NEUROPTERA 85 



In any case the more highly variegated wings easily distinguish the species from 

 any other of the genus found in the Islands. 



Expanse 6'5 — 8'5 mm. 



Hab. Found throughout the group in mountain forests (2000 — 5000 ft.). 



(3) Elipsocus psylloides, sp. nov. 



Head pale, yellowish or testaceous ; thorax and abdomen also more or less pale. 

 Wings hyaline, nervuration on the basal part mostly pale, becoming dark towards the 

 apex. Space between the inner branches of radius and cubitus evidently, but faintly, 

 infuscate. Pterostigma pale. The extremities of the nervures in the dorsal and apical 

 margins are slightly infuscate, giving them the appearance of being slightly thickened 

 at their apices. The inner branches of the radius and cubitus do not directly meet 

 at the points where they are angulated near their base, but the angles are connected 

 by a very short transverse nervule. This character, however, appears to vary, as the 

 angles approach each other more nearly in some examples than in others. Antennae 

 with short pubescence in both sexes. 



Expanse circa 8 mm. 



Hab. Haleakala, Maui (5000 ft.) ; Kona, Hawaii (2000 — 4000 ft.). 



(4) Elipsoc2is criniger, sp. nov. 



Very like the preceding, the nervuration pale, darker towards the apex in the 

 anterior wings, but the extremities of the nervures have not the appearance of being 

 thickened. There is a distinct (but somewhat faint) fuscous blotch within the 

 pterostigma, and another in the area postica, and the basal portion of the inner 

 branches of the cubitus and radius, to their point of contact, is infuscate. The species 

 may further be recognized by the longer hairs on the front of the head, as well as 

 those of the antennae, which are somewhat long and irregular. 



Expanse 8 mm. 



Hab. Kona, Hawaii (2000 ft.); one example. 



(5) Elipsocus deb His, sp. nov. 



Allied to E. psylloides, but smaller, the wings less clear, with a slight yellowish 

 tinge. Head, thorax and abdomen for the most part pale. As in that species the 

 terminations of nervures are slightly infuscate, and have an appearance of being 

 thickened at the margins of the wings. Near the base there is a somewhat extensive, 



