6 MEGALOPTERA 



TABLE OF GENERA 



i. Three ocelli. Prosttrnum mostly concealed by the sides of the 



prothorax. Pterostigma divided bv one or more cross veins, i. Genus Rapj-udia, Linne. 



(Type: R. ophiopsis, Linne). 

 2. No ocelli. Prosttrnum free. Pterostigma without cross veins. 2. Genus Inocellia, Schneider, 



(Type : /. a issir.omis, Schneider). 



I. Genus RAPHIDIA, Linne 



Raphidia. Linne, Syst. Nat. (ed. 1) (1735). 

 Rhaphidia. Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Bd. 2 (iS3q). 



Characters. — Three ocelli. The sides of prothorax closing over the presternum, and leaving 

 the latter free in a limited space at the posterior end. The greater part of nervines, running to the apical 

 and hind margin of wings, are forked there. Pterostigma divided by one to three cross veins. Onlv one 

 row of cellules under the upper branch of media. The genitalia: of male projecting. The descriptions of 

 the five species, armeniaca, Corsica, bavaria, cyprica and taia ica, given by I lagen, are very short and uncom- 

 plete ; he only gives descriptions of the appendices anales, and he does not give other informations as to 

 localities than those, which the names of species indicate. 



PAL.EARCTTC SPECIES 



1. R. adanana. Albarda (189] |. Asia Minor, Beyroot, Akbes. 



Rhaphidia adanana, Q, Albarda, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 34, p. i3S, pi. 7, 



fig. 20 (1891 ). 

 Raphidia adanana, c. Navas, Ann. Soc. Scientif. Brux., p. 4 (sep.) 1 1909). 



2. R. Aloysiana, Costa (i855). — PI. 2, Fig. 12. Italy. 



Raphidia Aloysiana, 9, Costa, Fauna Regno di Xapoli, Raphidiidei, p. 4, 



pi. 12. fig. 3 1 1855). 

 Rhaphidia Aloysiana (Costa), Albarda, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 34. p. i33, 



pi. 7. fig. 18 (1891). 



3. R. armeniaca, Hagen (1867). ? 



Raphidia armeniaca, Hagen, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lund. Vol. 5. p. 497 11S67). 



4. R. bavaria. Hagen (1867). ? 



Raphidia bavaria, Hagen, Trans. Ent. Soc. I.ond. Vol. 5, p. 497 (1867 



5. R. baeiica, Rambur ( 1842). — PI. 2, Fig. 6. Spain. 



Raphidia baeiica. Rambur, Hist. natur. Insectes, Nevropteres, p. 437(1842). 

 Raphidia bactica (Rambur), Pictet, Nevropt. d'Espagne, p. 54, pi. 5, fig. 10 



et 12 (nee fig. i3 et i5) (iS65). 

 Rhaphidia baeiica (Rambur), Albarda, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 34, p. 127, pi. 6. 



fig. 16 (1891). 



6. R. caucasica. Petersen (igi3). Caucasus. 



Raphidia caucasica, Petersen, Mitteil. Kaukas. Mus. Bd. 7, p. 8, fig. 1 A: 2 

 (iqi3). 



7. R. cognata. Rambur (1S42). England, Holland. Bel- 



Raphidia cognata, Rambur, Hist, natur. Insectes. Nevropteres,p. 43s 1 1842). gium , France , Spain, 



Raphidia cognata (Rambur), Pictet, Nevropt. d'Espagne, p, 53 nee pi. 5, Corsica Italv Carinthia 



fi f; 7-9) (x865). Dalmatia. 



Raphidia cognata (Rambur), Hagen, trans. Ent. Sue. Lond. Vol. 5, p. 497 



1S67). 

 Raphidia cognata (Rambur), Mae Lachlan, Brit. Neuroptera-Planipennia, 



p. i5g, pi. 9, fig. 1 1 1 868 . 

 Rhaphidia cognata (Rambur), Meyer-Dur. Neuropt. d. Schweiz. p. 356 



(iS 7 5). 



