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than the wings, straw-colored, slender, a little pubescent ; feet 

 straw-colored ; wings hyaline, long, narrow; the anterior ones with 

 whitish veins, which are interrupted with fuscous ; veins of the 

 posterior wings whitish ; fuscous points between the radius and 

 subcosta. (From the description of Walker.) 



Length to tip of wings 22 millim. Alar expanse 40 millim. 



Hal}. Georgia (Abbot). 



Does it belong to this genus ? I saw the specimen, and noted 

 "that it belonged to Chrysopa." 



CHRYSOPA LEACH. 



Antenna? setiform, long ; subcosta and radius of the wings not 

 conjoined at the apex ; the costal space of the anterior wings nar- 

 row at base, no recurrent vein ; transverse veins in gradate, con- 

 tinuous series ; the last article of the maxillary palpi compressed 

 at the apex, narrowed. 



f Second article of the antennas with a black ring. 



1. Ch. oculata ! 



Chrysopa oculata Say, Journ. Acad. Pliilad. VIII, 45 ; Walk. Catal. 260, 

 56. Chrysopa euryptera Burm. Handb. II, 980, 7; Schneider, MOD. 

 Chrys. 129, 39, tab. xlv. Chrysopa omikron Fitch, Report I, 85. 



Greenish-yellow ; antenna? yellowish, the apex obscure, the se- 

 cond article annulated with black, the first joint with a red, dorsal 

 spot or annulus ; head yellow, bases of the antenna? surrounded 

 with black rings, above upon the middle interrupted with sangui- 

 neous ; sides of the cheeks with a black streak ; occiput with four 

 black points, which are sometimes confluent into two lines ; the 

 anterior spots often conjoined with the rings around the antenna?, 

 each side behind the eyes with a black point ; prothorax each side 

 with three black points, forming two intermediate series, and two 

 more laterally, also black; wings hyaline, transverse veins of the 

 anterior ones almost entirely, or in part black. 



Length to tip of wings 16 18 millim. Alar expanse 26 30 

 millim. 



Hob. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 

 ston) ; United States (Say), extremely common ; common in June 

 (Asa Fitch) ; I have seen many specimens ; Washington (Osten 



