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 vii 
 
 ARTICLE I. Synopsis of the pescribed Neuroptera op North Ameri- 
 ca, WITH A LIST of THE SouTH AMERICAN SPECIES. Pre- 
 pared for the Smithson-an Institutior by Hermann 
 Hagen. July, 1861. Pp. 368. 
 
 ARTICLE II. Synopsis op the described Lepidoptera of North Ame- 
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 Compiled for the Smithsonian Institution by John a. 
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SYNOPSIS 
 
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 XEUROPTERA OF XORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 NORTH AMEMCA. 
 
 WITH A LIST OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES. 
 
 PREPARED rOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
 
 BY 
 
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 WASHINGTON: 
 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
 
 JULY, ISOl. 
 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 The prcsen. "Synopsis of Xorth American Neuroptera" has 
 been prepared by Dr. Hermann Kagen of Kunigsberg (one of the 
 h.g est ].v,„g aujhontie. on this subject), at I speoLl rec uesi 
 of the Sin.tason.an Institution, from materials in considerable 
 part sapphcd by the collections of the Institution, or furnished for 
 the purpose, by correspondents, at Its request. It is hoped that 
 the pubhcauon of this work and its distribution throughout the 
 country vvdl call attention to the insects of this order, ^nd .o,„,t 
 m the collection of fuller materials, to be used hereafter in" the 
 preparation of a more perfect report. 
 
 For - e purpose of making the present work serve the purpose 
 of a report on the Neuroptera of the i\ew World, a list .the 
 names of the known South American species has been added! 
 thT "Vf^^,^7«'^°* y<^' l^^en published, but descriptions of 
 them VI 1 shortly be presented to the world by Dr. Ilagen in some 
 one ot the German scientific journals. 
 
 The manuscript of this work was furnished by Dr. Ila-en in 
 Latin and it has been translated into English by Mr. P 1\ Uhler 
 of Baltimore To him, .nd to Baron R. Osten Sacken, the Insti- 
 tution ,s under obligations for the careful examination and cor- 
 rection of the proof sheets. 
 
 JOSEPH HENRY, 
 
 <!„,.„ T Secretary S. I. 
 
 Wasuiagton, June, ISGl. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 TriE following Synopsis of the Neuroptcra of North America 
 has been prepared '!i! accordance with the desire of the Smithsonian 
 Institution, and contains all the known species found hitherto in 
 the United States, in the English and Russian colonies, Mexico, 
 Central America, and the West Indies. Many species described 
 originally as belonging to the last-named countries, may hereafter 
 be found in the southern parts of the United States. 
 
 The materials upon which the Synopsis has been based are the 
 following: — 
 
 1. Specie: furnished by the Smithsonian Institution, chiefly 
 Odonata, collected by Capt. J. Pope, U. S. A., on the Pecos River, 
 Westcn Texas (lat. 32°, long. 104°), by Dr. Berlandier and Lr. 
 Couch, U. S. A., at Matamoras, and by Dr. Engelmann at St. 
 Louis. 
 
 2. The very numerous species collected by Baron Osten Sacken 
 in different parts of the United States, particularly at Washington, 
 at Trenton Falls, at Savannah and Dalton in Georgia, at Berkeley 
 Springs in Virginia, in Florida, in Cuba, on the St. Lawrence 
 River, and at Chicago. 
 
 o. A considerable number of Odonata, collected by Mr. Abbot 
 in Georgia, and furnished by the late Mr. Escher-Zollickofer of 
 Zurich. 
 
 4. A considerable number of Odonata, collectcc" by the late Mr. 
 Guex at Bergen Ilill in New Jersey, and communicated by Prof. 
 Sohaura of Berlin. 
 
 5. A considerable number of Neuroptcra from California, Ma- 
 ryland, Illinois, and North Red Iviver (from Mr. Robert Kcnni- 
 colt), furnished by Mr. P. R. Uhler of Baltimore. 
 
 6. Some species collected in Florida by Mr. Norton, and at 
 New York by Mr. Calverly. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 1. Otl.or species collected in South Carolina by Mr. Zimmer- 
 mann and furnished by the late Prof. Gcrmar of Halle 
 
 scrlLufvT" f'^T^''^"' ''"'"'"""^^ '''' '''''' «f ^^^■"^''-". de- 
 la" Mr. Say ™"^^"' ^"' ^^'"^ ^P^-'^ ^-•-^-'^ ^^ the 
 
 11. Many species collected in the Russian colonies and in Cali- 
 orn.. con.nnn.ated by Mr. Menetries fro. the Imperial Musel 
 
 of bt. Petersburg, and by Colonel Motschulsky 
 
 12. The Neuroptera of Xorth America of the Museum at Ber 
 lin, furnished by ])r. Gerstaecker. 
 
 13. The Neuroptera of North America of the Museum at Vi 
 enna, communicated by Mr. Kollar. ^viustum at Vi- 
 
 r!^ ?^ ^Y''^'^''^ «f ^^^orth America of the collection of the 
 Baron Selys Longchamps at Liege, with the types described by 
 M ssrs. ambur, Latreille. Palisot de B^auvois. contained in Ser- 
 vile's collection, and some supplied by Mr. Asa Fitch 
 
 15. Some types, chieHy from Labrador, described by Mr. Bur- 
 
 moKster and contained in the collection of Mr. Sommer at Altona 
 
 U. 1 he very great number of Xeuroptera of the British Museum 
 
 n Lo don, described by Mr. Fr. Walker, chiefly from Canada and 
 
 the polar regions, which I examined at London in 1857, with t e 
 
 kind permission of Dr. J. E. (Jray. 
 
 I have endeavored to cite the literature of the subject as com- 
 Pletoly as possible. Besides the printed works, I have taken ad- 
 vantage of written communications made by Mr. Ilaldeman and 
 Mr. Uhler on those species, which had been described by them The 
 rarememoir of the late Mr. Say, "Godman's Westeni Quartei y 
 
 copy kindly communicated by Baron Osten Sacken 
 
 An exclamation mark (!) has been added to every species con- 
 
 mlnalon! "'^ °''" '°"''"°"' '' "^"'"''^"^ ^^ ''' ^''''' ""'"''^^ '^^' 
 
 Where an (I) has been added to the name of the author, I have 
 seen the types which he described. 
 
 The foregoing statements show that the Synopsis has been prin- 
 cipally composed from species which I myself have examined, and 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 Vii 
 
 which can be considered as undoubtedly fixed. Tliere are, how- 
 ever, some, especially from the British Museum, which are not 
 entirely certain, the time I could spend at London not being suffi- 
 cient to determine all the species. The number, however, of spe- 
 cies mentioned iu the Synopsis not examined by myself is but 
 small. 
 
 I have added a Catalogue of all the species of South American 
 IS'europtera hitherto described, and of the new species contained 
 in my collection. All the yet undescribed species have been added 
 to the present Catalogue, as their publication, which has already 
 partly been eQected (GomphidiB), will soon be terminated. 
 
 There can be no doubt that the species named in the Synopsis 
 and in the Catalogue constitute only a fraction of the Neurop- 
 terous Fauna of America; may its incompleteness be soon shown 
 by a multitude of new discoveries. 
 
 PR. II. IIAGEX. 
 
 KoK.N-in-JDERC, Sth April, ISO'O. 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 1 
 
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 Advertisement 
 
 
 
 . iv 
 
 Preface 
 
 
 
 
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 Table of Content* .... 
 
 
 
 
 . ix 
 
 Authorities 
 
 
 
 
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 Nortli American Neuroptera 
 
 
 
 
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 South American Neuroptera 
 
 
 
 
 . xvi 
 
 Analytical tables 
 
 
 
 
 . six 
 
 Synopsis of Nortl> American Neuroptera 
 
 
 
 
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 PSEUDONEUROPTERA . 
 
 
 
 
 xix, 1 
 
 Fam. I. Teumitina 
 
 
 
 
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 Fam. II. Embidina 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 Fam. III. PsociNA 
 
 
 
 
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 Fam. IV. Perlina 
 
 
 
 
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 Fam. V, Ei'iiEMERiNA . 
 
 
 
 
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 Fam. VI.* Odonata 
 
 
 
 
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 Tribe I. Agrioninj 
 
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 Sub-fam. I. Calopterygiua 
 
 
 
 56 
 
 Sub-fam. II. Agrionina . 
 
 
 
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 Legion I. PseuJostigmata 
 
 
 
 62 
 
 Legion II. Agrionina 
 
 
 
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 Tribe II. Aesclinina 
 
 
 
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 Sub-fam. III. Gomphina . 
 
 
 
 9S 
 
 Sub fam. IV. Aeschnina . 
 
 
 
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 Tribe III. Libollulina . 
 
 
 
 132 
 
 Sub-fam. V. Cordulina . 
 
 
 
 132 
 
 Sub-fam. VI. Libellulina 
 
 
 
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 NEUROPTERA 
 
 
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 X, 18, 
 
 F-'m. VII. SlALI.VA . , , , 
 
 
 
 187 
 
 Fam. VIII. Hemeuo'jiva 
 
 
 
 106 
 
 Fam. IX. Pasokpi;: i 
 
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 * Erroneously given as Fiim. V. on p. .Vi, 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
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 Fam. X. Phryoanina 
 
 Sub-fam. I. Pluyganides 
 Sub-fain. II. LiiuTiopliilides 
 Sub-fnin. III. fcericostoinitk-d 
 Sub-fam. IV. Leptocerides 
 Sub-fam. V. Hydropsythides 
 
 Li,t of South American Neuroptera. 
 rSDUDONEUROPTERA. 
 
 Fam. I. Termitina . 
 Fam. II. Emuidfna . 
 Fanio III. Psocina . [ 
 Fam. IV. Pi;i(LiNA . 
 Fam. V. Ei'HEMERixA 
 Fam. VI Odoxata . 
 Tribe I. Agrionina 
 
 Sub-fam. I. Calopteryg 
 Sub-fam. II. Agrioniua 
 Tribe II. Aeschuina 
 
 Sub-fam. III. Gomphina 
 Sub-fam. IV. Aeschnina 
 Tribe III. Libellulina . 
 Sub-fam. V. Cordulina 
 Sub-fam. VI. Libelluliua 
 NEUROPTERA. 
 
 Fam. VII. SiALixA 
 
 Fam. VIII. Hemerodina 
 
 Fam. IX. Panokpina . 
 
 Fam. X. Phkyganina 
 List of genera of Nor'h American Neuroptera . 
 Distribution of species of do. . 
 
 List of genera of South American Neuroptera .* 
 
 Summary 
 
 Glossary . . . _ 
 
 Index . . • • • . 
 
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 Corrections and additions 
 
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 x\UTlI01UTIES. 
 
 NORTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 
 Bart i-a 111, John.— Observcations on the Dragon-Fly, or Libellula of 
 Pennsylvania. Philos. Transact. 1750, XLVI, 323. Observations 
 npon the Metamorphosis of the Odouata in general. 
 
 lllau chard, Emile.— Histoire naturello des Insectes, etc. Paris, 
 1840, 1841, etc. 3 vols. 150 pi. Contains description of some 
 typical forms from N. America, but no new species. 
 
 Les planches dans Cuvier regne animal, edit. Masson, 1830—1846, 
 
 8vo. Corydalis cornuta and Chauliodcs p(ctinicornis are figured in 
 this work. 
 
 Browne, Patrice.— The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica. 
 London, 1789 (175G), fol. pp. 437. Four species of Odonata are 
 mentioned: "1. Tota viridis ; 2. Fusca tenuis, ad oculos et anum 
 coeruleo-nitens ; 3. Maxima rufula, pectore crassiori ; 4. Tenuior 
 tota coerulea. Tliese insects are very common in Jamaica." 
 
 Burmeister, nernianii.— Handbuch dor Entomologie. Neurop- 
 tera, II, P.irt I. Berlin, 1839, Svo. 60 species from N. America 
 are described in this work ; 36 of them are new. 
 
 Zoologischer Hand Atlas. Berlin, 1836— 1843. Fol., 41 pi. Termcs 
 
 Jlaviprs and its nympha are figured. (I have examined the types 
 of Mr. Burmeister.) 
 
 Coiiuebert, Ant. Joh.— Illustratio iconographica insectorum quje 
 in museis parisinis observavit J. C. Fabricius. Paris, 1799—1804. 
 Fol., 30 pi. Librllula cpoiiina figured. 
 
 Cnrtis, .lohn.— Description of the Insects brought home by Com- 
 mander James Clark. Ross's Second Voyage. App. Nat. Hist. 1831, 
 4to. — pi. Tiiiodci hirlipvs described. 
 
 Driiry, I)re%v.— Illustrations of Natural History, etc. London, 1770 
 —1782, 4to. 3 vols. (ed. Westwood, 1837). Several species are 
 figured and described. 
 
 Duncan, .f.— Introduction to Entomology. London, 1840. Svo., —pi. 
 Lib( llula axilhna figured by Mr. Westwood. 
 
 
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 AUTHORITIES. 
 
 Ericlisou, Fr. W.— Beitraege zu einor Mono^rapliie von Mantispa. 
 Gerinar's Zeitschrift f. Entomologie, 1839, 8vo. I, Part I, 147-173, 
 1 pi. Contains three species. 
 
 Insekten in Schomburgk's Reise in Onyana, 1848, 8vo. III. Con- 
 tains several species from the West Indies. 
 Falil'iciu^, J. €.— Kntomologia Systematica et Supplementa. Haf- 
 ni.'o, 171)12— 17<)8, 8vo. 5 vols. Seventeen species are described, 
 nine of them are new. (The same are contained in the works 
 previously published by this author, viz: Systema Entomologi^e, 
 ■ _17/r. ; Species Insectorura, 1781 ; and Mantissa Insectornm, 1787.) 
 Fauriciiis, Otto.— Fauna Groenlandica. Ilafnite, 1780, 8vo. Contains 
 Lib, Hula vir;io (erroneously), /%r</5a//m rhomhica, Termes divina- 
 torium. See Schioedte. 
 litcli, Asa.-First Report on the Noxious, Beneficial, and other Insects 
 of the State of New York. Albany, l8r.5, 8vo. Thirty-six species 
 of ( firysopina and ILmrrobina are described, mostly new. 
 
 Winter Insects of eastern New York, from Dr. Kmmons' .Journal of 
 
 Agriculture and Science, 1847, vol. v, p. 274. Contains two spe- 
 cies of B,m us and two of Pirla new to science. 
 »e CJeer, Charles.— Memoires pour servir k I'histoire des insectes. 
 Stockholm, 4to, 1752-1778, 7 vols. Four species are described, 
 two of them new. 
 Giebel, C. G.— Fauna der Vorwelt, etc. Leipzig, 8vo. 1856. T. II, P. 
 I, Insecta. Trrmrs ihhilis included in gum Auim6, described' by 
 Frof. Heer, erroneously, as a succinic insect. 
 Gosse.-Canadian Naturalist. I have not seen this work, which contains 
 
 two new PteronarcijH. 
 Gray, C;. R.— In E. Griffith's Animal Kingdom. London, 1824—1833. 
 
 8vo. 16 vols. Contains some new species. 
 Gueriii-MeneviWe, F. E.-Icouographie du Regne animal. I have 
 
 not seen this wok, which contains one new Palingenia. 
 Ouilciiiig, taiidsdowne.-The generic characters of Formicaleo, 
 with the description of two new species (from the West Indies). 
 Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1829, vol. xvi, p. 47. 
 Ilageii, U.— Monographie von Termes in Linnaia, X, XII, XIV. 1855— 
 1860. 
 
 Revue desOdonates; Monographie des Calopterygines ; Monogra- 
 
 pluo des Gomphines. (cf. Selys Longchamps.) 
 Haldcmaii.-Description of the Agrion ven<ri-notatum. Proceed. Acad. 
 
 Pliilad. 1844. T,rmes niijriceps, ibid. 1853, June. 
 
 Con/dalus cornutus. Journ. Acad. Boston, 1848, with plates. 
 Hams, Dr. T. W.— A Treatise on some of the Insects of New England 
 
 wliich are injurious to Vegetation. Boston, 1852. I regret mach 
 
 not to have seen this excellent work. Contains one Chnjsopa. 
 Ileer, O — Die Insectenfauna der Tertiaergebilde von Oeuiugeu und 
 
 J 
 
)n Mantispa. 
 I, 147—173, 
 
 0. III. Con- 
 
 lenta. Haf- 
 e described, 
 n the works 
 'ntomologiae, 
 >rnni, 1787.) 
 
 0. Contains 
 nnrs divina- 
 
 ither Insects 
 if-six species 
 
 !W. 
 
 ' Journal of 
 13 two spe- 
 cs insectes. 
 I described, 
 
 1. T. II, P. 
 jscribed by 
 
 ch contains 
 
 824—1833. 
 
 al. I have 
 
 ''ormicaleo, 
 st Indies). 
 
 V. 1855— 
 
 Monogra- 
 
 eed. Acad. 
 
 ates. 
 
 r- England, 
 
 gret mach 
 
 ijsiipa. 
 ngeu und 
 
 AUTHORITIES. ^.jjj 
 
 Radoboj. Leipzig, 1849, 4to. T. II. Contains Tcrmes dcbilis as 
 suicinic insect (included in Gum Anim6). 
 Kil-by, W.-Fauna boreali-Auiericana, etc. Norwich, 1837 4to Con 
 tains a List of arctic Insects, Libellula viryo and Phn„janra rhom- 
 Z'T ^: ^^^'^'^^'' ^"J 'I'i'x^^les hirtipes from J. Curtis ; besides 
 p. Zo^ tlie descriptions of four species taken in lat. 65-68. A nrion 
 ^«.//« probably erroneously determined, and three new species, 
 Prrla Incaudata (erroneously), Lhnnephilus nebulosus ^nd femoralisl 
 the descriptions are very incomplete. 
 ^^'^^yf^^^'^^-'-^^ouogrniMe der Panorpatae. Act. Acad. Berolin. 
 lt.ib, 4to., 1 plate. Contains five species, three new ones from N. 
 America. 
 
 KoIenaH, F.-Genera et Species Trichopterorum. Part I Prague 
 
 1848, 4to. Contains three species from Greenland, Labrador, and 
 
 N. America, one of them new. 
 Systematisches Verzeichniss der dem Verfasser bekannten Phry- 
 
 gan.den und deren Synonymik. Wien. Entom. Monatschrift, T. 
 
 in, l«o9, p. 15. Contains the names of six species from N. Ame- 
 
 nca, four of them new. 
 
 Genera et Species Trichopterorum. Part IL Nouv. Memoir, de la 
 
 hoc. Impor. cles Naturalistes b, Moscou. 1859, T. XI 4 I luave 
 not seen this work, which contains the descriptions of the species 
 mentioned in the foregoing work. 
 
 Kollar, V.-Naturgeschichte der schaedliehen Insekten. Wien 1837 
 4to. Contains Tennes flavipes, injurious in the warmhouses of 
 Schoenbrunn and Vienna. This description has been omitted in 
 the translation of this work by Mr. Loudon. 
 
 Lafi-eille, P.-IIistoire naturelle, etc. des Insectes. Paris, 8vo. 1792 
 — loUo, vol. xiv. 
 
 Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum. Paris, 4to. 1806-1809 vol 
 IV. Some species from N. Anr.erica are described, but none of 
 tliem are new. 
 
 Leidy, J.-Internal Anatomy of Corydalus cornutus in its three stages of 
 existence (with Haldeman). ^ 
 
 tichtenstein.-Catalogus muse! ditissimi (Holthuisen). Hamburg, 
 1796, 8vo. Part III. Contains one new Ephemera. ^' 
 
 Linne, C.-Systema Natur.^ ed. XII. 1767, 8vo. Contains three spe- 
 cies from N. America, two of which are described previously 7n 
 Centuria Insector. 1763, 4to., or in Amoenit. Acad., vol. vi. T^e 
 ed. xiii, oy Mr. Gmelin, contains several species described by dif- 
 ferent authors. "^ 
 
 V. MotscliHlsky, V._Two species of Termes from N. America are 
 mentioned in the Etudes Eutomologiques, T. IV. I find mentioned 
 Etudes VIII, p. 11, two species of Phrjganina from N. America 
 Lrptoaraflrxuosa Haldeman, and L.piocera S-maculata Haldeman. 
 I do not know if, or where, these species are described. 
 
 ^*i 
 
 m 
 
X17 
 
 AUTHORITIES, 
 
 \i 
 
 ^'cwilinn, K.— Several Bpecies, chiefly Perlina, nre deHcrilicd in Ento- 
 mological Magaz., vol. v, and iu Annala of Nat. History, vol. xiii, 
 by this author. 
 
 Newiiorf, «.- On the Oenus Pteronarcys. Trans. Linn. Soc. Loud., 
 vol. XX, and Annals of Nat. Ili.stor., vol. xiii, contains, moreover, 
 some species of I'erlina. 
 
 Olivier, <;.— Kncydopedio nu'thodique, vol. vii, 4to. Some species of 
 N. America are described by this author. 
 
 PaliHOt lleauvois.— Insecte.s reeueillis en Afri<iue et en Am('ri(iue. 
 Paris, 18(15— 1S21, fol. Three species are described by this author. 
 
 I"erty, M.— Delectus animalium articulatorum, etc. Monachiie, 18:i(t, 4to. 
 One species of Termes from the West Indies has been described. 
 
 Pictet, F.— llistoire naturelle, etc. des insectes Neuropteres. Part I, 
 Perlides; Part II, Ephemerines. Geneve, 1S41— 1845, 8vo., with 
 pl. color. Numerous species are figured and described in this flrst- 
 rate work. 
 
 Reichenlmcli.-Volks-naturgeschichte. IWmcs JIavipes has been 
 figured in this work. 
 
 RanilMli-, P.— llistoire naturelle des Neuropteres. Paris, 1842 8vo. 
 with plates (forms a part of the Suites il Buffon, published by Ro- 
 ret). Numerous species are perfectly described, mostly new. 
 
 Say, TU. — Descriptions of insects belonging to the order Ncuroptera 
 Linn. Latr., collected by the expedition authorized by J. C. Cal- 
 houn, etc. under the command of Major S. II. Long, in (lodman's 
 Western Quarterly Reporter, 1823, vol. ii. No. 2, article iv, pp. 160, 
 16r). This very rare woik contains I'our species of Phryganina, 
 three Ephemerina, one Myrmeleon, one Blttacus, and four Perliua,' 
 well described. 
 
 Nine Species of Neuroptera (three Ephem., one Ascalaphus, two 
 
 Hemerob., one Chauliodes, two Phrygan.), in Heating's narrative 
 of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, etc., under the 
 command of Major Long. Philadelphia, 1824, 8vo., vol. ii, p. 205. 
 
 American Entomology, vol. ii, 182l, 8vo. Contains six figures (two 
 
 Mantispa and four Phryganea), described and figured. 
 
 Descriptions of new N. American Neuropterous Insects, and obser- 
 vations on some already described by (the late) Th. Say. .Journ. 
 Acad, of Nat. Sci. of Philadelphia, 18;3!), vol. viii, Part I, p. <)— 4g! 
 Contains the descriptions of forty-nine species (ten Aeschna. twen- 
 ty-one Libellula, three Calopteryx, three Lestes, four Agiion, four 
 Baetis, one Ephemera, two Formicaleo, one Chrysopa), mostly new 
 to science. Unfortunately the work of Prof. Burmeister was pub- 
 lished at the same time and contains some species described by 
 Mr. Say under different names. 
 
 Savigiiy, J. C— Description de I'Egypte. Paris, 1825, fol. Contains 
 the figure of one species of Libellula (L.Jlavcsccs), found iu N. 
 America. 
 
AUTHORITIES. 
 
 zr 
 
 ilictl in Ento- 
 tory, vol. xiil, 
 
 1. Soc. Lond., 
 ns, niort'ovor, 
 
 mo species of 
 
 en Am('ri(juo. 
 >' tlii.s nuthor. 
 uio,18:j(i,4to. 
 1 ilesciibed. 
 ires. I'iirt I, 
 5, 8vo., with 
 I in this iirst- 
 
 cs has been 
 
 ?, 1842, 8vo., 
 ished by Ho- 
 ly new. 
 I' Nciuroptera 
 by J. C. Cal- 
 :n Godman'8 
 iv, pp. 160, 
 I'liryganina, 
 four Terlina, 
 
 alaphus, two 
 ,''s narrative 
 ;., under the 
 >1. ii, p. 205. 
 iigures (two 
 
 I, and obser- 
 iay. Journ. 
 I, p. 0—46. 
 clma, twen- 
 Agrion, four 
 mostly new 
 er was pub- 
 escribed by 
 
 . Contains 
 bund in N. 
 
 Scluot'dtcN .1. C.-Arthropodon Oroenlands, in Rink, goographiseL.r, 
 etc '".;c.hr,„n.ng Oroenlands and in Uerlin Kntom. Zeitschr. 
 18.;0, t. Ill, p. 1,}4. Contains four specIeB (one Ephem., one Ilem- 
 erol)., two I'hrygan.). 
 Scl.iu.uh'.-, W, «;.-Symbol,o ad Monographiam generis Chrysopa 
 Leaoh. Vrat.slav.a3, 1851, 8vo., with plat, color. Contains seven 
 spec.es, well deseribeil a.id figured. 
 DC .Sel5s LoiiKcUamm, K._Kevue des Odonates ou Libellules 
 d Europe avec la collaboration de U. Hagen. Paris, 1850, 8vo 
 Men.o.r. Soo. R. Science de Liege, vol. vi). Two species, /Jb 
 funh.,>.ca, p. 53, and A^ri.n iJouUulajji, p. 209, are described in 
 th.s work. 
 
 Synoi)sis des Calopterygines. I^ullet. Acad. Druxelles, 1853 t xx 
 
 Monog.-aplu-o des Calopte.ygines avec collab. II. Hagen ' Paris' 
 
 1854 8vo. (Mem. Soc. R. acience de Liege, vol. ?)• Fourteen spe- 
 cies from N. America are described in this work. 
 
 Synopsis des Gomphines. Bullet. Acad. Bruxell. 1854, t. xxi 
 
 Monographie des Gomphines, avec collab. H. Hagen. Paris 1857 
 
 8vo. (Me,n. Soc. II. Science .' Liege, vol. ?). Thirty-four species' 
 Irom N. America are described in this work. 
 
 Additions au Synopsis des Caloptei-ygines. Bullet. Acad. Bruxell 
 ser. 2, 185:), T. VII, No. 7. 
 
 Additions au Synopsis des Gomphines. Bullet. Acad. Bruxell 
 ser. 2, 1859, T. VII, No. 8. "ruxeil., 
 
 Neuropt6.-es do I'isle de Cuba, de la Sagra Hist. Cuba, 1857 fol T 
 
 VII, p. 1.^3-201, or in Poey, Ins. Cuba, 8vo., p. 435-473 Con' 
 ta.ns thirty-nine species fro.n the West Indies, chiefly Odonata • 
 several of them are new to science. ' 
 
 Sloaiie, II.-A voyage to the islands Madeira, Barbadoes, Nieves. St. 
 Chnstopher s, a..d Jan.aica, with the natural history, etc. of insects. 
 London, 170,-1725, fol., 2 vols. Ten species of Libellula from 
 Jamaica have been described in this work: 1. Libellula rufa major 
 (an /.. abdominalis?) ; 2. L. rufa minor (an L. simplrxO ■ 3 L 
 maxima ccorulea aut viridis (an Aesch„a ingens?); 4. L. purpurea 
 (^Lib. discolor); 5. L. ca'rulea minor (A<jrion spec.) 
 Stephens, J F.-Illustrations of B.itish Entomology. London, 8vo., 
 1830. Mandibulata, vol. VI. Some species of European Neurop- 
 te.-a mentioned in this work have been found in N. America 
 Swederiis, X. S.-Two species of Panorpa have beendescribed by this 
 
 author, Vetensk. Acad, nya Handl. Stockholm, 17S7, T. VIII 
 Uhler, P. R.-Contributions to the Neuropterology of the United States 
 1 roceed Acad, of Nat. Sc. Philad., 1857, March, p. 87. Seven spe- 
 cies of Odonata are described. 
 Walkei-, F.-Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuroptorous Insects in 
 the Collection of the B.itish Museum. London, 8vo., Part I 18d'> 
 (Phryganides, Perlides), p. 1-192; Part II, 1853 (Sialid£e'-Ne 
 
 . 1 
 
 ' vI 
 
xd 
 
 AUTironiTlES. 
 
 mopteri.leg), p. 193-470 ; Part III, ISM (T«rmitl.lf«-Rph„m«rl,lm) 
 
 p. 477-085 ; Part IV. 185;{ (0.1.,„ata, Calopterygin™), p. m~m'. 
 
 In tliis work 234 speoioH from N. America are doHcribod; numorous 
 
 of them are new, chiefly from Canada an.l tlie Arutio regions. 
 Wesniael, C'.-Sur lea Ilemerobidos do nelKi,|ue. Uullet. Acad. Brux- 
 
 ell. 1841, vol. viii, p. 203. One Hpecies of Europe denoribed hero 
 
 ima been found in N. America. 
 West wood, J. O.— Monograph of the genus Panorpa. Trans. Entom. 
 
 SCO. Loud., vol. iv, with plates. Contains fourteen speoios from 
 
 N. America, some of them now. 
 
 On the genua Mantispa. Trans. Knt. Soo. Lond., new ser., vol. 1, 
 
 with plates. Contains throe species from N. America. 
 
 Introduction to the modern ClassifLation of Insects. London, 1840 
 
 8vo., vol. ii. Contains Termes llavipes, llgured. 
 
 Zettemteat, J. W. — Insecta Lapponica. Lii)siie, 1840, 4to. Some 
 species from Lapland have been found iu the Arctic regions of N. 
 America. 
 
 I 
 
 SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 (The authorities mentioned above for North American Neuroptera are omitted.) 
 
 "^''"''m *"/;**', *^::::^"'''^'' clu voyage dans I'AmSrique meridionale do 
 M. Alcide d'Orbigny. 4to. pi. 
 
 Insectes dans C. Gay historia flsica de Chili. Paris, 1851, 4to. I 
 
 have not seen this work; a few Neuroptera are described and 
 figured.' 
 
 Fischer von Waldhei..., «.-Notice sur quekjues Orthopteres et 
 ^europt6re9 du Brosil. Ihillot. Auad. Moscow, 1834, T. VII, p. 322 
 1 pi. col. Two Mantispa are described and ligured. ' " ' 
 
 Hageii, II.— Neuroptera von Mossambic in Peters Roise, T. IL Written 
 and printed 1853, but not yet published. Two Termes from Bra- 
 zil are described. 
 
 Monographie der Gattung Oligoneuria. Stett'n, Erfomo'. Zelt 
 
 1856, T. XVI, p. 202. 
 
 Description of Mantispa chilensis, in Stettin. Entom. Zeit. 1859 T 
 
 XX, p. 408. ' ' ' 
 
 Kirby, W.-Description of the Agrion hrighhodU in Tr. s. Linn Soc 
 London, 1825, T. XIV. 
 
 > '. '■ .-. .y-Mx row epocios are dccribea, auj most «f them Hgnrod. (0«tea Sackeu.) 
 
 m 
 
"■^fe 
 
 Jph(»m«rl(lH)), 
 
 , p. nsd— (i68. 
 
 d; nuniurons 
 regioiiH. 
 Aoad. firux- 
 BHoribed hure 
 
 r.ins. Entom. 
 specios from 
 
 tr sor., vol. i, 
 
 lOndon, 1840, 
 
 4to. Some 
 
 ■egioua of N. 
 
 AUTIiOttlTIKH, 
 
 xvH 
 
 are omitted.) 
 
 ridionale de 
 
 851, 4to. I 
 scribed and 
 
 thopteres et 
 VII, p. 322, 
 
 tl. Written 
 »s from Bra- 
 
 oinr', Zeit. 
 
 it., 1S59, T. 
 
 . Linn. See. 
 
 KoIIar, V.-HrnsiIlon9 vorzilKlich lli.tigo Insecten In Dr. Pol.l's Relie 
 in nna.siH..n Wlon. 1832. 4to. T.o Hp«cle. of Termo r 
 ncril)«d (ui<l iigurod. 
 
 PIclct, r. J.-n«Hcription . quelqueH nonvelles 08p^ce8 do Neurop- 
 t.^r«H du Musoo ,lo (luni.vo. M...... S,,.. Vhy,. (».,„6ve, 18;}(i, T VII 
 
 p. 299. /ullacu, blanahrlli and Macron, ma lin.atum are described 
 aiiil limuod. 
 
 Perclit>|-oii, A.-n„nera dos Insocto^ with pi. Paris, 1831, 8vo. (with 
 
 M. GuC-nu). One species ,.f l'aliug,.,iia has been de.scribo.l. 
 .ce'^lllH, A.-C. DeGeer genera et specios insectorum ex auotoris serin- 
 tiH extr. Lipsira, 17s3, 8vo. ^ 
 
 iteilKKei-, J.-R..ise nacli Paraguay. Aarau, 183r., 8vo. Son.o species 
 
 of Tormes have been described In this wo-k. 
 Setoa, A.-Locuplotissimi rerum natnraliu.n th...sanrl accurata descriptio 
 ot iconibus exp.essio. An.Hter.lam, 17;i4-17(J4, fol., 4 vols. Few 
 species of Odonata are figured. 
 SerTillo, A.-Les iXeuropteres, dans le t. X d 'Encyclopedic m6thodique 
 
 de M. Olivier. (Manti.pa s,mi/n/a/ina.) 
 TliniiluTg, <'. l»._Pauna aurinan.on.sis. Upsalia, 1822, 4to. 
 
 l-auna C'ayonnonais. tlpsalijn, 1823, 4to. 
 
 Fiiuna IJrasilieu.sis. Upsaliic, 1823, 4to. 
 
 F'lunaAmeric.'emeridionalis. Upsali.-e, 1823, 4to., 3 parts. I have 
 not been able to use this work, whioh contains the con.plete list of 
 
 WPI... *'" T"' '^'^- ^''- ^'""- '''"^"">- ^«'^- XVIII, p. 202.) 
 
 ;,.*;~1 ;'"''"""' entomologlca,. Kiel, 1801, 8vo. (y:^,/.,„,,« 
 
 loo/, 1. XvII, with pi. 
 
 n Savkeu.) 
 
hr n 
 
ANALYTICAL TABLE.' 
 
 SECTIONS. 
 Section I—PSEUDONEUROPTERA Eiiicns. 
 
 Mandibulate insects with an incomplete metamorphosis (active pupa) • 
 lower hp mostV cleft ; four membranaceous, reticulate 211 frar 1' 
 
 then Z r-7 ""^^ °^ ^^^^'-^'^ = -'— -tJ-r subu a e at5 
 then the tarsi three- to five-articulate, or 3etiform. or filiform in 
 which case the tarsi are two- to four-articulate ' 
 
 Section II.-NEUROPTERA Erichs. 
 
 Mandibuhate insects with complete metamorphosis (inactive pupa) • 
 rr wiir^"^-""" '"«"^^— °-. -^re'or less retic ri 3 
 
 i^™ ,'!'^'.^''^''^Vr ^"""''''*^ = ''''' five-articulate. 
 PAMiLiE..-^,„/^„a, //e,„e.o6.-„a, Panorpina, Phryganina. 
 
 FAMILIES. 
 Four or two distinct wings ; 
 Antenna) inconspicuous, subulate, short and slender. 
 
 17Z "' '"'"'" ""'^ "^^^^^ °' "^« ^^-« '-«^'^ ^ *-- triarti- 
 P^ior Wings either smaller or wanting; tar^T^Ztr fi:^^,. 
 
 .nt^e^U, eonspicuous, seti.rm. fili.r::;:.:'::^^. 
 
 Tarsi two- or three-articulate ; 
 Wings equal. _ ., „ 
 
 . Fam. II, EjiniDiNA. 
 
 Biout of the families. " "' '""' *" ""' "'•"'"« "' "^ ""'"''"I arrange- 
 
 ' ,-( 
 
 ^* r"^ 5"^ 
 
 ^4 
 
 l-l 
 
 |j, i 
 
 
 I fli 
 
zx 
 
 SYNOPSIS OP NEUUOPTERA. 
 
 Wings unequal. 
 Posterior wings smaller. Fam. III. Psocina (in part). 
 
 Posterior wings broader, or at least of the same size with the 
 anterior ones. Pani. IV. Perlina (in part). 
 
 Tarsi four-articulate; wings equal. F;uu. I. Teumitina (iu part). 
 Tarsi five- (sometimes apparently four-articulate). 
 Posterior wii;g3 with no anal space ; not folded. 
 
