MEXICAN NEUROPTERA. 361 



A LIST OF NEIIROPTEROID IIKSECTS FROM 9IEXI€0. 



BY NATHAN BANKS. 



In the following pages are included a list of the Neuropteroid 

 insects (except Odonata) collected in Mexico during the past few 

 years by Mr. O. F. Barrett. Some of the new species have been 

 previously described and descriptions of several are included here. 

 There are altogether fifty species, distributed among the three orders 

 as follows : 



Pseudoneuroptera . . . . . . . . 11 



Neuroptera ......... 20 



Trichoptera . . . . . . . . . 19 



Total 50 



In the Neuroptera and Trichoptera there are but few other spe- 

 cies known from Mexico, but in the Pseudoneuroptera there are a 

 considerable number of described species, particularly Perlida and 

 Epheiueridce, that do not figure in this list. About seventeen spe- 

 cies are described as new. 



In the Neuroptera especially noticeable is the absence of the 

 Heraerobiidse, a family so well represented in temperate regions. 

 Two species, lK)wever, af tWs family have been described from 

 Mexico by Hagen. On the other hand, the Chrysopidje seem to 

 be as numerous in species as in the more northern regions. Of 

 particular interest is the tiny ant-lion fly, Microleon apicaiis, one 

 of the smallest and most handsome of the family. Although no 

 Panorpidae are in this list, two Panorpas and a Bittacus have been 

 described from Mexico. 



In the Trichoptera the majority of the species belong to the Lep- 

 toceridse and Hydropsychidse ; a fact true of all tropical regions. It 

 is here where we find most of the new species. 



Of the localities mentioned in the list, the following are in the 

 State of Vera Cruz : Jalapa, Chavarillo, Teocelo, Xico and Presidio. 

 In Morelos is Cuernavaca. In the Federal District (D. F.) are 

 Thalpan, Tacubaya and Esclave. Tomellin is in Oaxaca ; Santa 

 Maria in Pueblo ; Durango in Durango State ; Amecameca in 

 State of Mexico ; and Iguala in Guerrero. 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (46) DEC. 1901. 



