Vol. XXV] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 149 



Neuroptera and Trichoptera from Costa Rica, 



By Nathan Banks, East Falls Church, Virginia. 



Dr. P. P. Calvert sent me for determination a small collec- 

 tion of these insects which he made in Costa Rica, together 

 with two specimens given him by Mr. C. H. Lankester. As 

 few species have ever been recorded from that country, the 

 following records will be useful. 



[I have added a few notes which are enclosed in square 

 brackets. Most of the specimens will be placed in the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. — Philip P. Calvert.] 



Neuroptera. 

 Corydalis crassicornis McLachl. 



Cartago, at the street electric lights in May ; Alajuela, Sept. 

 12, 1909. [According to the late Professor P. Biolley's "Ele- 

 mentos de Historia Natural — Zoologia," San Jose, 1899, the 

 Costa Rican name for Corydalis is Maria seca, dry Mary.] 

 Myrmeleon crudelis Walk. 



Mangrove swamp, Puntarenas, 2 Feb., 1910. 

 Myrmeleon mexicanum Banks. 



Cachi, 21 Sept., 1910 (C. H. Lankester). 

 Brachynemurus fenestratus Banks, Trans. Ainer. Ent. Soc. xxxix, 



p. 221, 1913. 

 In a rice field along the railroad between Turrucares and 

 Atenas, Dec. 21, 1909. Road from Hac. Guachipelin to Li- 

 beria, Jan. 17, 1910. The first-named locality is that of the 

 types of this species which were collected by Prof. J. F. Tris- 

 tan at the same time. 

 Colobopterus trivialis Gerst. 



Juan Vinas, 3300-3500 ft., June 29, July 30, 1909. [The 

 specimen of June 29 was on a long freely-hanging vine in the 

 deep shade of the ravine of the little Rio Naranjo, the posi- 

 tion assumed being such as to give the insect a most stretched- 

 out appearance, as antennae, body, wings and hind legs were 

 held parallel to the vine, the wings folded over the back roof- 

 wise. On July 30 two of this species were pairing on a branch 

 over the "farther" waterfall.] 

 Ululodes tuberculatus Banks. 



Rio Tizate, Turrucares, 23 Dec, 1909. 



