_Nymphes myrmeleonides_, described and figured by Leach in 1814, has a somewhat robust body, long slender antennae and narrow head; the wings, which have an expanse of 3 inches, are large, of equal size, and semitransparent, except the tips, which are ornamented with an elongate brownish blotch enclosing an irregular white spot in the centre. It is a very ungainly insect when flying, with its large oar-shaped shining wings; it has a very wide range along the eastern coast. The larvae live under the shelter of logs hiding among the dust and dirt with only their jaws projecting; specimens obtained near Armidale, N.S.W., lived for some time in captivity, forming the usual spherical parchment-like pupal case, from which the insect emerged about a month later. [Illustration: =Fig. 33.=--_Psychopsis illidgi_ (Froggatt). The Painted Lace-wing. (Pro. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.)] [Illustration: =Fig. 34.=--_Psychopsis coelevagus_ (Walker). The small Metallic Lace-wing. (Pro. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.)] The Genus _Psychopsis_ was formed by Newman in 1840 (Newman’s Entomologist p. 415) to contain the curious creamy white moth-like insect _Psychopsis mimica_. It has broad rounded wings covered with fine hairy veins shading from buff to grey or creamy white, spotted with red on the base of the fore wings and a dull brown spot on the centre of the hind pair; the head is turned down in front when resting. It measures about 1½ inches across the outspread wings and is found from South Australia to Queensland. I figured and described all our known species (Notes on the Genus Psychopsis Newman, with descriptions of new species) in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society N.S.W. 1903, where I added two new species. _Psychopsis coelivagus_ is our smallest species, measuring 1 inch across the outspread wings, which are creamy white thickly mottled with a central band of metallic coppery brown; it comes from S. Queensland. _Psychopsis illidgi_ is one of the most remarkable looking of all our Neuroptera, with its large rounded buff fore wings with confluent ochreous yellow markings crossing them, and the usual dull spot in the centre of the smaller hind wings. It measures about 2¾ inches across the wings, and is a rare insect. Illidge has taken several specimens that came flying in to the light at night on the top of Mount Tambourina in South Queensland. [Illustration: =Fig. 35.=--Larva of _Psychopsis mimica_ (Newman). Bred from the egg (much enlarged). (Original W.W.F.)] _Psychopsis insolens_ and _P. meyricki_ are both dull coloured smaller insects, the first found about Sydney and Brisbane, the latter on the top of Mount Kosciusko, resting on the rocks.