 Mouth more or less rostra.ed. Fain. IX. Paxoupina (in part). 
 Mouth not rostrated (at the utmost only conical). 
 
 Fam. VIII. Hemerobin'A. 
 Posterior wings with a folded anal space. ' 
 
 Wings reticulate. Pam. VII. Siamna. 
 
 Transverse veins rather few. Fam. X. Piiryoanixa (in p^.r*). 
 
 Apterous, or with rudimentary wings , 
 Mouth rostrated. 
 Mouth not rostrated. 
 Tarsi five-articulate. 
 Tarsi four-aiticulate. 
 Tarsi three-articulate. 
 
 Apterous, or with two rudimentary wings of a leathery substance. 
 
 Fam. III. Psocina (in part). 
 Four rudimentary wings, still with distinct neuration. 
 
 Fam. IV. Perlina (in part). 
 
 Fam. IX. Panokpina (in part). 
 
 Fam. X. Piiryganina (in part). 
 Fam. I. Termitina (in part). 
 
 1 Tlio aiuil spaco is absoiU iu a (evr IVmj'jaHina. 
 
NEFROPTEKA 
 
 NORTH AMERICA 
 
 at 
 
 1 
 
 Section I. PSETTDONEUEOPTERA. 
 Fam. I. TERMITIXA. 
 
 ^ , , ovate; head free: ^ 
 
 branaceous, deciduous ; tarsi 4-articulate. 
 
 Body depressed, ovate; head free; wings equal, mem- 
 
 CALOTERMES IIagex. 
 Head small, two ocelli ; prothorax large, transverse, oblono- • 
 costal area veined ; tarsi furnished with an apical plautula. ° ' 
 1. C. castaneus ! 
 
 '"'mum., n. /04, ,5 — Termes antieus Walk.] Catal noo 
 .31.— im/K's r/((0'?(wf(/(c Walk.: Catnl 5-^«! q^ r'..i , ' "' " 
 
 Ha- ' Linn XT! 1^1,^ ■ r I ' ^^^— '^"'o'"'"'- caslancus 
 
 iia,.. i.inn. XII, 38, 1 ; tab. n, fig. 2 ; tab. iii, fig. o. 
 
 Chestnut-color, beneath, antenn.c and feet luteous ; the wino-s 
 tuiged with brown, margin and costal veins infuscate; head eliin! 
 t.cal ; prothorax quadrangular, anteriorly a little sinnated; medi n 
 nervule approaching the subcostal one, its apex bifurcated. 
 / <n: Smaller, palo, wings hyaline. (Cuba, St. Domin-o ) 
 Length to tip of wings 13-20 millimetres. Length "of'bodv 
 b— b millim. Expanse of wings 23— 3G miljim 
 
 /lab. San Francisco. California (Chamisso); Honduras (Miller) • 
 Guafmalu (T)oby); Cuba; Porto-Rico; St. Domingo, Port- -' 
 Prince (Lhronberg) ; Columbia, Venezuela (Moritl Apn • 
 Brazd (Olfors); Rio (Schott) ; St. Leopoldo ; C lie I of 
 France (?). Collection of de Selys Longchamps. ' 
 
 Not.. An exclamation point aftc-r tho specific name at the bead of an 
 rt c e sl>^s tba tbo ,b.scnptioa ba. been ,ua,le b, tbe autbo. ^:Z ^,;:. 
 
 ^4™ . 
 
 m 
 
 -m 
 

 *' 
 
 ^ NEUUOPTEaA OF NOHTII AMERICA. 
 
 2. C. marginipennis ! 
 
 Tcrnus m„r,jini,„nHe Latr.! Humboldt, Recueil, 11, 111; tab xxxix 
 fig. 8.-2Vm. mexicanu. Walker! Catal. ,WS, m.-i'aloUrm.' mar- 
 (jinipuinis Hag.! Linn. XII, 47, (i ; XIV, 10(». 
 
 Fulvous, beneath, anteniuc and feet lutcous ; win-s whitisli 
 margin and costal veins yellowish ; head square ; prothorax square' 
 anteriorly emarginate ; median and suljcostal veins sei)arated 
 
 A smaller specimen from San Diego does not differ in colorin- 
 
 \^ar. Smaller, fuliginous, beneath, antenmu and feet fuscous"- 
 
 wings dirty-fuscous, margin and costal veins infuscate, (California ) 
 
 Length to lip of wings -18— 19 millimetres. Bodv 7-8 millim 
 Expanse of wings 31 millim. 
 
 Hah. Mexico (Humboldt, Muehlenpford, Deppe) ; Cuantla 
 (Saussirre) ; San Francisco and San Diego, California. 
 
 3. C. posticus ! 
 
 CuloterniM posticus Hag.! Limi. XII, 07, 15. 
 
 Piceous, base of the anteniuc and feet bright yellow ; wind's 
 
 ; head square ; prothorax oblong. ' ° 
 
 Length of body 4| millim. 
 Hah. St. Thomas "(Moritz). 
 
 4. C. brevis ! 
 
 Ten,^ oreris Walk.! Catal. 524, 33-7^n.. i,uleclsus Walk.! Catal. 524, 
 
 ,«■;;?"■ Jl!''''-'''^'' '^^'■■^"^■! (i" l"-^''t) Catal. 5()2, 1 (Imago), 5(i;? 
 (Sohhev).-Tem. lucifu^jus Walk, (in part)! Catal. 505, 3.-C«/o 
 
 s;.x;v:";!r""-'"'^^'^^^"^-"'^^-^=*^^-^"'%-- 
 
 Fulvous, beneath, antenna) and feet pale ; wings hyalino .ostal 
 veins_ yellowish,, linear, head square; prothorax large, ol^lono- 
 anteriorly emarginate; median nervure distant, curved before the 
 apex, united to the subcostal one. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Body 4 millim. Expanse of 
 wings 16 millim. ^ ' 
 
 Hab. Mexico (Deppe), Vera-Cruz (Salle); Central America; 
 J..maica (Gosso); Cuba (Poeppig, Osten Sacken) ; St. Thomas 
 (Moritz) St. Fo de Bogota; Brazil (Olfers, Schott, batterer 
 kuemmel). ' 
 
 The variety from Mexico has the median nervure, sometimes not 
 curved, nor joined to the subcostal one. Is it a distinct species ? 
 
 # 
 
 V 
 
 2 
 
 n 
 ri 
 
 ?H: 
 
 sm 
 1. 
 
 ( 
 
 bro 
 
TERMOPSIS— TEU.MES, 
 
 8 
 
 tab, xxxix, 
 lolcrm. mur- 
 
 ?s whitisli, 
 
 I'ax square, 
 
 rated. 
 
 II coloring. 
 
 t fuscous ; 
 
 .'alitbruia.) 
 
 -8 inilliiii. 
 
 ; Cuantla 
 
 ; wings 
 
 Catal. 524, 
 nago), r)(i;5 
 , 3.— Cn/o- 
 . iii, lig. [i, 
 
 no, costal 
 
 oblong, 
 
 efore the 
 
 cpansc of 
 
 America ; 
 
 Tiiouias 
 
 Vatterer, 
 
 imesnot 
 species ? 
 
 1 
 
 TERMOPSIS Heer. 
 Head large ; ocelli absenf^ prothorax small ; costal area veined ; 
 tarsi with an apical plantula. 
 
 1. T. angusticollis ! 
 
 Termes casta, . Walk.! Catal. 50(5, 4.-Tenuops. a„,usticolUs Ha^M 
 Lmn. XII, ,5,1; tab. ii, fig. 1 ; tab. iii, (Igs. 6,41. Linn. XIV, 
 
 Eufous, beneath paler, month infuscate ; wings dusky hyaline 
 costal veins rufous; head oval, flat; prothorax small, semicircular' 
 
 Length to tip of wings 26 millim. Body 11 millim. Expanse 
 of wings 40 millim. 
 
 J/ctb. Louisiana (Pfeiffor) ; San Francisco, California (Ilart- 
 wcg) ; Ft. Steilacoom, Tuget Sound (Dr. Suckley). 
 
 2. T. occidentis ! 
 
 Ten.cs occuhnu^ Walk.! Catal. 529, 41. -Tennops. occidentis Hag.' 
 Linn. XII, 7/, 2 ; tab. i, fig. 8. Linn. XIV, lol. ' 
 
 _ Soldier. Fulvous, broad, head thick, rounded; prothorax ante- 
 riorly strongly omarginate ; meso- and metathorax with the poste- 
 rior angles produced. 
 
 Length of body 14 millim. 
 Hub. AVest coast of Central America (Wood), 
 The genus of this species is doubtful; it may, uerhaps, be Ter- 
 mopsis angusticollis Ilagen. 
 
 TERMES LiNJT. 
 ITead large, roun-lcd, two ocelli ; prothorax heart-shaped, 
 small ; costal area free ; plantula absent. 
 
 1. T. flavipes ! 
 
 Tennr^jlnripos Kollar! Naturgosch. schadl. Ins. 411. Eurm. II, 768 14 
 
 dtTNr it'; !'":'"''"' ''''• -^^^''' ««^- ^' 1^- ^V-tw.! In'tro! 
 Xw\!r \, : ^^""'' «g-^- 12, H 15. Hag.! Linn. Xlf, 182, 2a ; 
 ■ Jt ; ^!-; -»1-1^ Volk.naturgesch, fig. eol, Latr. DicUon. 
 p '"^^- "''\- ^^,^"- ^ '-'•""'■'•• fiontale Ilaldem.! (teste Osten Sacken), 
 Proc. Acad. I'hllad. 1844, II, 55. '' 
 
 Chestnut color; head and prothorax black-brown; antennae 
 brownish, annulatcd with pale ; mouth, tibia, and tarsi yellow ; 
 
 to*.' 
 
4 NEUROI'TEUA OF N'OUTH AMERICA. 
 
 wings whitish, a little roughciied, costal veins yellowish ; head 
 quadrangnlar, flat, with a distinct fovea in the middle, ocelli dis- 
 tant, prothorax cordiform. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Body 5 niillim. Expanse of 
 wings IC millim. 
 
 Hah. U. S. (Bose, Bcauvois, Schaiun) ; Cleveland, Ohio (Le 
 Conte) ; Cincinnati ; Paduca (AEotscluilsky) ; Pennsylvania (Hal- 
 deman) ; Maryland (Uhler) ; Washington (Osten Sacken) ; Caro- 
 lina (Ziiumonnan) ; Entaw, Alabama; Florida (Osten Sacken); 
 Mexico, Matamorus, Tamaulipas (Conch) ; Europe (Plant-houses 
 of Schonbrunn, Kollar). 
 
 Specimens from Florida are smaller and paler, but not distinct. 
 
 2. T. morio ! 
 
 Termas morio Latr.! Hist. Nat. XIII, GO, 3. Diet. d'Ju'st. iiat. XXII, 3. 
 Bm-m! II, 7(57, 11. Ilagen ! Linn. XII, 201, 34; tab. iii, li^^ 2!). 
 Linn. XIV, 122 — I'enncs corn'ujcm Motscluilsky ! Etudes Entom 
 IV, 10. 
 
 Pitchy-black ; antenna), mouth, feet and venter yellowish ; wings 
 opaque, blackish-gray, costal veins black-brown ; head flat, quad- 
 rangular, a bifid impressed line upon the middle; ocelli large, 
 distant ; prothorax small, semicircular. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12—14 millim. Body 5 to G millim. 
 Expanse of wings 22 — 25 millim. 
 
 Hah. (Juatimala (Sivers); Panama (^Eotschulsky); St. Domingo 
 (Ehrenberg); Porto-llico (Moritz) ; .Alartinique; Venezuela (Mo- 
 ritz, Appun) ; 8antarem, Brazil (Bates). 
 
 Xasnti and workers from Matanzas, Cuba (Osten Sacken), seem 
 to belong here. 
 
 3. T. debilis ! 
 
 Termer dchilk Ileer ! Insektenfauna der Tertiiirgebilde 11,35, 10; tab. 
 iii, lig. (J (containud in gum copal). Ciielx;!, Fauna der Vorwolt, II, 
 '■l^->.— Teniu:s morio Eurm. (in part) II, 7(J7, 11.— 7". dehilis Ilag.l 
 Linn. Xil, 205, 38 ; tab. iii, lig. 30. 
 
 IJrownish-black, antenmic annulated with white ; mouth, feet 
 and middle of the venter yellowish ; wings opaque, blackish-gray, 
 costal veins fuseous ; head convex, square, an impressed point 
 upon the middle ; ocelli small, approaching the eyes ; prothorax 
 small, rounded. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8^ millim. Body 3^ millim. Expanse 
 of wings IG millim. 
 
 6. 
 
 aSi^iliMflHHBlfliSi^ 
 
TERMES. 
 
 
 IM, Porto-r.ico (Moritz); Brazil, Congonhas (Durmeister) 
 1< reqiu'utly found in gmu copal. 
 
 4. T. Rippertii ! 
 
 Termrs Iil/,p,rlii Ramb.! Neuropt. 308, ir).-Walk.' Catal S^O 4- 
 
 XIV, llS.-ytmfA- (/e.9?r«c/or Perty ! Delect. 127; tab. xxv, lig. 9. 
 Forrugineous, head piceous, fulvous in front; the ant'Minaj 
 feet, prolhorax and audonuM. beneatli in the middle luteous • wino-s 
 opaque, yellowisii-gray, costal veins rufous; head fiat with an 
 nnpresscd line; eyes very prominent, ocelli close to the eyes • 
 prothorax semicircular, short. ' 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14-18 millim. Body 5-7 millim 
 Expanse of wings 27—85 millim. 
 
 I/ub. Havana, Cuba (Kippert) ; Trinidad (Osten Sacken) • Ja'- 
 raa.ca (Gosse) ; Columbia Oloritz) ; Brazil (Spix) ; Ypanema 
 (Natteror); Xew-Freiburg (Beschke) ; Isle of France ? (Collect 
 de bclys). 
 
 A damaged specimen from Vera Cruz (Salle) seems to belon- 
 here. ° 
 
 5. T. lividus ! 
 
 Term(s!in;!usBurxn.lU,7G7,l2. Walk Pitnl '■,^'■, Ti w .t- 
 
 Xir, 221, 49 ; tab. iii, iig. 33. ' ' '''^''" ' '''°'^' 
 
 Testaceous, the mouth, middle of the prothorax, antennae, feet 
 and margins of the abdominal segments luteous ; wings opaque' 
 yellowish gray, costal veins rufous ; head small, flat, a small yellow 
 line upon the middle, ocelli large, approaching the eyes ; prothorax 
 almost orbicular. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Body 6 millim. Expanse 
 of wings 27 millim. ^ 
 
 IM. Port au Prince, St. Domingo (Elircnberg). 
 6. T. armiger! 
 
 7V,v^«™/,..Motsc^.lsky! Etud. Ent. IV, 10. Hagen ! Linn. XII, 
 
 A nasute soldier. Rufous; thorax and feet a little paler • head 
 poar-shaped, large, anteriorly porrected into a long „ose ; niandi- 
 l.les ensirorm ; prothorax small, anterior lobe narrow, recurved 
 anterior angles prominent, depressed, posterior margin rounded ' 
 
 Length of body Gd millim. 
 
 J 
 
 A' 1 
 
 I ; 'V'. 
 
 
6 
 
 NEUKUPTEHA OF NOIITII AMKUICA. 
 
 Hah. Panama, Obispo (Motschulsky). 
 Imago unknown. 
 
 7. T. tenuis ! 
 
 Termes tenuis Ilagen ! Linn. XII, 231, 57 ; tab. iii, fig. 35. 
 
 Pale yellow ; head and prothorax a little brownish ; wings 
 opaque, pale whitish-yellow, the costal veins luteous ; head oblong, 
 convex, a salient point in the middle ; ocelli absent ; prothorax 
 quadrangular. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Body 3 millim. Expanse 
 of wings 20 millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. Domingo, Port au Prince (Ehrenberg) ; Columbia 
 (Moritz); Brazil (Helm). 
 
 The ocelli, which are i)rcscnt in the other species, arc absent in 
 this. In other respects it belongs to the genus. 
 
 8. T. simplex! 
 
 Ta-mcs simplex Hag.! Linn. XII, 238, (50 ; tab. iii, fig. 23. 
 
 Fulvous, antenmc and feet yellowish, wings hyaline, a little 
 roughened, costal veins yellowish ; head rounded, convex, a dis- 
 tinct fovea upon the middle, ocelli small, closely approximate ; 
 prothorax flat, semicircular ; wings with the median nervure ab- 
 sent. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Body 5 millim. Expanse 
 of wings n millim. 
 
 Tilth. Cuba (Poeppig). 
 
 An anomalous species. Only a single, very much damaged, 
 specimen seen. 
 
 9. T. nigriceps. 
 
 Termes i-.igriceps Haldeman, Proceed. Acad. Pliilad. 1853, June, VI, 
 3()5.— Hag. Linn. XII, 230, 55. 
 
 "Workers and soldiers nasutc ; head blackish-brassy, pyriforra, 
 nasute, antenna?, feet and body yellow. 
 Length of body 3 millim. 
 Hah. Western Mexico (Leconte). Unknown to nc. 
 
 10. T. strenuus ! 
 
 Termes strenuus Hagen! Linn. XIV, 105. 
 
 Fuscous, villose ; mouth, autennte, feet and margins of the 
 
 i 
 
 
 ^^^■fm*-mmtimm0 
 
# 
 
 1 
 
 CLOTIITLLA. I* 
 
 abdominnl segments fulvous ; wings opaque, brown, costal margin 
 yellow, subcostal and basal veins blackish-brown ; head rather 
 large, opaque, rounded, flat, impressed in the middle, brassy, ocelli 
 rather small, distant ; prothorax semicircular, opaque. ' 
 
 Length to tip of wings 22—25 millim. Body 8—10 millim 
 Expanse of wings 42—47 millim. 
 
 JJah. Vera Cruz, Mexico (Salle). 
 
 11. T. fiimosus ! 
 
 Tenncs fynosus Ilagon! Linn. XIV, 123.-Perliap3 imago of Terme, 
 nigriceps. 
 
 Blaclvish.I,rown, brassy; antennae blackish-brown annulated with 
 pale ; mouth, venter and feet yellowish-brown, tibia) a little ob- 
 scure ; wings opaque, dark-smoky, costal veins blackish-brown 
 the rest fuscous; head flat, rounded, anteriorly bi-imi.ressed • 
 occlh rather large, distant ; prothorax hardly navrower than the 
 liead, seniicircnlar. 
 
 Length to lip of wings 14 millim. Body G millim. Expanse 
 of wings 24 niiliim. 
 
 Ildh. Vera Cruz, Mexico (8alle). 
 , I have seen similar specimens, badly preserved, from Matamoras 
 lamaulii)as. They may be distinct. 
 
 Fam. II. EMBIDIXA. 
 
 Body depressed, linear; head free; winos equal, mem- 
 branous ; tarsi triarticulate. o ^i » 
 
 I have seen a speoimen (perhaps a larva) without win"-s not 
 »vell preserved, from Cuba (Gundlach, Berlin Museum) I'ale 
 fnscons. Length of body 4 millim. Belonging to the genus 
 Ulyntha l It is probably a new species. 
 
 Fam. III. PSOCIXA. 
 
 Body ovt([- head free; prothorax small, obtected: win^rs 
 unequal, some', mes wanting; tarsi two- or three-articulate! 
 
 CLOTHILLA Westwood. 
 (Lepuwlus von Heyden ; Panuhxenus and Paradoxldes Motscli.) 
 
 Ocelli absent; wings incomplete, coriaceous ; tarsi triarticulate. 
 
 1" 
 
8 
 
 NEUnOITERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 1. C. picea! 
 
 J'aniilii.n'nns ])i'rrii.i Motscliulsky ! in lit. 
 
 Kntirely piccous, with a brassy reflection. 
 
 The specimen seen was iniperlect; the wings were wanting. 
 
 licni^^th of l)()(ly 1 niiiiini. 
 
 I/uIk C'uliforniu. 
 
 ATROPOS Leach. 
 Ocelli and m'nffs absent ; tursi triarticulato. 
 
 1. A. divinatoiiiis. 
 
 Ti'rmcf (liriitalon'ii.f O. Vnh. Fn. (invMil. 214, 181. 
 
 Tale, mouth fnscous, eyes bhick, anus obscure (Deseript. from 
 Fab.) 
 
 Lenj^th 1 iiiilliin. ? 
 
 If«l>. Greenland. lu old books. Perhaps it is A. pufsafonns 
 Leach. 
 
 PSOCUS Latr. 
 
 Three ocelli; wings membranaceous, rather nnequal; tarsi two- 
 or three-articulate. 
 
 f Tarsi three- articuhde. 
 
 * Discoidal cellule closed, quadrangular. 
 
 1. P. sparsus! 
 
 Psociis sparsus Ilagen ! 
 
 Fuscous, varied with yellow and white; nasus lineated with 
 grayish-fuscous, front yellow, punctured and lineated with black ; 
 ..-♦onna) rather slender, pale; the two basal joints thicker, yel- 
 low, black at base; thorax fuscous, varied with yellow; femora 
 fuscous, annulatcd with [mle before the apex, tibiie and tarsi pale, 
 with the apex fuscous ; anterior wings opa(pic, fnscous, densely 
 varied with yellow and gray, veins yellow, spotted with fuscous ; 
 pterostigma triangular; posterior wings a little smoky, costal 
 margin at the apex Interruptedly fuscous and yellow. 
 
 Length to tip of wings G millim. Expanse of anterior wings 
 11 niilliin. 
 
 J/ab. Washington (Osten Sacken, 185S) ; Baltimore (Uhler). 
 
 . *»^"'i' 'iWlMihiMMHIiif ' 
 
 /# 
 
P80CU8. 
 
 2. P. lugena ! 
 
 /'.•,(/»■»,< Iioiciis Hngon! 
 
 I'liscoiis, varied with wliito ; nnsiis fuscous, lincnti'd witii pray; 
 
 front fuscous, occiput striated with whitish; aiiteiimu rather sleii- 
 
 der, brownish, two basal articulations tluclver, apex pah', seta! 
 
 with tiie apical articidations whitish; thorax fuscous, margined 
 
 with white; femora fuscous, annulated with pale hefore the apex; 
 
 tii)ia- and tar«l paler, at the apex fuscous ; anterior win-rs opafjue! 
 
 fuscous, (lensely varied with pray, margin and veins nnirked with' 
 
 white points; pterostij,^ma trian-ridar ; posterior win^rs u little 
 
 smoky, costal marfri,, at the apex interrupte.lly white and fuscous. 
 
 F.en-th to tip of wings 4i inillim. Expanse of anterior wings 8 
 
 millim. 
 
 J/'ilf. Washington (Ostcn Sacken, 1857). 
 
 * * DiscoiUal cellule open, absent. 
 
 3. P. slgnatu8 ! 
 
 J'siinis siijualus Il.igon ! 
 
 IMackish-fuscous ; eyes globose, distant, prominent; nasus 
 blnckish-fnscous, lincated with gray; front each side anteriorly 
 with an obIi(pie band, and a whitish yellow point upon the occiput; 
 thorax margined with yellow; abdomen luteous ; feet lutcous! 
 tarsi blackish-fuscous; wings hyaline, veins fuscous, i.terostigma 
 narrow, linear, blackish-fuscous, posterior margin at base fuscous; 
 cellule at the posterior margin free, clliptically triangular. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 5 millim. Kxi)anse of anterior win-^-s 9 
 millim. ° 
 
 JM). \ew York. 
 
 It is very much like Psocns immums Stephens {naso, Rarabur), 
 but (Hirers a little in the reticulation of the wings. Is it distinct ? 
 
 4. P, piimilia ! 
 
 Psocrnt pii/nilis Ilagon ! 
 
 Pale luteous; nasus brassy.fuscous, obsoletely lineated with 
 gray ; front with a medial, longitudinal, blackish-fuscous stripe, 
 two incurved fuscous lines at the eyes ; thorax marked with fus' 
 cons; the feet pale luteous; anterior wings pale grayish hvaline, 
 pterostigma, interrupted basal band and the margin behind the 
 
 ^r 
 
 m. 
 
 'i. 
 
10 
 
 NEUHOl'lKUA OF NoilTrr AMERICA. 
 
 bnso f.is,.c,„H, veins fuscous; pterostigma short, ronn.led ; collule 
 ot tlio |i(tsturior iimririii IVcc, elliptiL-nl. 
 
 I-onj,^th to tip of wings U miUiin. Exi.anse of anterior winRs 
 
 Ji<if>. New York. 
 
 t t Tarsi two.articuhtte. 
 
 * Disooidul cellule closed, (iimdrangular. 
 
 6. P. venosua ! 
 
 Ao.». ,,,,,,,.. I,„rm.! II, 778, 1,.; Walk. Catal. 484. 0.-/^.. ,„n„n„s 
 ^ValU.Katal. 4S4, lO._/>,. microphthain,,,, l!.,,,,!,. N„„r. :i-l O- 
 1 ■•<. ,in ns Fitch I MtiS. CoUoctiou of <lo S.ly.s Longchamps. ' 
 
 Fuscous; head l.rassy, antenniu hlaekish-faseous (in the male 
 rather thicker, pilose), the two hasal articulations luteous ; thorax 
 nmrg.ned with yellow; the feet luteous, tarsi fuscous; anterior 
 wings (uscous or Mackish-fuscous, pterostignm triangular, yellow- 
 ish ; basal veins yellowish, apical ones fuscous ; posterior win-'s 
 smoky-liyidine. " 
 
 Length to tip of wings G-8 niillim. Expanse of anterior win-s 
 12 — 15 niillini. " 
 
 //a^. Xcw York (Wiuthem, Asa Fitch, Uhler) ; Washington 
 Ostcn Sacken, 1858) ; Mount Pleasant, Ohio ; Mexico (Deppe) ; 
 Cuba ( Uidil, Poey) ; .AFaryland (Uhler). 
 
 Specimens communicated by j}aron Osten Sacken are a little 
 smaller, blacker, with the apex of the tibhe black ; but they belong 
 to this species. ^ j o 
 
 6. P. contaminatus! 
 
 I'socHs contdmimitus Ilafcn ! 
 
 Fuscous; nasus yellow, scarcely lincatcd with obscure brown- 
 the front luteous, two occipital spots, two at the nasus and two at' 
 the ocelli black; antenmo rather slender, fuscous ; thorax black 
 margined with yellow; the feet' luteous, knees and tarsi fuscous;' 
 wings hyaline, pterostigina triangular, blackish-fuscous ; apical 
 margin will, a large band attaining to the inferior ai.o-le of the 
 ptcrosligma and a spot upon the middle of the posterior margin, 
 cloudy-fuscous; posterior wings hyaline. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7 millim. Expanse of anterior wino-s 
 13 millim. ° 
 
 i 
 
 ^iu^mmimaiHm0 
 
 t0 
 
rsocus. 
 
 11 
 
 ctl ; Cflliile 
 M'ior wings 
 
 Pii, iiiniinits 
 
 r. ;i2i,a.— 
 
 tllO Illillo 
 
 :s ; tliorux 
 ; anterior 
 ir, yeiiow- 
 I'ior wings 
 
 Pior wings 
 
 isliiiigton 
 (Doppe); 
 
 a little 
 cy belong 
 
 3 brown ; 
 111 two at 
 IX black, 
 fuscous ; 
 1 ; apical 
 le of the 
 • margin, 
 
 or wings 
 
 J/iih. New York ; >rarylaii(l (lljiler) ; Washington (Osten 
 Sackcn) ; Vera Cruz, Mexico (Salic). 
 
 7. P. novas sootlas f 
 
 J>.si,rin ii(,r:r srotii- Walk. Catiil. 4Si,''i, ll], — Psncus crnlargi V'lich. Col- 
 lection of do Suly.s iiongulmiiii)!). 
 
 TJlackisli-fuscous ; lioail pale yellow, two spots upon the occiput 
 and two at the eyes black ; front fuscous in tlio middle ; antenmu 
 bliick ; tlmnix black, margined with yellow ; feet testaceous, tibia) 
 at iipex and tarsi pitchy ; wings hyaline, anterior ones with four 
 fuscous spots, one at the pterostignia, another at the apex, the 
 rest at the posterior margin, the basal one joined to an obscure 
 sjiot ; veins l)lack. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 6 millim. Expanse of anterior wings 
 12 luilliin. 
 Hub. Nova Scotia (Redman) ; Xcw York (Asa Fitch). 
 
 8. P. moestus ! 
 
 Ps'icii.'i i/io(sfits Hag.! 
 
 ]5rownish-black, spotted with yellow ; nasns yellow, lineutcd with 
 fuscous, and fuscous in front; occiput yellow, varied with fuscous, 
 antennas rather slender, pale, the two basal articulations fuscous; 
 ai)ex yellow ; thorax and abdomen brownish-black ; femora fus- 
 cous, knees yellow, til)iic i)ale, their n])c\ and the tarsi fuscous ; 
 wings milky-hyidinc, densely spread with snmll fuscous points, 
 veins fuscous, basal ones yellow ; pterostignia triangular, the in- 
 ternal angle yellow. 
 
 Length to tii) of wings 4i millira. Expanse of anterior wings 
 8 millim. 
 
 JM. Dalton, Georgia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 0. P. striatus ! 
 
 Psoras sii-iatits Walk.! Catal. 48G, IG. 
 
 Tallid ; nasus yellow lineated with black ; front yellow, a band 
 upon the middle and punctiform lines at the eyes black ; eyes of 
 the male globose, prondneut, rather approximate ; antennaj fus- 
 cous, two basal articulations i)ale ; antenna) of the mule thicker, 
 the seta hairy ; thorax black marked with yellow ; al)domcn yellow, 
 a black fascia upon the middle; feet pallid, femora fuscous al)ove, 
 
 
 I:- If 
 
 immttf 
 
12 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 tarsi fuscous; wings hyaline, ptcrosti-ma large triangular, acute 
 fuscous, .ntcrnal angle paler ; posterior margin at base and u 
 cJiseoulal nebula fuscous; posterior wings liyaline. 
 
 Length to tip of wings G.} millim. Expanse of anterior win^s 
 2 niillim. ^ 
 
 Hah. Xova Scotia (Redman); New York, Washington (Osten 
 Sacken, 1S57); Penusylvania (Zimmerman), 
 
 10. P. quietus ! 
 
 Psocus <jii!i:ttis Ilag.! 
 
 Luteous ; the nasns lutcous lineated with black, a spot at base 
 and two anteriorly black; front luteous varied with black; antenna) 
 pale; thorax black; feet pale luteous, tibia; at base and apex 
 obscurer ; wings hyaline, veins luteous, pterostigina triangular, 
 inferior angle rounded, obscure. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 5 millim. Expanse of anterior wings 
 9 millim. 
 
 JIub. Xew York; Palton, Georgia (Osten Sacken). 
 * * Discoidal cellule open, absent. 
 
 11. P. mobilis ! 
 
 Psocus mobilis Hag.! 
 
 Pale brown, hairy; wings hyaline, ptero.sligma narrow, ovate; 
 cellule at the i)Osterior margin free, ellii)tical. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 2^ millim. Expanse of anterior winsjs 
 4| millim. ^ 
 
 Bab. Cuba (von Winthem). Described from a single oamao-ed 
 specimen. ° 
 
 12. P. madidus ! 
 
 Psociis iiutdidus Ilag.! 
 
 Pale luteous; nasus brassy fuscous, lineated with obscure gray, 
 two spots upon the occiput and a third upon the front black; 
 anteun;e pallid ; tibia3 obscurer at base ; wings pale gray, with two 
 paler obsolete bands, the veins luteous; pterostigma narrow, ovate; 
 no posterior marginal cellule. 
 
 Length to tip of wings S\ millim. Expanse of anterior wings 
 C niillini. 
 
 Hub. Xew York ; Dalton, Georgia (Osten Sacken). 
 
PSOCUS. 
 
 nlar, acute, 
 base and a 
 
 erior wings 
 
 ;ton (Ostcn 
 
 13 
 
 pot at base 
 
 <; antcnntc 
 
 and apex 
 
 triangular, 
 
 rior wings 
 
 w, ovate ; 
 'ior winsrs 
 
 uamaged 
 
 lire gray, 
 lit black ; 
 with two 
 w, ovate ; 
 
 lor wings 
 
 13. P. abruptus ! 
 
 /'aoriis (I'iriij/lii:! Hag.! 
 
 IJrown, liairy ; head and tliorax brassy ; antenna; very slender, 
 whitish, the apical joints infuscate at their tip ; posterior femora 
 fuscous, whitish at apex ; anterior wings brown with a brassy re- 
 flection, a narrow, transverse, hyaline band before the apex, veins 
 ciliated : pterostigma elongated, ovate ; no cellule at the posterior 
 margin ; i)osterior wings grayish-hyaline. (Female.) " 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4 millim. PJxpanse of anterior wines 7 
 mil Inn. 
 
 Hub. Washington; Ualtoii, Georgia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 14. P. corruptus ! 
 
 PsofKs carnijiliis Ilag.! 
 
 Pale brown, hairy ; head and thorax brassy; eyes rather promi- 
 nent, globose, front narrower than in the preceding; anteniiiv 
 thicker, hairy, seta fuscous, all the articulations pale at base ; feet 
 pale ; anterior wings shining brassy-brown, pterostigma brown ; a 
 spot before the apex, upon the costal margin and a discoidal cloiid, 
 grayish-hyaliiie; veins with fuscous cilia; posterior wings grayish- 
 hyaline. (]\^Ue.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4 milHra. Expanse of anterior wind's 7 
 millim. ® 
 
 I/ab. Washington (Ostcn Sacken, 1858); Dalton, Georn-ia 
 (Osten Sacken). ° 
 
 Reticulation of the wings as in the preceding. Is it the other 
 sex of that species ? 
 
 The reticulation in Ps. ohruptm and Ps. cornqitns is abnormal, 
 and may constitute a distinct subgenus, or rather genus. 
 
 15. P. salicis ! 
 
 Psocus salirU Fitch ! Collodion of do Selys Longchamps. 
 
 Very small, brown; head and thorax brassy; mouth vellow • 
 eyes very small, front broad ; antenmo very slender, villose, apex 
 obscurer; feet pale; wings hyaline, veins brown; pterostigma 
 hyaline, anteriorly truncated ; posterior marginal cellule elh^trcal 
 
 Length to tip of wings I,^ millim. Expanse of wings a milli-ij. 
 
 lh(b. y^iiw York (Asa Fitch). 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 16. P. aurantiacua ! 
 
 Psocus aurantiacuf! Hag.! 
 
 Orange-colored, shining ; head bright orange, occiput in the 
 middle dusky ; antenntc pale, brownish-black at the apex ; thorax 
 orange with four cloudy spots upon the dorsum ; feet yellow, tarsi 
 fuscous at the ape.x ; abdomen yellow ; wings yellowish-hyaline 
 pterostigma bright yellowish green; veins yellow, apical ones 
 fuscous ; cellule of the posterior margin orbicular. (Female.) 
 
 Length to tip of wing 3i- niillini. Expanse of wings G luillim. 
 
 IM. Dalton, Georgia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 Fam. IV. PERLINA. 
 
 ^o.7y(lepre.s.sed, elongated, parallel; prothorax lar-e; an- 
 teniKo long setaceous; wings unequal, posterio? ones 
 broader: tarsi three-articulate. 
 
 f 7k'o abdominal setcs. 
 
 * Wings charged with many irregular transverse veins. 
 
 PTERONARCYS Newman. 
 Whffs densely net-veined ; palpi setaceous ; mandibles mem- 
 branaceous. This genus is very abnormal on account of its imago 
 being furnished with external branchiaj. 
 
 1. P. protsus ! 
 
 Ptu-onarcys protcus Newman! Entom. Mag. V, 177, 3. Walk.! Catal. 
 139, 1. Gosse, Canadian Naturalist, Hg. — , p. 232. 
 
 Fuscous, head broader than the prothorax ; antenna^ paler at 
 base ; sides of the prothorax emarginatc, a little broader poste- 
 riorly, an interrupted yellow line upon the middle. (Is it so always ?) 
 Feet yellowish-fuscous, knees yellow; abdomen beneath yellowish- 
 the caudal seta' lutcous, paler at base ; ^ last ventral segment 
 yellowish, narrower, sparsely punctured ; 9 ? antepenultimate seg- 
 ment truncated, armed with two distant, conical, yellowish append- 
 ages ; wings pale grayish-hyaline, veins fuscous, clouded 
 
 Length to tip of wings 38-48 millim. Expanse of wings 
 73 — 9U niillim. 
 
 Hah. Trenton Falls, Xew York (Doublcday) ; .Mackenzio River 
 district (Richardson) ; North Red River (Robt. Kennicott). 
 
