148 NEMESTRI^IDJE. 



gently curved ; 4th vein forked ; upper branch again forked, the 

 branches straight, parallel with those of 3rd vein and with hind 

 margin of wing ; lower branch forming basal and lower sides of 

 discal cell, meeting upper branch and thence turning down to the 

 hind margin, receiving the upper branch of the 5th vein just 

 before; 5th vein forked ; posterior cross-vein technically present 

 but very short. Two submarginal and five posterior cells, 4th 

 always closed; a discal cell, wider at base than tip, elongate; 

 1st basal cell reaching nearly to tip of discal ; 2nd basal long; 

 anal cell long and narrow, open. Squamae small. 



Range. Central and South Europe, North, Central, and South 

 America, South Africa, Central Asia, the Orient, and Australasia. 



Life-history. This is known to some extent of H. obscura, Mg., 

 a European species, as described by Handlirsch.* The eggs have 

 been found in holes in the bark of silver firs, and the fully 

 developed larva has been found in the pupa of a beetle, Rhizotrogus 

 solstitialis. The larvae resemble those of the Leptid^;. 



As regards the spelling of the generic name, Hermoneura has- 

 been suggested, but " Dr. A. W. Verrall is of opinion that Neme- 

 strina and Ilirmoneura are so impossible as Greek compouuds- 

 as to be beyond correction" (Gf. H. Verrall). 



Table of Species. 



1 . Eyes bare 2. 



Eyes pubescent J 3. 



2. Legs all yellowish ; eyes narrowly sepa- 



rate in J annandalei, Licht.,p. 149.. 



Hind tibias and tarsi dark brown ; eyes 



contiguous in J basalts, Licht., p. 149. 



3. Legs black (tibiae with thick brownish 



pubescence) opaca, Licht., p. 150. 



Legs principally yellowish 4. 



4. Smaller species; 11-12 mm 5. 



Larger species ; 1 6-20 mm 6. 



5. Small grey species with abdominal bands 



of pubescence cingulata, Licht., p. 15L 



Larger coffee-brown, rather bare species . brunnea, Licht., p. 151. 



(>. Eyes with yellow hair ochracea, Licht., p. 151. 



Eyes (presumably) with black or dark 



brown hair 7. 



7. Body deep dark brown, with longer woolly 



pubescence austeni, Licht., p. 152. 



Body coffee-brown, rather bare coffeata, Licht., p. 152. 



* Wien. Ent. Zeit. i, p. 224, and ii, p. 11 (1882, 1883). 



t It has been difficult to draw up a satisfactory table owing to the close 

 affinity of all the species, and from my knowledge of most of them being 

 limited to Grerman descriptions. In the case of the eight species included 

 herein, annandalei, cingulata, and ba sails are redescribed from Indian Museum 

 specimens (all seen by Lichtwardt), that author's descriptions being also 

 incorporated. The descriptions of the remaining species are the best trans- 

 lations of Lichtwardt I can offer. 



I Presumably ; no definite statement is given in the descriptions of coffeata: 

 and brunnea. 



