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1925, 1926) has described two other Triassic insects collected in a 
Triassic deposit very near Cerro Cacheuta, one of these being a 
homopteron (Tipuloidea rhaetica) and the other a possible trichopteron 
(N ecrotaulius (?) affinis) . Both of the specimens on which these 
species were based are preserved on one piece of rock. In addition, 
Kurtz in his atlas of fossil plants from Argentina (1921) includes 
three sketches of insects which were found in the Triassic beds of 
the Mendoza area; these are stated in the caption of his plate 7 to 
be hymenopterous wings, although they are most certainly not rep- 
resentatives of that order. Also, one of the Triassic specimens which 
Kurtz identified as a plant (Beira argentina) and figured on his plate 
22, fig. 336, is actually part of a wing of an insect, subsequently desig- 
nated by Cockerell (in Wieland, 1926) as Elcana (?) argentina. It 
seems clear from this casual collecting of insects in the Triassic deposits 
of the Mendoza area that further exploration of these strata for in- 
sects is very desirable. 
Literature Cited 
Kurtz, F. 1921. Atlas de las Plantas Fosiles de la Republica Argentina. 
Actas de la Acad. Nac. de Ciencias en Cordoba 7: 133-153; plates 1-27. 
Romer, A. S. 1960 . Vertebrate-bearing Continental Triassic Strata in Men- 
doza Region, Argentina. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 71 (9): 1279-1294. 
Wieland, G. R. 1925. Rhaetic Crane Flies from South America. Amer. 
Journ. Sci. 9 : 21-28. 
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