chrysopa

Updated: May 5, 2025

Length 1 inch 9 lines. Hab. Australia. CHRYSOPA MACULIPENNIS, pl. 4. fig. 2. Head red, with a black spot on the crown; antennae short brownish black; thorax hairy; thorax, abdomen, and legs, brownish black.

Edward John Eyre - Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete

The four insects here figured and described are, as far as I am aware, new. Petasida, and Tettigarcta are interesting in the shape of the Thorax, differing widely from that in any of the allied genera, while the new species of Eurybrachys and Chrysopa are striking from their colouring and marks. PETASIDA EPHIPPIGERA, pl. 4. fig. 1.

Edward John Eyre - Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete

The various species of Chrysopa or Lace-winged flies, appear during this month. The Insects of July. During mid-summer the bees and wasps are very busy building their nests and rearing their young.

A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard - Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests,: Gardens and Houses