PTERONARCYS. 
 
 16 
 
 ^iput in the 
 lex ; thorax 
 yellow, tarsi 
 nsh-hyaline, 
 apical ones 
 ciiialc.) 
 gs G luillim. 
 
 large; an- 
 irior ones 
 
 verse veins. 
 
 ibles raera- 
 f its imago 
 
 alk.! Catal. 
 
 B paler at 
 tier poste- 
 3 always?) 
 yellowish ; 
 il segment 
 iniate setr- 
 h append- 
 
 of wings 
 
 izio Iviver 
 ott). 
 
 2. P. regalia ! 
 
 PUr.,uu;-ns regaiis Newm.! .Entom. Jlag. V, 170-, 1. No,vin.i ^,i„als 
 i\at. Hist. XIII, 21. Pictot, Porlides, 134. Ann. Scl. Nat. I 183 
 Kc'wi>ort! Trans. Linn. Soc. XX, p, 425 ; tab. xxi, lig. 1—11 ;'i4_ 
 17. Froriep, Notiz. XXX, 17!). Walker! Catal. 14(i, 3. P.proteus 
 I'lctut, I'orl. 12S, 1 ; tab. xxix, lig. 1_(J. Kamb. xXeuropt. p. 449. 
 
 Fuscous, head as broad as the prothorax ; antenmu pitchy; 
 sides of the prothorax emarginatc, not broader behind, a narrow' 
 yellow line upon the middle; feet fuscous; al)domen fuscous, apex 
 yellowish ; caudal seta; fuscous, at base yellowish ; ^ last ventral 
 segment yellowish ; ? antepenultimate segment produced, in the 
 middle a broad, quadrangular excision ; wings grayish-hyaline, 
 before the apex a little clouded with fuscous, veins fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 44—48 millim. Expanse of win"-s 76— 
 84 niillini. ° 
 
 Ilab. Canada; :>raclvenzie and Slave Kiver districts (Richard- 
 son) ; St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Ray (Rarnston) • 
 rhdadelphia. ^ ' 
 
 3. P. biloba ! 
 
 Ptcronarcus biloba Newm.! Entom. Mag. V, 17G, 2. Piclet Perl 135 
 Walk.! Catal. 140, 3. > • . 
 
 Brownish-black; head narrower than the prothorax; prothorax 
 not cmarginated at the sides, posteriorly a little broadened, a line 
 "pon the middle yellow ; feet brownish-black ; abdomen brownish- 
 bluck, beneath in the middle with a broad, yellowish band; caudal 
 scta^ brown.sh-black ; 9 antepenultimate ventral segment blackish- 
 brown, produced, incised in the middle ; wings grayish-hyaline, 
 before the apex a little clouded with fuscous, veins fuscous 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4G millim. Expanse of wings 84 millim 
 
 JM,. Trenton Falls ; St. .Martin's Falls, Albany River Hud- 
 son's Ray (Rarnston) ; Minnesota (Csten Sacken). 
 
 I have seen the typical specimens in the ]]ritish .Afuseum ; but 
 I am not certain whether the female from Minnesota belongs here. 
 
 4. P. iiobilis ! 
 
 Pleronarcijs nobilis Ilagen I 
 
 Black, head broader than the prothorax ; antennii- black ; pro- 
 thorax quadrangular, sides straight, a yellow line narrowed in the 
 middle; feet black ; abdomen black, beneath with a broad orange 
 
X6 
 
 NEUUOl'TERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 band ; caudal sctro black, piceous at base ; ^ last ventral segment 
 deep black ; 9 antepenultimate one truncated, orange, two short 
 setiform appendages ? (they cannot be clearly seen); wings gray- 
 ish-hyaline, clouded with fuscous, veins fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 31—34 millim. Expanse of wings 55— 
 66 millini. 
 
 Huh. Xew York. 
 
 Pocs tiie "smaller, new species" from Sherbrooke, Lower 
 Canada ((iosse, Canadian Xaturalist), belong here? 
 
 5. P. californica. 
 
 Pleronan'u^i callfornicHs Newp.! Trans. Linn. Soc. XX, 450. Proceed ' 
 Linii. Soc. ], ;JSS. Walk.! Catal. 140, 5. 
 
 Fuscous ; labrum, clypcus and front rufons ; prothorax with an 
 interrupted,yellow line upon the middle; abdomen orange-yellowish 
 the sides fuscous, the last ventral segment broad, piiole, the apex 
 deeply incised ; caudal set:c at base yellow , antenme and feet 
 black ; wings with obscure black veins, jiterostigmnl spot absent. 
 
 (Description taken from that of :\lr. Newport.) (xMale.) 
 
 Almost the size of P. protciis. 
 
 Hah. California (ILartweg). 
 
 I saw the species in the British Museum, but I am not now able 
 to furnish a more accurate description. 
 
 6. P. insignis. 
 
 Kollaria inxhjnis Pictet, Perl. 123 ; tab. iv, fig. 1—8. \Yalkor Catal 
 138, 1. > • • 
 
 Fuscous; head ecpial in width to prothorax ; prothorax quadran- 
 gular, on middle a yellow line; abdomen black, segments margined 
 behind with yellow; feet yellowish-brown, knees yellowish ; caudal 
 seta; fuscous, yellow at base ; 9 antepenultimate ventral segment 
 truncated, two very short setiform appendages? (from the figure) • 
 wings g-ayisli-hyalinc, before the apex clouded with fuscous; 
 maxillary palpi very long. 
 
 (Description taken from the description and figure of Pictet.) 
 Length to tip of wings 53 millim. Expanse of wings 8G millim 
 Hah. The locality unknow.i. Vienna Museum. It has the 
 hahitm of an American insect. I have not seen the typical spe- 
 cimen : from the figure and description of Pictet it seems to be a 
 Pteronarcys. The generic character is derived from the length of 
 
al segment 
 two short 
 
 mors 
 
 gray- 
 
 n'ngs 55- 
 
 e, Low 
 
 er 
 
 PERLA. 
 
 lY 
 
 the maxillary palpi : it is, however, of doubtful importance. The 
 species, i)ei'Iiaps, is P. hiluha. 
 
 * =^ AVings with few, but rather regular, transveri 
 
 veins. 
 
 se 
 
 FERLA Geopfkot. 
 Wings veiny, transverse veins few, very regular; posterior wings 
 with the anal space large, plicated ; palpi setaceous ; two caudal 
 seta}. 
 
 Proceed. 
 
 X with an 
 
 yellowish, 
 the apex 
 and feet 
 
 )t absent. 
 
 ■) 
 
 now able 
 
 tor, Catal. 
 
 qnadran- 
 nargincd 
 1 ; caudal 
 segment 
 figure) ; 
 fuscous ; 
 
 O The submarginal, apical space of the anteri 
 
 Motet.) 
 
 
 5 millim 
 
 1 
 
 has the 
 
 ■.t| 
 
 ical spe- 
 
 ■'v 
 
 to be a 
 
 
 cngth of 
 
 St 
 
 with some transverse veins. 
 Pictet. 
 
 or wings 
 Subgenus Acroneiiria 
 
 1. P. abnormis ! 
 
 Pel,, abnormis Newm.! Entom. Mag. V, 177. Pict. Perl. JSO, 12 Walker" 
 Catal. 147, 21. -P. an-nosa Pict.! Perl. 178, 11; tab. x fur l_o' 
 Walker, Catal. 147, I'J.-P. pennsjhanica Ramb.! iXeuropt. 45G U 
 -I .uuenuaa Walker! Catal. ir,2, 41.-P. trijuncta ^Y^^^,y^ Catal." 
 ioJ, 4.J.— / . Honans Barnstou, Newport, Linn. Trans. XX, 447. 
 
 Yellowish-fuscous; the head broader than the prothorax luteous 
 obscure in the middle ; the antennae fuscous, the second articulation 
 and sometimes the following ones luteous ; prothorax narrower 
 posteriorly, the angles acute, sides straight, surface rugulose, the 
 middle line scarcely more distinct; the feet luteous, knees fuscous- 
 abdomen beneath yellowish, seta3 fuscous, densely pilose- ^ last 
 ventral segment large ovate, with a round, polished spot • ' 9 ante 
 penultimate ventral segment slightly rounded, produced ; wings 
 subhyaine veins clay-yellow; the vein accessory to the subcosta 
 lour-torked, some transverse veins. 
 
 Length to tip of wings, r^ 27 : 9 .q.5 ni!li;m Mn.. 
 1^ Kn o PA -n- " ' ¥, <io miiiim. Alar expanse, 
 
 cT oO; 9, GO milhm. ' 
 
 Hah St. Lawrence River (Barnston) ; Philadelphia, Pa. (Pic- 
 tet) ; Irenton Pulls (Osten Sacken) ; Georgia (Abbot); South 
 Illinois (Ilobt. Xennicott) ; Maryland (Uhler). 
 
 I have seen a specimen from Mexico (Muehlenpford, in the 
 Berlin Museum), which was paler, with many transverse vein^ 
 and the antepenultimate segment produced elliptically Is it a 
 distinct species ? j- -i= lu u 
 
 2 
 
18 
 
 NEUROPTEllA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 2 P. ruralis ! 
 P. rttntlits llagon ! 
 
 Testaceous ; liead broader than the prothorax, a curved fuscous 
 lino in front; antenna) fusco-testaceous, the second articulation 
 and some of the following ones luteous; the prothorax <|uadran- 
 gular, short, equal, riigulose, angles rather obtuse ; feet testaceous, 
 knees fuscous; alidomen beneath yellowish, seta) yellowish, beliind 
 ihe base banded with fuscous,' ,' -I'lose ; v' antepenultimate 
 ventral segment a little rounded, ^ , ' 1, before the apex a linear 
 transverse tubercle; wings sub-hyaii .., the veins luteous; anterior 
 wings with the subcostal accessory veinlet five-branched, transverse 
 veins very numerous. (Female.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 31 millim. Alar expanse ST millim. 
 
 Hab. St. Louis. 
 
 3. P. arida ! 
 
 I'erla urida Hagen 1 
 
 Yellowish-fuscous ; head broader than the prothorax, yellowish, 
 clouded with fuscous anteriorly ; antennic fuscous, second articula- 
 tion yellowish ; prothorax narrower posteriorly, angles acute, sides 
 straight, rugulose, middle line yellowish ; the feet luteous, knees 
 fuscous; the abdomen oeneath luteous; seta) pilose, yellow, arti- 
 culations of the tip fuscous at their apex ; ^ last ventral segment 
 large, ovate ; 9 antepenultimate ventral segment with a middle 
 lamina narrow at base and at the apex two-lobed ; wings sub- 
 hyaline, veins fuscous : anterior wings with the subcostal accessory 
 vein three-branched, transverse ones few. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 23 J', 28 ? millim. Alar expanse 
 43 J", 53 9 millim. 
 
 JIuh. New York, Philadelphia. 
 
 Is this not P. arenosa Pictet, tab. x, fig. 2, from Philadelphia ? 
 
 O O Submarginal space of the anterior wings not 
 charged with transverse veins. 
 
 a. Subcostal accessory veinlet of the anterior \\ ' ;gs with four 
 incurved branches. Subgenus Isocjenus Newm. Ncphdion Pict. 
 
 4. P. frontalis ! 
 
 IsogenusfrojUoUs Newna.! Entom. Mag. V, 178. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ill, 2'). 
 
 Nejihel ion frontalis Pict. Perl. 172, 8 ; tab. viii, lig. 10—11. Walk.! 
 Catal. 144, lO.—Peria bicaiulata Kiihy. Fii. Hor. Am. 252. 
 
PER LA. 
 
 19 
 
 cd fuscous 
 rliciilation 
 : (iiiadran- 
 Le.stacL'ous, 
 isli, heliind 
 ciiultimato 
 icx a linear 
 ?; anterior 
 transverae 
 
 millim. 
 
 yellowish, 
 d articula- 
 ciile, sides 
 oils, knees 
 ;llow, ar ti- 
 ll segment 
 
 a middle 
 .vings suD- 
 
 accessory 
 
 r expanse 
 
 ladelpliia ? 
 iviugs not 
 
 'vith four 
 ilioii I'ift, 
 
 1. 111,2').— 
 1. Walk.: 
 
 Blackish-fuscous; head hardly broader than the prothorax an 
 occipital spot and a frontal one in the shape of a V yellow -'nro 
 thorax quadrangular, rugulose, sides straight, a yello'w stripe' upon 
 he middle angles acute; feet yellowish-fuscous, knees black sh- 
 brown banded with yellow; abdomen fuscous, apex beneath yel- 
 lowish ; 1 e set., pilose, hiteous; ? a.itepenultimate ventral seg- 
 ment slightly but broadly excised; wings hyaline, anterior onL 
 
 ■th a n,cd:al costal, hardly conspicuous, fuscous cloud; veins 
 blackish-brown. (Female.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 24 millim. Alar expanse 42 millim. 
 
 //«i. St Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 st.n); Latitude 08° (Richardson); Trenton Falls, and Oh o 
 (ociiaum). v^'uy 
 
 I possess a ? specimen, taken at the same place, Ohio, most 
 
 ^^a 'iut". "^ '"^'^"" '' ''' antepei4ltimate segm:: 
 difftis a little ; being narrower and longer. Perhaps distinct. 
 
 5. P. Clio. 
 
 y.o,.u. ^J, Newm. Mag. Nat. Hist, new ser. Ill, 86, 7. Walker Catal. 
 
 "FU.COUS, head laterally around the eyes yellowish; prothora.. 
 wtl amedian, longitudinal, yellow line ; abdomen testaceous."-- 
 II <ilkcr. 
 
 Ifah. Georgia (Abbot). 
 Unknown to me. 
 
 6. P. drymo. 
 
 '^°' clul! UG, S?'"" ''''• ""'*• ''"' "*^" '''' "^' ^^' «• W^''^- 
 
 " Fuscous, head testaceous, clypeus and a quadrate spot behind 
 It fuscous; prothorax fuscous, marked with two large bi o-ht testa- 
 ceous spots ; base of the femora paler."- Walker 
 
 Hah. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 Unknown to me. 
 
 7. P. aurantiaca ! 
 P. av.rantiaca Ilag.I 
 
 Orange-luteous ; head with two ocelli : prothorax narrower be- 
 Innd, sides straight, surface rngulose, angles acute; la t vintr 
 egmen short, produced in the middle ; wings subhy lin o.a . 
 yellowish, veins orange; accessory veinlot three-bnuiched 
 
 
 .'ij 
 
 if 
 
%>>. 
 
 20 
 
 NEUnOPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 niillim. Alar expanse 35 raillira. 
 Hub. Mexico. The unique type is very defective. 
 
 a a Accessory subcostal veinlet of the anterior wings, two- 
 branched. Subgenus Perla Pictet. (Apical costal space with 
 some transverse veins.) 
 
 8. P. dorsata. 
 Sialis dorsata Say, Godman's Western Quart. Rep. 1823, II, 1G4, 1. 
 
 "IJlack varied with rufous ; head blackish, with about six blacker 
 spots; heueiith pale yellowish, la1)rum pale; palpi black; pro- 
 thorax blackish, with impressed blacker lines, anterior and poste- 
 rior incisures and dorsal vitta rufous, angles rather prominent, a 
 pale obsolete line from the base of the thorax to the abdomen, be- 
 neath yellowish, disk of the segments black ; trochanters yellowish; 
 abdomen black, segments above with yellow posterior margins, 
 venter pale yellow; nervures of the wings deep black." — ►S'*'^ 
 (amended, Llder). 
 
 Length to tip of wings 50 millim. (1:[ inches). Alar expanse 
 80 millim.? 
 
 Hub. Ohio lUver, Pittsburg; "common in May." — Say. 
 
 Unknown to me. 
 
 I 
 
 9. P. Coulonii. 
 
 Perla Coulonii Pictet, Perl. 212, 22 ; PI. x, fig. 4. Walk. Catal. 150, 32, 
 
 "Black; head broad, the sides and occiput luteous ; beneath 
 luteous; the prothorax large, fuscous, very rugulose, the disk 
 obscurer ; abdomen paler fuscous ; seta) rather short, fuscous ; 
 wings fusco-hyaline, veins fuscous, stout." — Pict. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 40 millim. Alar expanse 17 millim. 
 
 Huh. United States. Unknown to me. Wv\\^)?, P. dorsata? 
 
 Is it diflerent from Walker's species, captured at the " Macken- 
 zie and Slave Rivers ?" 
 
 10. P. immarginata. 
 
 SiuVis immdnjinata Say, Godman's West. Quart. Rop. II, 1G4, 2. 
 
 " IJlack varied with yellow, or yellow varied with black ; eyes 
 deep black-brown ; prothorax transversely quadrangular, posterior 
 angles a little rounded, disk a little rugose, with impressed irregu- 
 lar lines, an impressed dorsal Hue, and each side of it a slightly 
 
PERLA. 
 
 21 
 
 I millini. 
 
 r'ings, two- 
 space with 
 
 1G4, 1. 
 
 six blaclvor 
 lack ; pro- 
 aiul postc- 
 'ominent, a 
 ilomen, bc- 
 yellowisli; 
 r margins, 
 di.''—Sai/ 
 
 ir expanse 
 
 Satj. 
 
 tal. 150, 32, 
 
 i ; beneath 
 , the disk 
 , fuscous ; 
 
 millim. 
 dorsata ? 
 " Macken- 
 
 ack ; eyes 
 , posterior 
 eel irregu- 
 a slightly 
 
 arcuated one; beneath yellow; wings obscure, veins fuscous, im- 
 niargiiiate. 
 
 "It varies very much in coloring, being generally entirely yellow 
 beneath, ind sometimes upon the tergum. The tliorax has some- 
 times a yellow dorsal line, and sometimes a black one."— Any. 
 
 Length to tip of wings ? 30 millim. ("more than one inch"). 
 Male smaller. 
 
 Jloh. Ohio River: "common in May" (Say). Unknown to me. 
 
 T'cihaps a unique male from Washington (Osten Sacken) be- 
 longs to this species. 
 
 11. P. lurida ! 
 
 Perl a lurida Hag.! 
 
 Testaceous, varied with yellowish ; head hardly broader than the 
 prothorax, yellowish, a broad fuscous stripe upon the middle excised 
 in front and drawn out into a semilunar form posteriorly ; antenna) 
 testaceous; prothorax quadrangular, narrower posteriorly, testa- 
 ceous, rugulose, sides a little incurved, anterior angles acute, pos- 
 terior ones a little rounded ; feet testaceous, knees fuscous, under- 
 neath yellowish ; body beneath yellowish, setre testaceous-yellow, 
 base of the venter pale yellow; antepenultimate ventral segment a 
 little produced, triangularly emarginate in the middle ; wings tes- 
 taceo-hyaline, veins fusco-testaceous. (Female.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 33 millim. ? Alar expanse C2 millim. 
 
 Hub. JS^ew Orleans (Pfeiffer). 
 
 12. P. lycorias ! 
 
 Perla l;/corias Newm. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, III, 85. Pict. Peil 214 
 Walk. Catal. 152, 40. ■ 
 
 Testaceous-yellow ; head broader than the prothorax, orange- 
 yellow, a transverse, trilobed, brownish-testaceous band ; anteriorly 
 and posteriorly clouded with fuscous; antenna) brownish-testaceous, 
 base yellowish, first articulation brownish-black; prothorax quad- 
 rangular, hardly narrower i)osteriorly, sides straight, angles acute ; 
 its color orange-yellow, with fuscous ruguho, a middle line browu- 
 ish-blaeiv ; feet testaceous, knees and the tibiie externally, fuscous ; 
 beneath yellowish, seta) fusco-testaceous, pilose; ^, last ventral 
 segment larger, rounded, furnished with a transverse, ovate, flat, 
 polished tubercle; 9, antepenultimate segment with an elliptical 
 middle lobe ; wings subhyaliue, veins fusco-testaceous. 
 
93 
 
 NEUROrTERA OF NORTIf AMERICA. 
 
 Length to tip Of wings 21-28 niillim. Alar expanse 42-5^ 
 miiiini. 
 
 Ilah. New Yorl< (Trenton Falls). Is this the true P 
 Newm. ? 
 
 I y conns 
 
 13. P. trlstls ! 
 
 I'vrla tri.ilis ling. I 
 
 Fusco-piceous ; head l.roader than the prothorax, fusco-piccous 
 two points anteriorly and two upon the middle yellou- ; antenna' 
 piceous, base beneath and second articulation paler; prothorax 
 (piadrangular, rostcriorly narrower, fusco-piceous, rugulosc, sliining 
 sides a little oblifpio, posterior angles hardly rounded, anterior ones 
 acute ; the feet luteous, exteriorly fusco-piceous ; abdomen piceous, 
 base beneath yellow ; setie fuscous ; ^ last ventral segment larger 
 triangulaiMucnrved; *> antepenultimate segment truncated ; win-s 
 smoky brownish, costal margin obscurer, veins fuscous. (Male 
 small.) ^ 
 
 Length to tip of wings 17-25 millim. Alar expanse 32-44 
 niillim. 
 
 Ifab. Trenton Falls, Xew York; Washington (Osten Sacken). 
 
 14. P. capitata. 
 
 ^'''V7!!T ^'''*" ^'''^- ^^^' ^^ = ^''^- ""'""'' ^S- 4' 2- ^'-^Iker Catal. 
 
 Fuscous ; head broader than the prothora.x, luteous, the disk 
 and anterior portion black; prothorax quadrangular, narrower 
 behind, rugulose, fuscous ; abdomen luteous, obscurer at the apex • 
 setoe luteous, apex fuscous; feet luteous, exteriorly and tarsi fus- 
 cous, knees with a black band ; wings fusco-hyaline, veins black- 
 brown. J^ (The diagnosis is from the figure and description of 
 rictet.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 20 millim. Alar expanse 29 millim. 
 Ilab. United States. Unknown to me. 
 
 15. P. annulipes ! 
 
 Perld aiuiitlipcs Hagen ! 
 
 Brown varied with yellow ; head a little broader than the pro- 
 thorax, brown, occiput, two r;cdian spots and . transverse fascia 
 in front yellow; antenmo dusky, two basal articulations pale yel- 
 low; prothorax quadra.igular, narrower behind, sides oblique 
 angles acute ; brown, rugulose upon the surface, shining, anteriorly 
 
I'EIILA. 
 
 23 
 
 marpiiioti with yellow ; feet yellow, a fuscous nnp upon the femora 
 at ijuse, knees, tihiiu externally and tarsi l'u<eons ; aiiilouieii above 
 brown, sejrnients niarfrined with yellow ; beneath yellow, middle of 
 tht base obscure ; setic yellow a*; l)nsc (the remainder is brokeu 
 oH') ; 9 anteiienultimatc vnitral segment, middle lobe, short, broad, 
 rounded, infuseated ; wings grayish-subliyaline, costal margin a 
 little yellowish, veins testaceous. (Kemale.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 millim. Alar expanse 34 niillim. 
 
 IMk \Vashington (Osteiv iJ^acken, lSf)7). Is this P. cumiata 
 rictet ? 
 
 10. P. postlca ! 
 
 Pirin ju.stira Wiillter Cat.-il. 14-1, 11. 
 
 I?liick ; head eipial to the prothorax, black, a spot upon the 
 occipital middle, which is hastiform and sometimes two anteriorly 
 orange-yellow; antenna) black; prothorax transverse, cpiadran- 
 gnlar, short, black, rugulose, an orange stripe upon the middle, 
 sides strnight, angles acute; feet brownish-black ; abdomen black, 
 beiicnth in the middle yellowish ; setto black ; J' last ventral seg- 
 ment larger, ovate, fusco is ; ? antepenultimate segment largo, 
 triangularly ovate, fuscous; wings grayish-subhyaliue, veins fus- 
 cous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15—20 millim. Alar expanse 28—34 
 millim. 
 
 Ifab. Louisiana (Schaum); IMackenzie River (Richardson). 
 
 I do not know whether this is the same with Walker's species 
 or not. It is some time since I examined his specimens in the 
 British .Aluseum. 
 
 The words in Mr. Walker's diagnosis, "prothorax jiroduecd into 
 an acute angle, or short horn on each side by the foreangle," are 
 erroneous, and they are accordingly omitted here. 
 
 17. P. olivacea ! 
 
 IWIa ulivucea Walk, Catal. x44, 12. 
 
 Fuscous ; head hardly broader than the prothorax, fuscous, ful- 
 vous in front with a large occipital, trilobed, transverse spot ;' an- 
 tenuiii fuscous, fulvous at base ; prothorax transverse, quadrangular, 
 shorter, fuscous, rugulose, a broad, yellow middle stripe; sides 
 straight, anterior and posterior margin a little rounded ; the feet 
 fuscous, Ijcneatb and tibia; luteous ; abdomen fuscous; seta) luteous, 
 
 M,|, 
 
 
S4 
 
 NEUnoi'TERA OP NORTri AMKIIICA. 
 
 If 
 
 pilofio ; cT with last ventral segment luteous, larj^.T, oval ; wings 
 small, slun-Un- than Iho ah.lomon, snl.hyaiine, veins fuscous 
 
 Length of body niillim. 
 
 JM>. Arctic Anu.rica. St. Martin's Falls, All.anv Tu'ver 
 (Harnston), Is this Walker's species ? 
 
 18. P. media. 
 
 /'er/ii media Walker Catal. 145, 13. 
 
 _ IJlack; hca.1 i.roaJer than the prothorax, hlaek, the side, noste- 
 nor nmrgin and two spots yellowish-i.ruu-n ; prothorax .puulran- 
 gnlar, hluck, rug.dose, with u middle sulcus; narrower posteriorly 
 
 ve^rbh^ck"''' "'"''' ^'"'''''"' °"'' '°""'''^^ ' '''"^' sulKMUereou;; 
 
 IM. St Martin's Falls, Albany Hiver, Hudson's JJay (Jiarn- 
 ston). Unknown to mo. h it uot P. mmarr/uuUu? 
 10. P. cBthlops. 
 
 Pa-la wthiojis Walk. Catal. l.'J4, 45. 
 
 Black ; head hardly broader than the prothorax, bh.ck ; pro- 
 thorax .juadrang.dar, narrower behind, bh.ck, snbrugulose, sub- 
 snlcatod, sules convex, angles subacute; wings bla..ki.sh-n.seous, 
 veins black. (The diagnose is taken from that of Walker ) 
 Length to tip of wings ? 04 millim. Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 llab. .Mexico (Ilartwcg). Unknown to me. Is it not />. ^vW* ? 
 20. P. cincta. 
 Pa-la cincta I'ict. Perl. 229 ; tab. xx, fig. 5. Walk. Catal. ir.O, 50. 
 Black varied with yellow ; head broader than the prothorax 
 b ack, in front yellow ; anteiuue black, the basal article fuscous ;' 
 p.othorax transverse, angles rounded, sides straight, surface sub- 
 rugose black, margined with yellow, the anterior margiu broader 
 upon the middle a yellow stripe; abdomen and set» Leons; the 
 eet luteous, streak of the femora, and the knees black, tibi at 
 base and tars, black ; wiugs tinged with yellowish, semihvaline 
 veins orange-yellow. (From the figure and description of Pictet i 
 Length to ti,> of wings 30 millim. Alar expanse 50 millim. 
 ^iub. Vera Cruz. Unknown to mo. 
 
 21. P. nigrocincta ! 
 
 P^rlajugronncta Pict.! Perl. 230, 34; tab. xxii, llg. f.-S. 
 
 Walker, 
 
\ 
 
 vmL\. 25 
 
 Yellow varied with fuscous; licad ns wido ns protliomx, yel- 
 low, disk hrowiiisli-hliick, only two ocelli ; nnleiiiiiu fuscous ;' pro- 
 tlK.riix yellow, niijidose, extenially the half each side fuscous, 
 sulcus upoH the niid<llo fuscous ; posteriorly narrower, in front and 
 sides rounded, anterior unples Hul)acute, posterior ones rounded • 
 feet yellow, knees, tibim and tarsi externally fuscous; abdomen 
 yellow; seta> yellow ; ^ last ventral se.rrincnt larjre, ovale ; winj?a 
 fusco-sid)liyalinc, costal margin somewhat yellowish, veins testa- 
 ceous. (.Male.) 
 
 1-eii-th to tip of winjrs 18 (—22) niillim. Alar expanse 33 
 (— tl) millini. 
 
 //<t/j. Mexico (Koppo); Cordova (Saussuro). 
 
 22. P. dilaticoUia! 
 
 J'u-la ,lil,iilc„llis JJurm.I II, 88n, 7. Piot.l Perl. 240, 3(1 ; tab. vxiii fltr 
 5—10. Walk. Catal. If-S, ."8. " 
 
 Yellow varied with brown ; head wide ns the prothorax, yellow, 
 in front clouded with fulvous : ocelli only two, black ; the antennai 
 In'own, the base luteous ; prothorax narrower behind, anteriorly 
 rounded, rus'ulosc, brown, a broad, yellowish nuddle vilta, sides 
 oldicpie, anterior angles rounded ; feet yellowish, knees and' tibia) 
 externally a little infuscated ; abdomen and sette yellowish ; ^ last 
 ventral segment large, ovate ; ? antepenultimate ventral segment 
 truncate 'i wings testaceo-subhyaline, veins testaceous, accessory 
 subcostal vein incurved. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10—13 niillim. Alar expanse 20—27 
 
 niillim. 
 
 JIub. Mexico; Columbia; 15rnzil ; North America (Museum 
 Tieuna). I have not seen the Mexican specimens. 
 
 23. P. litura. 
 
 I\rla litura Pict. Perl. 242, 37 ; tab. xxiv, flg. 1—3. Walk. Catal 
 159, 5:). 
 
 Yellow varied with brown ; head as wide as the prothorax, brown, 
 mnrgined with black, only two ocelli, antenna) blackish ; prothorax 
 brown, rug.dose, a broad middle yellow stripe ; broad, narrower 
 behind, in front rounded, anterior angles rounded, sides oblique ; 
 feet yellowish, knees, tibiic externally and apical ring, and tarsi 
 fuscous; abdomen and seta3 yellow; wings grayish-subhvalinc, 
 costal margin oI)scnrer, veins fuscous. (Taken from the llgure and 
 description of Pictet.) 
 
 kL 
 
 
26 
 
 NEUROPTEUA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 II! 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 20 millirn. 
 Ilab. Mox^co. I have not seen it. Is it not P. dilaticolhS? 
 24. P. similis ! 
 
 Perla simiiis Hngen ! 
 
 Fuscous varied with fulvous ; head as wide as the prothorax fus- 
 cous, sides fulvous, antenna3 blackish-fuscous; prothorax rnuulran- 
 gular, transverse, rngulose, fuscous, a broad fulvous stripe upon 
 the tn.ddie, sales straight, anteriorly and posteriorly somewhat 
 rounded, angles subacute; feet fuscous; abdomen fuscous, apex 
 above bright fulvous ; yellowish-brown below ; scta3 blackish-fus- 
 cous; 9 antopenultimate ventral segment truncated ; wings smoky- 
 hyaline, costal margin obscurer, veins deep fuscous. (Female ) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 ^aO. Pennsylvania and Alaryland (Uhler). 
 
 25. P. xanthenes. 
 
 ^'"■''' f'f/'r' Newm. Entom. Mag. V, 178. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser 
 !";,'Gr" ^''''' ''"'■ ""'' '' '' ''^- '"' '"'• '' '• ^^^^^<^'-' ''''^'^ 
 
 Body entirely pale yellow; head hardly broader than the pro- 
 thorax, with a fuscous spot, ocelli black; prothorax quadran-nilar 
 rugulose, posteriorly a little narrower, angles subacute ; apex of 
 the femora hardly annulated with fuscous ; apex of the abdomen 
 uscous; wings pale yellowish, subhyaline; veins pale yellow, 
 (iaken from the figure and description of Pictet.) (Fem-de ) 
 ^ Length to tip of wings? 27 millim. Expanse of win-s 41 
 millim. ° 
 
 &b. Pennsylvania ; Georgia (Abbot), 
 26. P. annulicauda. 
 
 Perla annulir„,ula Pict. Perl. 249, 40; tab. xxii, f^^ 1_4 Walk 
 
 Catal. ItiO, a4. 
 
 _ Lurid ; head as wide as the prothorax, lurid, disk obscurer, ante- 
 riorly a pale sinuatcd nebulous stripe, ocelli (two?) posterior ones 
 banded with black, prothorax short, rugulose, lurid, ruguho paler; 
 sides and angles rounded ; the abdomen luteous, the seta) luteous 
 annulated with black ; the feet luteous, femora above, knees, base 
 and apex of the tibise and apex of the tarsi fuscous; winc-s yel- 
 owish-gray, semihyaline, apex of the costal margin obscurer, veins 
 luteous. (Taken from the figure and description of I'ictet ) 
 
TERLA. 2T 
 
 Length to tip of wings 22 millini. Alar expanse 29—38 millim. 
 Huh. Mexico ; lirazil. Unknown to mc. 
 
 27. P. costalis. 
 
 rcrla costalis Pict. Perl. 2G4, 48 ; tab. sxiv, fig. 4. Walk. Catal. 1G2, 70. 
 
 Fuscous; liead broader than tlie ])rotliorax, fuscous, in front 
 rufesccnt; aiitenn* black; prothorax quadrangular, black, middle 
 reddish-rugulose, angles rounded, behind narrower; abdomen 
 yellowish-fuscous ; the setae fuscous, at base luteous ; feet yellow- 
 ish, apex of the femora, tarsi, black, tibiie exteriorly fuscous; 
 wings fuscous, veins black, costal one golden-yellow. (Taken from 
 the figure and description of Pictet.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings ? 18 millim. Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Vera Cruz. Unknown to me. 
 
 Walk. 
 
 tab. xxvi, fig. 1—3. V/alker, 
 
 28. P. occipitalis! 
 
 Perla ocrij>it<tlis Pict. Perl. 234. 43 
 Catal. lUO, (ju. 
 
 Yellow varied with brown ; head broader than the prothorax, 
 ocelli black, only two in number, surface between the ocelli black- 
 ish-brown, remaining surface yellow, in front clouded with fulvous ; 
 antenna} brown, their base luteous, with the basal articulation 
 blackish-fuscous at base, and at its apex luteous ; prothorax brown, 
 rugulose, i)osteriorly narrowoi-, anteriorly somewhat rounded, sides 
 a little oblique, anterior angles acute ; feet yellow, exteriorly fus- 
 cous ; al)domen and seta) yellowish ; ? antepenultimate ventral 
 segment truncated; wings testaceo-subhyaline, costal space yel- 
 lowish, veins testaceous ; accessory vein direct. (Female only seen.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Philadelphia; New York ; Washington (Osten Sackcn); 
 Maryland (Uhler). 
 
 Very siiiiilar to P. fJilaticolHs. In the specimen from Maryland 
 the prothorax has a middle yellow stripe, anteriorly and posteriorly 
 ')roadened. 
 
 29. P. picta. 
 
 Pcrla pirla Pict. Perl. 2(11, 47 ; tab. xxvii, fig. 3, 8. 
 
 Ycllowish-fulvons; the head broader than the prothorax, lute- 
 ous, a spot upon the middle triangular, and another irregular, 
 between the ocelli black, ocelli three; antenmu yellowish, ''apex 
 
 ., W 
 
 
28 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 fl 
 
 fuscous; prothorax at sides black, with a lutcous medial line or 
 b oadcr fasca; quadrangular, sides almost straight, ano-les some- 
 w^j^n ed; abdomen and set» luteous ; wini Mi^^C^ 
 of r'tet) '"'' ^ ''"^ ''''' '''' '""•'^ «-^ ^^-"'I'tion 
 
 ^_Length to tip of wings lG-18 millim. Alar expanse 27-32 
 
 fulteciel^''^' ^'"''''"' "^"''"^^^ '' ""' '"^ ' ^"^^'^^'"-^^ '^«"bt- 
 
 30. P. placida ! 
 
 Perla placida Hag.] 
 
 Yellowish-fulvous ; the head a little broader than the prothorax 
 luteous, n. front clouded with fulvous, a large discoiSal cmd' 
 rangular lack spot, three ocelli; antenn. fuscous, b ', l!'" 
 basa art.cle fuscous above ; prothorax rugulose, bro;n, post^ o^;: 
 a little, ntenorly somewhat rounded, sides a little obi que ante- 
 r.or angles acute; the feet luteous, knees subfuscous ; he'abdo- 
 menand seta3 luteous; ^ last ventral segment larger ovate 9 
 antepenutnnate one truncate; wings pale testaceo-hy Hne co'stal 
 space yellowish, veins testaceous. ' 
 
 ^^^_Length to tip of wings 10-12 millim. Alar expanse 17-23 
 
 _ Hub Sow Yovk; Washington (Osten Sacken, 1857). Very 
 simdar to P. occ?>M/5. ^ ^ 
 
 31. P. ephyre ! 
 
 ""'"Tor'osff %vT;l"''^" ^-^t- H-t. 2d ser. III. .7, 5. Pictot. 
 It'll. JS3, 3. Walk.! Catal. 1U8, 91. 
 
