. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. . Figs 32-34 Apochrysa leptalea. 32, fore wing (from Kimmins); 33, apex of 6 abdomen, lateral; 34, 6 genitalia, ventral. small; S: microtholi absent; sternite 8+9 fused, short broad, indented apically; apodemes weakly sclerotized, very short. Genitalia 6 (Fig. 34). Tignum, gonapsis, median plate absent; gonosaccus short; gonosetae few, very short in lateral clump; gonocristae and spinellae absent. Genitalia 9. Unknown. Remarks. The wing venation of Apochrysa has two apomorphies which help to distinguish the genus. The gradates are
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. . Figs 32-34 Apochrysa leptalea. 32, fore wing (from Kimmins); 33, apex of 6 abdomen, lateral; 34, 6 genitalia, ventral. small; S: microtholi absent; sternite 8+9 fused, short broad, indented apically; apodemes weakly sclerotized, very short. Genitalia 6 (Fig. 34). Tignum, gonapsis, median plate absent; gonosaccus short; gonosetae few, very short in lateral clump; gonocristae and spinellae absent. Genitalia 9. Unknown. Remarks. The wing venation of Apochrysa has two apomorphies which help to distinguish the genus. The gradates are arranged in three series and the posterior marginal crossveins are forked towards the base of the wing. The male genitalia are particularly significant, however. In the rest of the subfamily the male genitalia have the same basic pattern with an arcuate gonarcus and tri- angular arcessus. In Apochrysa the gonarcus or arcessus are totally different. Indeed, the genitalia are so distinct that homologous structures are difficult to interpret. Therefore it would appear that although externally Apochrysa resembles the rest of the subfamily, it is in fact quite distantly related to the other genera. Biology. Unknown. There were no insect re- mains in the guts of any of the adults examined during this study. Genus CLAVERINA Navas Claverina Navas, 1913a: 164. Type species: Apochrysa beata Walker, by monotypy. Distribution. Brazil (Amazonia). The genus is monotypic. Diagnosis. Adult. Large lacewings, fore wing (Fig. 35) mm; ground colour green. Head marked with broad red stripe in front of vertex; palps tapered apically; vertex flat, steeply raised anteriorly; head width : eye width = :1; toruli small; scape slightly elongate; antenna about times length of fore wing; flagellar segments about 3 times as long as broad; setae arranged in five rings. Pronotum unmarked; dorsal setae long, pale; meso- and metanotum unmarked. Legs unmarked; setae long, pale; claws with basal dilati
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