278 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 13 millira. 

 Hob. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barns- 

 ton). Yery closely allied to L. ater, Pictet ; is it distinct ? 



6. L. variegatus ! 

 Leptocerus variegatus Hagen ! 



Luteo-fuscous, with snow-white hair ; antenna luteo-fuscous, the 

 basal half annulated with snow-white, the basal article luteo-fus- 

 cous ; palpi fuscous, with gray hair; head fuscous, sparingly clothed 

 with white hair ; feet gray, tarsi snow-white, spotted with fuscous; 

 anterior wings grayish-fuscous, with brown and gray hairs, spotted 

 with gray, especially at the apex, margin and anal angle ; veins 

 stout, fuscous ; posterior wings cinereous. Male. 



Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 27 millim. 



Hab. Chicago (Osten Sacken). 



7. L. submacula. 



Leptocerus submacula Walk. ! Catal. 70, 59. 



Black, with black hair ; antennae extremely long ; palpi hairy ; 

 tibiae and tarsi testaceous ; wings cinereous, the anterior ones 

 sprinkled with white, and with three whitish spots, the one basal, 

 the second discoidal, subcostal, and the third anal ; veins black. 

 (From the description of Walker.) 



Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 



Hob. St. Lawrence River. It is allied to Z. venosus Ramb.; 

 is it perhaps, L. variegatus^ 



8. L. mentions. 



Leptocerus mentiens Walk. 1 Catal. 71, 60. 



Ferruginous, hairy; antennae black, annulated with white; palpi 

 hairy; tarsi banded with white; anterior wings cinereo-fuscous, 

 with ferruginous pubescence, veins ferruginous ; posterior wings 

 cinereous. (From the description of Walker.) 



Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 19 millim. 



Hob. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 

 ston). Is this L. lugens Hagen ? 



9. L. incertus. 



Leptocerus incertus Walk. ! Catal. 71, 61. 



Obscure testaceous, with golden hair, and more scarce black pile; 



