NEUROPTERA. 



The order Neuroptera is very frequently divided on the basis of meta- 

 morphosis, and the two or three preceding orders have been combined with 

 part or all of the order. Each of the superfamilies is sometimes considered 

 a distinct order. 



SYNOPSIS OF FAMILIES. 



Myrmeleonidae: antennae enlarged at tip. 



Sericostomatidae: wings clothed with hair. Limnephilidas: legs spiny. 

 Leptoceridae, Rhyacophilidae and Hydropsychidae: male palpi flve-jointed, the 

 first two with last joint elongate, the second with the basal joint of antennae 

 long. 



Chrysopidaa: prothorax distinctly wider than long. Hemerobiidse: anten 

 nal joints beadlike. 



Raphidiidae: prothorax much longer than wide. 



Panorpidae: mouth at end of long trunk. 



Sialidas. Perlidae: feet three-jointed. Mantispidae: front legs much en- 

 larged. Coniopterygidae: body and wings covered with a white powder. 



PHRYGANINA. 



RIACOPHILID/E. 

 Aqspetus celatus McL. basalis Banks. 



Riaccphila angeiita Banks. 



PSYCHOMYID/E. 

 Tinodes consueta McL. 



HYDROPSYCHID/E. 



Diplectrona nigripennis Banks. Hydropsyche californica Banks. 



ODONTOCERID/E. 



Neurophilus californicus Hag. Silo californicus — — Neurophilus. 



plutonius Banks. 



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