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IX, 1910, describes two new genera of Hemerobiidae, Zygo- 

 phlcbius and B dimes which differ from all other forms in hav- 

 ing very broad wings and the subcosta, radius and radial sec- 

 tor all united at tip near the stigmal region of wing. Now 

 this is the exact character that distinguishes the old genus 

 Psychopsis of Newman from all other Hemerobiidse, and the 

 figures of Navas only make more plain the fact that Zygo- 

 phlebius and B alines are synonyms of Psychopsis. Navas in 

 his synoptic table places Psychopsis in the Hemerobininse 

 near my genus Oliarccs. This is sufficient evidence that he has 

 not recognized Psychopsis. In the Ann. Soc. Sci; Bruxelles 

 for April, 1909, p. 4 (sep.) Navas has described a species of 

 the Hemerobiid genus Psectra (P. bncnoi) as new from New 

 York State. He distinguishes it from the old species P, 

 diptcra, because the hind wings are fully developed, and some 

 slights points in venation. The general view of Neuropterists 

 is that these two and four-winged forms are all one species, 

 and a recent Swedish article treats of them under the one name 

 showing that both forms occur in both sexes and in the same 

 localities. However this may be, the American four-winged 

 form was described in 1856 by Asa Fitch as Hemerobius 

 delicatulus, and is so recorded in papers of Hagen and by 

 myself, so that P. bucnoi Navas is a synonym of P. delica- 

 tulus. In a monograph of the family Nemopteridse (Mem. 

 "Real. Acad. Cien. Artes, Barcelona, VIII, No. 18, p. 21, 1910), 

 Navas has erected a new genus, Erctmoptera, for some species 

 and seemingly on good characters, the name, however is pre- 

 occupied by Kellogg in 1900. for a curious little California 

 fly, so that I propose Nemopterella for the Eretmoptera of 

 Navas. 



CAPTAIN CHARLES KERREMANS, of Brussels, the great authority 

 on The Buprestidae of the world devotes all his spare time to getting 

 out his superb monograph of those insects. He has a remarkable collection 

 and many of the Tropical species are very brilliant insects. During 

 the International Entomological Congress he gave a very enjoyable 

 evening reception to some of the delegates and exhibited his collection. 



