1956] 
Gregg — Ceylon Myrmoteras 
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A Synonym in the Genus Chrysopa (Neuroptera: 
Chrysopidae) — Banks described Chrysopa sperryi (Psyche 
50:74-75) as differing from all other species of the plora - 
bunda section in lacking genal markings. An examination 
of the type (from Riverside, Calif., Sept. 7, 1940, 2 , 
Sperry: here designated lectotype), paratypes, and addi- 
tional material from Riverside disclosed every gradation 
from no genal marks to well-defined red ones. The type 
and all but one of the paratypes are faded or pale in- 
dividuals of Chrysopa comanche Banks 1938 (Can. Ent. 
70:119-120) ; sperryi is therefore a synonym of this species. 
One of the paratypes, collected at the same time as the 
others, is a faded male C. plorabunda calif ornica Coq., 
which lacks the red on the cheeks, but has the black mark 
plainly visible. A long series of comanche from Sabino 
Canyon, Baboquivari Mts., Arizona, Sept., 1951 (L. M. 
Martin, Los Angeles County Museum) also shows every 
gradation between well-defined cheek markings and none 
at all; the holotype of comanche , from Laredo, Texas, has 
only the faintest trace of the red marks. These identifica- 
tions were made with the aid of male genitalic characters. 
— Phillip A. Adams, Harvard University. 
