206 Ins, 
NEUROPTERA. 
A. Pterostigma quadrate, or of an oblique . 
lozenge-shape, followed by a single 
row of costal cellules. 
a. Coloration scarcely metallic. Supe- 
rior appendages of the $ sub- 
cylindrical, simple, the inferior 
divided into two superposed 
branches . * . . . . Telebasis, 
h. Coloration metallic. Appendages 
long, the superior of the $ 
semicircular, toothed, the infe- 
rior slender and simple . . Amphicnemis.* 
B. Pterostigma pentagonal, followed by two 
rows of cellules (appendages un- 
known) Fericnemis.* 
Argioonemis includes the two already indicated sub-genera Argiocnemis 
and Agriocnemis, Hemiphlebia contains only the one original species. 
The following are'the spp. nn. (or named races) described : — 
Leptohasis vacillans (Hag.), p. 7, Cuba, -diceras, p. 8, Para, hicorniSf 
p. 9, Amazons, quadricornis, p. 10, Para, rosea (Bates), p. 11, Amazons. 
Stenobasis oscillanSj p. 14, Banka or Siam, melanocyana, p. 16, Malacca, 
P occipitalis, p. 17, New Guinea. 
Telebasis recurva, p. 20, Mindanao, superba (Hag.), ibid., Celebes and 
Moluccas, pretiosa, p. 22, New Guinea, prothoracica, p. 23, Mysol, lorquini, 
p. 24, Moluccas, ruficollis, p. 25, Singapore, combusta, p. 26, Sulu, rufi- 
thorax, p. 28, Obi. 
Argiocnemis rubescens, p. 42, Queensland, rubeola, p. 43, Malacca, 
Celebes, Java, race ? intermedia, p. 44, Luzon, lunulata, p. 45, Malacca, 
Celebes, Sulu, nigricans, p. 46, New Guinea, Labuan, Java. 
Agriocnemis lacteola, p. 50, Bengal, minima, p. 61, Java, exsudans, p. 64, 
New Caledonia, incisa, race ? pulverulans, p. 56, Celebes, Borneo ?, 
materna (Hag.), Sumatra, maelachlani, p. 58, Gaboon, Senegal, carmelita, 
p. 61, Annam, australis, ibid., Queensland. 
Anomisma, g. n., McLachlan, 1. c. p. 87. Allied to Microstigma ; differs 
from all known Agrionina by the quadrilateral being reticulated with 
transverse nervules. A. abnorme, sp. n., id. ibid., East Peru. 
Microstigma ierminatum, sp. n., id. ibid., East Peru. 
Mecistogaster astictus. Hag., $ described, id. p. 88 j M. jocaste, notes 
on, id. ibid. 
Agrion canadense, Provancher [c/. Zool. Rec. xiii. Ins. p. 209], is only 
a variety of A. civile. Hag. ; Provancher, Faune Entomologique du Canada, 
ii. fasc. i. interleaved p. 92 (2). 
* The sub-genera Amphicnemis and Pericnemis are transferred here from the 
L<5gion Platycnemis, published in 1863. — R. McL. 