 Yellowish fulvous ; head broader than the prothorax, yellowish- 
 fulvous, ocelh three, joined together by a V-shaped brownish-black 
 line, antennae fuscous, base hardly yellow, basal articulation ob- 
 scurer ; prothorax yellowish-fulvous, rugulose, hardly narrower 
 I'di.nd, anteriorly somewhat rounded, sides almost straight ante- 
 nor angles acute; feet yellowish, knees exteriorlv a little dusky; 
 abdomen yellowish ; set» yellowish, at apex fuscous ; ? ante- 
 l.cnult.mate ventral segment truncated ; wings pale testaceo-hya- 
 liue, veins luteous, costal space slightly yellowish 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 IM>. Georgia (Abbot); Xew York; Xew Orleans; JJerkeley 
 Springs, \ irgmui (Osten Sackeu). ^ 
 
TEULA. 
 
 29 
 
 Ycry 
 
 32. P. clymene. 
 
 Cluoropiriii rlipnene Newm. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. Ill, 87, 4. Pict. 
 Tell. 2S:'., 4. Walk. Catal. Iii7,87. 
 
 " Head yellow, eyes and ocelli black ; wings lightly tinged with 
 fuscous, ncrvures all fuscous." — Newman. 
 
 Alar expanse 2G niillim. 
 
 Huh. Georgia (Abbot). Unknown to me. Does it belong here? 
 
 Subgenus CJdoroperla Pictet. (Costal, apical space with one 
 transverse vein.) 
 
 33. P. Guerinii. 
 
 Ptrla Canrinii Pict. Perl. 27t>, 55 ; tab. xxx, fig. G— 8. "Walk.* Catal. 
 104, 77. 
 
 Black ; head as wide as the prothorax, black, a stripe upon the 
 occiput yellow; prothorax quadrangular, anteriorly narrower, 
 rugulose, a stripe upon the middle yellow ; feet brown, femora and 
 tibia3 with a longitudinal line, and tarsi, black ; abdomen black, 
 the last segment whitish-gray ; seta3 fuscous, pilose, base whitish; 
 wings dusky subhyaline, veins dusky. (Prom the figure and de- 
 scription of Pictet.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 millira. Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 
 Hah Xew Orleans. Unknown to me. 
 
 34. P. maculata. 
 
 Perlit maculata Pict. Perl. 280, 5G; tab. xxx, fig. 9. Walker Catal 
 1G4, 78. 
 
 Black ; head as wide as the prothorax, yellow, disk broadly black ; 
 prothorax black, with a yellow middle line, posteriorly narrower, 
 sides rounded ; wings dusky, costal space obscurer, veins black. 
 (From the figure and description of Pictet.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 Huh. Philadelphia. Unknown to me. 
 
 35. P. decolorata. 
 
 Perla decolorata Walker, Catal. 170, 98. 
 
 Pale testaceous; head a little broader than the prothorax, pale 
 testaceous, with an irregular, discoidal, black spot; prothorax 
 quadrangular, subrugose, a large fuscous spot each side, sides 
 straight, angles subacute ; wings hyaline, veins black, testaceous 
 at base. (From the description of .Air. AValker.) 
 
 '\ 1 
 
 It . 
 
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 80 
 
 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 Alar expanse 2t millim, 
 
 Ilab. Great Bear Lake (Richardson). Unknown to me. • 
 36. P. decisa. 
 
 Perla decisa Walker, Catal. 170, 99. 
 
 Ferrugineous, shining; head broader than the prothorax testa- 
 ceous, antenna) fuscous ; prothorax square, rugulosc, angles sub- 
 acute ; wings gray, veins black. 
 
 Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 IfaO. St. .Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston). ■' ^ 
 
 37. P. bilineata ! 
 
 Sia/isl,muea>a Say, Godman's Western Quarterly P.eporter, II, 165 4 _ 
 i hloroperla tmmmarina Newm.! Mag. Nat. Hist, ser " Iir 87 "^ 
 r.^.v.n.! Knt Mag V 499. Walk. Catal. 101, S9. ' pictet'. Ll 
 Ihi, 1. Perla picla Walk. Catal. 1(J1, 109. 
 
 Pale fuscous, varied with yellow; head broader than the pro- 
 thorax. with three ocelli ; surface yellow, two, anteriorly conjoined 
 sem.crcular fuscous lines upon the disk, two straight fuscous lines 
 before the Cscal ones ; antenna) yellowish, apex fuscous, basal 
 art.cnh,t,on dusky ; prothorax quadrangular, yellow, rugulose, each 
 side w.th a broad fuscous stripe, sides straight, posteriorlv hardly 
 narrower, angles acute; the feet luteous, knees, and exteriorly 
 obscurer; the abdomen and setfe luteous, ? antepenultimate ven- 
 tral segment rounded at apex ; wings grayish-hyaline, exteriorly 
 iingcd with yellow, veins testaceous. (Female.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim 
 Hub. Canada; Trenton Falls, New York; Ohio (Schaum) ; 
 Cincinnati, 15th May: not rare" (Say). 
 
 38. P. severa ! 
 
 Perla severa Hag.! 
 
 Pale yellow ; head hardly broader than the prothorax, pale yel- 
 ow, three black ocelli ; anteniue pale yellow, apex obscurer ; pro- 
 thorax quadrangular, rugulose, pale yellow, a narrow brown stripe 
 upon the middle, sides straight, angles obtuse, rounded; feet yel- 
 lowish, exteriorly obscured, tarsi blackish fuscous ; abdomen -_-• 
 wings hyaline, veins fuscous, base and -Hsk partly pallid 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. -Vlar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 JJaO. Island of Unga, Russian America. 
 
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ISOPTEUYX. 
 
 31 
 
 39. P. citrinella. 
 
 Peria cilriin-Ua Newp. Proc. Linn. Soc. I, 388, G. Nfwp. Trans. Linn. 
 Soc. XX, 540, 1. P. citrinella Walk. Calal. IGD, 07. 
 
 Tale luteous ; the head as wide as the prothorax, ocelli fuscous • 
 antciina3 fnscons, pale at base; prothorax not broader behind, 
 .ateous, subrugulose, the anterior margin and middle line blackish, 
 angles obtuse, sides incurved ; wings hyaline, veins pale. (From 
 the description of Mr. Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings(?) 13 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hah. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston) ; Nova Scotia (Redman.) 
 
 Unknown to me. The description of Mr. Newport differs a 
 little : " antenna; entirely black." The description of Mr. Walker 
 was drawn from the typical specimen. Is it an Jsojjteryx'} 
 
 40. P. imbecilla. 
 
 Sialis imbecilla Say, Godman'f! West. Quart. Kept. II, 1G5, 3. 
 
 Pale green, imtiiaculate ; head with three fuscous ocelli, antennre 
 rather obscurer, pilose; prothorax transversely oval, rugulose • 
 wings greenish-whitb. (Taken from the description of Mr. Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 16 millim. 
 
 ITah. Ohio River at Cincinnati. Common in the middle of 
 :May (Say). Unknown to me. Is it an Isoptenjx ? 
 
 ISOPTERYX PiCT. 
 Wings with the transverse veins rare, almost absent ; no basal 
 space to the posterior wings; palpi setaceous, last articulation 
 shortest. 
 
 ■■'M 
 
 1. I. cydippe ! 
 
 Chloroperla ci/clippe Newm. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, IH. 88, 8. Pict. Perl. 
 317. Walk. Catal. 1G8, 88.-CVJ. sulphurca Fitdi:' (Collection of 
 de Selys Longchamps.) 
 
 Pale yellow, immaculate ; head hardly broader than the pro- 
 thorax, three black ocelli ; antenmc nigro-fuscous, base pallid : 
 prothorax transversely oval, subrugulose, angles rounded; feet 
 pale, tarsi nigro-fuscous; wings greenish-hyaline, veins pale.' 
 
 Length to tip of wings ^19 9 millim. Alar expanse ^ 13 
 9 10 millim. 
 
 111 
 
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 ' :|t; 
 
32 
 
 NEUROITERA OF NOHTII AMEIUCA, 
 
 //«J Georgia (Abbot); Trenton Falls, Xow York; Waslun-ton 
 (Ostou .sacken, Asa Fitch). Is it not P. MccUla? 
 
 CAPNIA I 
 
 ICTKT. 
 
 JJ 
 
 'nrjs veiny, transverse veins very {asy and 
 
 area of the posterior 
 ovate 
 
 very regular; anal 
 
 win 
 
 longer than the preceding one ; two 
 1. C. pygmaea ! 
 
 j>i/;/w(i,n Bum.! II, 874, l.(5)_Cny 
 
 Ss large, plicate; palpi filifonn, last joint 
 
 setiTj. 
 
 Scmlili 
 
 324 
 
 Fitch ! Winter I 
 
 imla piigmaea PictotI Pprl. 
 
 f.'ib. xl, ll,^^ 1_3. -^y,,,,,. (,,^^.,1, 175 o,_^ 
 
 nsocts of K. Nmv York, f) ;! 
 
 rla 
 
 nivicola 
 
 Black, shining, with gray hairs; articulations of the 
 
 osc, in front with an impressed 
 II, lit tlie apex i)itchy, t 
 
 aiitenniclong; 
 
 curved 
 arsi fuscous ; 
 
 prothorax rounded, snbrugul 
 line ; feet black, tibi:u brow 
 abdomen black ; set. with somewhat Z;^ io^:2IZ:i:::^ 
 
 penis the male long ; to the back of the abdomen two tubercles 
 placed before the apex of the i)cnis. ^""eicits, 
 
 mmim^'^ to tip of wings 4d J, 9 ? millim. Alar expanse IG ? 
 
 IMk Tennsylvania (Zimmerman); iXewfoundland. "x\ew York 
 common m February."— Z>r. Fitck. ' 
 
 Is not Caj^nia venialis Newport, this same species ? 
 
 2. C. necydaloides ! 
 
 '''''catarm!^f ' ''"'' ''"'• '''' '' '''• "'' '^- '-'•?' ^^ •'"-■•' 
 Black, shining; articulations of the antenna long; prothorax 
 ^ndcd ., rugulose anteriorly an impressed, cur^^ed line ; S 
 lack, d,.,c brown, piceous at the apex, tarsi fuscous; the abdo- 
 men lutoous, the apex black; set. black, with 13-18 ar'ticulatio!^ 
 he apex fuscous; ^ wings rudimental ; 9 wings a little lon^e 
 hau the abdomen, pale, the veins stout, black; penis shorter timn 
 n the preceding species; abdomen having one dorsal tubercle 
 before the apex of the penis. 
 
 Length to tip of wino-s J' A. o fii m;ii;r>, ai 
 . ° i "' "'"='' d *) V <>. miliim. Alar expanse 11 1 
 
 m 
 
CAPNIA. 
 
 33 
 
 3. C. minima! 
 
 l\rla miiuma Nowp.l Proc. Linn. Soc. I, 388, 2. Trans. Linn. Soc. XX 
 4-.(l, 2. Walk.! Catal. Ib'S, 19. 
 
 IMack, shining; antenna monlliform: prothorax narrower than 
 the hcatl, subqiiadrate, sides straight, angles acute; feet biaekish- 
 fnscoiis; abdomcMi bhiek (setio with 13 articuhitions, Xewp.); ^ 
 wings rndimental ; 9 wings pale, veins black ; penis ^ very short; 
 ulidomen having no dorsal tul)ercle l)efore the aoox of tlie penis 
 
 Length to tip of wings ^ 2^; ^ 6 millim. ' Alar exuanse, 7 
 niillini. 
 
 I/ab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay; April 
 (Uarnston). 
 
 I possess only the male , the remainder of the description is 
 from >cwport and Walker. 
 
 4. C. vernalis! 
 
 Cajwia vcrualis Newp. Troc. Linn. Soc. 3S8, 3. Trans. Linn. Soc. XX, 
 451, 3. Walk. Catal. 170, 8. Mmoura tenuis Walk.! Catal. 182, 13.' 
 
 Black, shining, sparingly pilose ; antenna raoniliform ; protho- 
 rax narrower than the head, rounded, rugulose; feet, abdomen, and 
 sotic blackish-fuscous ; seto3 with somewhat near 20 articulations ; 
 wings pallid, veins fuscous; wings with the form and reticulation . 
 0? JVemoum (subgenus restricted); penis rather long; no dorsal 
 tubercle before the apex of the penis. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 6— T millim. Alar expanse 10—12 
 inijlim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Biver, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
 I possess a male and female from the British Museum; they are 
 certainly N. tcmns Walker, but I do not know whether the speci- 
 mens described in the same place and taken in New York, belong 
 liere. Nor liave I quoted here Newport's species C. vernalis with°- 
 out some doubt. But not finding his typical specimens in the 
 British Museum, I am rather inclined to believe that Mr. Walker 
 lias erroneously united them to N. tenuis. iV. tenuis Pictet is very 
 diiferent. 
 
 t t No abdominal setae. 
 
 * Second articulation of the tarsi equal to the others. 
 
 '■ ilf 
 
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 4! 
 
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34 
 
 NEUUOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 Mill 
 
 TAENIOPTERYX Pictet. 
 Wings a little involuted, veined, transverse veins very scnrce, 
 rather regular; anal area of the posterior wings large, plicated;' 
 palpi filiform, the last article ovate; no abdominal seta); tarsi wit ii 
 three long, equal articles. 
 
 Pict.I Perl. 359, 5, tab. xlvi, flg. 4, 5. 
 
 1. T. fasclata ! 
 
 SniMis/ascin/a Burm.! II, 875, 6. 
 Walker, Catal. 179, 5. 
 
 151ack, with gray pile; head hardly broader than the thorax, in 
 front and at the eyes rufous, tubercles flat, polished, anteriorly with 
 two i)ara]lel grooves; antenna) fuscous, the basal articulation black; 
 prothorax broader behind, rugulose, sides oblique, posterior margin 
 rounded, anterior angles subacute, tubercles a little shining, near 
 the anterior margin a transverse, biarcuated sulcus, two closely 
 approximated, linear, parallel discoidal tubercles, at the posterior 
 margin a transverse sulcus; feet yellowish-brown, femora exteriorly 
 tibia) at l)ase and the tarsi blackish-brown ; abdomen black, shin- 
 ing, 9 appendix broad, yellow, triangular, beneath excavated the 
 apex narrow, rounded, incurved; ^ appendix yellow, lanceolate; 
 wings subhyaline, a gray transverse band upon the middle and 
 another at the apex; veins fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11-.13 millira. Alar expanse 23—95 
 millini. 
 
 Bab. Philadelphia, Pa.; Washington, April (Osten Sackeu). 
 
 2. T. similis ! 
 
 Ta;iiiop!erij.v similis Hagen! 
 
 Black, shining; head broader than the prothorax, shining, hardly 
 rufous anteriorly, antenna; black ; prothorax short, broad, sides 
 oblique, posterior margin rounded, anterior angles rounded, 'poste- 
 rior ones acute, anterior margin subreflexed, very rugulos'e ; feet 
 brown, femora exteriorly and the tarsi blackish-brown ; abdomen 
 black, shining; the last ventral segment truncated; wings subhy- 
 aline, with three broad gray bands, the extreme one is apical veins 
 fuscous. (Female.) ' 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 14 millim. 
 
 Hub. Washington, May (Osten Sackeu). 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
TAENIOPTERYX. 
 
 85 
 
 I possess males from Washington, April (Osten Sacken), with 
 thfc femoi -inarmed, the ventral appendage narrow, oval, concave 
 and with the sculpture of the front, anteriorly, a little different.' 
 Is it a new species ? 
 
 * 
 
 3. T. frlglda! 
 
 Txnioptcryx frigida Ilagent 
 
 _ IJlack, grayish-pilose; head hardly broader than the prothorax 
 in front fuscous, tubercles flat, polished; anteriorly with two parallel 
 furrows; antennae black; prothorax hardly broader posteriorly sides 
 straight, anterior and posterior margin subrotund, anterior angles 
 rounded, posterior ones square, with a few flat, polished tubercles 
 near the anterior margin a transverse biarcuated sulcus, at the pos' 
 tenor margin a transverse one ; feet yellowish-brown, femora ex- 
 teriorly tibiae at base and the tarsi blackish-brown ; abdomen 
 black, shining; wings subhyaline, a gray band upon the middle 
 and another at the apex, veins fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim 
 
 Hub. Maryland (Uhler). 
 
 Is this not N. nivalis Fitch, Winter Ins. 6, 4. Walk. Catal 
 190, 48? It is certainly a T<eniopteryx, and perhaps T. fasciata 
 Burm.r 
 
 4. T. maura ! 
 
 Taeniopteryx mau. a Pict.! Perl. 361, 6; tab. xlvi, fig. G. 
 
 Black, opaque; head equal to the prothorax, rugulose, occiput 
 punctated, antennae blackish-brown ; prothorax broader behind 
 sides siiiuated, oblique, anterior angles rounded, posterior ones 
 subacute, the anterior and lateral margins a little recurved tuber- 
 cles very few, polished; feet whitish-pilose, femora black, tibiae 
 luteous ; abdomen black ; wings grayish-hyaline or fuscous, veuis 
 fuscous ; male with shorter wings, the ventral appendage oblong 
 concave. The same sex has a robust tooth upon the middle of the 
 femora beneath. 
 
 Length to tip of wings, ^^9; ? 15 millim. Alar expanse 9 27 
 millim. * 
 
 Hub. Philadelphia, Pa.; Washington, April (Osten Sacken) 
 Common. ^ 
 
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 'rf, 
 
86 
 
 NKHnoi'TKitA OK North am mil 
 
 I'A. 
 
 5. T. gluolnllBl 
 
 Nrmouni {llni,l,vi,l,m) ,)l,iri,ili» tivwyA I'l-,..-. Mini. S.h'. I, :iS|) 4, T 
 
 I.liiii. H.M'. XX, -JM. \V/ilk.l Cikliil. Uia, r.U. A'. 
 1711, 7. (IViiml...) 
 
 runs. 
 
 HKiii/d Wiilk.l I'lilal. 
 
 tl 
 
 Allird to 7! ii„n(ni; .lllVcrs in liiiviii)r the occi|Mit vcrnicosc, and 
 !•> prolhonu snioollicr; ih,. wind's in llio males nidinirntary, tlio 
 I'tMiiom nnanin'd, tlio ventral appenda^'e (piadran^'ular, llatler. 
 ■ en^ll. lo ii|i of win^s D—IT) niillini. Alar expanse 27 niiliini. 
 ills, Alhany liiver, lludson'a lUiy (|{arn- 
 
 //«/'. St. .Martin's I 
 
 Kton). 
 
 * + 
 
 'I'he soeond article of the tarsi snuill, Hhorter tl 
 
 tile others. 
 
 IIUI 
 
 NEMOURA. !•„ .TT. 
 Wings veiny, flat, trunNvorso veins lew, very repnlar, veins of 
 the pleroslif^'ma forming' an X; una! ar a of ihe posterior win^s 
 liir>-e, plieate; no seta-; the second articulation of the tarsi short. 
 
 1. N. oomplotn. 
 
 \,illo,iri, ,:;,ii'!,l,i Walk. (';it(ll. till, ^2. 
 
 lUack. shining'; head broader than the prothorax, npon (h>« disk 
 II Inteons spot; i)rolhorax .piadran>,ndar, ecpnd, sides struiKhl, 
 aiii-les .suhaeiite, surface .subniunilose. a smoother sulcus upon the 
 middle; ''^'t ferruginous; wings hyaline; anterior ones witlni hand 
 iil.oii the middle and aimlhcr at apex fuscous, veins lii.seou.s. i From 
 the di>scription of Mr. Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings .S? millim. Alar expanse M niillim. 
 
 //<>!>. Nova Scotia (Kcdman). Unknown to uic. May it not 
 helong to TiCHioptfryx^ 
 
 2. N. albldipennis ! 
 
 Si mould ii//ii'(//;ij ;ou'.s- Walk. Cital. T.U, 'A. 
 
 riccous. shining: head broader tl an the jirothorax ; nntcnna; 
 fuscous; prothorax ([uadvauguiar. sides straight, angles subacute, 
 anterior margin a little recurved, disk with a few tiiberdes ; feet 
 pale luteous. apex of the fe: ira and ba.se of the tibiie fu.scous; 
 abdomen yollowi.sh-fuseous; wings hyaline, veins fuscou.s, a little 
 margined with fuscous. 
 
 Length to tij) of wings D millim. Alar expanse 10 millim. 
 
T.KIKTUA. 
 
 3t 
 
 /A/A. W.iHl.i,,^!.,,, r()sl.,n Sacknn); Nova S.-otia (lUMlt.uu.) 
 Im not tlio fVrniginoiiH-colorcd HpeoioH of Mr. Walkor distinct fro 
 tliiH'/ 
 
 in 
 
 not 
 
 fl. N. perfeota ! 
 
 A< mmin pv/rrin Walk.l (Jatttl. 191, fil. 
 
 nidcii.Nhininfr; liciul Itnmdcr limn fl 
 
 |irolIiorii.\ niirn.wdr l)ciiind, KJdcs o!i| 
 
 tlu 
 
 li(! prothonix, antonnn- liiiicK-, 
 i«|no, luiterioriinfrJcH rounded 
 
 [! antc.ior nnirKin a littlo recurved, disk with a low tui.crcl 
 
 C.H 
 
 feet lestaccouH, femora exteriorly and the tarsi l.rownisl.-lda.k 
 winKs clouded with fuHcuuH, broadly margined with fuscous veins 
 fuscous. ' 
 
 l.cnKtli to tip of wiufTH 8 miilim. Alar expanse 14 millim 
 //.A Trenton Falls (O.ston Sacken); Nova Scotia (Kcdman). 
 It may lie dillerent from .Mr. Walker's species. 
 
 I po,sses,s an individual of the Ku.opean N. varicjala, labelled 
 1 Inla.lelphui," but the label is very doublful. 
 
 LEUCTRA Stuimiknh. 
 AViuKH veiny, involuted when in rest, transverse veins very few 
 very regular, veins of the pterosligma simple {i. e., not forming 
 an X); anal area of the posterior wings small, plicate; caudal seta3 
 absent ; the second articulation of the tarsi short. 
 
 1. L. teimls ! 
 
 X.mo„ra Imuix VlcU Porl. 37.';, 10; t;ib. xlix, fig. 1-3. 
 
 Fuscous, opmp..., head a littlo broader than the i)rothorax- nn- 
 to.uue fuscous; thorax .pmdrangular, sides straight, angles 'sub- 
 »nite, disk with three elevated lines, the mi.ldlo one straight the 
 others snbincurved; feet fulvous, abdomen fuscous; wings subhv- 
 aliiie, a little ciliated, veins fulvous. 
 
 Length to ti{. of wings Y millim. Alar expanse 12 millim 
 Jf'A I'hiladelphia; Washington (Osten Sacken); Sharon 
 fel)nngs, Now York, in August (Ostou Sacken). 
 
 2. L. ferruglnea ! 
 
 A'.7/i«i(c,i /;nM;/j'/iea Walk.! Catal. 183, 18. 
 
 Fusco-ferruginous, somewhat shining; head a little broader 
 than the prothorax ; antenna) ferruginous; prothorax a little 
 
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88 
 
 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 broader In front, qnadranKuIar, sides u little convex, anterior an- 
 Kles somewhat rounded ; disk with three straiKht elevated lines, 
 the outer ones shorter; feet and al.domen ferruginous; wings 
 subhyalino, a little ciliated, veins ferruf,'inous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 raillim. Alar expanse 14 millim. 
 
 Hub. Nova Scotia (Uedmau). 
 
 Fam. V. EPHEMERINA. 
 
 5o(Z?/ elongated, conical ; prothorax of modorato size- an- 
 • tennu) small, subulate; partsof the mouth rudimentary, con- 
 nate; caudal aetfo two or three, long, slender; wings unequal 
 posterior smaller, or sometimes absent; transverse veins few 
 or numerous; tarsi four- or five-articulated. 
 
 EPHEMERA Linn. 
 Three long and equal caudal seta) ; wings four, transverse veins 
 very numerous; eyes remote, in the males simple. 
 
 1. E. decora! 
 
 Ephemera decora Walk.! Catal. 537, 7. Male Imago. 
 ^ Imago. Rather luteous, apex of the antenna) black ; the 
 head, thorax, and abdomen each side with a fuscous fascia, that of 
 the abdomen broader, exteriorly serrated ; beneath yellowish, ab- 
 domen bilineate ; anterior feet very long, luteous, the apex of the 
 femora, base and apex of the tibiiB and apex of the tarsal articu- 
 lations fuscous ; posterior feet (partly destroyed) luteous ; sctte 
 luteous, long, the articulations fuscous ; wings yellowish-hyaline, 
 veins fuscous, partly margined with fuscous, anterior ones witli 
 some discoidal fuscous spots. Female paler, feet short£r, wings 
 more hyaline. 
 
 Length of body 11 millim. Alar expanse 26 millim. Seta) 25 
 millim. 
 
 Hab. New Haven; Canada (Barnston); Chicago (Osten Sacken). 
 
 Does E. guttulata Pictet. Ephem. 135, 4, tab. iv, fig. 4, belong 
 here ? I have never seen it, and the locality is unknown. The 
 figure and description agree, but yet, the wings are more spotted. 
 
 2. E. simulans. 
 
 Ephemera simulans Walk.! Catal. 536, 5. 
 
 Piceous; feet fulvous, anterior ones obscurer; setaj pale pice- 
 
 -:iE;yA.^ 
 
; an- 
 coil- 
 
 ErnEMRHA. 
 
 oils, pnhcRCont, lonpor tlian the body; win(?9 subciiicreoiis, 
 niitcrior ouch nmciiliited and snhfasciated with fiiscous, tlie u 
 (iiid imsterior margin not inaciilated ; veins cloudy. (From 
 Walker's do.scri|)tion.) 
 
 Length of body 12 miliini. Alar expanse 31 millim. Setaj 14 
 niillin). 
 
 Ilah. St, I/awrencc River. 
 
 Is it not 11 female suliiinaj^o? I have seen the specimen described 
 and noted "that it was allied to E. vulyuta, but smaller." 
 
 8. E. hebes. 
 
 Ephemera hebes Walk. Catal. .^j^S, 8. 9 Snbimago. 
 
 Piceous; antennaj black; feet testaceous, anterior ones fuscons; 
 setic fiisco-testaceous ; wings cinereous, veins black. (From Mt. 
 Walker's description.) 
 
 Length of body 9 millim. Alar expanse 22 millim. 
 
 If(i(). St. Johns, Xewfoundland. 
 
 The specimen described is iu the British Museum. 
 
 4. E. natata ! 
 
 Palingeuia natata Walk.! Catal. 551, 13. 9 Subimago. 
 
 Fusco-testaceous ; anteniuD black; abdomen interruptedly bi- 
 vittated with fuscous ; setic pilose, fulvous, banded with fuscous, 
 a little shorter than the body; feet testaceous, tibiic and tarsi fus- 
 cous; wings subcinereous, veins black and black-banded, except 
 at the apex and posterior margin ; the anterior ones with three or 
 four discoidal fuscous spots. 
 
 Length of body 15 millim. Alar expanse 38 millim. Seta3 15 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston) ; Chicago (Osteu Sacken). 
 
 5. E. pudlca! 
 
 Ejihemera? pudica Engen] 9 Subimago. 
 
 Lutcous ; thorax spotted with fuscous ; abdomen with the pos- 
 terior margin, exteriorly, of the middle dorsal segments black; feet 
 luteous, the knees and a ring upon the middle of the femora fus- 
 cous ; wings grayish-hyaline, longitudinal veins yellow, transverse 
 ones fuscous, banded with gray; transverse discoidal veins a little 
 Irregular. 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 AA 
 
 J. 3^1 
 
 89 
 
 -91 
 
 the 
 
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 »pex 
 \f.. 
 
 I 
 
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40 
 
 NEUnoPTERA OF NOllTH AMEUICA, 
 
 mm 
 
 Wf i 
 
 Length of body 12 millira. Alar expanse 40 milllm. 
 I/ab. Washington (Osten Sacken, 1858). 
 Are there three set» ? The unique specimen is very much muti- 
 Jated ; but it has tha fades of an Ephemera. 
 
 PALINGENIA Burji. 
 Three setas, the middle one short, in the males sometimes, almost 
 absent; wings four, transverse veins very numerous; eyes remote, 
 simple. 
 
 1. P. hecuba! 
 
 Paliiigenia hecuba Hagen ! f Imago. 
 
 Luteous, spotted with fuscous; head blackish-fuscous, apcY of 
 the antennae pale; prothorax shining fuscous, broad, narrower 
 anteriorly; abdomen luteous, above blackish-fuscous ; setie thick 
 whitish-gray, the middle one of equal thickness with the others 
 (partly destroyed); base of the feet luteous (the feet are wantin- 
 in the specimen); wings large, opaque, grayish-rosy, the costd 
 margin a little obscurer, veins gray. 
 
 Length of body 22 millim. Alar expanse 78 millim 
 JJab Vera Cruz (Salle). Collection of de Selys Longchamps. 
 The largest species yet known. The wings are opaque, but yet 
 It IS an imago; and it has a mass of eggs iu the vulvar aperture. 
 
 2. P. alba! 
 
 Bxiis alba Say, Long's Narrative Api>eudix, II, 305, 3. 
 
 Milk-white; vertex fuscous; prothorax transverse, quadrangu- 
 lar, in front truncated, yellowish-white; anterior feet grayish-fus- 
 cous, the others white ; wings whitish, anterior margin grayish 
 
 Length of body 11 millim. Alar expanse 22 millira 
 (sff ■ ^'*''"' ^^"^ ^'''''' ^^''^'^- ^''^""'^'«tt) ; Winnipeg River 
 
 "This insect appears in immense numbers;" for a more particu- 
 lar account see Long's x\arrative, as quoted above. I have seen 
 only a mutilated specimen. 
 
 3. P. puella. 
 
 Palingenia puella Pictet, Ephem. 145, 2 ; tab. xi, fig. 4. 
 Milky-whitish; ocelli black ; prothorax transverse, short, ante- 
 
PALINGEMA. 
 
 41 
 
 riorly produced In the middle ; apex of the feet brownish, femora 
 pale ; wings whitish, costa a little obscurer. (From the figure and 
 description of Pictet.) 
 
 Alar expanse 26 raillira. 
 
 Hab. New Orleans. Xot seen by me. Is it P. alba Say? 
 
 4. P. bllineata ! 
 
 Ba^ds hilineata Say, Long's Exped. II, 303, 1. P. IMata Pictet, Epliem. 
 146, 3 ; tab. xii. 
 
 Imago ^. Fulvous, antennas pale, basal articulation obscurer- 
 head dusky in front, beneath yellow; prothorax compressed in the 
 middle, al)ove triangularly tuberculated, each side with a fuscous 
 stripe; aI)domen fulvous, spotted with fuscous; each side with a 
 medial fuscous stripe composed of oblique striae, margins of the 
 segments fuscous; anterior feet fuscous, basal articles of the tarsi 
 yellow, posterior feet yellow, unguiculi fuscous; seue yellowish 
 long, apex of the articles annulated with fuscous ; intermediate 
 seta very short; anal appendages yellow, the apex fuscous; penis 
 two-parted, fuscous, apex incurved, oval; wings hyaline, anterior 
 ones with the costal margin fulvous, veins black, some transverse 
 blackish-banded veins; posterior wings with the apex hardly 
 clouded, transverse discoidal veins banded with blackish-fuscous. 
 Imago 9. Pale yellow; tarsal unguiculi fuscous; abdomen with 
 a luscous apical band in the middle and interrupted ones on both 
 sides ;^ wings yellowish-hyaline, costal margin yellowish, longitudi- 
 nal veins yellowish, transverse ones black. 
 
 Subimago 9. Similar to the imago, the abdomen above ob- 
 scurer, wings opaque. 
 
 Length of body, J^ 16 ; 9 18. Subimago, 9 22 millim. Alar 
 expanse,^ 34; 9 40. Subimago, 9 48 millim. Length of cau- 
 dal setae, ^ 46. Subimago, 9 25 millim. 
 
 JIab. St. Peters River, "common" (Say) ; X. Red River (Robt 
 Kei.nicott); Maryland (Uhler); Philadelphia; Washington (Osten 
 Sackeii) ; St. Louis. The specimens from Washington are yel- 
 lower. 
 
 6. P. llmbata ! 
 
 PaUncionia limbata Serv. Guer. Icon. Recn. Animal. Ins. tab. Ix f5<r 7 
 Ephnnna Umhata Ramb. Neuropt, 205, 4, Walkor, Catal.'54'8, 3." 
 lal viridr^cus Walk. I Catal. 550, 11. Fern. Subimago. Ba^ds 
 avgulata Walk. 1 Catal. 5G4, 28. Male imago. 
 
 ij" 
 
li' ' !] 
 
 42 
 
 Pt!1 
 
 NEIIIIOTTKRA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 J* Iina<);o. Fulvous, spotted with fuscous 
 
 fiiit (Miliar <>fray, hnsiil 
 
 article brownish-bjacli; head dusliy in front, beneath veil 
 tliorax narrowed in tl 
 
 o\v 
 
 l)ro- 
 
 each side with a fuseous st 
 
 10 nii<idle, above trianguhirly tnbercniated 
 
 1 
 
 rownisli-blaek, dorsu 
 
 ripe confluent upon the disi.-; iibd 
 
 m each side with an interrupted yellow st 
 
 omen 
 ripe 
 
 anterior feet entirely fuscous, posterior ones brownish-yellow nn- 
 Kineuh fuseous; sctiu long, fuscous, the apex of the articles with a 
 very small whitish annulus; intermediate seta very short; anal ap- 
 IKMidages fuscous; penis two-parted, fuseous, iipex un-uicilated 
 recurved; wings suld.yaliue, anterior ones with -the costal margin 
 fuscous; veins black, some transverse ones bounded with bhick- 
 posterior wings margined exteriorly with fuscous, discoidal trans- 
 verse veins covered with blaciv. 
 
 c^ Subimago. Like the imago, but n-ith the body opnque <rrnver 
 the feet obscurer, the -vings opa.jtie gray, tin. anterior onesl.ardly 
 colored upon the costal margin, the posterior ono:i more broadly 
 margined. •' 
 
 9 imago. Simihir to the male; the whole body paler, more 
 fulvous, seta> and feet paler; the intermediate seta very short ; the 
 anterior wmgs have the costal margin paler. 
 
 9 Subimago. Similar to the imago, the body opaque ; brown- 
 ish-gray, feet and seta) brownish-black, wings opa(iue -ray the 
 anterior ones with the costal margin of the same color, the poste- 
 nor ones with a brownish-black margin. 
 
 I possess another female subimago, a younger specimen. 1'hc 
 body, feet, and setiu are much diluted and pale-colored, the margin 
 of the posterior wings is of the same color, i)ale. It is hardly 
 dilferent. ^ 
 
 Length of body, ^ n. ^9 Subimago, 21. 9, 29 millim 
 .\larcxpanse,J"34. J' ? Subimago, 42. 9,46niillim. Length 
 of setio, ^42. J* 9 Subimago, 18. 9, 20 millim. 
 
 nab. New Orleans (I'leilfer); Ohio (Schauai); St. Louis; 
 (hicago (Osten Sacken); St. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver 
 Hudson's Bay (Harnston) ; Canada (A/.) 
 
 Alale imagines from (Miicago seem to dilTer a little, the colors 
 nre much paler, the ajiex of the penis is incurved, the basul half 
 ul the antenme is Hack, the setio yellowish and the apex of the 
 articulations has a fuscous ring. J\ biUncata from AVashmgtou 
 and P. llmhnla from New Orleans certainly are distinct spedcs; 
 the species from Chicago is colored very much like P. limbata, but 
 
 4 
 
PALINOENIA. 
 
 43 
 
 
 tlic penis is inonrvod. P. hilincata Say, from N. Red River (dc- 
 tcniiiiKMl hy Mr. Ulder), is colored more lil<e /'. Un,h,aa from Chi- 
 ('iij,'() ; Mr. Wullior's si)ucies rc(iuire a new exumimitioii. 
 
 6. P. occulta. 
 
 /'f('/»/(/(';//Vt orruZ/a Walk.l Catal. r).')],12. % 9, Imago. 
 
