352 NEUROPTERA. 



June (Alexander), and one (not fully colored) from Dane 

 County, Wisconsin (Vorhies). This species is darker and 

 more maculate than R. torva. 



Rliyacophila, basalis n. sp. 



Belongs to section with fork 1 extending further basally than fork 2. 

 Antennae pale, faintly annulate with brown, basal joint nearly black ; 

 palpi dark ; head black, some white hairs on the face, ocellar warts 

 nearly their diameter apart, two smooth submedian ridges behind ; 

 thorax brown ; legs pale yellow, spurs darker, tarsi scarcely darker 

 toward tip, tibia 1 unmarked, preapical spur nearly twice as long as 

 the width of joint. Wings rather uniformly smoky, the stigma long, 

 very much darker ; fore wings long and slender, fork 3 shorter than 

 pedicel beyond cross-vein, outer apical margin straight; abdomen 

 blackish above, the genitalia pale. 



Expanse 20 mm. 



From Claremont, California (Baker). 



Rhyacopliila angelita n. sp. 



Belongs to section in which fork 2 extends farther basally than fork 

 1. Pale yellowish throughout, the dorsum of abdomen darker toward 

 tip, palpi and antennae pale, the latter slightly marked with brown, the 

 head with pale yellowish hair, the ocellar warts scarcely one-half diam- 

 eter apart; legs very pale yellow, tarsi hardly darker, spurs brown, 

 preapical one on front tibiae not twice the width of joint. Wings pale, 

 stigma brownish, and some faint brown spots at ends of veins, and 

 over some cross- veins ; fore wings moderately long and broad, the 

 outer margin much rounded, fork 3 shorter than pedicel beyond cross- 

 vein, fork 4 wide open at tip, and longer than 3; fork 5 rather nar- 

 rower at tip than in the middle ; hind wings pale* 



Expanse 20. 



From Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, 1 May 

 (F. Grinnell). 



Rliyacopliila bruunea n. sp. 



Belongs to section in which fork 2 extends farther basally than fork 

 1. Palpi pale on basal part, dark at tip ; antennae pale, annulate 

 with brown, basal joint brownish ; head brown, with mostly black 

 hair, ocellar warts fully their diameter apart, thorax pale brown, with 

 black hair. Abdomen dark brown ; legs pale yellow, the tarsi and 

 spurs brown, preapical spur of front tibiae only little more than width 

 of the joint. Wings brown, nearly uniform, and scarcely marked, the 

 long, dark stigma with a pale yellow spot and three smaller pale spots 

 in the space behind it, one in base of fork 2, and faint yellowish spots 

 between ends of the veins on outer and apical margins ; hind wings 



