. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. New Species of Neuropterow Insects from South Africa. 503 the distal part. Nervature darker than the membrane. The basal cross-vein in the costal area vertical, directed towards the subcosta ; all the other cross-veins more or less obliquely directed. The four cross- veins in the radial very dark and conspicuous ; the other cross-veins mostly darker than the longitudinal nervures. Length of body 8 mm., of forewing 12 mm., of hindwing 1O5 mm. One male specimen, Gt. Winterhoek Mountain at an altitude of
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. New Species of Neuropterow Insects from South Africa. 503 the distal part. Nervature darker than the membrane. The basal cross-vein in the costal area vertical, directed towards the subcosta ; all the other cross-veins more or less obliquely directed. The four cross- veins in the radial very dark and conspicuous ; the other cross-veins mostly darker than the longitudinal nervures. Length of body 8 mm., of forewing 12 mm., of hindwing 1O5 mm. One male specimen, Gt. Winterhoek Mountain at an altitude of 4300 ft., November, I91t>, Tulbagh, FIG. 5.—Fore- and hindwing of Leptosialis affic<m«. EMBIIDIXA. GEN. HAPLOEMBIA. HAPLOEMBIA CAPENSIS n. sp. (Figs. 6 and 7.) £ . Wingless. Head brownish black, somewhat narrowed behind, with almost straight lateral margins and rounded hind angles; it is about 1^ times as long as broad. Eyes rather small and inconspicuous. Clypeus and labrum yellowish brown in some specimens, dark brown with pale margins in others. Mandibles, except their tip, palpi and antennae, yellowish brown. Antennae 12-19-jointed ; the basal joint brownish black, robust, about twice as long as broad ; the second joint much smaller than the first and as long as broad; the third joint as broad as the second, but as long as the fii-st ; the following joints longer than broad and increasing in length towards the apex of the antennae. The antennae with yellowish pilosity. Prothorax about half as broad as the head, brownish black, almost quadrangular,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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