F. M. Carpenter.
Notes on Nearctic Neuroptera.
Psyche 49:49-51, 1942.

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Nearctic Neuroptera
NOTES ON NEARCTIC NEUROPTERA
Since the publication of my revision of the Nearctic Hemero- biidse and related Neuroptera? several collections of these in- sects have been sent to me for identification. Notes on the most interesting and unusual species are included here. I am indebted to the entomologists mentioned below for the oppor- tunity of examining this additional material. Kimminsia involuta Carp.
In the Cornell University collection there are four speci- mens ( 8 ? ) of this species collected in North Carolina (LLN.C.") by F. Sherman, Jr. Involuta has previously been known only from western Canada, Idaho, Wyoming and Colo- rado. In all probability these specimens were found in the mountainous (western) part of N. Carolina, the insect fauna of which has several other species and genera in common with that of the north-western states.
Megalomus mosstus Banks
Several specimens ( 8 S ) were collected in the Black Hills, South Dakota (July 20, 1939) by D. J. and J. N. Knull (Ohio State University collection). The most eastern record of mces- tus has previously been at Laramie, Wyoming. Sympherobius angustus (Banks)
One female was collected in the Chirichua Mts., Arizona (July 15, 1939, D. J. and J. N. Knull); it is the first record of angustus in that state.
Sympherobius arizonicus Banks
The ? type has previously been the only specimen of this insect known to me. In the Ohio State University collection there are three additional specimens from the Santa Rita Mts., *roc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sciences, 74:193-278, 1940. Pnchs 49:41-51 (1942). hup Wpsycht einclub nrgt49149-W) html



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Arizona (June 8 and 24, D. J. and J. N. Knull). Unfortu- nately, all of these are females, so that the male genital struc- ture is still unknown.
Sympherobius occidentalis ( F itch)
One specimen of this rare insect has been collected in In- diana Dunes State Park, Indiana (July 27, 1940) by R. L. Wenzel (Field Mus. collection) ; this is the first record in that state.
ClimacM areolaris (Hagen)
A number of specimens were collected at the Deschutes River, near Richmond, Oregon (July 28 and 3 1, 1939, Shuh and Gray); and others have more recently been collected near Tower, Minnesota (University of Minnesota collection). These records greatly extend the range of areolaris, which has not previously been reported west of Michigan in the north or New Mexico in the south. It will probably turn up locally across northern United States.
Lomamyia banksi Carp.
A female collected at Buffalo, Texas (June 29, 1941, D. J. and J. N. Knull) is the first record in that state. Lomamyia longicollis (Walker)
A male of this little-known insect is contained in the Uni- FIG. 1. Lomamyia longicollis (Walker) 8, tenth abdominal tergite and aedea- gus. A, dorsal view ; B, lateral view.




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versity of Kansas collection; it was found at Iuka, Mississippi (July 14, 1930) by R. H. Beamer (University of Kansas collec- tion), and is the only male known to me in addition to the type in the British Museum. Since the male genitalia of this species have not previously been described, I include here (Fig. 1) a drawing of the 10th abdominal tergite and sedeagus. The tergite is similar to that of tenuis Carp., but lacks the an- terior and posterior dorsal lobes. The sedeagus also resembles that of tenuis.




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