200 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



head and thorax pale luteous ; feet pale, white; wings whitish- 

 hyaline, the anterior ones rnarmorated with fuscous ; veins white, 

 sparely interrupted with fuscous; gradate veins 6 and 4 brownish- 

 black. 



Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse It millim. 



Hob. Chicago (Osten Sacken). 



HEMEROBIUS 



Antennas moniliform, wings with the subcosta and radius joined 

 together at the apex ; costal space of the anterior wings broader 

 at base, with a recurrent, forked vein ; transverse series gradate, 

 broken ; maxillary palpi with the last article subulate. 



f One sector. 



1. H. longicollis. 



Hemerobius longicollis Walk. Catal. 281, 12. 



Piceous, hairy ; head ferruginous, antennas luteous, a little 

 longer than the body; prothorax much longer than broad, nar- 

 rower anteriorly ; tricarinated ; feet testaceous ; wings subcine- 

 reous, the anterior ones obsoletely clouded with fuscous ; ptero- 

 stigma lurid ; transverse costal veins few, radius widely distant 

 from the subcosta ; one trifurcated sector ; first gradate series 

 interrupted, second almost absent ; posterior wings short, pale. 

 (From the description of Walker.) 



Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 16 millim. 



Hob. Georgia (Abbot). An irregular species ; it seems to be 

 allied to Micromus areolaris. 



f f Two sectors. 



2. H. amiculus. 



Hemerobius amiculus Asa Fitch, Report I, 95. 



Fuscous; antennas yellowish, feet whitish; wings hyaline, irregu- 

 larly clouded and spotted with fuscous ; margin of the anterior 

 wings pointed with black; veins fuscous pointed with black; gra- 

 date series banded with fuscous; posterior wings pale. (From the 

 description of Dr. Fitch.) 



Length to tip of wings 7? millim. Alar expanse 12 raillim. 



