8 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



1. C. picea! 



Paradoxenus piceus Motschulsky ! in lit. 



Entirely piceous, with a brassy reflection. 



The specimen seen was imperfect ; the wings were wanting. 



Length of body 1 millim. 



Hal. California. 



ATROPOS Leach. 

 Ocelli and wings absent ; tarsi triarticulate. 



1. A. divinatorius. 



Termes divinatorius 0. Fab. Fn. Grroenl. 214, 181. 



Pale, mouth fuscous, eyes black, anus obscure (Descript. from 

 Fab.) 



Length 1 millim. ? 



Hal. Greenland. In old books. Perhaps it is A. pulsatorius 

 Leach. 



PSOCTJS Latk. 

 Three ocelli; wings membranaceous, rather unequal; tarsi two- 

 or three-articulate. 



•j" Tarsi three-articulate. 



* Discoidal cellule closed, quadrangular. 



1. P. sparsus ! 



Psocus sparsus Hagen ! 



Fuscous, varied with yellow and white ; nasus lineated with 

 grayish-fuscous, front yellow, punctured and lineated with black ; 

 antennae rather slender, pale ; the two basal joints thicker, yel- 

 low, black at base; thorax fuscous, varied with yellow; femora 

 fuscous, annulated with pale before the apex, tibiee and tarsi pale, 

 with the apex fuscous ; anterior wings opaque, fuscous, densely 

 varied with yellow and gray, veins yellow, spotted with fuscous ; 

 pterostigma triangular; posterior wings a little smoky, costal 

 margin at the apex interruptedly fuscous and yellow. 



Length to tip of wings 6 millim. Expanse of anterior wings 

 11 millim. 



Bab. Washington (Osten Sacken, 1858) ; Baltimore (Uhler). 



