PSOCIDjE. 
Ins. 261 
McLachlan, Robert. Remarks on certain Psocidce , chiefly British. 
Ent. M. M. xix. pp. 181-185. 
Clothilla annulata, Hag., formally introduced as British ; McLachlan, 
l. c. p. 184. 
Psocus ( Neopsocus ) rhenanus, Kolbe, found by Eaton in Central Italy, 
under a stone where was a nest of a small ant. Remarks on the species, 
and its claims to generic or subgeneric rank ; McLachlan, l. c. p. 181, 
woodcut. 
Peripsocus albo-guttatus, Dalm., and pupillatus (Dale), Walker. 
McLachlan, l. c. pp. 182 & 183, points out that these names represent one 
and the same species, and that the species usually termed albo-guttatus is 
distinct; it is renamed subpupillatus (p. 183). The characters, distri- 
bution, &c., of the two species are detailed, with figures of an anterior 
wing of each. 
Caicilius obsoletus , burmeisteri , and perlatus : according to Kolbe, all 
these occur in Britain ; McLachlan, 1. c. pp. 183 & 184. 0. piceus , Kolbe, 
in England ; J. J. King, op. cit. xx. p. 142. 
Mesopsocus unipunctatus and Elipsocus laticeps. McLachlan, l. c. p. 184, 
points out the narrow grounds on which these supposed species are sepa- 
rated by Kolbe, both specifically and genetically, and shows that the 
chief neural character relied upon is common to both. 
Elipsocus cyanops , Rostock, in Scotland ; J. J. King, Ent. M. M. xx. 
p. 142. 
New genera : — 
Tropusia , Hagen, l. c. p. 296. Separated from Atropos on account of 
the condition of the eyes, the greater number of joints in the antennae, 
&c. For A . oleagina, Hag. 
Dorypteryx, Aaron, l. c. p. 37. Allied to Psoquilla, Hag., but with 
differently formed wings, slender femora, &c. D. pallida , sp. n., p. 38, 
pi. ix. figs. 2 & 3, Philadelphia. 
New species > fyc. : — 
Atropos divinatoria var. n. kidderi , Hagen, l. c. p. 293, Kerguelen ; 
var. n. brunnea , Aaron, l. c. p. 37, Philadelphia ; A. purpurea , id. ibid. 
pi. ix. fig. 1, Philadelphia. 
Hyper etes tessulatus, Hagen, l. c. p. 316, United States. 
Psocus variabilis , p. 38, pi. ix. fig. 5, inornatus , p. 39, atralus, ibid. pi. ix. 
fig. 6, Philadelphia, and speciosus , p. 40, pi. ix. fig. 7, North Carolina [= 
trifasciatus , Provancher. — R ec.], Aaron, l. c. 
Myopsocus novce-zealandice , Kolbe, l. c. p. 145, Wellington, New Zea- 
land. 
Ccecilius dejinitus, Aaron, l. c. p. 38, pi. ix. fig. 4, Pennsylvania. 
Elipsocus maculosus, id. I c. p. 40, pi. ix. fig. 8, Philadelphia ; E. kuehli, 
Kolbe, S. E. Z. xliv. p. 188, fossil in amber ; E. vinosus, McLachlan, Ann. 
N. H. (5) xii. p. 228, Hawaiian Islands. 
Philotarsns antiquus , Kolbe, S. E. Z. xliv. p. 187, fossil in amber. 
