NEUROPTEROUS INSECTS 1045 
NEUROPTEROUS INSECTS 
By Naruan Banks, Museum or Comparative ZOOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. 
NEUROPTERA 
MYRMELEONIDAE 
Palpares manicatus Rambur 
Two females and two males from Banga, Liberia, 21 October, Moala, Liberia, 
and Kolobanu, Liberia, 19 October. 
Palpares manicatus var. connexus, new variety 
This specimen (Fig. 27) agrees with manicatus in genitalia, in marks of body and legs, length of 
palpi, ete. It differs strikingly from every form I have seen or that has been figured in that in 

Text Figure 27.— Palpares manicatus var. connexus Banks. Male, holotype 
both fore and hind wings there is a longitudinal streak through the wing connecting the spots to 
the tip; these spots are fairly normal. In the fore wing the streak is not so broad (about twice the 
costal area) but begins at the basal spot, through the median to the pterostigmal and out to tip. 
In the hind wing the streak is broad and heavy (three to five times costal area); starting from basal 
spot above the cubital fork it runs out just behind the radius to apical mark. In the fore wing the 
pterostigmal spots are united, in the hind wings they are separated, the hind one nearly round; there 
are two or three small spots behind the median spot, and several small points toward the base. 
One male from Bomboma near Moala, Liperra (J. Bequaert). 
Palpares tigris Dalman and P. manicatus Rambur 
These two names have been considered by me and also by Petersen as one, 
with four Navasian names and hamatus as synonyms. I have also included 
sylphis. 
However, it is quite possible that there are two species. In ligris (with 