 TcPtaceons ; antennre black, the base testaceous ; sides of tlie 
 mesothorax fuscous; abdomen obscurer, interruptedly bivittated 
 with fuscous ; seta3 not longer than the l)ody, testaceous, a little 
 hairy; tarsi and anterior feet fuscous; wings subcinereoiis, veins 
 black-, basal ones testaceous; anterior wings yellowish at base, 
 with the costal margin brownish. (From the description of Mr' 
 Walker.) 
 
 I.cngth of body 21—25 millim. Alar expanse 41—50 millim 
 Seta' I!) millim. 
 
 J lab. Arctic America, Lakes Winnipeg and Superior (Richard- 
 son). 
 
 I'he typical specimens are similar to P. vmdesrens, but smaller, 
 and the posterior wings are scarcely margined exteriorly. 
 
 7. P. blcolor. 
 
 Paliiujniia hicolor Walk.! Catal. 5.')2, 15. 9 Subiinago. 
 
 Ferruginous ; thorax each side below, with a black spot ; abdo- 
 men fuscous, beneath paler ; setaj long, hairy, testaceous ; feet yel- 
 low, anterior ones brownish testaceous, base of the tarsi whitish ; 
 wings cinereous, the margin pilose, the veins black, margined with 
 fuscous. 
 
 Length of body 12 millim. Alar expanse 27. Seta; 24 millim. 
 Jhib. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's JJay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
 8, P. decolorata! 
 
 Paliiiijtnla decolorata Ilagen! 
 
 Luteous ; head brownish-black, antonnre pale ; prothorax nar- 
 rower anteriorly; anterior feet blackish, posterior ones lutoous ; 
 mesothorax yellowish-fuscous ; al)domen luteous, sides striped with 
 obscure fuscous, setie luteous, intermediate very short; wings yel- 
 lowish-hyaline, veins luteous, the subcosta fuscous. (Lnago.) 
 
 Length of body 16 millim. Alar expanse 30 millim. Setaj 30 ? 
 millim. 
 
 
44 
 
 NEUROPTERA Ok' NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 Ilab. Mexico ; Matamoras, Tamaulipas. Common. 
 
 I have seen many specimens, but all of them in alcohol and 
 mutilated, and the colors were probal)ly a little chano-ed 
 
 I have had a large species from New Grenada in alcohol, but 
 the specimen is very much damaged. 
 
 BABTIS Leach. 
 Abdomen furnished with two seta3 ; wings four, transverse veins 
 numerous ; eyes simple ; in the male approximate, large. 
 
 1. B. Interpunctata ! 
 
 Yellowish white tinged with green ; head yellowish, vertex with 
 a lateral black point, front with an arcuated black line ; ocelli with 
 a b ack ring around each, apex of the antenna black; prothorax 
 with a black line each side : mesothorax tinged with brown ; feet 
 greenis^^i, the four anterior femora with a black ring upon the mid- 
 dle and apex, apex of the posterior ones fuscous ; abdomen with 
 he apex ferruginous, the posterior margin of the dorsal segments 
 black ; seta3 pale ; wings hyaline, the anterior margin greenish the 
 transverse veins black, an abbreviated, submarginal, medial black 
 line. Imago and subiiuago, male and female. 
 Length of body 8 millim. Alar exanse 18—26 millim. Setie 
 
 Hub. Indiana (Say); Washington, Trenton Falls (Osten Sac- 
 ken) j Chicago, Alleghany Mountains. Va. (Osten Sacken). 
 
 2. B. flaveola ! 
 
 M>r,WaPict. Epbem. 186, 12, tab. xxiii, fig. 4. Walker! 
 Catal. 5u9, 12. 
 
 Yellow, eyes black ; wings yellowish-hyaline, transverse veins 
 black; posterior femora with a black point; abdominal se"-ments 
 margined with black; setae yellowish. (From the figure ^ud de- 
 scription of Tictet. (Female imago.) 
 
 Length of body 8 millim. Alar expanse 22 millim Setaj 9 
 millim. 
 
 Ifub. Tennessee (Pojppig, Museum of Vienna) ; St. Martin's 
 Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Baruston). 
 
BAETIS. 
 
 45 
 
 'Lifl 
 
 veins 
 
 
 I have seen a specimen (? Imago) from the Vienna Museum- 
 It may be the one described by Pictet (although the setie are longer' 
 14 milhm.). As that female pertains, undoubtedly, to B inter, 
 punctata, probably, therefore, B. Jlaveola is nothing but a female 
 B. interpunctata Say. On account of a slight fold in the anterior 
 margin of the wings the submarginal line is seen with difficulty 
 
 I have seen a mutilated, smaller, female subimago from Ten- 
 nessce (with the wings expanding 18 millim.), which may be a dis- 
 tiuct species. 
 
 3, B. obesa. 
 
 Daetis obesa Say. Joum. Acad. Philad. VIII, 43, 4. Walk. Catal. 563, 26. 
 
 Subimago. Black, livid; wings brownish-black, with many small 
 transverse hyaline spots or abbreviated lines, a large, iLline' 
 obliquesemifascia about the middle on the anal margin • posterio^ 
 ones, with many transverse, abbreviated, hyaline lines not attaining 
 to the apical margin ; feet pale yellow, incisures of the tarsi black • 
 abdominal segments margined with rufous; set^ very short pilose' 
 aunulated with black. (From Say's description.) ^''' P^'°«^' 
 
 Length of body 8 millim. 
 
 Bub. Indiana (Say). 
 
 4. B. fuBca! 
 
 Buetisfusca Walker! Catal. 568, 38. 
 
 Imago ^ 9.^ Piceous, beneath ferruginous; antenna, black- 
 
 lated with fuscous, three times the length of the body; feet testa- 
 ceous, the anterior ones fuscous; wings hyaline, anterior ones with 
 the costal margin at the apex fuscous. (From Mr. Walker's de- 
 scription.) ^ 
 
 ^^_Length of body 8 millim. Alar expanse 20 millim. Setse 25 
 
 stoff ■ ^^* '^^''^'"'' ^''"'' "^'^""^ ^''"'' ""'^'^'^'^ ^'-^y (i^a'-'^- 
 
 I saw the specimen in London, and noted at that time that it 
 
 ^as closely allied to B.flaveoh; the specimen from Nova Scotia 
 
 belongs to P. concinnm Walk. Perhans a nv.lp . ^ ^l""^'^ 
 i<- ,. -^ "tiiiv. j;tiu.ij)s a male imago, from 
 
 \\ asliington (Osten Sacken), and one from Chicago, belongs here. 
 
 i.i 
 
 ' I 
 
 H 
 
 
46 
 
 NEUROI'TERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 ir 
 
 6. B. debilis. 
 
 DaStis debilis Walker, Catal. 569, 39. 
 
 Ferruginous; abdomen obscurer; setae testaceous, much longer 
 than the body ; feet pale testaceous ; wings subhyaline, veins tes- 
 taceous. 9. (Prom the description of Mr. Walker.) 
 
 Length of body 6 millim. Alar expanse H. Length of sette 
 8 millim. 
 
 Huh. Nova Scotia (Redman). 
 
 6. B. arlda. 
 
 Bactis arida Say, Jour. Acad. Philad. VIII, 42, 2. Walk. Catal. 5G2, 24. 
 
 Reddish-brown ; head whitish, varied with ferruginous, vertex 
 each side, with a small black point ; eyes rufous, with a whitish 
 vitta: incisures of the abdomen much obscurer; setae and poste- 
 rior feet greenish-white; wings immaculate. (From the description 
 of Say.) ^ 
 
 Length oT body 10 millim. 
 
 Hab. Indiana (Say). A female imago, from Washington, may 
 belong here ; the specimen is mutilated. 
 
 7. B. verticla! 
 
 Baelis verlicis Say, Jour. Acad. PLilad. VIII, 42, 3. Walk. Catal. 562, 25. 
 
 Yellowish-white; vertex ferruginous; thorax with two ferru- 
 ginous vitta), which are conQuent anteriorly, but obsolete poste- 
 riorly; settu a little longer than the body, the incisures black; feet 
 whitish, anterior femora at the apex ferruginous, apex of the 
 anterior tibire and incisures of the tarsi fuscous ; wings hyaline 
 veins exclusive of the marginal ow^.h, bluck. (From the description 
 of Say.) J' Imago. 
 
 Length of body 8 millim. Alar expanse 21 raillim. Seta) 24 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Indiana (Say) ; Maryland (Uhler). 
 
 Two specimens from Maryland agree with the description, ex- 
 cept in the color of the veins of the wings; the marginal ones are 
 black, or ratlier fuscous. Is the description good ? It should be 
 observed that the species of BuMs are very difricult to separate, 
 and pcrhai)s some species heretofore described may bo only syno- 
 nyms of others. A further acquaintance is necessary. A male and 
 female from Dalton, Georgia (Osten Sacken), and Washington (id.) 
 
BAETIS. 
 
 41 
 
 ■■ 
 
 are possessed by me, perhaps the true B. verticis: is It not B fla- 
 veola I'ict.? *^ 
 
 8. B. canadensis ! 
 
 BaHtis canadensis Walk. Catal. 569, 40. 
 
 Testaceous; vertex and disk of the thorax ferruginous ; abdo- 
 men with the margins of the segments piceous ; feet pale, femora 
 fuscous, inc.sures of the tarsi black ; wings hyaline, costal mar-Mn 
 at the apex fuscous, veins black. (From Mr. Walker's description ) 
 
 Length of body 6 millim. Alar expanse 16 millim. 
 
 Ihih. Canada (Barnston); Trenton Falls (Osten Sacken) 
 
 I have seen mutilated male and female imagines from Trenton 
 Falls ; are they the true B. canadensis Walker? A larger female 
 expanding 30 millimetres, is pale yellow, wings hyaline, veins yel' 
 low ; the head and abdomen are wanting. In London I noted 
 notlung about Mr. Walker's species, except that it was "allied to 
 B.jiaveola;^^ the variety there described is perhaps a female. 
 
 9. B. ignava. 
 
 Baciis iijnava Ilagen. Baitis? subimago. Walk. Catal. 571, 45. 
 
 Rufous; eyes broad, very prominent ; thorax rufous ; abdomen 
 pale, reddish-gray: -eta) thick; feet rufous; wings gray, opaque 
 the anterior ones narrow at base, veins bordered with fuscous. 
 
 Alar expanse about 25 millim. 
 
 Bah. Newfoundland. 
 
 Certainly a female subimago : the species is very doubtful • 
 Walker assigns Madrid as the locality. I found the typical speci- 
 men labelled Newfoundland. 
 
 10. B. fuscata. 
 
 Baelisfuscata Walk. Catal. 570, 41. 
 
 9 Luago. Piceous, beneath ferruginous; antennae black- 
 sides of the thorax spotted with yellow; feet ferruginous, ante- 
 rior ones piceous; wings hyaline, veins pale. 
 
 9 Subimago. Obscure testaceous, setce much paler, longer 
 than the body; wings gray, opaque. (From Mr. Walker's descriu- 
 tion.) ^ 
 
 Length of body 4—5 millim. Alar expanse 12—16 millim. 
 Bab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Ray (Barn- 
 ston.) "^ ^ 
 
 t •( 
 
 - Jn r 
 
 H '. 
 
 i n',i 
 
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 48 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICi*.. 
 
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 mm -• 
 
 11. B. invarla. 
 
 Baeiis invaria Walk. Catal. 568, 37. 
 
 J Imago. Pale ferruginous, beneath fulvous; antenna; black, 
 at base fcrrufrinous ; feet testaceous ; wings hyaline, transverse 
 veins pale-whitish. (From Mr. Walker's description.) 
 
 Length of body 5—6 niillim. Alar expanse 14—18 millira. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Iliver, Hudson's Bay (Bara- 
 ston). Perhaps the male of the preceding species? 
 
 12. B. annulata. 
 
 Baetis annulata Walk. Catal. 5C7, 34. 
 
 ^ Imago. Ferruginous, beneath testaceous; antenna; fus- 
 cous, base ferruginous ; thorax with two testaceous stripes ; ab- 
 dominal segments with a testaceous, triar^ Jar spot each side; 
 sctie whitish, the incisures black; feet whitish, banded with black; 
 wings hyaline, veins black. (From Mr. Walker's description.) 
 
 Length of body 10 millim. Alar expanse 26 millim. 
 
 Hub. Trenton Falls, New York. 
 
 The mutilated specimens from Trenton Falls, cited under B. 
 canudensis, may belong here, only they arc of smaller size. 
 
 13. B. vicaria! 
 
 Basils vicaria Walk. Catal. 5G5, 30. 
 
 Imago. Ferruginous; antenna black; sides of the thorax 
 marked with yellow; segments of the abdomen banded with fus- 
 cou- ; seta) pale testaceous, subannulated, more than twice the 
 length of the body; feet testaceous, femora with two b). ck bands, 
 anterior feet obscurer, wings hyaline, anterior ones with the costal 
 and diocoidal veins brownish-black, costal margin at the ai)ex 
 dusky, obscurer farther in. Imago and subimago, male and female. 
 
 Length of body 12 millim. Alar expanse 30 millim. Setie 20 
 —30 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Lawrence Iliver ; Chicago; Washington; Savannah 
 (Osten Sacken). Is it distinct from B. mnadensis-^ 
 
 14. B. femorata. 
 Baetis femoraia Say, Godman's West. Quart. Rep. II, 1G2, 1. 
 
 cf . Fuscous, abdomen beneath whitish, setfe double the length 
 of the body; femora with a middle and apical reddish-brown band ; 
 
i 
 
 BAETI8. 
 
 49 
 
 wing« snowy hyaline, veins clouded with fuscous, especially the 
 basal, diseoidal and apical ones. ^ 
 
 9 Fuscous thorax yellowish, venter whitish ; feet pale fus- 
 ecus, a reddish-brown band upon the middle and apex; se a> nearly 
 
 e same length as with the male; wings whitisL, v ins fusco 
 cloudo<l With fuscous. (From Say's description ) ' 
 
 Length of body 12 millira. Setse 24 millim 
 
 Hub Cincinnati, Ohio (Say). Not common. Similar to the 
 preceding species; it may be the same or B. anmdata 
 
 15. B. alternata ! 
 
 Bams alternata Say, Long's Expedition II, 304, 2. 
 
 Fuscous ; head in front and at sides whiiish ; thorax pale fus 
 cons, „. front yellowish, sides varied with yelloJ; feet pafeoel a-" 
 ceous, an ap.cal fuscous ring upon the femora abdome above 
 fuscous, segments at base whitish, the two last with two whlti h 
 mes; venter whuish, each segment with two oblique lines an two 
 ntermed,ate po.nts black; seta, whitish, regularly pointed wUh 
 ft-seous; w.ngs hyaline, veins not margined. (From'sly'sdescHp' 
 
 Length of body 12 millim. 
 
 //'«5. Northwest Territory (Say). 
 
 I would believe that a male imago and subimago and a female 
 subnnago from Maryland, connnunicated by m. mL ^2ll 
 here but the femora have a medial and apical band ^ 
 
 clou ed'^with'r'' '" ^T'\ "'"=" ^^^^' '^I'^'i"^' ^^'^ ^ I'ttle 
 Clouded uith fuscous. ? subimago obs -rer, feet uniform fus- 
 
 Length of body 12 milli,,,. Alar expanse 30 millto. Scto J' 
 
 2r m.Il.m. .Male and female, suWmago, setu: 15 millim "^ 
 
 .„ subimagine, like tbe female, fom WasLingt'oa (Oaten 
 
 Pict. Ephem. 192. Walker Catal. 
 
 16. B. luridipennls. 
 
 Uaeils luridipennls Burm. II, 801 7. 
 5(J3, 27. ' 
 
 Fuscous; abdomen banded; wings lurid, veined with fuscous 
 ( > nn.) ? and subimago fulvous; antenna, fuscous; margin 
 of the abdomuial segments fuscous; seta, whitish, cov red w th 
 
 
 
 
50 
 
 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 
 short pile, a little longer than the body; feet whitish, femora with 
 a meiliul and apical fuscous band ; wings hyaline, veins fulvous ; 
 anterior ones with tlto apex of the costal margin fnlvescent. 
 
 Length t u.,.r, b i. ;:iini. Alar expanse 24 milliiii. Setto 24 
 miliim. 
 
 Ifab. Xorth America (Zimmerman) ; St. ^Martin's Falls (Burii- 
 ston). 
 
 The specimens described by Mr. "Walker are a female and sub- 
 imago, not males as Walker contends, and, perhaps, be! mg to a 
 dillorent species; Bnrmeistcr's Mpecicti is perhaps a subimugo, and 
 it may be of the preceding species. 
 
 17. B. basalis. 
 
 Baelia basalis Walk. Catal. 5G5, 31. 
 
 Pitch-black ; antenna) whitish ; abdominal segments margined 
 with testaceous; seUv whitish, the incisures annulated with black, 
 twice as long as the abdomen ; anterior wings hyaline, the costal 
 veins clouded with fuscous, a middle marginal fuscous nebula; pos- 
 terior wings fuscons, their apex hyaline. (From Walker's descrip- 
 tion.) 
 
 Length of body 12 millira. Alar expanse 28 miliim. Seta? 22 
 miliim. 
 
 JIab. Lake Winnipeg (Richardson). Is it not /?. li(n'dipennts? 
 
 18. B. noveboracana. 
 
 Ephemera novehoracana Liclitenstein, Catal. Mu.s. Ilolthuisen 1796 III 
 193, 52, ' ' 
 
 Bisetous; wings fuscescent, the hind ones smalles! , the abdomen 
 fuscous, margined with luteous. (From the description of Lichten- 
 stein. ) 
 
 Hub. New York. Is it not B. luridipenms? 
 
 19. B. tessellata! 
 Bac'tis tessellata Hagon ! 
 
 Luteous ; mesothorax each ule with a fuscous line ; abdomen, 
 upon the segments, superiorly each side, with two fuscons triangu- 
 lar spots; set* — ? feet luteous, tarsi at the apex fuscous; wings 
 opaque, gray, ciliated, veins luri'' many quadrangular, hyaline 
 spots, posterior wings very small. Female, subiraago. 
 
 Length of body 16 miliim. Alar expanse 26 miliim. 
 
 iiji;;- 
 
POTA.\fANTHUS. 
 
 Pugct Sound, Wasliinpton Terr 
 
 IMk 
 
 I Imvc examined one 
 
 61 
 
 I sa 
 
 w a s 
 
 itory. 
 specimen, n alcohol. 
 
 peeies of Uiuiis from M 
 but the only specimen, a fcmal 
 
 c\ 
 
 'CO (in the Rerlin Arnscum), 
 0, was very much mutilated. 
 
 POTAMANTHUS 1>ictet. 
 
 Three set^e; wings four transverse veins numerous: eyes in tl e 
 male, double, large, approximate. ^ ' ' 
 
 i. p. cupldus. 
 '■'■'"""" '"'"■''■' S»?. Cotaan', West. «„„«. Hop, I, 163 1 
 
 oac^»*t'i:,'z:,,tfw'r;''" r™'' "°'-'"'' '''■'"» -" 
 »"" -■■ -"' .rii ::„\f„ ;r :r; ™;r.' !:*• -■'-- "- 
 
 ohscuro, postorior one, p„i,, at tip „!„;„,„ '''"''' ' »"'8» 
 
 "K:;i::it:,.:i"'.::;:;::;-/r:';;ttr^^ 
 
 body. ^ ' ""^ ^ ''^^'<^ longer than the 
 
 ^^Lengt.ofbody,^n,,smillim. Length of set., ^ 5. , 
 
 ^^^'^>. Cincinnati, Ohio; 15th of May. Common (Say) 
 Ihe form of f e eyes demonstrates Mr Snv i^ 1 
 
 (I'-termined thesevos- thorefovn T T ^ '''''' "'''^"^'^ 
 
 -.1 Lis male to L/al ^ . n,^''"''-^^ f^ 
 
 'lie sotio given by M i.. 1 ""''^ ^''"* ^''« ^^'-'S'li of 
 
 given by Mi. 8ay disagrees with his de.- iption. 
 
 2. P. concinnua ! 
 
 /'"W;.s Walk.! Catal. 553 lo 7p , !' ^^^"'•''S"-) ^«/'X'/-<m 
 
 >""eh shorter, luteons, inc ^ ^bl^ , fe Tf^ '""""'"^^ "'^' 
 anterior feet entirely pieeous «!.;/ V '''''' ''^ ^"'''^'''"«' 
 apical veins much obscurer V..t ' ' '"'" ^"''^°"^' ^''« 
 
 'nscous at the apex ' ^ ""''''' '' '''' '-^"^^'"-^ ^'"F^ 
 
 ? I'uago. Obscure ferruginous, beneath paler; disk of the 
 
 
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62 
 
 NKIJROITKBA OF NOllTII AMEUICA. 
 
 Iit'iid pifrmis, anti'tinu! black; sides of the thorax spotted witli 
 fulvous ; setiu a little lonj?cr tliiin the body ; intermediate one 
 Bhorler, luteous, iiicissures obscurer; feet luleous, untcrior ones fer- 
 ruginous ; winj,'s hyaline, veins fuscous, costal niar),nn of the an- 
 terior ones lurid at the apex. 
 
 9 Snbimago. Whitish-testaceous, marked with fuscous; an- 
 tenna- fuscous, testaceous ut base ; abdomen fuscous above ; sctu) 
 testaceous, almost doultle the lenfjth of the abdomen ; feet testa- 
 ceous, femora banded vvilii Idack, tarsi fuscous; winj^s snbeinereous, 
 opaipie, veins testaceous, clouded with fuscous. (From Mr. Walk- 
 er's description.) 
 
 Length of body 10 millim. Alar expanse 22 — 28 millim. Setif, 
 f^ '21, i 14 millim. 
 
 J/ab. Nova IScotia (Uediiian) ; Washington, Ai)ril (Ostcn Sack- 
 en). 
 
 Although I have examined the specimens described by Mr. 
 Walker, the length of the setiu in the description of Ji. lessellntu 
 strikes mo now as doubtfu', as they should bo shorter than those 
 of the imagines. 
 
 3. P. nebiiloBus. 
 
 Palinijcnia nehulosa Walk.! Catal. 554, 18. 
 
 J* Imago. Black ; abdomen piceous, beneath fidvous ; setn? 
 tcstacoous, banded with fuscous; more than double the length of 
 the body, intermediate one shorter; feet fulvous, anterior ones 
 much obscurer; wings hyiiline, veins fuscous, the anterior wings 
 with a broad, longitudinal, fuscous band. (From Mr. Walker's 
 description.) 
 
 Length of body millim. Alar expanse IS millim. Length of 
 seta' 24 millim. 
 
 Huh. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
 CLOii Leach. 
 
 Two setse ; four wings (sometimes the posterior ones are want- 
 ing), transverse veins few; eyes, in the males, double, large, aj'- 
 proximate. 
 
 n i 
 
CLOB. 
 
 63 
 
 nii- 
 
 setrt^ 
 
 set 
 
 1. C. bloculata. 
 
 aon.n lu„ ul.un Walk. Catal. 572, 1. (Complote ^^ynonymy.) 
 
 Kyos of the in.ilo obscuro; mosothorax y.-IIow; bnse nn.l npcx of 
 
 the nbdorncn obscuro; wings l.yuliue. (From Mr. Walker's "de- 
 
 scription.) 
 
 Uui^th of bn,]y 8 niillim. Alar expanse 18 millim. Length of 
 a* 11 — 15 inil!im. 
 
 /A//> St. Martin's Fulls. Albany llivor, Hudson's Bay rBarn- 
 ston), Europe, -^ • 
 
 Further con.parison will bo necessary to show whether this be 
 really the huropcun species. 
 
 2. C. iindata I 
 
 Clue undata Pict. Ephem. 2.i4, 10; tab. xli, rig. f!. Walk. Catal. .'u5, 10. 
 
 Pale lutcons; feet yellowish, apex of the tarsi obscurer; setiB 
 wh.t.sh, an.u.late.l with black ; wiufts hyaline, anterior ones with 
 the castal nmrfrin fuscous, marked wilh round, hyaline spots- 
 clouded with fuscous upon the disk and posterior nuirgiu ^ 
 liiuigo. ° o 
 
 Length ofbody 7 millim. Alar expanse 15-19 millim. Setffi 
 10 nullim. 
 
 Jlab. Mexico; (^iha (Pictct); New York (Calverly). 
 I have seen but a single very much mutilated specimen. 
 
 3. C, mollis. 
 
 Cloc mollis Asa Fitch in de Selya Longchamp's collection. 
 II<(b. United States. Unknown to me. 
 
 4. C. posticata, 
 
 Cloion posiicata Say, Godman's Western Quart. Rep. II, 1G2, 1. 
 
 c^ Imago. Greenish-white; eyes reddish-brown ; thorax black 
 opaque; abdomen greenish-blue-hyaline, three apical so-ments 
 uscous; setic long, white; feet white, anterior ones obsc°uro at 
 ijase; wings hyaline. (From Say's description.) 
 
 i^cngth 8 millim. Length of seta3 19 millim. 
 
 IM. Shippingsport, 21st May. Common (Say). 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 I'!',! 
 
 5. C. unicolor ! 
 
 Cloii unicolor Hagen I 
 
 Entirely brassy-brownish; feet pale luteous; seta? white; wings 
 hyaline. 9 Imago. 
 
 Length of body 4 millim. Alar expanse 10 millim. Setffi 10 
 niiiliin. 
 
 Hub. Washington (Oston Saeken). I have seen a female spe- 
 cimen from ]'orto-Rico, similar to this, with the thorax fulvo-acne- 
 ons: is it a dillerent species? 
 
 6. C. pygniaea ! 
 
 Vloii piigmaea Ilagen ! 
 
 Body brownish-gray ; feet and setre white ; wings hyaline. 9 
 Imago. 
 
 Length >; body 3 millim. Alar expanse G millim. 
 Hub. St. Lawrence Kiver, Canada (Osten Saeken). 
 
 7. C. vicina ! 
 
 Cloe vicina Ilagen! 
 
 Whitish-hyaline ; thorax fulvous ; eyes rufous ; abdomen with 
 the three apical segments fuscous above ; setse whitish ; feet whitish, 
 anterior ones fulvous at the base; wings hyaline. Male Imago. 
 
 ]5ody yellowish-white ; set* and feet whitish ; wings hyaline. 
 lYnnule Imago. 
 
 Length of body 4 millim. Alar expanse 10 millim. Length of 
 setiB, J* 10, 9 (i millim. 
 
 Hub. Washington (Osten Saeken). 
 
 Sehioedte, IJerlin Ent. Zeit. J. Ill, p. 14.3, reports Ephemem 
 cuUclformis Linn., from Greenland; I have not seen the specimens. 
 
 CAENIS Stephens. 
 
 Scta3 three; wings two, transverse veins few; eyes in the male 
 very simple, remote. 
 
 1. C. hilarig. 
 
 Ephemera hilaris Saj, Jour. Auad. Philad. VIII, 43. Walk. Catal. 5S3 
 13. 
 
 Small, whitish; eyes black; thorax pale fulvous, beneath and 
 sides with abbreviated obscure lines; apex of the al)domen, each 
 
 I,! I 
 
CAENIS. 
 
 55 
 
 side, with three fuscous points; seta> long; wings whitish, the cos- 
 tal margin obscure. (From Say's descriiitioii.) 
 
 Length of body 3 raillim. 
 
 Hub. Indiana, 4th September (Say). 
 
 2. C. diminuta. 
 
 Caenis diminuta Walk.! Catal, 584, 14. 
 
 rulvous; abdomen pale testaceous, seta? long, white; feet white 
 interior ones banded twice or thrice with black; win-s whitish' 
 veins white, the costal margin blackish. Mule. (From Mr. Walk- 
 er's description.) 
 
 Length of body 3 millim. Alar expanse G millim. Len^-th of 
 setie 12 millim. '^ 
 
 Hah. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida (Doubleday). 
 This species is allied to C. luctea of Europe. 
 
 3. C. arnica ! 
 
 Caenis arnica Hagen! 
 
 ir.ad and prothorax fulvous, banded with black; antenna? whit- 
 ish ; -vothorax brassy-fulvous; feet whitish, anterior ones much 
 longer, cinereous, the femora ol)scurer, posterior femora with a 
 spot above upon the apex, black; abdomen pallid, varied with 
 gray upon the back, segments with the apex and sides marked with 
 black; seta) white; wings opaque, whitish-gray, the two costal 
 veins black. (Male Imago.) 
 
 A male, taken at the same place, differs in its colors ; the head 
 IS yellow banded with black ; the thorax yellow; the feet white ■ 
 the anterior femora and tibite have the apex gray; the abdomen 
 IS whitish-yellow. ^ Imago. It may be a distinct species. 
 
 Length 2 millim. Alar expanse 4 millim. Length of setie G 
 millim. 
 
 HaO. Pennsylvania (Zimmerman, Berlin :^ruseum). 
 
 Is it a Maris? Say?_he describes the eyes as double: arc 
 they really so ? The genus Caems has the eyes simple ; neverthe- 
 less the description best suits i:j)/iemera hifaris Say. 
 
 Fam. V. ODOXATA. 
 
 Antennae short, setilbrm; mouth not furnished with x>rM- 
 wings flat, reticulated; tarsi with three articles; second ven' 
 
 i|% 
 
 "ft 
 
56 
 
 NEUROI'TERA OP NORTR AMERICA, 
 
 tral segment of the male furnished with accessory genital 
 organs; abdomen with anal appendages: body eion^'ated 
 narrow. ° ' 
 
 Tribe I. 4GRIOni'IWA. 
 
 Antenna) four-jointed; eyes distant; wings equal; abdomen 
 cylindrical, slender; accessory genital organs, with the anterior 
 hook connate, penis and vesicle separated , genital organs of the 
 female vaginatc. 
 
 Sub-Fam. I. CALOPTERYGINA. 
 Antecubital veins numerous. 
 
 CALOPTBRYX Leach. 
 
 Wings very broad, densely reticulated, pterostigma absent in the 
 males, that of the female irregular, areolate ; basal space with no 
 transverse veins; anal appendages of the male forcipate. 
 
 1. C. angustlpennis ! 
 
 Si/lphis angnstipennis Selys! {%) Synops. Calopt. 9, 2, Monog. Calopt. 
 21,2. Walker, Catal. GPO, 2. Sijlphis eicgans Hag.! J. Syuops. 
 Calopt. 9, 1. Mouog. Calopt. 20, 1. Walker Catal. 590, 1. 
 
 Brassy-green, shining ; labrum and base of the antenna? yellow- 
 ish ; occiput with two acute tubercles ; feet very long, with short 
 cilia ; abdomen long, slender, sides and venter rufescent ( 9 ) • 
 wings narrow, long, hyaline, somewhat flavcscent (9), veins 
 brassy-green; thorax rufescent, a dorsal green stripe, and a lateral, 
 divided, broader blue one. (Female.) Thirty antecubital cross' 
 nervules. No pterostigma. 
 
 Length of body, ^ 6t, 9 57 millim. Alar expanse 84 millira. 
 
 I/uIj. Georgia (Abbot); ^. Collection of Dr. Hageu; locality 
 unknown. 9. 
 
 2. C. aplcalls ! 
 
 Cdoplcrux apicalis Burm.! Ilandbuch. II, 827, 8 
 9, 3. Monog. Calopt. 2a, 3 
 
 Brassy-green, shining; labium, antennne, thoracic sutures and 
 pectus black, or in part tiavesceut (9); feet long, black, with long 
 
 Selys Synops. Calopt.! 
 Walk. Catal. 591, 3. 
 
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 CALOPTERYX. 
 
 57 
 
 cilia ; wings narrow, hyaline, or with the apex narrowly fuscous. 
 (Male.) Twenty antecubitals. Pterostigma absent. 
 
 Length of body 42 niillim. Alar expanse G2 mlllim. 
 
 Hah. Philadelphia ; Massachusetts (Scudder). 
 
 3. C. dimidiata! 
 
 Culoptcrjix dimidiata Bum.! Handb. II, 826, 16. Selys ! Synops. Calopt. 
 10,4. Monog. Calopt. 2.'), 4. Walk. Catal. .')91,4.— Ca/o/,to-y.r ro^l 
 nata Ramb.! Neuropt. 222, 6.-6'. sijriaca Ramb.I Neuropt. 223 9. 
 (In part. Male.) ' 
 
 Brassy-green or blue, shining; labium, antennfe, thoracic sutures, 
 pectus, venter, and feet black; wings narrow, somewhat flavescent^ 
 the apex fuscous ; pterostigma of the female snow-white. Male 
 30 antecubitals; female 20 antecubitals. 
 
 Length of body 40—45 millim. Alar expanse 54— 5G millim. 
 Pterostigma Li millim. 
 
 Ilah. Kentucky; Georgia; Pilatka, St. John's River, Florida 
 (Osten Sacken). 
 
 4. C. maculata ! 
 
 A<jrion murulala Beauv. 85 ; tab. vii, fig. 3.-CaIopfenjx maculata Bnm.i 
 Hanilb. II, 829,17. Selys! Synopt. Calopt. 10, . -5 Selvs ! Monog. 
 Calopt. 27. 5. Walk. Catal. 592, 5.— Ca!opteryx holoseri,;eus Ihxrm.l 
 Ilandb. II, X2R, 13. Ramb. Neuropt. ::26, U.— Caloptcrj/x impillo. 
 nacea Ramb.! Neuropt. 222, 6 — Calopt. opaca Say, Jour. Acad. 
 Philad. VIII, 32, 2. 
 
 Rrassy-green or blue, shining; labium, antennte, thoracic sutures, 
 pectus, venter and feet black; abdomen with a dorsal yellow stripe 
 upon the 8th to the 10th segment (¥); wings very broad, densely 
 reticulated, black, sometimes with hyaline spots (J), or clouded 
 with fuscous and fuscous at the apex, with a snow-white pterostig- 
 ma (female) 19— 28 antecubitals. 
 
 Length 3S— 48 millim. Alar expanse 63—65 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 2 — 2,1 millim. 
 
 Jl<ih. Chicago (Osten Sacken) ; Maryland (Uhler); Washing, 
 ton; Trenton Falls (Osten Sacken); Philadelphia; Massachusetts; 
 Dalton, (ieorgia (Osten Sacken) ; Caroliwa; Ohio; Pilatka, Flo- 
 rida (Osten Sacken). 
 
 A species common all over the Uuian. 
 
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 NKUROITERA OF NOUTII AMERICA. 
 
 5. C. virglnica ! 
 
 ( alopu-ni.,- vinjinlra Dniry od. Wostw. I, 118; tab. xl viii, fl... 2 S.-lys- 
 ^.VllOl,.s. Caloj.t. 11, (i. Sely.s! Monog. Calopt. 2!), (J. Walk..,- CatVl' 
 r>;»:J, li.-Lil„.//ula virf/o Drury 1, 114; tab. xlviii, lig. 2.-ra/oi,t,.n,r 
 n>n>rn,„ Sn v, Jour. Acad. I'lulad. VIII, 32, 1. J .-Caloj>f. .yualnli, 
 bay, 1. c. VI H, 33, -l.—C„lopt. dimidlala Ilamb. Neiiropt. 22:!, 5. 
 
 Brassy-srocn, sl.inin-; labium, :in(.Muia>, tl.omcio sutures j.cctus 
 venter, and feet black; abilunieu with the donsal .stripe, and venl- ■ 
 will, the segments 8-10 yellow ; (?) wings lunch narrower man 
 in the loregoiug species, hyaline, the base somewhat flavescent, the 
 apex blaelvi.sh-fnscous ; pterostigma 9 snow-white. 20—31 Jnte- 
 cubitals. (From the description of ])e Selys.) 
 
 Length of body 50-52 millim. Alar e-vpausc 7U_Y2. Ptero- 
 stigma 2 millim. 
 
 JIab. Virginia; Georgia; Massachusetts; Hudson's Bay. 
 6. C. splendens ! 
 
 Cahpnrj/r .y,lcndcns Selys I Monog. Calopt. 3U. <). (Witli tao completo 
 syuoiiyiny.) 
 
 IMue i^), or green (?) brassy; base of the antenmc vellow • 
 thorax with the second lateral suture yellow ; feet black ■ abdonieil 
 with a ilorsal yellow stripe upon the segments .S— K) 9 • win-rs 
 broa.l, hyaline, a broad blue-black band ^, or hyaline,' with"a 
 snow-white ]iterostigma 9. 
 
 Length of body 45-49 millim. Alar expanse fi2-*r2 millim 
 Pterostigma 1—2 millim. 
 
 //«/'. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 I iiave seen a wale from the collection of Abbot, in the Zurich 
 Museum. Is it really from America? 
 
