1943] 
New Neuroptera and Trichoptera 
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Length of fore wing 10 to 12 mm. 
From Riverside, Calif. 22 August to 19 September, from 
Grace H. and John L. Sperry; also two from Lake Arrowhead, 
Calif., 29 August (Buckwalter coll.). Type M.C.Z., No. 25753. 
Readily separated from all others in the plorabunda section 
by the absence of dark or reddish marks below the eyes. 
Myrmeleonim: 
Vella texana minor var. nov. 
Acanthaclisis fallax Rambur was described from “Guyane”; 
Hagen identified specimens from Mexico as this, and in my Re- 
vision of the Myrmeleonidse (1927) I kept the Mexican and 
Arizonian specimens under that name. Now I have seen speci- 
mens from Guiana, and ours is a different form. 
It is in many particulars like V. texana Hagen, so I describe it 
as a variety of that species. 
It is uniformly a little smaller, fore wing from 48 to 51 mm. 
long ( texana 54 to 56 mm.) but the wing scarcely more narrow; 
the tip is very plainly less pointed, the hind margin before tip 
not or scarcely concave (in texana plainly so). As noted in my 
Revision, the venation is more dense, but not as heavily marked. 
The costal area has a number of cells before middle that are 
crossed, # while in texana there are few or none. The markings 
on body are similar ; on pronotum the pale areas are paler than 
in texana , and the dark on mesoscutellum is divided by a fine 
pale line. 
The male appendages of minor are plainly a little shorter 
than in texana. 
The type is from Phoenix, Arizona, paratypes from Tucson, 
6 to 9 August and 6 September. M.C.Z., No. 25758. 
Myrmeleon carolinus sp. nov. 
In general much like M. crudelis Walker from Florida. It is 
readily separated by the last joint of labial palpi being much 
less swollen, and in the male the abdomen is plainly a little 
longer and more slender. In the female of crudelis there is a 
large triangular pale spot on each side of the last segment of 
the abdomen, in carolinus none or a faint line. The hair on 
abdomen is fully as long as in crudelis. The wings of carolinus 
