MEXICAN NEUROPTERA. 517 



cells large, four gradate veins in the first series, five or 

 six in the second series; pterostigma not distinct. 



Several specimens, San Lazaro and El Taste, Baja 

 California. 



Chrysopa valida nov. sp. 



Length 14 mm. Pale yellowish, no spots on head; 

 tips of palpi fuscous; antenna much shorter than wings, 

 whitish, a red line above on basal joint; prothorax much 

 shorter than broad, narrowed in front, barely rufous each 

 side; rest of thorax and abdomen yellowish; legs short, 

 whitish, with white hairs. Wings moderately slender, 

 anterior pair barely pointed, the posterior pair very dis- 

 tinctly so ; • nearly all the transversals and gradate veins 

 in anterior pair are black or fuscous, and some gradate 

 veins in hind wing; usually but two black transversals 

 before the veinlet which connects subcosta and radius; 

 second cubital cell more than twice as long as broad, 

 barely swollen on the anterior side ; division of third cu- 

 bital cell ends just beyond the first transversal to radial 

 sector; cells quite large, three gradate veins of the first 

 series, and six in second series; pterostigma very distinct, 

 opaque whitish. 



A few specimens. El Taste and San Jose del Cabo, 

 Baja California. September. 



Chrysopa incerta nov. sp. 



Length 14 mm. Brownish yellow, face yellow, with- 

 out spots; antennae shorter than wings, black, except the 

 basal joint which is yellow and inflated; tips of palpi fus- 

 cous; prothorax much broader than long, much narrowed 

 in front, a fuscous stripe on each side, meso- and meta- 

 thorax with a few fuscous spots ; abdomen wdth many 

 fuscous dots and streaks; legs pale with black hair, tarsi 

 darker, an elongate fuscous spot above near tip of femur. 



