TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



VOLUIVIK XXXII. 



DESC RlI>TIOi!VS OF XEW IVEARCTIC NEUROPTEROID 



INSECTS. 



BY NATHAN BANKS. 

 (Plates I and II.) 



The following new species are mostly from the United States ; a 

 few are added from Mexico Five new genera are established in 

 the caddice flies, and since a number of the new forms belong to the 

 Hydropsychidse, I have given a synopsis of the genera of that 

 family so far known to occur in our country. 



Among the most interesting species is the new Panorpodes from 

 North Carolina; the other species occurs in Oregon. This peculiar 

 distribution is paralleled by other insects, indicating an affinity of 

 the faunas. Altogether 47 species are described as new, the types 

 of which are in the author's collection. 



Einbia califoriiica u. sp. — Pale yellowish brown, basal joint of ante- 

 rior tarsi and bases of abdominal segments more reddish; everywhere clothed 

 with short, fine hairs. Anteunse IT-jointed, about twice as long as head ; head 

 broadest at eyes, broadly rounded behind; prothorax constricted in middle, 

 broader behind than in front, where it tapers to a blunt point; mesothorax 

 longer than metathorax, latter united to the intermediary segment; in nymphs 

 each bears a pair of wings longer than the segment. Abdomen as long as thorax 

 plus head, the terminal segment narrowed toward tip; cerci longer than termi- 

 nal segment, the joints subequal in length. Length 7 mm. 



Three specimens from near Los Angeles, Cal. (Hutchinson). 



Elipsociis puiictatus n. sp.— Head yellowish, ocelli on brown spot and 

 a quadrate brown spot above it on middle of vertex, a brown spot over each eye; 

 antennae brown, yellowish on basal part; thorax brown, a pale stripe in front on 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXII. (1) NOVEMBKR, 1905. 



