. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. P. Ebsen—Petersen, South African Megaloptera. 153 the base of each wing. Abdomen pale brown; underside of thorax and abdomen yellowish brown. Legs-yellowish brown. Anal appen- dages pale brown with short whitish hairs. Upper appendages, seen from above, obtuse conical, seen from below, cup-shaped; the lower appendages claw-shaped; the genital valve very broad with a pro- longation at each angle and with a semicircular rounded hind margin, which is incised in its middle. Wings hyaline. Venation pale b
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. P. Ebsen—Petersen, South African Megaloptera. 153 the base of each wing. Abdomen pale brown; underside of thorax and abdomen yellowish brown. Legs-yellowish brown. Anal appen- dages pale brown with short whitish hairs. Upper appendages, seen from above, obtuse conical, seen from below, cup-shaped; the lower appendages claw-shaped; the genital valve very broad with a pro- longation at each angle and with a semicircular rounded hind margin, which is incised in its middle. Wings hyaline. Venation pale Fig. 2. Chloroniella peringueyi. rsal view of anal appendages of $. Dorsal view Some crossveins in the disc of the forewing either totally or partly black. At the origin of Rs in the forewing a blackish spot. Forewing 33 mm.; hindwing 30 mm. 1 cf Stellenbosch, 9 XI 1920, Ch. K. Brain leg. Witte River, Wellington, Cape, XII, 1922, R. F. Lawrence. (South African Museum). I have much pleasure in dedicating this very interesting species to Dr. L. Peringuey, who has done so much for our present know- ledge of the South African insect fauna. T^NIOCHAULIODES, n. g. Head elongate, narrowed behind; the ocelli placed rather close together. Antennae setaceous. Wings broadened towards apex, which is rather acute. Membrane of forewing with strongly yel- lowish brown tinge and rather indistinct greyish brown spots ar- ranged somewhat in transverse bands. Costal area rather broad; most of costal crossveins curved in a peculiar manner. Rs with four branches. M2 in the forewing forked. 2 A forked, and its first branch coalesces with 1A for some distance. The upper appen- dages of male pale brown, short and stout, their tips strongly ob-. 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
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