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Psyche 
[June-Septembeii 
Paratype (^): Monterrey, Neuvo Leon, Mexico; Feb. 
26, 1956 (collected by Philip S. Barker) ; to be deposited 
in the collection of the Rockefeller Foundation Agricultural 
Program, Mexico, but temporarily placed in the Museum 
of Comparative Zoology. 
Paratype ( $ ) : 5 miles south of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 
Mexico; Sept. 3, 1958 ;night beating, Acacia-cypress area 
(collected by H. F. Howden). In the Canadian National 
Collection, Ottawa, Canada. 
This species is at once distinguished from all other de- 
scribed species of the genus by the pilose, moniliform 
antennae. It is also noticeably smaller than the other 
species of Inocellia known from the New World, having 
a wing expanse of 17 mm. as compared with an expanse of 
24 mm. for inflata and longicomis. 
The inocelliid affinities of the new species are shown by 
the absence of ocelli, the absence of the basal pterostigmal 
veinlet, the presence of a forked posterior cubitus, and 
the oblique position of the vein be (figure 4) in the hind 
wing. The species has the normal venational pattern of 
Inocellia (not that of Fibla, see Carpenter, 1936) : in 
addition, the structure of the head, prothorax, and ab- 
domen, including terminal segments, is typical of that of 
Inocellia. Hence, although the antennae (of the male, at 
least) are different from those of all other Raphidiodea, 
consisting of moniliform, pilose segments, I am assigning 
the species to Inocellia. Should the female turn out to have 
other characteristics which are equally peculiar, a separate 
genus will probably be needed for the insect. 
Literature Cited 
Banks, N. 
1895. Some Mexican Neuroptera. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2)5:514-522. 
Carpenter, F. M. 
1936. Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (Recent and Fossil). 
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., 71 : 89-157. 
1956. The Baltic Amber Snake-flies (Neuroptera). Psyche 63 (3) : 77-81. 
