SOME MEXICAN NEUROPTERA. 



BY NATHAN BANKS. 



The following sixteen species of Neuroptera were col- 

 lected by Dr. Gustav Eisen and Mr. Frank H. Vaslit 

 mostly in the Cape Region of Baja California; a few, 

 however, are from Tepic, Territory of Tepic. 



Although the collection is too small for generalization, 

 it may be noted that the described species from Baja 

 California were previously known from California; and 

 there is not a single species of general distribution in the 

 United States. The three species of Chrysopa which 

 appear to be new have the wings less veined than usual, 

 the cells being larger than in our eastern species. Of 

 the three species from Tepic one appears to be new, 

 though it would seem strange that such a prominent in- 

 sect had escaped observation. All of the specimens are 

 alcoholic. 



SlALID^. 



Raphidia australis nov. sp. 



Length 13 mm. Face yellowish; palpi fuscous, annu- 

 late with white; antenna yellowish, darker toward tips; 

 head granulate, above and behind shining greenish, with 

 a smooth, elongate, rufous spot reaching nearly to the 

 ocelli ; sides of head behind the eyes straight, not convex ; 

 prothorax slender, rufous, contracted before middle, 

 granulate, each granule giving rise to a short hair, an in- 

 distinct black fork on the basal portion ; legs pale yellow ; 

 abdomen black, with many longitudinal rows of yellow 

 spots, those on sides are larger and more or less con- 

 nected, a black median line on the yellow venter, ovipos- 

 itor nearly as long as the abdomen, upcurved. Wings 

 quite short, but six or seven costal transverse veinlets, 

 subcosta runs into the costa at a point before the ptero- 

 stigma twice the length of the latter; pterostigma short, 



2d Seb., Vol. V. August 20, 1895. 



