AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 367 



Haplo$;leniiis flavicornis McLachlau. 



One specimen from Cuernavaca, September ; the type locality. 

 It is a very handsome species. 



TRICHOPTERA. 



LIMNOPHILID^. 



Platypliylax diMVoloi* u. sp.— Head black, with black bristles, antennae 

 dull yellowish brown, thorax dark brown, a black stripe each side; abdomen yel- 

 lowish beneath, brown above; legs dull yellow, bind pairs densely spined on 

 tibise and tarsi, front pair with very few spines, a black stripe under anterior 

 femora; spurs 0-2-2. Wings hyaline, densely and evenly clothed with short 

 black hair, giving them a grayish appearance; veins pale, with black bristles; 

 hind wings gray-hyaline. Forewings rather narrow, rounded at tip, discal cell 

 longer than pedicel, first apical but a short distance on discal cell, second, third 

 and fourth subeqnal at base, fifth acute at base and not on tbyridial; cubitals 

 broken at posterior anastomosis. In hind wings the third apical indents the 

 anastomosis considerably, and contains a dark dot near base, fourth apical wide 

 at base, fifth short-petiolate. Length 16 mm. 



One from Tacubaya, D. F,, September. Hardly a true Platyphy- 

 lax, but placed temporarily in this genus until it is divided as it 

 should be. 



SERICOSTOMATID^. 



EltEMOPSYCHE gen. nov. 



Spurs 2-4-4 ; basal joint of antennae long, densely hairy ; maxil- 

 lary palpi of male long, recurved, densely hairy, labial palpi slen- 

 der, pendulous ; no groove in hindwings ; costal margin of forewings 

 thickly hairy, with the appearance of being recurved, discal cell 

 closed in both wings, in forewings rather long, in hindwings short. 



Type E. frontalis. 



Probably closely related to Lasloc&phala, but no cilia on antennae, 

 and the basal'joint simple. 



EreiiiO|>!$yclie frontalis n. sp.— Maxillary palpi and basal joint of an- 

 tennae densely clothed with long, shining black hair, rest of antennae pale yel- 

 low; thorax brown above, with black hair; legs and spurs pale yellow, the ante- 

 rior and middle tibiae and tarsi bla(;kish outside. Wings thickly clothed with 

 short, partly scale-like hairs, very dense along costal margin, fringe black, hind 

 wings with fewer black hairs, fringe black. Length 9 mm. 



One specimen from Jalapa, Vera Cruz, September. 



Olemira mexicaiia n. sp. — Head blackish, basal joint of antennae long, 

 sparsely clothed with long erect hair, rest of antennae pale yellowish, with some 

 brown hair, thorax and abdomen brown, legs and spurs pale yellow, spurs 2-4-4. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DEC, 1901. 



