27 S NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 13 millim. 

 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barns- 

 ton). Very closely allied to L. ater, Pictet ; is it distinct ? 



6. L. variegatua ! 



Leptocerus variegatus Hagen ! 



Luteo-fuscous, with snow-white hair ; antennae luteo-fuscous, the 

 basal half annulated with snow-white, the basal article luteo-fus- 

 cous ; palpi fuscous, with gray hair; head fuscous, sparingly clothed 

 with white hair; feet gray, tarsi snow-white, spotted with fuscous; 

 anterior wings grayish-fuscous, with brown and gray hairs, spotted 

 with gray, especially at the apex, margin and anal angle ; veins 

 stout, fuscous ; posterior wings cinereous. Male. 



Length to tip of wings 1 4 millim. Alar expanse 27 millim. 



Hob. Chicago (Osten Sacken). 



7. L. submacula. 



Leptocerus submacula Walk. ! Catal. 70, 59. 



Black, with black hair; antennae extremely long; palpi hairy; 



tibiae and tarsi testaceous ; wings cinereous, the anterior ones 



sprinkled with white, and with three whitish spots, the one basal, 



the second discoidal, subcostal, and the third anal; veins black. 



(From the description of Walker.) 



Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 



Hub. St. Lawrence River. It is allied to L. venosus Ramb.; 

 is it perhaps, L. variegatus^ 



8. L. mentions. 

 / 



Leptocerus mentiens Walk. ! Catal. 71, 60. 



Ferruginous, hairy; antennae black, annulated with white; palpi 

 hairy; tarsi banded with white; anterior wings cinereo-fuscous, 

 with ferruginous pubescence, veins ferruginous ; posterior wings 

 cinereous. (From the description of Walker. ) 



Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 19 millim. 



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

 ston). Is this L. lug ens Hagen ? 



9. L. incertus. 



Leptocerus incertus Walk. ! Catal. 71, 61. 



Obscure testaceous, with golden hair, and more scarce black pile; 