 A species common everywhere in Europe and Xorthern Asia. 
 
 (vhptcn/x vu-go Fab. Fauna Groenland. 190, 152, is perhaps 
 erroneously stated. Fabricius says that he only saw it once ; but 
 according to Schioedte, Berlin. Eut. :>:eit. Ill, 142, it has not 
 hitherto beiu discovered there, 
 
 HEr AERINA Haoex. 
 Wings rather narrow, densely reticulated ; pterostigma a1)scnt 
 or very small, quadrangular; basal space reticulated; base of the 
 wings, in the male, sanguineous. 
 
 * Pterostigma absent. 
 
IIETAERINA. 
 
 59 
 
 1, H. sententrionalis ! 
 
 Jletaer-na septvntricnalis Selys! Syuops. Calopt. 3G, 43. Selys Monoc 
 Caloiit. Ill), 43. ' °' 
 
 BlaekiKh-fuscous ; head and thorax brassy, sides partly yellow ; 
 feet black; superior appeiida.ires of the tail semicircular, the apex' 
 .■xtoriorly dentatod ; the iuferior ones Ion-, cylindrical, at the apex 
 li.iekened; wings hyaline, sanguineous at base, posterior ones with 
 an apical, sanguineous spot. Male. (From the description of De 
 Selys.) 
 
 JIab. Georgia (British Museum). 
 
 2. H. californica! 
 
 UciacTma californica Ilagon! Acldit. Synops. Calopt. G, 4!>, bis. 
 
 Brownish-black; head and thorax coppery; a humeral line and 
 two lateral stripes, yellow; feet black, femora within and tibho 
 without, yellow; abdoiren l)rownish-bluek ; superior caudal ap- 
 pendages a little incurved, a quadrangular tubercle upon the inter- 
 ual mmdie, and another smaller one at the apex ; the inferior 
 appendages much shorter, thickened at the base ; wings hyaline, 
 almost the basal half sanguineous, apex of the posterior ones 
 dusky. 
 
 Length 44 millim. Alar expanse GO millim. 
 Iliilt. Northern California. 
 
 3. H. crueutata ! 
 
 Cu/oplvrj,.,- cruontnta Ramb.! Neuropt. 228, 1;) '^ . S..lvs! Synops. Calopt 
 3J, 48. Selys! Monog. 127, 48 ; tab. xii, lig. 1. Walk. Catal. U25, 
 
 Brownihh-blaek ; head coppery, epistoma blue (^), or rufous 
 (9); dorsum of the thorax orai>-e, with a medial broad black 
 stripe ; the sides orange, with a stripe and cuneiform black spot • 
 feet black, tibiaj, exteriorly, yellow ; female witii the femora inte- 
 riorly yellow; abdomen browuish-black ; superior appendao-es 
 forcipated, base interiorly, abruptly dilated, inferior appendages 
 .^hort, flat, truncated ; wings sanguineous at liaso, the apex mar- 
 glued with fuscous (J \ or somewhat yellowish (female). 20—29 
 anlecubital cross-Berywl'^K. 
 
 Longtli 42— 5u milliui. Alar expanse 5G.-(58 millim. 
 
 Jfnb. Mexico; Yeuezuela; .:\!arlinique; Surinam; Brazil. 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 4. H. vulnerata! 
 
 UcUierma vnhiemla Hagen! Synops. Calopt. 40, 40. Selyst Monog. Calopt. 
 130, 49 ; tab. xii, fig. 2. Walker Catal. 626, 22. 
 
 Brownish-black ; head brassy, cpistoma black ; thorax black 
 brassy, with a yellow humeral line, sides yellow, a broad stripe and 
 a cuneiform mark, brassy black (^); or orange; dorsum with a 
 middle brassy-green stripe, sides with a narrow stripe and mark 
 brassy-green ; feet black, femora inside and tibiix; outside yellow • 
 abdomen brownish-black, superior ai)pcndages black, yellow at 
 base, forcipated, at the internal base dilated ; inferior ones short 
 cylindrical, broader ut base ; wings hyaline, sanguineous at base 
 Ki), or anteriorly and at apex yellowish (female). 17—23 ante- 
 cubital cross-ncrvules. 
 
 Length 42—50 miiiiii). Alar expanse 60—06 millim. 
 
 Hah. Mexico; Columbia; Brazil. 
 
 * * Pterostigma very small, quadrangular. 
 
 5. H. americana : 
 
 A,jrwn an.n-icana ¥ah.\ Ent. Syst. Suppl. 287, 3-4.- CalopferyT ameri. 
 cana Bum.! llaiulb. II, 826, -J. Ramb. Neuropt. 227, 18.-//e/<„.-/„a 
 amerirona Selys! Synopt. Calopt. 41, r,0. Selys! Moi.og. Calopt. 131 
 50 ; tab. xii, fig. 3. Walk. Catal. 627, 23.-Lc.les basalis Say, Journ! 
 Acad. Philad. VIII, 35, 2. '' 
 
 Fuscous, coppery C^^), or green-brassy (?); thorax coppery 
 the sides vith three yellow stripes (^) or greon-brassy, the sides 
 with four yellow stripes, feet black, the femora inside and the tibiae 
 outside yellow; abdomen brassy-fuscous, the female has a dorsal 
 interrupted yellow line; superior appondagcs yellow, with a black 
 apex, forcipated, interiorly with a double tubercle upon the mitldle- 
 inferior appendages short, truncated, cylindrical ; wings hyaline' 
 sanguineous at base (^), or somewhat yellowish (?);\he ptero' 
 stigma h yellow. 20—24 antccubital cross-nerviiles. 
 
 Lrngtli 43—46 millim. Alar expan.se 54—62 millim. 
 
 IJab. Maryland; Massachusetts; Washington; Missouri ; Indi- 
 ana; Mexico; Brazil. 
 
 6. H. basalis ! 
 
 U'jtnerina basalis Hiigon! Selys, addit. Syunps. Calopt. 6, 50, bis. 
 Very much like II. americana, and perhaps a variety of it ; it 
 
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HETAERINA. 
 
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 differs, in tlio male, by having the basal sangnineous spot larger 
 and exteriorly convex ; the superior appendages have the middle 
 tubercle triangular; the female has the yellow abdominal line hardly 
 interrujjted, the base of the wings yellowish-fuscous. 
 
 Length 43—40 milllra. Alar expanse 54— G2 millim. 
 
 Hah. Pecos River, Western Texas; Mexico; Cordova; Atli- 
 huazan ; I'ortrero (Saussure). 
 
 7. H. tricolor! 
 
 Calopterux tricolor Burm. ! Ilanclb. II, 827, 7. Selys ! Synops. Calopt— 
 lletaerina tricolor, 42, 52. Selys ! Mouog. Calopt. 13(J, 52; tab. xii 
 fig. 5. Walk.! Catal. 629, 25. ' 
 
 Erownish-black; thorax with a humeral yellow stripe; sides 
 yellow, with three brownish-black stripes ; feet black, tibia) exte- 
 riorly fuscous ; abdomen brownish-black ; appendages black, the 
 superior ones forcipated, interiorly bi-excised; inferior ones short, 
 cylindrical, the apex truncated ; wings hyaline, anterior ones san- 
 guineous at base, posterior ones fuscous at base, all the wings with 
 a fuscous apical margin; pterostigma black (J"), or they are hya- 
 line with the base somewhat yellowish, the pterostigma whitish- 
 yellow (female). 20—24 antecubltal cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 42—50 millim. Alar expanse CO— G4 millim. 
 
 Hah. Philadelphia; Georgia. 
 
 The variety //. Unihuta Selys, from Georgia, is a little smaller, 
 the apex of the wings is more infuscated. 
 
 8. H. titia ! 
 
 Lihellula litia Drury, II, 83; tab. xlv, fig. 'i.— Calopteryx titia Burm.! 
 llandb. II, 82(1, 3.~Hctarrina titia Selys ! Synops. Calopt. 43, 53. 
 Selys ! Monog. Calopt. 13S, 53. Walk. Catal. 630, 26. 
 
 Black; head, thorax, feet and abdomen black; superior append- 
 ages forcipated, interiorly with a basgl tooth and middle dilatation; 
 inferior ones short, cylindrical, obtuse; wings opaijne fuscous, upon 
 the middle obli(iuely hyaline; superior ones sanguineous at base; 
 pterostigma yellow (J^ ), or they are opaque, fuscescent, with the 
 apex of the superiors hyaline, the pterostigma white ( ? ). 19—22 
 antecubital cross-ner^ules. (From De Selys' descrii)tion.) 
 
 Lcnutli 41— 40 niillim. Alar expanse 52-00 millim. 
 
 Ji((h. Mexico ; Honduras. 
 
C,2 
 
 0. H. maci 
 
 NKURdlTKHA OP NOUTII AMKIIIOA. 
 
 M opus ! 
 
 //:hi,rin<, m,in-opni> S(«I_vs ! HyiiopH. Calopn. -t I, r.l. 
 M. W.ilkor, ('at;il. (;;il,''J7. 
 
 ^Iollo^^ falojit. in. 
 
 I.mwnisi.-l.lnck ; tlionix roppory, a l,„„ion,I yellow si ripo -sides 
 
 ••l";'ls "ill, II,n.<. yellow stripes (,/) ; er yliow. .s,,,,, enel. side 
 
 ^^all a -re.M.-l.n.ssy stripe, sides yellow, with two iinperfeel Im'm.sv- 
 i^ivei, stripes (V); feet Inn-,. Ma,.|< ; win-s Iiynline, will, „, l.,,sai 
 iMsco.is stripe, ni,leri..r ones sMn-iiine..i>s at base, posterior oiu^s 
 H'sy, will, ||,e pleroslii,nna yellow (,/ ), or Ihev are soi,i,.wI,at yel- 
 l"w.sl., will, 11,0 plorostigina wiiile (V). ->_o, „„,,„,,i,,,, „,,,,. 
 nerviiios. 
 
 I.eiiotl, ;{(]_.(.i ,„ii]i,„ ^,,„. ,,^|,,,„j^p fi2— .'-.^ millim. 
 
 Jl<il>. 'i'lmipieo, Mexieo(Saiissnre); Honduras. 
 
 10. H. senipronla ! 
 
 '''";:'■;""/■,";{:''':"'" '^"^""' ^^-"^t^- ^"^'t^- f^. ^". seivsi M„aog. 
 
 ( alapl. J-h, fMi, (al,. xii, li.. 7. Wallver, Cnlal. (ili-, Hi). 
 '•'"'•"^ ; lu'M.i lilnek, iMl.nin, and epislon.a l.liie ; tliornx" coppery 
 
 ;' '"'""'••"' ""•' <'"-^'^' '^"-•''' 'i"-. yellow; IW.tl.bek;al.dom;n 
 M-H'k ; superior Mppenduoes hlaek, loreipale.l, iideriorlv u medial 
 ''•'""'I'"". i'XVrior ones short, with the apex ohinse; win'os hvah-ne 
 snn.^uineous at base, posterior ones with au .pioal Cuscon; spot ! 
 l>tc.-ost.oMua hlaek. L'7-'J8 anteenl.ital eross-nervulo< (7) 
 
 '■"'",i;-ll'h; millim. .Mar expanse 58 milliiu. 
 
 J!<il>. .Mexico (Heppe). 
 
 Siih-Kam. II. A(;KU)\I\.V. 
 Two aiileeul.ital transverse veins; wings pcliolatod. 
 
 I.i's'iou I. PsKl'DoSTKiMATA. 
 Tterostignia irre-nhir, aroolato. 
 
 MEOALOPR.TSPUS K'amiui!. 
 Win^s broad, rounded, po^.rier margin densely retieulated 
 ^^■tl. many ineurved branches; arvoles pentagonal, the lirst sector 
 of the triangle forked at apex; ^uadrangnlnr space oblon- 
 
I'HEUDOSTIUMA. go 
 
 1. M. caonilatUB ! 
 
 I.h.lhl,, ,;„ndala Dnuy, HI, 75, tal.. I, (i^. 1. .l/,.,/,,/,,^,,,,,,,,, ,,„.,„/„,„, 
 
 f!:nu).. ! Nouropt. 2W, 1. /.//„//./,. ,:.,,»la Donovan/wat. Uoncsit. 
 IV, I l<i. * 
 
 I'.ImcIv, boncalh pal.. ; llioni.v with a Imnicral line, nnd two in- 
 fonorly lateral .slripcs, pal. ydlow ; IcH, I.I.h.jc, fo,n„n., insi.lo ami 
 11 )ix- outside :alo yellow; winj,^s hroa.l, hyaline, hoforo the apox 
 i> ''rua.l l<liu,-l,ladv, transverse band, exteriorly, broadly nnn-inod 
 will, mdk-white and omar-inaled ; pl.-rostifrma larf^e, obh.n- black 
 
 l.cn-th 00—115 niillim. Alar expanse 115— IHO niillim 
 
 //./^ Mexico (Saussure); Vera Cniz (Salic); (Jnatimala; 
 Chneo, Ncw(Jrenada(Schott); Honduras; Hopola, Columbia 
 
 .As yet, this is the most ^n'-aiitic of the Odonata. 
 
 The variety M. hrcvhl!,p»a De Selys, from iJofrotn, difTers in 
 boiuK of a smaller size, the pterostigma small and the band of the 
 wings narrower. 
 
 PSEUDOSTIGMA Dk Si:r,vs. 
 Wings narrow, the reticulation of the posterior margin of the 
 wings simple, the arcoles tetragonal, regular; postcostal space 
 
 ^with two series of arcoles ; pterostigma irregular; abdomen ex- 
 tivmely long. 
 
 1. P. accedens ! 
 
 J'.hiek, brassy, beneath yellow; head black, each side in front 
 slightly tinged with yellow; prothorax straight posteriorly tho- 
 rax w-ith the dorsum black, a yellow humeral stripe, broa.llv 
 divided, sides yellow, with a broad black stripe above; pectus with 
 ■.X fuscous stripe ; feet black, femora at base and beneath, and tibia; 
 extremely yellowish; abdomen black, with a steel blue reflection 
 the last segment having the apical half yellow; appendages black' 
 the superior ones broad, incurved, interiorly excavated, the a,.ex 
 obliquely truncated; the inferior ones very small, acute ; mai-o-in 
 of the valves (9) entire; wings hyaline, apex of the posteHor 
 ones entire, pterostigma black, quadrangular, of the posterior 
 wings triangular (^), apex of the wings with a narrow ^ellow spot 
 anteriorly, pterostigma absent (?). 
 
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 ^* NEUROITEIIA OF NOUl II AMKRICA. 
 
 LoiiKth 111— 124 millim. Alnr oxpaii-^e 126—132 niillini. 
 JIuh. Mexico (Saussure); Vera Cruz (Salle); ColuiiiUia. 
 
 2. P. aberrans I 
 
 Psvudusliyma aberrans Selys I 
 
 I?!ack, beneath yellow ; labriim witli a yellow middle spot, front 
 anteriorly yellow, banded with black, and transverse ; prothorax 
 broadly eniarginate posteriorly ; thorax black, a humeral yHlow, 
 hardly cleft, line ; sides with a black stripe; pectus with a black 
 stripe in the middle ; feet black, tibiic exteriorly yellow ; abdomen 
 black, beneath yellow; margin of the valves (9)dentated; wings 
 hyaline, with a large, oval, apical spot ; i)terostigma absent (9). 
 
 Length 112 millim. Alar expanse 131 millim. 
 
 IMj. Vera Cruz, Mexico (Salle). 
 
 MECISTOGASTER Ramuhu. 
 Wings narrow; reticulation of the posterior margin simple; 
 postcostal space having a single scries of areoles ; pterostigma 
 irregular; abdomen extremely long. 
 
 1. M. modestus ! 
 
 Mecistoyastur modestus Selys I 
 
 Black, beneath yellowish ; labrum yellow, banded with black ; 
 front yellow anteriorly ; prothorax rounded posteriorly ; thorax 
 black, a humeral broad, yellow, oblicpiely divided stripe ; sides 
 wiih a black, oblicpie, entire stripe ; feet black, femora exteriorly 
 and base of the tibiio yellowish ; wings hyaline, pterostigma ob- 
 long, black, in younger individuals it is whitish (^). 
 
 Length 84 millim. Alar exi)ause 84— <J1 millim. 
 
 Ilah. .Mexico (Saussure). 
 
 2. M. ornatiis ! 
 
 Mickhiijaster ornahts Ramliur ! Neuropt. 288, 12. 
 
 Brassy.fuscous, beneath yellowish ; head orange in front, base 
 of the antenna} orange ; prothorax rounded posteriorly ; thorax 
 brassy fuscous, a humeral divided stripe, a lateral stripe and a 
 short mark near the wings, interrupted, yellow ; pectus with a 
 middle black stripe; feet fuscous, tibi* exteriorly yellowish ; ab- 
 dominal appendages forcipaled, yellow, at the apex black ; wings 
 
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 ''range „ttho apex, margined interiorly with fuscous, the posterior 
 ones whiiish beneath the apex posicrioi 
 
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 wings green, beneath biaci< (^). ^ °^ ^"'' 
 
 3. M. luorr-t 1 1 
 
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 o 1/ • , "'"niii. II, bin, 3 — J,;ncin /«///,« Bum. I II Sl« 
 
 l^rnssy-black, beneath yellowish ; head b. -biaek above „ 
 
 infuu. pots upon the posteri<,r lube; thorax, eaeh shl. with two 
 approximated yellow lines; sides yellow, w th a b ad^^^ 
 
 ro« 1.1 blaek, t.bue exteriorly greenish-yellow; abdomen ex 
 
 r::^^ :f ;;:7:r"'^' 'T'--'-' -^^ents^eij^icS; 
 
 e apex of the las one yellow, exeised ; superior appendages 
 'v.d ben into a right angle, the apex subbilid, and in terioi v a 
 basal tooth ; wings hyaline, posterior ones of th mule n i . fl 
 apex ddated in n-ont, rounded ; pterostigma bllClw ^ ^ ^ 
 t ouiiger ones pallid; ,n.^aks, pterostigma blaek,'oblong, 
 the apex ot the w,„gs su),r«scous ; the younger ones are yellow 
 With the apex of the wings milky-white ^ ''''' ^'' 3^^"«^^ 
 
 Length llo_]i2 miliim. Alar expanse 120-144 milli, 
 //-/>. bt. Domingo; Buhia, Para, Rio, San Paul, Brazil 
 
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 legion II. AQRIONINA. 
 Two antecubital transverse nervules. 
 
 LESTES LEAcn. 
 TLe fourth apical sector broken ; the posteostal space simple • 
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 1. L. grandis ! 
 
 Leste» i/raiidis Ramb.! Nenropt. 244, 1. 
 
 Brassy-green, mouth reddish-yellow; dorsum of the thorax 
 orange, each side with a brassy-green stripe; sides yellow, superi- 
 orly with a broad brassy-green stripe, inferiorly with a fuscous one; 
 feet yellowish, femora exteriorly, tibiai interiorly and tarsi black ; 
 abdomen long, slender, brassy-green, a basal yellow lunulo upon 
 each side of the segments ; superior appendages of the male long, 
 semicircular, the apex a little thicker, incurved, an interior stout 
 basal tooth, one obtuse one upon the middle, and an ante-apical 
 oblique tubercle upon them; inferior appendages short, obtuse, the 
 apex ciliated: valvules of the female yellow, exteriorly broadly 
 black, the apex dentated ; wings hyaline ; pterostigma large, 
 broader in the middle, fuscous; sixteen postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 59—50 millira. Alar expanse t2— 66 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 3 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Mexico (De Selys ;) Columbia, Venezuela (Appun). 
 
 2. L. rectangularis ! 
 
 Lrslcs rectangularis Say, Jour. Acad. Tliilad. VIII, 34, 1. 
 
 Brassy-fuscous, mouth yellow; dorsum of the thorax brassy- 
 brown, a line upon the middle and each side with a broad stripe, 
 narrowed in front yellow ; sides jiile yellow, superiorly a brassy- 
 brown stripe and posteriorly with two linear black spots; feet 
 yellow, femora exteriorly, tibia} and tarsi interiorly black ; abdo- 
 men long, very slender, yellow, the dorsum fuscous, the apex of 
 the segments black, and with an interrupted, yellow, basal lunulc ; 
 the apical segments entirely blackish-fuscous ; appendages black, 
 the superior ones short, forcipated, the base interiorly dilated, 
 armed with two teeth, the apical one larger, the apex narrow, in- 
 curved ; inferior appendages long, rather slender, approximated, 
 the apex acute, beneath curved ; valvules of the female, with the 
 margin entire; wings hyaline, the costa yellow; pterostigma short, 
 the sides a little obliijue, black; ten postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 53—41 millim. Alar expanse 49—41 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 1^ millim. 
 
 
LESTES. 
 
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 ITalK Chicago men Sacken); Indiana; Mass. (Say)- Marv 
 h.nd; Pe„,^..ania; Xew Jersey (Uhler); Wew York (Calve .T 
 Savannah, Georgia; Minnesota (Kenr.icott) ^ ' 
 
 I have seen two females, very niueh like this (L. hallos mih' 
 om Pennsylvania and Georgia); they have the tarsi yellow d 
 the nmrgm of the valvules dentated. Is it a distinct spedes ? 
 3. L. alacer! 
 Lfslis alacir Hagen I 
 
 Black; mouth yellowish; dorsum of the thorax black, each side 
 xter,orIy, with a yellowish-green stripe, sides livid, with a broad 
 fuscous m.dd e fascia; fe5t yellow, beneath and tarsi black ; femora 
 an Ubu. wUh an external black line ; abdomen slender, blak "des 
 }cnow ; appendages black, the superior ones forcipated, the base 
 ntenorly w.th a tooth, and upon the middle a roundei lamina 
 he inferior appendages a little shorter, straight, flat, distant, with 
 the apex truncated ; wings hyaline ; pterostigma black, narrow 
 -^uied with yellow in front; nine postcubital cross-nervulel' 
 
 miltim^^'' 39 millim. Alar expanse 42 millim. Pterostigma 11 
 
 Hub. Western Texas, Pecos River (Capt. Pope). 
 4. L. stulta! 
 
 Lcsics stulta Hagen ! 
 
 Buick i,j|lh yellow; dorsum of the thorax black, a line upon 
 t.ie middle and each side exteriorly a narrow stripe, yellow; sides 
 yellow with a superior, broad black stripe, which is triangularly 
 dilated at the wings ; feet yellow, femora exteriorly, tibia, interiorly 
 and tarsi black; wings hyaline, costa somewhat yellow; pterostig! 
 ma long, fuscous, margined on both sides with yellow eleven 
 postcubital cross-nervules. (The abdomen is wantino- ) 
 uiHim^'^ ~"^ ""'"'""■ ^'''^'' ^'•^■l'^"^^ S2 millim. Pterostigma 1^ 
 
 Ilah. California. 
 
 5. L. congener! 
 
 Lesles congener Hagen ! 
 
 Black, mouth yellow; dorsum of the thorax black-brassy a line 
 upon the middle and a narrow stripe each side yellow; sid'es yZ 
 
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 63 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 
 low, with a superior, 'Droad black-brassy stripe, which is dilated at 
 the wings; beneath yellow, margined with black; feet yellow, 
 femora exteriorly and tibiae interiorly black; abdomen slender, 
 black-brassy, with a yellow lunule upon the base of the segments; 
 superior appendages black, yellow it the base, forcipated, with a 
 basal tooth interiorly, and a middle lamina, with the margin ser- 
 rated; inferior appendages short, approximated, the apex obtuse, 
 recurved; wings hyaline; pterostigraa oblong, black; ten post- 
 cubital cross-nervules. (Male.) 
 
 Length 37 millim. Alar expanse 43 millim. Ttc rostigma l-g- 
 miliim. 
 
 Bab. Xew York; Texas (Friedrich). 
 
 6. L. simplex! 
 
 Lestes simplex Hagen ! 
 
 Black, mouth pale; thorax black, dorsum each side with a broad 
 yellow stripe, which is cleft at the wings; sides and beneath black, 
 pruinose; feet yellow, femora exteriorly, tibiae interiorly, and tarsi 
 black ; abdomen slender, black, pruinose at the apex, a basal yel- 
 low lunule to the segments; appendages black, superior ones forci- 
 pated, with an internal basal tooth, the middle of the inner margin 
 somewhat dilated, serrulated ; inferior appendages short, approxi- 
 mated, tlie apex obtuse, curved underneath; wings hyaline ptero- 
 stigma oblong, black ; twelve or thirteen postcubital oruss-nervules. 
 (Male.) 
 
 Length 40 millim. Alar expanse 43 millim. Pterostigma li 
 millim. 
 
 JIab. Mexico (Deppe). 
 
 Similar to Z. cn7igener, but the thorax is narrower and the 
 appendages are different. 
 
 7. L. forficula! 
 
 Lestes forficula Ramb.I Neuropt. 247, 5. 
 
 Black, mouth pallid; dorsum of the thorax pale bine, each side 
 with a narrow, brassy-green stripe, margined with black ; a middle 
 blue line, also margined with black; sides and beneath black, pru- 
 inose; feet yellow, femora bilineated above with black, tibiii; black 
 interiorly, the anterior ones exteriorly lineated with black, tarsi 
 black ; abdomen brassy black, with the apex pruinose, the middle 
 segments at base and a lunule at apex, pallid ; appendages black, 
 
LESTES. 
 
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 the superior ones forcipated, witli a bnsal internal tooth and an 
 obliquely truncated lamina upon the middle, with the apex serrated- 
 the inferior ones long, narrow, straight, the apex rounded, some- 
 what broader; wings hyaline, the pterostigma short, oblong, black; 
 eleven postcubital cross-nervules. (Male.) 
 Length 40 millim. Alar expanse 39 millim. Pterostigma U 
 
 Ilab. Mexico; Cuba (Gnndlach) ; IJrazil. 
 
 8. L. vidua! 
 
 Lestes vidua Hagen ! 
 
 Brassy-black, mouth yellow; dorsum of the thorax black-bras'^v 
 a middle line and a narrow stripe each side, somewhat interrupted 
 at the wings, and subexcised, of a yellow color; sides yellow, with 
 a broad black stripe superiorly, which is broader at the wino-g and 
 two spots inferiorly, also black; beneath yellow, each side with a 
 marginal black spot; feet yellow, femora and tibia3 exteriorly line- 
 ated with black, tarsi black; dorsum of the abdomcr. brassy-black 
 a basal yellow lunule upon the segments; sides yellow, venter black 
 (appendages destroyed); wings hyaline, pterostigma large, oblong 
 fuscous, margined with yellow at the sides ; ten postcubital cross- 
 nervulcs. 
 
 Length 40? millim. Alar expanse 45 millim. Pterostigma U 
 millim, ° 
 
 Ilah. New Orleans (Pfeiffer); Vienna Museum. 
 It is similar to L. congener Ila". 
 
 9 L. tenuata. 
 
 Lestes tenuata Ramb. Neuropt. 245, 2. Relys, Poey lus. Cuba, 4G3. 
 Obscure bluish-green ; thorax obscure whitish, with four green- 
 ish-blue stripes, two of them dorsal ; feet pale, femora trilincated ' 
 with black, tibiic beneath and tarsi black; dorsum of the a1)domen 
 bluish-greon, the sides pale, a yellow basal lunule upon the se-- 
 ments ; superior appendages forcipated, inside at the base witl^a 
 rounded tooth, behind the middle they are denticulated, and exte- 
 riorly dentated, the apex somewhat rounded ; tho inferior ones 
 short, obtuse, the apex rounded, pilose; wings hyaline, pterosti-ma 
 black. (From the description of Uambur.) ° 
 
 Length 45 millim. Alar expanse 50 millim. 
 
 //ai. The island of Martinique. Similar to Z. forjlcula. 
 
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 NEUR01»TERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 10. L. eurina. 
 
 Li'ste.'i eurinus Say I Journ. Acad. Philad. VIII, 3G, 3. 
 
 Blue, varied with green anil violet ; mouth yellow ; dorsnm of 
 the thorax each-side with a yellow stripe, which is cleft and ilikited 
 at the wings, the sides yellow ; abdomen blue, the segments green 
 at apex ; venter black ; superior appendages forcipated, beneath 
 bidentated, the inferior api)cndages short, conical ; feet black, the 
 femora beneath and tibitc exteriorly psdlid ; wings hyaline, ptero- 
 stigma black. (From the description of Say.) 
 
 Length 4t millim. 
 
 Hub. Massachusetts (Harris). 
 
 11. L. unguicnlata ! 
 Lestes unguiculata Hagen ! 
 
 Green-brassy; mouth yellow; dorsum of the thorax brassy- 
 brown, a line upon the middle and a narrow stripe each side, 
 yellow; sides yellow pruinose, with abroad, superior brassy-brown 
 stripe, and infcriorly with a black, broad vitta; beneath yellow; 
 feet yellow, femora bilineated with black, tibite inside, and tarsi 
 black; dorsum of the abuomeu green, the apex brown-brassy, a 
 yellow lunule upon the base of the segments, base and ajjcx of the 
 tergum pruinose, the sides yellow, venier black; superior appen- 
 dages black, yellow at base, forcipated, with a basal internal tooth, 
 and a middle excised lamina, which is dcntated upon the margin ; 
 the inferior appendages long, narrow, cruciate, incurved at the 
 apex; wings hyaline, pterostigma oblong, fuscous, the sides mar- 
 gined with yellow ; nine or ten postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 In the female, the inferior fascia of the thorax is wantiiijr. 
 
 Length 40—30 millim. Alar expanse 43— S". millim. Ptt. 
 stigma \^ millim. 
 
 Hah. Chicago (Osten Sacken) ; Bergen TTill, Xew .Tcrsey 
 (Ouex); New York; St. Louis (Engehnann); Wisconsin (Robt. 
 Kennicott). 
 
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 12. L. hamata ! 
 
 Lestes hamata Hageu I 
 
 Brownish-brassy; mouth yellow; dorsum of the thorax brown- 
 lirassy, with a middle line, and each side a l)road stripe, narrowed 
 at the wings, yellow; sides yellow, pruinose, with a superior, broad, 
 
PARAPH LEBI A. 
 
 n 
 
 brown-brassy stripe, tind a black spot upou the pectus, beneath 
 yellow; feet yellow, femora exteriorly, tibia) interiorly and tarsi 
 black; abdomen obscure green-brassy, with a basal yellow lunule 
 to the segments ; appendages black, the superior ones forcipated, 
 with a basal, internal tooth, and a lamina with the margin straight 
 and its apex dentaced ; the inferior appendages long, straight, 
 narrow, flat, the apex rounded; wings hyaline, pterostigma oblong, 
 black, the sides margined with yellow ; eleven postcubital cross- 
 nervules. 
 
 Length 42—38 millim. Alar expanse 45—43 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 1 J millim. 
 
 Hah. Bergen Hill, New Jersey (Guex); Florida (Osten Sacken); 
 Chicago {id.); Wisconsin (Kobt. Xennicott); North Red River 
 {id.). 
 
 13. L. forcipata ! 
 
 Ltsti-s forcipata Ramb. Neuropt. 246, 4. 
 
 Brassy-green; mouth yellow; dorsum of the thorax green-brassy 
 {^) or with a middle line and a stripe each side, yellow 9 ; sides 
 yellow, with a superior, green-brassy stripe, dilated at the wings, 
 or with an inferi^ • black stripe {^); feet yellow, femora bilineated 
 with black, tibia3 interiorly and tarsi black ; abdomen brassy-green, 
 sides yellow, or at the base and apex pruinose (cT); a basal lunule 
 upon the segments yellow; appendages black, the superior ones 
 forcipated, on the inside bidentated, the intermediate lamina with 
 its margin rather straight, serrated ; the inferior appendages long, 
 flat, the apex dilated interiorly, somewhat spoon-shaped ; wings 
 hyaline ; pterostigma black, margined with yellow at the sides ; 
 twelve postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 35 millim. Alar expanse 40 millim. Pterostigma U 
 millim. 
 
 Huh. Chicago; Washington (Osten Sacken); Wisconsin (Robt. 
 Keniiicott). Extremely like L.* nympha, of Europe, it seems 
 hardly dilferent from that species. Is this the true L. forcipata 
 of Rambur ? 
 
 PARAPHLBBIA Selys. 
 
 Postcostal space furnished with two or three areoles ; sector; 
 numerous. 
 
72 
 
 NEI'UOI'TEIIA OF NOIITII AMEIUCA. 
 
 lii 
 
 1. p. zoef 
 
 IWiiphlihia zof SolyM I Monog. Agriou. 
 
 Apex of tlio winps blnck. 
 
 Il<i(>. Mexico (Colloction of Do Selys LongchuiiipH). 
 
 PALAEMNEMA Si:r,YS. 
 
 TIio qiiailnin-iilar space oblong ; tlio second sector of the tri- 
 aiiglo almost wauthig. 
 
 1. P. paiillna ! 
 
 A<jri„n jmulim Drnry, 11; tab. xlvi, fi^,^ A.-I'nphwa pauHm Ilamb. 
 Ntturoi.t. -SM, :,. Oliv. Kno. Metluul. VII, r.72, No. IH. 
 
 IJoddiHh-l.Iadvish ; tliorax thick; wings liya line, fuscous at tlie 
 npcx, at the base having (Ik- second and (liird linineral spaces yel- 
 lowish-rufescent; pterostigma long, narrow. (Ranibnr.) 
 
 //«(>. Honduras. (Collection of De Selys Longcl.anips.) 
 
 TRICHOCNEMIS Selys. 
 
 Qiiadrangidar space sub-oblong; pterostigma rliondjoidul (cf, 
 Toey, Ins. Cuba, -ICt.) 
 
 1. T. tibialis. 
 
 riiiiiintniiis libinlis Rainb. Nouropt. 241, 3. 
 
 Azure-blue; thorax in front with three stripes, and n lateral line 
 black-greenish; abdomen above greenish-black, a dorsal interrupt- 
 ed line, the posterior margin of the segments, the last segment and 
 t" e sides yellowish or blue(?); feet armed with loni^ cilia.'yellowish, 
 the anterior femora black, the base interiorly yellow, the anterior 
 tibiie exteriorly black; the ])osterior femora black exteriorly, line- 
 ated with yellow, tarsi black; wings hyaline; pterostigma 'rufous. 
 (?. Krom the description of Hambur.) 
 
 Jful>. North America. (Collectiou of De Selys Longchamps.) 
 
 2. T. minuta. 
 
 Tncltucii, mis minutn Selys, Poey Ins. Cuba, 4(!4. 
 
 Brassy-brown; mouth, front, a transverse occipital stripe, nn 
 anteluimeral stripe, tlio sides of the thorax and the base and sides 
 of the segments of the abdomen, pale reddish ; wings hyaline ; 
 
 i#..r 
 
PllOTONEimA. 
 
 78 
 
 l.toi-ostiKinarhoniboidiil, fuscous, tlic interior part obscurer. (From 
 the (Icsoription of I)e SolyH.) 
 
 L('iif,Mli iicnr 27 tnillitn. Alnr expanse 32 niillirn. 
 
 llnb. Culisco, Culm (l)e Selys). 
 
 PROTONEURA Ski, 
 
 lYH. 
 
 Qiiadrnnpulur space oblong; no second sector of the triangle 
 (cf. Pocy, Ins. Cuba, p. 470). 
 
 1. P. capillarls. 
 
 A.jrin, vupUhnr IJ.ainl.. Nt-uroi.t. 280, 30._Pr«/r;«.wra minllnrh Selys 
 J'ouy hiH. Cuba, 471. 
 
 Extremely slender; tliorax stcel-blnc, above blackish-violet; 
 abdomen hair-like, violet-black, the third segment extremely long,' 
 marked with a large, i)ale greenish-bliie spot; wings long, ex- 
 tremely narrow, hyaiinc; the pterostigmu black, subquadrate? {^ . 
 From (he description of l)e Selys.) 
 Length near 20 millim. Ahir expanse 35 millim, 
 JM>. Cuba. (Collection of De Selys Longcharaps.) 
 
 2. P. antennata. 
 
 A<jn„n ai,/,,i„aia Say, .Tourn. Acad. Philad. VIII, 39, 3. 
 
 c^. Obscure I)luish-green, somewhat metallic; liead green be- 
 fore, mouth yellow, vertex and occiput black, the latter with a 
 glau<'oiis band which is clavate at each end; eyes dark greenish, 
 above blackish; antenuio with the two basal joints thicker than 
 the others, ecpial in length, the second one cylindrical, the third 
 attenuated at base; dorsum of the thorax with a glaucous stripe 
 each side; feet pale, with a broad black line on the femora and 
 one on the tibia;, excepting the posterior ones; abdomen with a 
 blue band at the base of the segments, the sides green, venter 
 glaucous, with a black line; wings hyaline; pterostigma rhomb- 
 oidal. (From Say's description.) 
 Length near 33 millim. 
 Jl'il). Lidiana. 
 
