242 Ins. 
NEUROPTERA. 
Walk., Zool. Rec. xxi. Ins. p. 271, and Micrasema scissum, McLach., 
sp. n., t. c. p. 292, anticipatory of this Report.] 
Schneider, W. G. Yerzeichniss der Neuropteren Schlesiens. Z. Ent. 
Bresl. (2) x. pp. 17-32. 
55 Trichoptera , 43 Planipennia , and 95 Pseudo-Neuropier a. 
Scudder, S. H. The Earliest Winged-insects of America ; a re¬ 
examination of the Devonian Insects of New Brunswick in the light 
of criticism, and of new studies of other Palaeozoic types. Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass.: Published by the author, 1885, 4to, 8 pp., with 1 pi. 
and woodcuts. 
Mainly a reply to former criticisms by Hagen on the position of 
these fossils, and with few exceptions retaining the original ideas. (Cf 
Brongniart, Bull. Soc. Rouen, 1885, pp. 55-57.) 
-. Palceodictyoptera : or the Affinities and Classification of Palaeozoic 
Hexapoda. Mem. Bost. Soc. iii. pp. 320-358, pis. xxix.-xxxii. 
Considering all the palaeozoic winged-insects to have formed a single 
order, the author subdivides it into two, viz. :—Orthopteroid and Neu- 
ropteroid. To the former belong the Protoblattarice and Protophasma ; 
the latter is subdivided into several groups which the Recorder does not 
propose to analyse, and thinks this a convenient place for enumerating 
the new genera and species indicated, without attempting to group them 
vaguely under any of the families of recent forms :— Euccenus , g. n., 
p. 325, for E. ovalis, sp. n., ibid. pi. xxix. fig. 4, Mazon Creek ; Gera- 
pompus , g. n., ibid., for G. blattinoides , pi. xxix. fig. 1, and extensus, fig. 5, 
spp. nn., p. 326, Mazon Creek ; Anthracothemma , g. n., ibid., for A. robusta, 
sp. n., p. 327, pi. xxx. figs. 1, 5, & 6, Mazon Creek ; Genopteryx, g. n., ibid., 
for G. constricta, sp. n., ibid., pi. xxix. fig. 11, Mazon Creek; Cheliphlebici, 
g. n., p. 328, for Cli carbonaria, pi. xxx. fig. 8, and elongata, pi. xxix. fig. 7, 
spp. nn., ibid , Mazon Creek ; Genentomum, g. n., p. 329, for G. validum , 
sp. n., ibid. pi. xxx, figs. 2 & 3, Mazon Creek ; Didymophleps, g. n., p. 330, 
for D. contusa, sp. n., ibid. pi. xxix. fig. 6, Illinois ; Propteticus , g. n., 
p. 333, forP. inf emus, sp. n., p. 334, pi. xxxi. figs. 3 & 4, Illinois ; Dieco- 
neura , g. n., p. 336, for D. arcuata , Mazon Creek, pi. xxx. fig. 4, and 
rigida, Pennsylvania, pi. xxix. fig. 10, spp. nn., ibid. ; Strephocladus, 
g. n., p. 337, for Petroblcittina subtilis , Ivliver; AEthophlebia, g. n., 
p. 337, for 2E. singularis, sp. n., p. 338, pi. xxxi. fig. 9, Mazon Creek ; 
Poly emus, g. n., p. 343, for P. complancitus , pi. xxxii. figs. 8-11, Mazon 
Creek, and laminarum, pi. xxxi. fig. 1, Pennsylvania, ibid., spp. nn. ; 
Gerarus, g. n., p. 344, for G. vetus, pi. xxxi. fig. 6, and mcizonus , pi. xxxii. 
fig. 7, spp. nn., ibid. (Miamia danae , Scud., is referred to the same 
genus); Adiphlebia, g. n., p. 345, for A. lacoana , sp. n., ibid. pi. xxxii. 
fig. 6, Mazon Creek. Some previously described species are also 
figured. 
Brauer (cf. ante, p. 6) recognizes the following “ orders ” of insects 
as comprised under the terms “ Neuroptera ’’ and “ Pseudo-Neuroptera," 
viz.:— Ephemeridcv , Odonata, Plecoptera (— Perlidce ), Corrodentia 
