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Psyche 
[March 
NEW NATIVE NEUROPTEROID INSECTS 
By Nathan Banks 
The following few descriptions are based on materials 
gradually accumulating in the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology. A generic synopsis of our Capniinae, including 
two new genera, is based on characters that, I believe, are 
better than those previously used in this group. 
ORDER CORRODENTIA 
Family Psocidae 
Polypsocus corruptus Hag. 
In the South there are two varieties which should be 
named : 
P. corruptus var. pictilis n. var. 
Females differing from typical corruptus in having a large 
pale area in middle of fore wing, similar to that of the nor- 
mal male of corruptus, but more distinct ; the preapical pale 
band is as in normal females. In male this middle pale area 
is more extended so as to meet the pale apical spot beyond 
the stigma, thus isolating the dark stigma. In none of these 
specimens is the stigma reddish as is common, but not con- 
stant, in typical corruptus. Size same as typical form. 
This form was very common in the Smoky Mountains of 
Tennessee, near Newfound Gap, at about 5000 feet, in Sep- 
tember. In the valleys the typical form was common. Type 
M.C.Z. no. 22659. 
P. corruptus var. omissus n. var. 
The male differs from the typical form in lacking all pale 
marks in the fore wing, neither the median area nor the 
triangular area beyond stigma, only the minute pale dot at 
base of stigma, and at base of areola postica. The two males 
have slightly shorter wings than usual. From Great Falls, 
Va., 21 July, and Clarksville, Ga., 10 Aug. Type M.C.Z. no. 
22660. 