 A species not seen by me. Say says: " Two basal joints of the 
 antenna' sube.pud," but Irom the description and from analogy, I 
 conclude that, not the first and second segments, but the second 
 and third, are etpial: the first segment is always very short in the 
 Af/rions. 
 
 

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 Jill 
 
 74 
 
 Nr.llllnPTKIlA OK NollTir AMKItlCA. 
 
 The Iciifrth of tlii> s.mmiikI scfrinciit in A</> „„ tni/,;ni,ilu S;iv, 
 allows tliiit il il.M's iiol Im'Ioiik Id the jr,,|,„s ,.[,//■/„„ i,, ji^ slricKi' 
 Ki'iisr. I am not quilo suro if il, is u I'loiumin-n. 
 
 AORION I 'a II. 
 Til.' <7//r,//.s,v/,./-stnii^rIil ; III,. /.",s7r,.s7„/,sy,,„v.siini.l,.; ll„. ,/»„,/, 
 ramjniur sj„„r inipr/uitlul, will, ij,,. ,..M,.ri„r, inlVrioc anKJc iiciilf ; 
 III." plcrostij^'ina small, rlioniboidal ; alxloniinal iipiitMidaKcs of tlio 
 iiialos sliort. 
 
 (Nohnloiiiila S.lys.) 
 'riio alHloinc'ii loiiiv luui vory sicinlor; (lie colors hniziMi. 
 1. A. Ireno ! 
 
 Aijiii'ii in lie lliigcil I 
 
 r.ri,t;lit l.rassy-KiVfii ; licad jcliow in front ; llic lliinl article of 
 the anlcniiic aiinnlatcd with jnilc; llic liiiid nuiruin of llic inoliio- 
 
 rax broad triiiiij;nlar .( , or hi 
 
 rax hriylit lirassy-;'Tccn, llic sides y 
 
 ('iiiiii\i;iiialed V ; dorsum of the th( 
 
 cllowish, above brassy-i;-reei 
 
 feet pale, e.\terit)rly lineated with black: llu- abd 
 
 bi 
 
 omen slender, 
 
 assy 
 
 iy-grccn, the sides and a basal yellow liinnic upon the ;!— (> 
 segments; sc-iiicii< S with an apical spot, It with a triaiin-uhir dor- 
 sal one, 1(1 almost altoo-ether bine ^^ , or '.1 bine at the sides, and 
 10 blue at the apex 9, the tenth sej>-inent has the mar-in e.xc'ise.l. 
 dciitated; appendai^-es extremely short, the sii] 
 parted, obtnse, the interior brunch lonsi'er: Il 
 
 XM'ior ones two- 
 
 ; the inferior ai»pend- 
 a;i-es arc longer, bin,-, triangnhirly tuberenlaled ; J i\\w\ of the 
 UMh sciiinent cleft; with the appendag-es obtnse, sliorl, yellow ; 
 the eighth scument with no ventral spine ; wings hyaline; ptero- 
 stignni short, rhondtoidal, luteous; from lunc to oleyen postcnbilal 
 oross-norvides. 
 
 Length 25—28 miliiin. Abu* oxpauso 28— ;!() null 
 //"/'. Chicago and Florida (Osten Saeken); AV 
 
 ini. 
 
 isconsin and Illi 
 
 nois (Kobt. K,Minicott); New Jersey (Uhler); Maine (Packard). 
 A most beautiful species. 
 
 2. A. macrogaster. 
 
 <ji-l.>!i ih,ui;',i,ist,r Si'lvd, Vooy bis. Cull;! 4(1 
 
 ]>rassy-brown ; dorsum of the prothorax tost 
 
 iiccous, the hind 
 
 m.t 
 
 ^^m- 
 
AdIlIuN. 
 
 iry 
 
 liilic liliick, (■Miar^riiiatctl upon llie iiiiddlo; <lnrsiiiii of tlio tlioni.v, 
 bro'.vii-hiiiHsy, ciicli sido with u tcstiiccoiiH slii|)c, sitlw iind Ix-iiciitli 
 |mlc; IVct, imlo, rniiora exteriorly hlaek; ubdoiiieii exlreinely slen- 
 der, liriissy.l)ro\vii, willi iIk- incisures pale; \viii;,r,s jiyaline, ptero- 
 
 hli^iiiii rlioiid)oidal, I'liseoiis, interiorly ol)K(Mirer. (^. Fruni tlie 
 (leseription of Do Seiys.) 
 
 I,en-,'tli near •»<; niillini. Alar expanse 'l,*] niillini. 
 //"''. .lanmicu (Do Selys ljoiigcluinii)s). 
 
 (iBchnura Cliari).) 
 3. A. iners! 
 
 At/riim iiK rs Iliif^eiil 
 
 J5rassy-l)lae!<, varied willi green and blue; head hlaek, oceipnt 
 eui'li side with a y;\vvn point J*, or a bluish one 9 ; prothorax 
 Willi the posterior lobe short, broader in the middle, rounded, 
 liiinliy elevated; dorsum of the thorax I)rassy-brown, each side 
 with a- narrow f,n-een stripe; sides f^reen, a line beneath l»hiek; feet 
 bliiek ; Cemora and tiliiie interiorly and the tarsi in part green ; 
 alalonien brassy-blaek, the first artieulations steel blue, 3—5 with 
 a medially interrupted yellow ring upon the base of each, 8 entirely 
 blue, i»_l() sides blue J* and 9 ; aitpendages short, the superior 
 ones oiituse, with a i)roeess interiorly, beneath; the inferior ap- 
 pnidiiges a little longer, eylindrieal, subareuated ; t!"> jmsterior 
 margin of the hist segment elcviited in the middle, sub-bifid ; the 
 feiimle has an aeiite ventral spine upon the 8th segment; wings 
 hyiiliiie, pterostigma rhomboidal, luteous, the anterior ones of the 
 male black, with the apex whitish ; eight posteubital eross-nervules. 
 9. Var. tiiiranliaca. Ifead green in front, with bluish occi- 
 pital points; dorsum of the thorax orange, abroad brassy-browii 
 striiie upon the middle, the sides dirty green ; abdomen brassy- 
 bhick, the sides dirty green ; the first segment orange, the second 
 orange, with a brassy-bhick apical spot; the third to tlie fifth with 
 11 biisiil yellow ring whieli is interrupted in the middle; the follow- 
 ing segments are brassy-black ; feet pale, with nn external fuscous 
 line. 
 
 Length 31—34 millims. Alar expanse 31—40 raillim. 
 
 J/<il>. New York; [Maryland (Uhler) ; Washington (Osten 
 Sackcii); Louisiana (Sehaum) ; Mexico (Deppe) ; Tampico 
 (Saussurc) ; Cuba (Osteu Sacken). 
 
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70 
 
 NEUIlOPTEnA OF NORTFI AMKIIIC.V. 
 
 
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 iiluiw 
 
 Tlio colors of tlio living Insect were uiado known to me by 
 Baron Oston Sackeu. 
 
 4. A. tuberculatum. 
 
 Af/riun iHlirrrulatum Solys, Pocy Ins. Cuba, 4G7. 
 
 IJIack-brasHy; a ronnrl blue point upon oach side of tlio occiput- 
 posterior lobe of the prolhorax produced in the middle ; thorax 
 yellowish-green, in front bluek-brassy, with two blue stripes; eij^hth 
 Rcpment of the ttlnlomen blue, the tenth, in the males, tul)erenlated 
 behind; wiii-s hyaline, ptorosti^r,„a rhomboidal, fuscous; i)tero- 
 sU-ma of the male black within. (From the description of De 
 Sclys Lonp;champs ) 
 
 Long'th 35 millim. Alar expanse 3T millim. 
 
 JIdb. Cuba ; Campcachy ; Cayenne. 
 
 5. A. ramburll ! 
 
 A<jrion raniburii Selys, Voey Ins. Cuba, 4G8. 
 
 Ilrassy-brown, varied with green and blue; head each side with 
 n green occipital point; i)ruthorax with the posterior lobe small 
 having a flat tubercle upon the middle, in the female broader ;' 
 dorsum of the thorax brassy-brown, each side with a narrow green 
 vitta; the sides green, with a medial black stripe at the wings- 
 feet i.alc exteriorly, lineatcd with black ; abdomen brassy-fusco"usi 
 the sides green, segments 3—0 with a yel(ow, medially interrupted,' 
 basal band, segments ,s_!) blue, with a hiack stripe each side;' 
 appendages short, superior ones thick, triangular, excavated on 
 the inside ; inferior ones acute, unguicnlated ; the hist abdominal 
 Fcgment with the i)ORtenor margin elevated in the middle iitid bifid; 
 wings hyaline, ptcrostigma small, rhomboidal, in the anterior wiiK^s 
 of the male black. ° 
 
 9 Either thorax reddish-yellow, the dorsum of the thorax with 
 a broad brassy stripe, the whole of the abdominal dorsum brassy, 
 fuscous; or pruinose, black, witli the apex of the alidoininal se-- 
 ments also black. ° 
 
 Length 25—28 millim. Alar expanse 2'7— 30 millim. 
 
 Ildb. New York; Washington; Dalton, Ceorgia (Osten 
 Sacken); Philadelphia; Bergen Hill, New .Jersey (Guex.) ; St. 
 Louis. I have not seen the specimens of Pc Selys ; he notes 
 them to be from :Nrartiniquc ; Campeachy ; Yucatan and Vera 
 Cruz; are they different? I formerly called my species Jr/nw 
 expertum ! 
 
A .iHON, 
 
 7T 
 
 0. A. posltum ! 
 Aijfioii puailum Ilagon 1 
 
 Mrassy-fuscous, viiricd with ffroi-n ; head brnssy-fuscoiis, cacli 
 si(l(! with au occipital jK-int ^mvhi (^), or bine (9); proihomx 
 with the posterior iolje Himiii, roiiiKleii atul |)roiiiicod in the middle, 
 dorsum of the thorax brnssy-i)ro\vn, eaoli side unteriorly with n 
 strii)e and at the wings a point (forming un ! sign) green, sides 
 yeilDwisIi-green, with a blaeic line upon the middle; feet yellowish, 
 tiie femora, and the tibial exteriorly black ; abdomen l)rassy-fuscouH, 
 sides yeIlowish.green,the brassy-fuscous color is dilated before tho 
 apex of tho segments; tho incisures black, tho first green; seg- 
 meats 3—7 with a basal yellow lunule ; the dorsum of tho last 
 segment has, sometimes, a blue prninose, (piadrangnlar spot, tho 
 l)osterior margin of this segment is elevated in the middle, and 
 bifid; appendages short, yellow, the superior ones lul)erculoso 
 inlluted. u small tooth, exteriorly, upon the middle, tho inferior 
 ones Hat, recurved, with the apex black, serrated; the tenth seg- 
 meat in the female, with the hind nuirgin yellow, entire ; no ventral 
 spine; the appendages short, trigonal, approximated, yellow; 
 wings hyaline, pterostigma small, rliomboidal, fuscous, surrounded 
 with pale. 7 — 1) posteubital cross-nervnles. 
 
 Length 24— 2S ndllim. Alar expanse 2.'}— 34 millim. 
 
 J/(t[). Savannah, Dalton, Georgia ; Washington (Osten Sjickcn). 
 
 The colors of the living insect were made known to me by Baron 
 Osten Saeken. The male (from Dalton) is sometimes snmller, 
 having 5 i)ostcubital cross-nervules ; but it can hardly l)e a dis- 
 tinct species. The adult female is black, pruinose, with the apex 
 of the segments black-brassy. 
 
 7. A. hastatum! 
 
 AyrioH /uisluta Say, Jonrn. Acad. I'liilad. VIII, 38, 2. Sulys ! Poey Ins. 
 Culm, 470 (subg. Anomai,A(U!1u.\). Aijrlon unumulum Humli.! Neii- 
 ropt. 281, 31. Aijrwn veneriuotutnin liuldeuian, Proc. Acad. Pbilad. 
 1844, 5.0. 
 
 Brassy-green, varied with orange and yellow; head brassy- 
 green in front, and an occipital jioint each sido orange ; protliorax 
 with the jiosterior lobe somewhat prtuiueedin ..le middle; dorsum 
 of the thorax brassy-green, each side with a narrow yellow stripe, 
 sides yellow, superiorly brassy-green, iuferiorly a black stripe at 
 the wings; feet yellow, apex of the feniuru with a black stripe 
 
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 ■ ! 3 
 
 NEUROPTEHA OF NORTU AMEniCA. 
 
 extcriorlr : al)(lomen yellow, se<?meiits 1—2 dorsum brassy-o-reen, 
 3 and 6 with a very iiar.-ow dorsal spot before the apex, 4 and 5 
 with a basal acute spot and an apical orbicular one, 1 the dorsum 
 entirely, and the eighth with a quadrangular basal spot Ijrassy- 
 green. (The markings in the younger individuals are very varia- 
 ble; the second segment has the dorsal spot incised eaeh side before 
 the ai)ex, 3 with the dorsal spot interrupted, 1 with the basal spot 
 bilid, 8 and the following ones entirely yellow ; sometimes 3—6 
 have a basal stripe, and the apical spot almost obsolete, and 7— 
 10 yellow.) The tenth segment has a long process upon the mid- 
 dle, which is oblique, cylindrical and bifid at the apex ; append- 
 ages short, yellow, superior ones broader, incurved, broadly bifid, 
 inferior ones a little longer, unguiculated ; wings ]iyaline,'ptero^ 
 stigma of the posterior ones rhomboidul black, of the ant-rior ones 
 very singular, larger, rufous, surrounded with yellow, and not 
 attaining to the costal margin ; seven postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 9 Head orange, having a broad brassy-green, transverse stripe ; 
 posterior lo.e of the prothorax produced in the middle; dorsum' 
 of the thorax orange, with a broad brassy-green stripe ; sometimes 
 a black humeral line; sides yellowish ; feet pale yellow ; abaomen 
 orange, segment C, a dorsal line dilated at the apex, Y— 9 dorsum 
 brassy.fuscous, 9 having a yellow middle fascia ; posterior margin 
 of 10 entire; ventral sjjine of 8 almost absent; appendages short, 
 trigonal, thick, yellow; wings hyaline, pterostigma of each of the 
 wings regular, yellowish. 
 
 Vur. 9. Brassy-black, pruinose, tliorax and abdomen with the 
 sides yellow; the feet exteriorly lineated with black. 
 Length 23—27 millim. Alar expanse 23—30 millim. 
 J/ab. Indiana (Say); Maine (Packard) ; Mass. (Scudder); Ma- 
 ryland (Uhler); Bergen Hill, Xew Jersey (Guex.); Savannah, 
 Georgia (Osten Sacken); Louisiana (Schuum); J'lorida (Osteu 
 Sacken, Xorton); Pennsylvania (IIaldeman^; Cuba; Merida; 
 Venezuela. A common species. 
 
 The form of the pterostignja in the anterior wings of the male 
 is very singular; no other species of Odonata have the pterostigma 
 so separated from the costal margin. 
 
 6. A. c^preolus! 
 
 Af/riol) rajireolv^ lla,gen\ 
 
 Brassy-black, head in front, and an occipital point each side 
 
AGRION. 
 
 TO 
 
 prpon; poskrior nifirgin of the protliorax, with the middle lobe 
 small, r')iirulod; dorsum of the Lhorax black, each side of it a green 
 stripe; sides green, with a small black stripe at tlie wings; feet 
 pale, exteriorly, in part, lincated with black ; abroraen very slen- 
 der, l)rassy-black, the sides and a basal annulus upon segments 
 3_r, y(!llowiHh .green; apical half of 8, and <J entirely blue; a 
 stout process upon the margin of the tenth segment, whicli is two- 
 horned; appendages short, superior ones black, trigonal, obtuse; 
 inferior ones yellowish, longer, two-parted, the external branch 
 Iji-oadcr, trigonal, (he internal branch longer, cylindrical, ungui- 
 culatod, strongly recurved; wings hyaline; pterostigma small, 
 yellow, in tlie middle fuscous. Six to eight postcuLital cross- 
 ncrvules. ]\lale. 
 
 Length 22 millims. Alar expanse 21 millim. 
 
 Hob. Porto Kico, Brazil. 
 
 Almost the smallest species known. 
 
 0. A. aduncum ! 
 
 A(jrwi< adnncum Ilagen ! 
 
 Black, vari.-d with yellow; head black, in front and an occipital 
 spot which is Liineiform, each side, yellow; posterior margin of 
 the |>rothorax rounded; dorsum of the thorax luteous, with a broad 
 medial, black stripe; sides luteous; feet luteous, exteriorly lineated 
 with black; abdomen very slender, bras;^y-hlack, the sides, and a 
 l)a?al ring, which is excised in the middle, yellow, upon segments 
 3—8; 9—10 blue (J'), or 9 at the sides and 10 entirely luteous 
 (9); appendages very short, the snperi n- ones longer, biparted, 
 the external branch cylindrical, obtuse, straight; the internal 
 branch sleiider, curved downwards; the inferior appendages obtuse, 
 cmarginated at the apex; 9 apex of the tenth segment cleft; the 
 appendages obtuse, luteous; eighth segment with an acute ven- 
 tral spine; wings hyaline; pterostigma small, rhomboidal,. luteous, 
 fuscons in the middle. Nine postcubital cross-nervulos. 
 
 Length 2G millim. Alar expanse 2G millim. 
 
 Hub. Cuba. 
 
 . 0. A. discolor. 
 
 Ai/rioii discolor Burra. ! Ilaiidb. II, Sl;i, fi. 
 
 Uniformly testaceous, or with the dorsum rosy, or brassy-black; 
 thorax two-striped ; pterostigma pale. Female." (From Burmeis- 
 ter's description.) 
 
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 80 
 
 NKimoi'TKItA (ir NORTH AMICllICA. 
 
 I'l'iinlh lM; iiiilliiii. 
 
 //<i/>. SuiKli ('i,r„|ii,u (/iinnicriiiii!!); unknown t 
 H IciMiilf .'</ii(iii .siniriiiiii I'.iirrii. '/ 
 
 A. ilorsair S.'lys, IN„.y fhs. Ciil.a is ixM-Iiaps (liirorcnt. 
 
 I) nie; is it not 
 
 11. A. crodulum ! 
 
 Ai/rioii irnhihtiii lla.itcli! 
 
 .Hnissy I'liscons; licin! in IVont iniil 
 lie 
 
 1)1 
 
 till! (Iioi'iix linissv I 
 
 " occi|iitiil point cacli si(l{ 
 
 I'oslcrior iolu! of tiic |.n»lii,,n..\ short, ronn<!..(I- d 
 
 oi'.snnt ol 
 
 iiM'oiis, ciuii si(l(! with a l)In(' stripe, sides lil 
 
 II line ill the ini(hne l.hiek ; (Vet hinek I 
 
 lie, 
 
 (il)iii' exteriorly, aiid apex of tl 
 rnscoiis, I he sides and ii, basal r^ 
 
 irsi 
 
 ■mora within, l)jise of tjio 
 |»ale ; al)(h)iiien hrnssy 
 
 se,i;-iiieiil S eMiirely. <) liasc only liiii 
 
 MifT npon sejrmcnts ;{— (', yell 
 
 o\v; 
 
 the niiildl 
 til 
 
 i>; se^nnent H) elevated in 
 
 '' >'l III,! niaro-in, snh-l,ill.i; appenda-es short, apex of 
 
 osnp.Tior .Mu.s arennted, I.ipiiried; the interiial hraneli I 
 
 il tln> apex oliii(piely trimealed, tl 
 
 oiiu'er, 
 
 inlenor appeiida,i;-es a little loi 
 pterostiiAiiia of the anterior oi 
 
 II' cxlernal hraiieh conieal ; 11 
 
 10 
 
 posliM-KM- u iii-s liiteons. Kio-Jit postenl.ilal 
 
 iijcr, nnunieulated; winjrs iiyalino 
 H's hlaek, exteriorly whilisli, of tl 
 
 10 
 
 siniihirlN enldreii, plerosti^iiiii of all 
 cinieii is v,>ry niiieji nnitilaled.) 
 
 eross-iierviiles. Feinah' 
 
 lio \viiit;s hileons. ('I'l 
 
 10 s 
 
 1)0- 
 
 y"r. V. Head 1 
 
 ach 
 
 irassy-nreen, in front and 
 
 side oraiiov, posterior lolie of the proih 
 
 an occipital point 
 
 tiiorax (iraiiu-(\ d 
 
 orax siiort, rounded 
 
 I'l'siini with a middle 1 
 
 yellowish, exieriorlv I 
 
 iiae 
 
 il)d 
 
 irassy--<-r(-en stri 
 
 louoiiien I'rassv-i^'i 
 
 pc; iecL 
 
 np«'n the l.:isal • e,i;iiien!s and the second 
 
 ocii, sides, a riiii 
 
 seiiinent each side al ba 
 
 '•an-e yelUv. (The apex of the iibdmnen is destroyed.) 
 
 so 
 
 I-iMiu:ili ;iii 
 
 niillin 
 
 Alar 
 
 ll(il>. Vn\v,\ (l\)ey); St Tl 
 
 12. A. defixum ! 
 
 Aqrioii il.ii.fiini ll;ii:(>u ! 
 
 expanse i",l inilliin. 
 
 H'liias. Allied to J^rion ninili 
 
 nirii. 
 
 14. 
 
 hlaek ; head in front and a 
 
 " oeeipilal |)oint each 
 
 lu'stenor niar.uin of the proihorax short, rounded; d 
 thorax liiaek, each side with a 
 
 side jrreon 
 
 stni'e al the wing-s black; feel 
 k, side-, and a. basal annul 
 
 orsnni of tlio 
 nven, a small 
 
 ireen >tiipe; sides 
 
 ji'vcii, exteriorly black; abdomen 
 
 lis upon seu'iiicnts ;;_(', green S— •) 
 
 ""r;;'"'rV.'.''"'' ^'''"''^^ '""'"' ""■ '"^"-in elevated in tho 
 
 uiac 
 
 niiddl 
 
 (', siili-liilid ; appendau- 
 
 cs sliori. superior ones two-branched. 
 
AOIIION. 
 
 81 
 
 oxlonml hrnnol. conical, .straight, internal branch longer, flat- in- 
 fennr nncs ..n,n,in,lalc.l, lon^aw, ohliquo, recurve! ; wino-.s l.y.linc- 
 ]'tfn.^:li,'n,:t o( ti.c anterior ones black, exteriorly white ; of ti,J 
 posterior w.n-s Intoo.is ; seven i)o,stcul,it«l cros.s-nervule.s 
 
 Leii^^tli ;{() i.iillim. Ahir expanse 30 millitn. 
 
 Jlah. Northern Californiu. 
 
 13. A. dentlcolle ! 
 
 A<ifloii ,/,Htic(,//,' Biirni. Handb. 11, 81'), 9, 
 
 '^•"•l< ; I'oad anteriorly, and an occii.ital point each side, blue • 
 •narMH, oi the prothorax straight, the nmidh, lobe small, narrow' 
 ro.in.h.d; dnrsnn, of the thorax brassy-hh.ck (^), or each Mo 
 -^ '•■"o st,.,pe (9); s.ues bine, or with an anterior, snperio 
 •'■'Hv spot (?); lect pale, femora and tibho partly black or 
 •""■"";' -M' <;Iack (9); al,don,en (ei^ht h.st segments of 'the 
 nude destroyed) brassy-l,la,.k, the sides and a basal rin. upon 
 3-(. yellowish, 8 bine, !) with a lar-^e .lorsal spot, and the base 
 covered with bine; 10 .lorsnm medially elevated, plicated, yellow 
 Hppendn,!.a«s short, yellow; eii^hth sefrn.ent with no ventral spine • 
 w".i;-.s hvMlme; pterostif^nna Inteons; anterior pterostignia of the 
 mule black; ten postcnbital cross-nervnles. 
 Length 21 inillim. Alar expanse 30 raillim. 
 JldO. Morctia, Mexico (Saussure). 
 
 14. A. deraorsum ! 
 
 Aijriim ill iiiiirxHiii Ilngon 1 
 
 r.rassy-green ; head in front, and an occipital point, blue ; pos- 
 "•lor ,uar,m, of the prothorax snndl, rounded ; dorsum of the 
 thorax brassy.green, each side of it a blue stripe ; sides blue ; feet 
 l'"U< exteriorly black; abdomen brassy-grcen, the sides and a 
 basal annulus, on segments 3-G, yellowish, segments 8-9 blue • 
 posterior margin of 10 with a narrow, elevated mhldic process the 
 apex bilul; appendages short, superior ones fuscous, Iwo-branc'hcd 
 external branch conical, straight, the internal one lon-er flat • 
 n.lenor appeiulages yellow, broadly bifid, the branches s'nreadin'^ 
 apart, nnguiculated, the apex black; the upper branch' longer" 
 wings hyaline : pterostigma luteous, anterior oi.es of the ^ bhiek' 
 exteriorly white ; 8-9 postcnbital cross-nervulos. (The abdo^ 
 men ol the female is partly destroyed.) 
 
 ^iii 
 
82 NEUUOl'TKRA 01' NORTH A5IKRICA. 
 
 Longtli 27 inillini. Ahir expanse 30 luilliin. 
 Hub. Morotia, Mexico (Suussurc). 
 
 15. A. verticale, 
 
 Aijrion rn-lirule 8jiy, Jourii. Auatl. Pliilad. VIII, 37, L 
 
 Obscure blue, soniewlmt priiinose ; lieatl ^rwn, eaeli side with a 
 blue oecipitnl spot; tlion.x blue, dorsum with a ini(hlle brassy 
 stripe, and the sides with a l)iael< line; feet deep j,n-eei., femora 
 exteriorly black, tibia> with an exterior black line; abdomen brassy- 
 green, the incisures pale, se-ments !)_10 blue; 10 with the pos- 
 terior middle somewhat elevated, elevation excised (c^), or the 
 segments pruinose, black at their apex, with pale incisures (?); 
 venter pale .uM'ecn, with a middle black line; wings hyaline, ptero- 
 stignm rhomboidal, fuscous. (From the description of Say.) 
 
 Ijengih 25 millim. 
 
 Jliih. Indiana (Say). "Rare, August." 
 
 Unknown to me; perhaps it is A. pusitaml 
 
 16. A. exsulana ! 
 
 .1 
 
 '/'■'"/' I .tsiildii 
 
 Ila 
 
 gt'll ! 
 
 niack ; head blu 
 
 e m troid 
 
 each side with a cuneiform bl 
 
 rax short, rounded, with a small tuliercl 
 
 (cf), or yellowish-green (9); occiput 
 lie spot ; hind margin of the protho- 
 
 is larger in the female ; d 
 
 e upon tnc middle, which 
 
 a blue stripe; sides blue, will 
 die (J*); or green, with a bli 
 line 
 
 orsum of the thorax black, each side with 
 
 icl 
 
 black; abdomen brassy-I)lack, the sid 
 
 1 a narrow black line upon ihc mid- 
 middle stripe divided by a yellow 
 
 'uscous, 
 with 
 
 ; a numeral yellow stripe each side, margined with i 
 and with the sides green (?); feet pale, exteriorly lineated 
 
 of segments 2—G bright bl 
 
 ue 
 
 iiiaruin e 
 
 es and a ring upon the base 
 segment 10 with the posterior 
 
 evated and sul)excised ; appendages black, su] 
 
 rounded bilid, the inferior i)raneh 1 
 
 lorior ones 
 
 unguicnlated, slender, recurved 
 
 fuscous, sides dirty u:i' 
 
 onger; inferior appendages 
 <'r (9) donium of the alxlomen 
 
 whole of the tenth se 
 
 ecu, and with the apex of the ninth and tl 
 
 iC 
 
 gmcnt blue; the api)e!u]ages short; the 
 
 eigl.tli snguicnt hav-ng a long ventral spine ; wings hyaline, ptero- 
 "■- " ''""''«'^l'iUlack(cf), orluteous(9)i nine post- 
 
 ^|p.al 
 
 stigma 
 
 cubital cross-nervules 
 
 I 
 
 ength 33— 3(i millim. Alar cxpauf.e 40 mill 
 
 im. 
 
AGRION. 
 
 88 
 
 Tlah. riiiladelphia; Berkeby Springs, Ya. (Osten Snckcn); 
 Tot'os IJivcr, Western Texas (Capt. I'ope). 
 
 The colors in the living insect were communicated to me by 
 Baron Osten Sacken. 
 
 17. A. prognatum ! 
 
 Aijrum pruyitalum IlagenI 
 
 Groen-hrassy, varied with green ; liead above green-brassy, the 
 moutii nnd a point upon eacli side of the occiput bright green ; 
 posterior margin of the i)rotliorax very sliort, witli a small tuber- 
 cle upon the middle ; dorsum of the thorax green-brassy, each side 
 with a bright green stripe ; sides green, with two sliort green-brassy 
 stripes at the wings ; feet pale, knees exteriorly lineated with black; 
 abdomen slender, green-brassy, the sides, and a basal lunule u])on 
 segments 3—0, green ; segment 9 entirely, and 10 with the sides 
 bhiish-grcen ; the tenth segment has an elevated process upon the 
 middle of the posterior n.argip, which is long, cylindrical, black, 
 the ajiex yellow ; superior appendages bifid, the exterior branch 
 long, narrow, laminated, incurved ; the inferior branch hardly 
 shorter, yellow, curved downwards; the Inferior appendages yel- 
 low, unguiculated ; wings hyaline, pterostigma large, rhomboidal, 
 snow-white, interiorly brownish-black; eight postcubital cross- 
 uervules (J* ). 
 
 Length 35 millim. Alar expanse 36 millim. 
 Jfdl}. Jierkeley Springs, Ya. (Osten Sacken). 
 The colors of the living insect were made known to me by Baron 
 Osten Sttcken. 
 
 18, A. pollutum ! 
 
 Ajritin piilluium llagen! 
 
 ]5rassy-fuscous; head l^rassy-fuscous, in front and a cuneiform, 
 occiiiital spot each side orange; hind margin of the prothorax 
 rouniled ; dorsum of the thorax lii'assy-fuscous, each side with a 
 brnad orange stripe; sides yellowish, with a black line inferiorly; 
 feet yellowish, knees sublimateil with fuscous; abdomen long, 
 slender, brassy-fuscous; sides yellow, lateral margin 'yellow ; seg- 
 ments 2—0 with a basal yellow aiinulus ; 9 entirely and lU sides 
 blue (^), or the apex of 9 and the \\\w. .f 10 blue (9); appen- 
 dages, superioi- ones long, with the apex broader, dolabriforra ; 
 
 H 
 
84 
 
 NKUROVTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 lift, 
 
 
 
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 If 
 
 r i ^ 
 
 the inferior ones shorter, unpjiiieuliited ; apex of the tenth sejrinent 
 in tlio 9 cleft; the appeuchiges short; eighth segment with the 
 ventral spine long ; wings hyaline, pterosiigma rhomboidal, nar- 
 row, fuscous ; ton postcnl)ital cross-nervules. 
 
 Leiigtli 34 niillini. Alar expanse 34 — 38 niillim. 
 
 IJ(il>. Floridn, (Osten Sacken ; ^'ortou). 
 
 19. A. sigiiatum ! 
 
 AgrioH siynalum Hagen! 
 
 Fuscous ; head in front and a cuneiform occipital spot each side 
 yellow; posterior margin of the jTolhorax rounded; dorsum of 
 the thorax each side with a broad yellow stripe ; sides yellow, with 
 a middle black line ; feet yellow ; abdomen long, slender, fuscous, 
 the sides, segments 3—7 with a basal annulus, 9 entirely and 10 at 
 the sides, yellow ; sM])crior appendages long, straight, subdolabri- 
 form, the apex not broader, at the extremity of the apex subin- 
 curved, black; inferior appendages short, black, subincurved ; 
 wings hyaline, pterostigma rhomboidal, fuscous, ^ ; ten postcu- 
 bital cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 35 millim. Alar expanse 3G millim. 
 
 Huh. Georgia (Abbot) ; Louisiana (Schaum). 
 
 20. A. coecum! 
 
 Agrion coecum Ilagen! 
 
 Black ; head brassy-bhck, with a blue occipital spot each side; 
 posterior margin of the prothorax each side sub-excised; dorsum 
 of the thorax brassy-black, each side with a rosy-blue stripe ; sides 
 rosy-blue, with a black stripe inferiorly ; feet yellowish, exteriorly 
 black ; abdomen shorter, slender, black, segments 1—3 rosy-blue, 
 2 with a forked line, and 3 with the sides and apex black, S and 9 
 blue ; appendages black, superior ones long, the base beneath do- 
 labriform, the apex cylindrical; the inferior ones short, approxi- 
 mated cylindrical, recurved; wings hyaline, pterostigma small, rhom- 
 boidal, black ; female paler, abdomen brassy-fuscous, segments 3—1 
 with a yellow basal annulus, the sides, and eighth segment almost 
 entirely blue, the ventral spine acute; 10—12 postcub'tal cross- 
 nervules. Alale. 
 
 Length 31 millim. Alar expense 3G millim. 
 
 Hah. St. Thomas; Cuba. (Osten Sacken, Poey.) 
 
AGRIOX. 
 
 85 
 
 Subgenus Pyrrhoaoma Charp. 
 21. A. saucium ! 
 
 Ajrioii saucium Burm. I Handb. II, 819, 10. 
 
 Red; head above black ^, or middle blackisli-fuscons ? ; pes- 
 tcrioi- lobe of the i)rothomx short, the middle sub-depressod ; dor- 
 sum of the thorax black ^ , or red ? , sides yellowish-red ; feet pale 
 yellow ; abdomen red ; the seventh segment has the sides at apex 
 black, and the remaining segments are entirely black ; 9 apex of 
 the seventh segment each side with a point, and 8 and 9 are en- 
 tirely black; appendages short, red, the superior ones depressed, 
 (lat, narrow, subsinuated; inferior ones a little longer, luigiiicu- 
 latod; the tenth segment 1ms the middle of the posterior margin 
 elevated, excised; appendages of the female short, red, trigonal; 
 the eighth segment with a lunger ventral spine; wings hyaline, 
 ptcrostigma rhomboidal, fuscous; 11—8 postcubital cross-uer- 
 vules. 
 
 Length 20—22 millim. Alar expanse 31—27 millim. 
 
 Il"l>. Washington, Trenton Falls (Osten Sacken); .Afarvland. 
 Tennsylvania (Uhlor); South Carolina (Zimmerman); llliuois 
 (Kennicott); Maine (Packard); Mass. (Scuddcr). 
 
 22. A. salvnm ! 
 
 A(jriou salvum Ilagen ! 
 
 Red; head above with a broad brassy-green stripe; the poste- 
 rior lobe of the prcthorax broader, rounded, each side sub-excised ; 
 dorsum of the thorax red, upon the middle a broad brassy-green 
 stripe excised each side at the wings ; sides yellowish-red, with 
 a superior short stripe brassy-green upon the middle; feet yellow- 
 ish; abdomen red, venter paler; margin of the tenth segment ex- 
 cised in the middle; apiiendages short, red; superior ones cylindri- 
 cal, straight, acute with a tooth inferiorly before the apex; inferior 
 ones a little longer, ungniculated, subrecurvcd; (? apex of the 
 abdomen wanting;) wings hyaline, ptcrostigma rhomboidal, fus- 
 cous; 9 — 11 postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 28 millim. Alar expanse 31 millim. 
 
 Hub. Mexico (Deppe). 
 
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 HI 
 
 86 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 23. A vulneratum! 
 
 Agrion vuhnralum Ilageii! 
 
 Brassy-green, varied with red; head brassy-green, in front red; 
 poster!^ lobe of the prothorax larger, margined with yellow, the 
 sides oblicji.ely truncated; dorsum of the thorax obscure brassy- 
 green, each side with a narrow sulphur-yellow humeral line; sides 
 suli)liur-yellow; superiorly, a broad, bifid, brassy-green stripe, and 
 two lines, the second one interrupted, black; feet reddish-yellow, 
 femora exteriorly lineated with black; abdomen long, red, apex of 
 the dorsum infuscatcd, or (?) blackish-fuscous; appendages short, 
 red, superior ones broad, triangular, flat, incurved at the ai)cx;' 
 infcriur ones oblong, broad, the apex truncated; segment 10 with 
 the margin excised in the middle; appendages of the female short, 
 broad, yellow; eighth ventral segment with no spine; wings hya- 
 line, pterostigma rhomboidal, fuscous. 11 postcubital cro°s-ner- 
 vules. 
 
