. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. P. JEbsefi—Petersen. South African Megaloptera. 155 48-jointed, as long as three fourths of the length of forewing, brown, with short pubescence; second joint with narrow black ring at its apex. Prothorax brown, somewhat darker towards the sides, one and a half times as long as broad; the posterior half with a longi- tudinal impressed median line, the front half with a longitudinal median keel. Meso- and metathorax and abdomen brown with very short pubescence. Legs and underside of thorax and abdomen
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. P. JEbsefi—Petersen. South African Megaloptera. 155 48-jointed, as long as three fourths of the length of forewing, brown, with short pubescence; second joint with narrow black ring at its apex. Prothorax brown, somewhat darker towards the sides, one and a half times as long as broad; the posterior half with a longi- tudinal impressed median line, the front half with a longitudinal median keel. Meso- and metathorax and abdomen brown with very short pubescence. Legs and underside of thorax and abdomen pale brown, tips of tibiae and of tarsal joints blackish. Membrane of forewings yellowish brown; venation yellowish brown with dark brown streaks, which are broadly shaded with brownish. Some of these shadows form rather distinct spots. Several of the crossveins in the apical part very pale. Costal area rather broad; 20-22 costal crossveins. Membrane of hindwings hyaline and with faint yellow- ish tinge. Venation pale brownish yellow. Costal area narrow and with 17-19 cross veins. In the forewing three chitinous dots are found in the area between Es and M, in the hindwing two dots are found in the same area. Forewing 23 mm.; hindwing 21 mm.; body 21 mm. One male, Oudebosch, Caledon Division, Cape. Jan. 1919, K. H. Barnard leg. (South African Museum). PLATYCHAULIODES, n. g. Head elongate. Ocelli rather small and placed far apart from. Fig. 5. JPlatychauliodes pusillus $. each other. Antennae strongly serrate (only the male sex is known). Wings rather broad and with acute apex. Costal area in the. 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. Cape Town : The Museum
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