1908] TUCKER — NEUROPTEROUS INSECTS 97 



INCIDENTAL CAPTURES OF NEUROPTEROUS INSECTS AT 



PLANO, TEXAS/ 



BY E. S. TUCKER, BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRIC. 



During the time in which I was stationed at Piano, ColHn county, Texas, cover- 

 ing a period from the first w^eek of May to the end of December, 1907, a general 

 collection of insects was made by myself as opportunities permitted in connection 

 with my work upon the green bug. In the study of the specimens thus taken, the 

 neuropterous insects were the first examples that received specific determinations, 

 and, as a result, the following list of names with data of captures is presented. 



Wherever the country of northern Texas corresponds to that about Piano, aquatic 

 insects, particularly the neuropterous kinds, are sure to find attractive haunts on 

 account of numerous streams, though mostly small, which are usually bordered with 

 dense thickets of timber, shrubs and weeds. Many species besides those taken 

 undoubtedly occur since only incidental attention could be given to collecting, but 

 so far as results are obtained, every local record of a species will contribute towards 

 a better knowledge of the insects of Texas. 



Acknowledgments are due Mr. Nathan Banks for the principal part of the 

 work in identification of the specimens, although valuable assistance has been rendered 

 by Mr. R. P. Currie in instances relating to some of the dragonflies. The nomencla- 

 ture and arrangement of the list conforms with the latest catalogue by Mr. Banks, 

 except for the interpolation of the Odonata. 



Summary of Families and Species. 



Total number of species, 34. 



1 This list is offered for publication with the courteous consent of Prof. C. E. Sanborn, who directed 

 my experimental work at the time the collections were made. 



