their arrangement 

 from Phryganea, posterior wings with the apex produced and 

 obtusely rounded. 



The sinuated hinder margin of the anterior wings will alone 

 readily distinguish this genus. 



C. sinensis. 



Mas. — Antennis nigris; palpis ochraceis, articulis ultimis nigris, 

 capite oculisque testaceis, his nitidis, obsolete nigro-punctalis; 

 thorace fusco ; abdomine brunneo-ochraceo ; pedibus tes- 

 taceis, tibiis serie duplici nigro-maculatis ; alis anticis pallide 

 testaceis, confertim fusco-reticulatis et nebulosis, venis apica- 

 libus late fusco-marginatis ; posticis aurantiacis, apicibus 

 fuscis. 



Long. Corp. 9^ lin, ; exp. alar. 24 lin. 



Male. — Antennae black ; palpi ochreous, the terminal joint of 

 both pairs black ; head testaceous, sparingly clothed with short, 

 grey hairs ; eyes shining, minutely spotted with black ; collar 

 clothed with long grey hairs directed backwards ; thorax brown- 

 ish ; abdomen brownish-ochreous ; legs testaceous, tibiae with two 

 rows of black spots, from each spot springs a spine, tips of the 

 tibial and tarsal joints blackish; anterior wings yellowish-brown, 

 thickly reticulated and clouded with fuscous, the terminations of 

 the apical veins broadly margined with fuscous, a conspicuous pale 