 Var. 9 Dorsum of the abdomen fusco-aeneous, with a broadly 
 interrupted yellow ring at the base of the segments. 
 Length 3.3 millim. Alar expanse 34 millim. 
 I/ab. Porto Ilico(Moritz); Cuba (Poey); Essequibo, Guiana. 
 
 24. A. doininicanum. 
 
 A'jrioi, dominicanum Selys. Pooy, Ins. Cuba, 466. 
 
 Red ; vertex, occiput, and the thorax above fusco-aeneous, with 
 four pale red stripes; the sides and beneath yellow; feet i)ale red; 
 wings hyaline, rather broa<l, pterostigma sub-elongated, fuscous.' 
 (From the description of De Selys Longchamps.) 
 
 Length 31 millim. Alar expanse Zi millim. 
 
 Ifab. Ilayti. 
 
 %i 
 
 25. A. rufulum! 
 
 Aijri'iii rufulum Ilagen I 
 
 Ruf^jus; head in front and behind yellowish; hind margin of the 
 prothorax rounded ; dorsum of the thorax rufous, sides yellowish ; 
 icct yellow; abdomen rufous, the sides and venter yellowish (the 
 apex destroyed) ; wings hyaline, veins red, pterostigma rhomboidal, 
 sanguineous. ^. 11 postcubital cross-nervulcs. 
 
 Length about 8T millim. Alar expanse 38 millim. 
 
 Jhib. :N"orth California. 
 
 
 ,1 I 
 
AORION. 
 
 81 
 
 Subgenus Agrloii Charp. 
 
 26. A. annexum! 
 
 Aijridn luiitixum Ilagen! 
 
 r.lack, brassy; lieiul and thorax villous; head marked with blue- 
 black (cf ), or reddish-yellow (?); occiput each side with a large 
 spot, which is serrated posteriorly; hind lobe of the prolhorax 
 rounded, subcxcised on each side ; dorsum of the thorax black, 
 brassy, each side with a broad bine stripe {^), or reddish-yellow; 
 sides blue, or reddish-yellow, with an abrupt black, middle line ; 
 feet black, femora interiorly, tibia) exteriorly {^) or base exter- 
 nally (9) pale; abdomen {^) blue, the first segment with a basal 
 spot, segment 2 with an orbicular, pedunculated apical one, 3—5 
 with the apical half anteriorly hastated, G— 7 almost entirely, and 
 10 entirely black-brassy ; 8 and 9 are blue, with a black point each 
 side on the middle; margin of 10 excised in the middle; append- 
 ages short, black, superior ones cylindrical, obtuse, straight; the 
 inferior ones a litlle longer, trigonal, sul)unguicu!ated; (y) red- 
 dish-yellow; segment 1 with a basal spot, 2 with a dorsal stripe, 
 dilated before the apex, the rest with the dorsum fusco-acneous ; 
 3—8 have each side a triangular, larger, reddish-yellow spot; the 
 margin of the tenth segment cleft in the middle; ventral spine of 
 segment 8 long, acute; appendages short, thick, black; wings hy- 
 aline, ptcrostigma rhomboidal, large, fuscous; fourteen poslcubit'al 
 cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 35—3'!' millim. Alar expanse 43—50 millim. 
 
 Hah. Sitka (Eschscholz; IJerlin Museum). 
 
 Allied to A. cyathujerum Charp., of Europe. 
 
 27. A. durum ! 
 
 Aijrioii durum Ilagen ! 
 
 Black-brassy, head and thorax villous; {^) marked with blue, 
 or (9) with yellowish-red; allied to the preceding species, but 
 may be distinguished from it by the occipital spots being narrow, 
 cuneiform, not posteriorly serrated; the prothorax has the posterior 
 lobe rounded, not subcxcised ; the dorsum of the thorax has a 
 middle line, which is blue or reddish-yellow: the feet i)alc, femora 
 exteriorly and the tibiie interiorly black, tarsi pale; abdomen {^), 
 segments 3— G uigro-aencous at the apex, longly hastated ; supe- 
 
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 il, 
 
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 m 
 
 El flt-t<T.,i'M -'■ 
 
 88 
 
 NEirUOI'TKIlA OP NOUTII AMKUK.'A. 
 
 rior ii|.|...ii(Im^^os brond, ...xoiiviitod witl.iii, willi a pule t.il.crcic 1 
 
 iicnlli 
 
 )C- 
 
 "• iiiii'i'ior ones pule, Imnlly lt)ii<?(T, aciilc; or (9) .lorsal 
 1)1111(1,! ,.r ll„> sr-iiieiits, fiisco-neiiooUH, imiTowcr, dilutod before tlio 
 apex; pten.sti-niii oI.stMiiv, that of the males blaek; foiirlecii post- 
 oiibiliil cross-iierviilcs. 
 
 LeiiMtli ;{7_42 iiiilliiii. .Mar expanse 44—50 iiiilliin. 
 ^ IMk ]\rar3!aii(l(Uliloi-); Louisiana (Seliauin) ; Florida (Osten 
 Siu'keii; N'ortoii). 
 
 28. A. civile! 
 
 A(jrliiii i-ivili iriigoiit 
 
 IMaek-brassy, varied with bhie (^), or green (9); head and 
 thorax vdh.us; liead in front bhie, oeeipnt eaeh siiK' witli ;mi (.h)n- 
 pited blue spot; posterior inarf^in of the prothorax n. muled, en- 
 tire; dorsMin of tlie thorax ni-ro-aeiieows, eaeli side witli a broad 
 blue stripe (^), or ureen (?); sides blue in both sexes; beneath 
 prumose; feet pale, femora and tibia> with an imperfeet, external 
 blaek line; abdomen blue (J^), se-ment 1 with a small basal spot 
 2 with an orbieiilMr npienl one, 3-5 with an aente apieni band' 
 brassy-bliiek ; (1—7 brassy.])laek, blue at base; 8— <) blue; 10 
 brnssy-blaelc, the mMi-ii. broiidly cxeised ; superior appendn-cs 
 blaek, Ion- divarieate.l, l)i(ld, with a i)ale oval tuborelc set between; 
 inferior appemhifres short, pale, nn-nienlaled; or ( 9 ) bine, a dor- 
 sal larn-e, laneeolated spot, dilated before the apex of the se'i-ments 
 and nut attaininn: the l)ase upon seo^nients 4— T, nigro-aeneous ; 
 marijin of the tenth sejjjmeiit eleft; appendages short, thick, lurid; 
 ventnil sj^ine of the ei-hth segment ac.te; wings hyaline,' ptero- 
 stignia rhomboidal, exteriorly rounded, blaek {^), or luteous (9)- 
 eleven posteubital eross-nervules. ' 
 
 Leii.uth ;!-2— ;55 millim. Alar expanse 37 millim.' 
 /A/A. New York; Maryland (Uhler); Washington (Osten Sack- 
 en); Texas (Friedrieh); I'eeos lliver; Matamoras, ^Iexieo. 
 
 The e.)lors of the living inseet were nuule known to me bv Harou 
 Osten iSaekeii, 
 
 29. A. praevanim! 
 
 A(p-ioii pnu varum Ilagen! 
 
 Blaek-l.rassy, varied with blue (^), or green (9); head and 
 thorax villous; very elosely allied to the preceding species; dilfers 
 in having the posterior margin of the prothorax each side e.xeiseJ; 
 
AdlllON. 
 
 89 
 
 (^) alMloininal R('j,'niont 2 lias jin orl)iciilnr spot, wliifli is siibacii- 
 iiiiriiitc ill front, tlic sidi-s soinc'tiiiios liavo a line Itrassy-Mnciv, :i has 
 an apical siiot, acinninatiMl in front, 4— fi hrassy-l)lacli, witji tlic 
 liasc l.ino; sniiorior appeiiilajjics Ijifid, no tu))or('lc inserted between; 
 llic MlKJoineii of tlie female is nmrkeil very mueli ]il<e tliat of Af/ri'on 
 civllr (the npex is tlcstro^'d); dorsum of the thorax with a middle 
 green lino. 
 
 Leiij^th n2 inilliiii. Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 
 Jl(il). .Afexico (Deppe); female from Trnjos del Oro (Saussure). 
 
 UO. A. ebrium! 
 
 Aijriiin i/iriniit Ilngeu! 
 
 l>lack-l)rassy, varied with blue; head and thorax villous ; very 
 closely allied to J;/, civile, dillers in having broader occipital spots, 
 tlio frniora and tibiio exteriorly, and sometimes the whole of the 
 tarsi black; the abdomen has se<: nt 0, upon the apieal half, 
 marked with a hastate, blaek-brassy spot, the superior apjiendageR 
 arc bilid, no introduced tubercle, the branches eipial, parallel (in 
 A. virUe divaricated); inferior appendages straight, the apex less 
 acuminated; eleven posteubital cross-uervulcs. Male. 
 
 liongth 29—31 millim. Alar expanse 30—40 millim. 
 
 II(il>. Chicago (Osten Sacken); North America (Zimmerman); 
 New Orleans (PleiU'er; the specimen is very much mutilated, 
 doubtful). 
 
 31. A. doiibledayl! 
 
 A<jrii,n ilindiLdaiji Solys ! Kovuo des Oclonates, 200; Poey! Iiis. Cuba, 
 
 4(i!). 
 
 Hlack-brassy, varied with blue (J*), or yellowish-green? (?); 
 head brassy-black, in front blue, the occipital spots sublinear; pos- 
 terior margin of the prothorax rounded; dorsum of tlie thorax 
 
 :iss\'-black, each side of it is a broad blue stripe, sides Ijlue, a 
 medial linear spot at the wings; feet i)alo, femora and tibiiu exte- 
 riorly liiioated with black; abdomen {^) blue, segment 1 with a 
 basal quadrangular spot, segment 2 with an orbicular apical one, 
 o— 5 with an apical ring, G with a large hastiform spot, and 7 and 
 10 entirely brassy-black, 8—0 entirely blue; margin of the tenth 
 segment excised, in the middle somewhat bituberculated; superior 
 appendages black, broad, thick, the apex excised, with a pale 
 tubercle adjacent; the inferior ones pale, acute, oblique; or (9) 
 
 I 
 
 
 ■ 11 
 
90 
 
 NEUnoiTEllA OF NOllTII AMKIIICA. 
 
 dorsum of tlio iilxloiiioii brussy-bliiek, with basal ycllowisl, lumilos 
 upon the .soj-iiiuMts; scKmcnt 8 with an acute ventral spine; win^s 
 liyalinc, ptemsti^rina rhomboidul, small, black, or (?) fuseons: ten 
 l)0stciil)ita! cniss-iierviilcs. 
 
 Iion>j;tli 31 niillim. ,Vlur expanse 34 niillini 
 
 Ilah. Florida (Xorton); St. .John's, JJlulF,' Florida (Douldc- 
 day). 
 
 32. A. blpunctulatum ! 
 
 At/rion In'jiiiiir/ulti/um Ilngen I 
 
 Black-brassy, varied with blue; head black, in front bhi.., occipi. 
 tal spots absent; posterior lobe of the prothorax broader, ..ach side 
 rounded; dorsu.n of the thorax brassy-black, each side of it a blue 
 stnpe; .si.h.s bine, with a black mid.llc line; feet pale, femora and 
 ibne with an cxiernal line, and the tarsi entirely black ; ahdon.en 
 blue; seginent 1 has a basal spot, 2 has an apical point each side 
 3—0 at the apex, 7 almost entirely brassy-black, S-lO blue- 
 jnarj^nn of the last segment subexeised, each side tuhercnlous, a 
 bdul tubercle upon the middle inferiorly; appendages extremely 
 short, black, sui.erior ones cylindrical, inferior ones a little hm-a-r 
 broader, obtuse, with an apical tooth superiorly; wings hyaline- 
 pterostigma small, rhomboidal, rufous; eleven postcubital cross! 
 ncrvules. 
 
 Length 28 millim. Alar expanse 33 millim. 
 Ilab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 33. A. violaceum ! 
 
 Aijrion violaceum Hagen ! 
 
 Violaceous; head with a transverse black stripe superiorly a 
 large violaceous occipital spot each side; posterior mamin of the 
 prothorax rounded, subexeised in the middle; dorsum of tl.e thorax 
 violet, upon the middle a narrow black stripe; sides i.ale violet a 
 bifid stripe above at the wings and a line upon the middl. hlnck • 
 feet pale, femora exteriorly, tibiae interiorly and the tarsi niurelv 
 black; abdomen (^) violet, segments 2 to with an apical .pot 
 each side, and 7 almost entirely black; margin of 10 broadi- ex- 
 cised; pppcndagcs short, superior ones broad, obtuse, inferior'ones 
 larger, the apex sub-bifid; or (9) yellowish-green, segments each 
 side with ,>!. ..p.cal r^.'ipe and point, and 7 almost entirely black; 
 
 1,1 I 
 
AUUIUN. 
 
 91 
 
 pepinotit S witli no ventral spinr-; winf,'^ liynlinc, ptcroHtigma rhom- 
 loiiliil fuscous; 11 — If* po.stciibilul iTosH-ncrviilu^. 
 
 Length 33 — 3fl niillini. Alar cxpiiose 40 — 44 inilliin. 
 
 Jlitb. Maryland (UIiIlt); Mcrkelry Springs, Virginia; WaHhing. 
 ton (Oston Saclu-n); IVcos lUvcr, W. Texas (Capt. I'opo); Massft- 
 clnisetts (SciiddtT); Connoclicnt (Norton); New York (Kdwnrds); 
 Illinois (Koniiicolt); }\iivi .lersuy, J'ennsylvania (Uldcr). 
 
 34. A. fontlura ! 
 
 Aiir'nijiinltum llpgen I 
 
 IJriissy-bhifk; liead black, mouth and nn ocripitnl spot each side 
 Mac; ])ost('rior nnirgin of the prolhorax short, snh-rec't ; dorsum 
 of the thorax hiaek, each side of it a l)road hlue stripe; sides palc- 
 bhie, a stripe superiorly and a line upon the middle blaek; feet 
 black, femora interiorly and til)i;e exteriorly pale; abdomen slender 
 black, sop'mcnts 4—7 with an interrupted, pale basal ring, dorsum 
 of '.)— 10 liliie, 10 with a medial black fascia, the hind margin ex- 
 cised; appendages short, black, suiierior ones renifurin, liroken, 
 compressed; inferior ones larger, broad, excised; wings hyaline; 
 pterostigma rhomboidal black. 
 
 Fourteen i)ostcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 ^ (If. Rosaceous ; dorsum of the thorax each side with a broad 
 rosy stripe ; sides with a rosy point on the superior stripe at the 
 wings; (9) abdominal segments at sides, a dorsal line upon the 
 middle and a basal ring pale; no ventral spine, 
 
 licngth 30 millim. Alar expanse 42 nnllim, 
 
 Hdb. Berkeley Springs, Virginia (Osten Sackcn) ; Georgia 
 (Abbot); the variety from Florida (Oslcn Sackeu). 
 
 35. A. apicale ! 
 
 Aijrioii (ijilciilis Say, Journ. Acad. I'liilail. VIII, 40, 4, 
 
 Ijlue; head with a transverse black stripe above; posterior mar- 
 gin of the prothorax subrotund; dorsum of the thorax blue, the 
 sutures black; sides blue, against the prothorax, superiorly, a 
 (luadrangular blaek spot (J"); feet pale, femora exteriorly and 
 tiliiie interiorly black; abdomen brassy fuscous, a narrow dorsal 
 line, a basal annulus to the segments and their sides pale; dorsal 
 surface of the three last segments blue ((^), or brassy fuscous (9); 
 appendages small, the superior ones transverse, with a middle and 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 internal tooth; inferior ones longer, broad, bifid; mar-in of the 
 tenth segment excised, tuberculous; appendages of tlie female 
 short, obtuse; margin of the tenth segment cleft; no ventral spine 
 to the eighth segment; wings hyaline, ptcrostigma rhomboidal 
 tuscous ; fourteen postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 j;ength 30 millim. Alar expanse 43 millira. 
 
 Ifah. United States, "very common" (Say) ; Washington; 
 Berkeley Springs, Virginia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 36. A. funebre ! 
 
 Agrion funebrc Hagenl 
 
 Yiolaceous ; head with an arcuated fascia above, and a trans- 
 verse occipital streak black ; margin of the prothorax behind, upon 
 the middle and each side subtruncated ; dorsum of the thorax vio- 
 laceous, a black str- upon the middle, sides pale violaceous, a 
 stripe superiorly, either divided or excised, and a line upon the 
 middle black; feet pale, femora exteriorly, tibiie interiorly and 
 tarsi black ; abdomen obscure violaceous, segment 2 each side 
 with an angulosc line, 3 to 6 apex or a spot each side, or entirely 
 and 7 entirely black, 8 fus.ous at base (?), the following ones vio- 
 laceous ; appendages short, superior ones obtuse, rounded at the 
 apex and incurved; inferior ones longer, oblong, the apex bifld 
 ho superior branch incurved; wings hyaline, ptcrostigma rhom^ 
 boidal, fuscous. ^. Fourteen postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 40 millim. Alar expanse 51 millira. 
 
 Hah Mexico (Deppe). 
 
 It is allied to the two preceding species. 
 
 37. A. extraneum! 
 
 Agrion (.r/raiuum Hagen!' 
 
 Very similar to the preceding, differs by having the liead black 
 above; the posterior margin of the prothorax rounded; dorsum 
 of the abdomen black; margin of the tenth segment excised be- 
 neath bituberculated ; superior appendaj^os broader, emarginatcd, 
 the apex not incurved ; the inferior ones bifid, the superior branch 
 very much recurved, obliquely truneaied. ^. 
 
 Length 35 millim. Ak/ expanse 42 millim. 
 
 Hub. Tampico, Mexico (Saussure). 
 
 ,,1, 
 
AGRION. 
 
 98 
 
 38. A. calidum! 
 
 Ajri 
 
 didaiii Ilagen! 
 
 Very muoli like the preccdinfr, differs in Laving ilio dorsum of 
 the thorax blaelv, each side a broad violaceous Glnpe; sides pale, 
 a broad stripe above, and an abrupt line upon the middle black; 
 feet almost entirely black ; abdomen black, segments 9— 10 blue 
 above, margin of segment 10 less excised; superior appendages 
 reniforni, the internal tooth longer; inferior ones oblong, broad, 
 the apex excised ; wings hyaline sub-infumated, pterostigraa larger, 
 black. Fifteen postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 ? IFciid lutpous(?), a stripe superiorly and a post-occipital 
 streak blaciv ; margin of the prothorax behind sub-excised in the 
 middle and each side, the thoracic process on each side laminated, 
 oblong, curved exteriorly; dorsum of the thorox luteous(?), with 
 a black stripe in the middle, sides luteous, with a black humeral 
 line, dilated anteriorly; feet pale, the femora exteriorly, the 
 tibia) interiorly and the tarsi black; audomen luteou., (?), seg- 
 ment 2 each side, with an ante-apical spot, and 3 — T upon the 
 apex black; dorsum of 10 a'.raost entirely cleft ; appendages short, 
 luteous; no ventral spine; wings sub-infumated, pterostiguui large, 
 rufous. 
 
 Length 31—40 millim. Alar expanse 46 — 50 millim. 
 
 II(tb, Tampico, Mexico (Saussure) ; California. 
 
 I saw a male taken at the same place (Tampico), allied to this 
 species, but the epistoma was brassy-green, the sides of tiie thorax 
 had no middle black line ; the appendages destroyed. Is it a dis- 
 tinct species? The male from California is without head and 
 app .'udages, and is, as yet, doubtful. 
 
 39. A. immundiun! 
 
 Arjrion iiiiiitundum Ilagen ! 
 
 Most like A. dpicale, but differs in the color, being luteous, per- 
 haps rosaeeous; dorsum cf the thorax with a miihllc Idack stripe; 
 a humeral black line, which is cleft at the wings; abdomen ob- 
 scure luteous, segment 2 with a spot each side before the apex, 
 the apex of 3— (5, and 7 entirely black, the following ones blue 
 (cT) or luteous; segments 2—1 each side with a black streak, the 
 following ones blue (9); superior appendages obtuse, excised at 
 the a[)ex ; the inferior ones broad, sub-bilid at the apex, the supe- 
 
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 94 
 
 NEIJROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 nor brnneli conical, recnrved ; tenth segment of tlie female almost 
 entirely cleft; tlie appendages short, luteons ; no ventral spine- 
 wings hyaline, pterostigma rhoinhoidal, fuscous; fourteen postcu^ 
 bital cross iiervules. 
 
 Length Si] millini. Alar expanse 44 raillim. 
 
 Hub. Tampico, Mexico (Saussure). 
 
 40. A. sedulum! 
 
 Ayriiiii •.cdulum Hagen ! 
 
 Black; liead blue above; posterior margin of the prothorax 
 sub-rect; dorsum of the thorax black, each side a blue strip- 
 sides blue, superiorly with a black fasc'a, which is biserrated below,' 
 and a black line upon the middle ; feet pale, femora exteriorly and 
 the tibiae within black ; abdomen black, segments 2 to 7 with a 
 dorsal blue spot at base, the following ones entirely blue ; append- 
 ages black, short, superior ones cylindrical, straight, obtuse, with 
 an ante-apical tooth beneath; inferior ones longer, bifid, the 
 branches divaric ned, recurved beneath ; margin of the tenth seg- 
 ment elevutcd in the middle, excised ; wings hvaline, pterostigma 
 rhomboidal, brownish-black. ^. Thirteen postcubital cross-ner- 
 vules. 
 
 Length 34 millim. Alar expanse 38 millim. 
 I/ao. JJcrkclcy Springs, Virginia (Osten Sacken); Pecos River 
 Western Texas (Capt. Pope). ' 
 
 The colors of the living insect were communicated to me by 
 Barm Osten Sacken. 
 
 41. A. moestum! 
 
 Ayriuii iiuieslum Hagen ! 
 
 Fuscous; head blue in front; posterior margin of tlie prothorax 
 subrect ; dorsum of the thorax fuscous, each side with a broad 
 blue strii.e(?) ; sides brassy-fuscous, with an obscure blue middle 
 stnpe(?;; feet luteous, femora exteriorly and tibiie interiorly 
 brassy-fuscous; abdomen brassy-fuscous, segments 3—7 with a 
 basal blue Uinule ; segment 10 margin excised in the middle; 
 appendages extremely short, the superior ones obtuse, incurved at 
 the apex, the inferior ones broad, truncated at the ai)ex, hardly 
 sinuated. 
 
 ? Tale green ; head with a post-occipital fuscous streak ; pos- 
 terior margin of the prothorax subrect, each side with a bra:isy. 
 
AQRION. 
 
 95 
 
 fuscous point ; the process upon the thorax, near eacli side, lami- 
 nated, oblong, short, rounded; thorax pale green, a dorsal, fuscous, 
 middle line; feet pale green, the femora sublineated with fuscous; 
 abdomen pale green, segments 3—7 each side, with a lateral fus- 
 cous streak; appendages short, pale; the wings hyaline, ptero- 
 stigma rhomboidal, black (J),ov luteous (9). Fifteen postcubi- 
 tal cross-nervules. 
 
 Length 43—45 millim. Alar expanse 50—56 millini. 
 
 Jfab. Pecos River, Western Texas, July (Capt. Pope). 
 
 42. A. lugens ! 
 
 A(jri(iii hujtns Hagen ! 
 
 Lutcons; head above with an arcuated, angniose line, and a 
 postoecipital fascia blackish-brown ; posterior margin of the pro- 
 thorax subrotund, each side with an arcuated black spot ; process 
 of the thorax near each side, laminated, small, narrow, curved out- 
 wards ; thorax luteous, a dorsal middle streak and two narrow 
 stripes each side, fuscous; sides luteous, above with a broadly 
 divided stripe, upon the middle at the wings an abrupt streak, and 
 a line beneath black ; feet luteous, femora exteriorly and tibsB 
 interiorly subfuscous; abdon.c-n thick, luteous, a broad stripe each 
 side, confluent together at the apices of the segments, blackish- 
 brown, the last segment cleft ; appendages short, luteous; wings 
 hyaline, pterostigma larger, rhomboidal, fuscous, luteous in the 
 middle; sixteen postcubital ci'oss-nervules. (9.) 
 
 Length 50 nnllim. Alar expanse G7 millim. 
 
 Hab. Mexico (Muhlenpford; Berlin Museum). 
 
 It belongs to the genus Hyponeura Selys, which is distin- 
 guished by the postcostal space being multi-ureolate. 
 
 43. A. lacrimans ! 
 
 Aijrinn hirriinaiis Hagen! 
 
 Luteous; head luteous, above with spots in the middle, and a 
 postoecipital streak black ; posterior margin of the prothorax 
 short, Ijroadly bi-emarginated, and with a geminate black spot ; 
 laminated process near each side of the thorax broadened at the 
 apex and curved inwards; dorsum of the thorax luteous, a black 
 stripe on the middle; sides luteous, a humeral line dilated ante- 
 riorly, and a middle line black ; feet luteous, exteriorly and tarsi 
 brownish-blaek ; abdomen luteous, a broad, black striiie each side, 
 
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 NEUROPTEUA OF NORTH AMKIUCA. 
 
 H'lit to.ui.tlicr at tlio a])ifcs of tlic segments (apex ileslroyeil); 
 
 wings liyiiliiic, iiffro.sligmiirlioinboidul, luteo-fuse 
 ciihiliil cross-iicrviilcs. (9.) 
 
 oils; sixteen posl- 
 
 Leiigtli ahuiil 15 niilliin. A] 
 
 JIab. Conlovn, Mexico (Sau.ssure). 
 44. A. putrldum ! 
 
 nr expanse 50 niilliin. 
 
 A(jri(iii pulriihim llagon I 
 
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 iscons; liead fuscous, in front Inteous ; posterior margin of 
 
 e l>n)lliuriix suhreet : dorsum of the thorax hit 
 
 stripe upon the middle; sides 1 
 
 eons. 
 
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 iseous 
 
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 exeised at the wings, and a line upon the middl 
 
 uteoiis; ii strijjo superiorly, which 
 
 feet 1 
 
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 iiteoiis, femora exteriorly and til)ia! interiorly f 
 
 en bhu'lv, segments 3—1 earh sid 
 
 blaeliish-lirown; 
 'iiscous ; al)do- 
 
 tliorax, and apex of the abdomen pruinose 
 
 e with ai)ale basal liiimie; head. 
 
 segment exeised in the niiddh 
 
 obt 
 
 use, an ante-apical tooth beneath, the inf 
 
 margin of the tenth 
 appendages sliort, superior ones 
 
 broad, trnicated at the apex. ? pal 
 
 erior an 
 
 pend 
 
 iires 
 
 occipital black streak; posterior margin of the orotl 
 each s 
 the tl 
 
 e green ; head with a ]»ost- 
 
 prothorax straight, 
 
 iile wilh a black spot; laminated process near each side of 
 )rax small, straight, rounded ; dorsum of the thorax oreen 
 
 a black line upon the middle; sides --re 
 
 middle; feet i)aler; abdomen 
 
 bl 
 
 ick line 
 
 :inia 
 
 en, a black line in the 
 reeii, each side with an interrupted 
 ipex of the tenth segment excised; appendaues short; 
 wings hyaline, pterostigma rhomboidal, black (J), or lutcous (9); 
 fourteen postciibital cross-nerviilos. 
 
 Length K) niilliin. Alar expanse 48 millim. 
 Jluh. Wisconsin Kiver (Kennicott); IJerkeley Springs, Yir. 
 (Osten Sac'icn); .Alaryland (Uhlcr). 
 
 45. A. cupreum ! 
 
 Aijnoii i-iipn urn Ilagen ! 
 
 Coppery-purple; head cupreous ; posterior margin of the pro- 
 thorax ronmlcd; dorsum of the thorax cupreous, the middle carina 
 l)hick; sulos pale, above coppery; Icet black, tibiie pale exteriorly; 
 abdomen black, segment 2 fusco-aeneous, 4-8 with a basal blue 
 annulus, D-IO entirely blue; margin of 10 excised, bitul.erculated 
 beneath; appendages black, the superior ones flat, subelon-ated 
 triangular, biiid at the apex, the interior branch subineurved ; the 
 inferior ones longer, the apex broader, excised. The eighth se-- 
 
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AGRION. 
 
 97 
 
 men IS somctimos all M„o ^. Specimens from Yoncznela arc 
 smaller but ardly distinct; their females have tl.c l.oad „X 
 end, sHlc w. h a lutoons, occipital point ; l.in.l margin of the pro- 
 orax s ,1. ly ,s,n„ated ; laminated process near cLh side of tl^ 
 tI.on.x short curved inwnrds; dorsum of the thorax Intoons a 
 ;"l-ous stnpe n^nn the n.iddle ; sides yellowi.sh-.reen, with' a 
 Z .Id'^J rV-*^'''""" yellowish-green, each sidJwi.h an 
 
 bl.u.k (^), or luteons (?); fifteen postcnbital cross-nervules 
 length 40 33 nn-Ilim. A,, expanse 48-40 ndllim 
 7M>. Cordova, Mexico (Saussure); Venezuela (Appun). 
 
 46. A. aspersum! 
 
 -lack, varied with blue; head black, in front and an occipital 
 pent each sKc blue; posterior margin of the prothorav sub 
 exe.sed eachs.de; dorsum of the thorax black, each side with a 
 1; oadb ue slnpe ; sides blue; feet pale blue, femora exteriorlv 
 '-; nter.orly and tarsi almost entirely black ; abdomen black' 
 e sules ..e ; segment 1 blue, with a .pmdrangular, basal, black 
 pot, 2 blue, wuh an apical, pyriform, black sj.ot; 3 blue, with a 
 
 ^^l.olo of 8 and 9, and 10 with a large ovate epot each sid 
 '.Iuo;_marg,u of the tenth segment subexcisod; appendages black 
 ^upenor ones long, straight, cylindrical, the apex subincurved' 
 ^y.th a basa process beneath, which is large, laminated; the infe- 
 r.or appendages arc short, trigonal, the apex acute, an-ved in- 
 wards ; wings hyaline, pterostigma small, rhomboidal, black • 
 avelve posteubital cross-nervules. (^.) ' 
 
 Length 35-30 millim. Alar expanse 40-3G raillim 
 
 .o(^!'/?'?'^' ^'''^''' ""^' ^^'^^^J^^-««y(«uex); Chicago 
 (Usten teackcn). ° 
 
 47. A. fumipenne t 
 
 rusco-acncons ; head in front, and an occipital spot each side 
 'l"e(.); posterior margin cf the prothorax rounded, cad. side sub- ' 
 truncated; dorsum of the thorax blue(?), a narrow, fusco-aeneons 
 stnne upon the middle: sides bluc(?) above fusco-aeueous, a black 
 
98 
 
 NEUROII'ERA OP NOUTII AMERICA. 
 
 k 
 
 line in the middle; foniorn within and tibiii; witliout jxUc; iibdo- 
 mcu fusco-aeiiooiis, margin of tlic tentli segment excised, beneath 
 bitnborcukited; snperior appendages sliort, obtuse, arcuated, infe- 
 rior ones broader, the apex suli liifid; or (?) fuscous, the apex of 
 the segments bhick, a blue(?) annulus at their base; no ventral 
 spine; wings fuscous, pterostigma rhond)oidal, fuscous; sixteen 
 postcubital cross-nervules. 
 
 Lengtli 30 millim. Alar expanse 38—45 millira. 
 
 I/((b. Kentucky; Florida (Osten Sacken), 
 
 Kirby, Fauna Bor. Amer. p. 252, thsicnhas Jffno7i puclla Linn, 
 as having been taken in North America, hit. 05"^ ; perhaps it is 
 another species which is inextricable. The varieties captured, 
 which he describes, are : — 
 
 Var. 1). Sea-green ; dorsum of the thorax black, with a green 
 stripe each side; abdomen black, the base green, inscribed with 
 black ; feet black, beneath pale green ; the pterostigma black, en- 
 vironed with pale. (Certainly a female.) 
 
 Var. C. Dorsum of the thorax black, each side with a whitish 
 stripe ; feet black ; pterostigma black. (From the description of 
 Kirby.) 
 
 Tribe II. AESCIIiVINA. 
 
 TVings unequal ; triangles of all the wings of the same form ; 
 genital organs of the male having the anterior hamnle connate; 
 the penis and vesicle conjoined; genital organs of the female vagi- 
 nated or exposed. 
 
 Sub-Fam. IIT. GOlMPnTNA. 
 
 Eyes distant or sub-distant; head transverse; wings unequal, 
 the posterior ones broader ; the triangle short ; genital organs of 
 the female exposed. 
 
 Division I. Labium entire. 
 GOMPHUS LE.vcir. 
 Triangles of all the wings with no transverse veins. 
 
 Subgenus Erpetogoiiiiiliiis Selys. 
 
 The abdomen blackish, with broad, hastiform, dorsal yellow 
 spots ; the feet short ; penis with no tooth beneath. 
 
 
 I 
 
OOMPIIUS. 
 
 99 
 
 1. G. composltua! 
 
 2. Selys, Addit. Synops. 10, 21. ' ^ ' ^^' 
 
 rale yellow; head pale, between the eves blnnk • fl,... 
 dorsnn. with tn. broad, approximated ^:;:; '^n^^^,^;^:' 
 ml o„o eaeh sule, a little inonn-ed, black; the sides brigl t '^^ 
 each sKle wU,. obli.uo, blacK lines; the spaee between Ue s oTd 
 and t.,,.ne pale; feet yellow, having a blaek line extc. r the 
 tars, black; abdomen black, the second seo-monf nf .;°"^';'^° 
 
 ^">U tl,c cghll, each ri,lc of l,„.e, „„J ,l,c f„„„„,„g fL"° 1 
 ale yellow „p„e,„l„gc. j-cllow, valvar scale .short, divi, 5s 
 
 ll,,,tcc„ a„tecub,.al coss-aevvate. 8-0 postcubital cross.„e 'v! 
 ^^,I-c,,sa 46„iUi.. Ala,, expanse 62 „,il|i„. p,e,,,ii,„, g, 
 
 //"«. Pecos River, Wester,, Texas (Capt. I'ope). 
 2. G. designatus ! 
 
 Erp,,u.j,„ui,hu. chsi.,natus Ilag.l Monog. GompL. 401 IG ter- ,.1 w r ■, 
 Selys, Addit. Syuops. 10, 20' bis. ' ^ ""' '^S' ^• 
 
 Yellow; head pale yellow; thorax yellow, tlie dor.um ^vith two 
 subcont.guous stripes, which are broader n front a.?d otW 
 shorter, obli.ne one eaeh side, fnscous; the sides "ale ifh e" 
 very narrow fuscous lines, the middle one interrupted ; C ye W 
 emora and t.b,. with an external streak, and the tar ent ^r; 
 
 c.n.ents 2 to 7 with a large, dorsal, hastiform yellow spot the 
 e .ales the s.des are interrupted with pale; the males' Le , 
 our last segments subdilated, yellow, obsoletely varied with f 
 cous; the superior appendages contiguous, straight, the api La f 
 narrowed acute the inferior one narrow, bifid, har ly shorte th an 
 the superiors, the apex recurved, obtuse; vulvar lamina ith a 
 small tnang e each side; wings hyaline, their extreme ba es ^ s! 
 ent, pteros ,gma large, dilated, black; thirteen antecubitals- 8 
 10 postcubitals; two discoidal areolets ' 
 
 stiJ;:,;;f ; ^ """-■ ^'- ->-'- ««-«« ■»""- ^.-0. 
 
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 100 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 3. G. boa. 
 
 Erpclognmphus baa Solya I Addit. Synojts. 11, 21 quart. 
 
 Yellow ; head yellow ; thonix yellow, varied with obscure fus- 
 cous ; femora yellow, externally with a fuscous fascia, tiljia' fus- 
 cous, or yellow, with the outside black, the four anterior tarsi 
 browuioh-bhick; abdomen yellowish; superior ai)i)enda<,a's inflated 
 at base, an obtuse tooth above; their apex curved inwards, obtuse, 
 villous; the inferior one bifid, shorter; the vulvar lamina excised; 
 wings hyaline; pterostigma i)ale fuscous. (From the description 
 of De Selys Longchamps.) Male. 
 
 Length 47 millim. Alar expanse Ci) — 12 millim. 
 
 Hub. Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
 
 4. G. cophlas I 
 
 Erpctogomplnis cophlas Selys! llonog. OompL. 72, 17; pi. iv, fii.'. 6, 
 Selys, Addit. Synops. 11, 21 quint. 
 
 Yellow; head yellow, between the ocelli fuscous; thorax yellow, 
 dorsum having an obsolete, humeral, rufous stripe ; iu)domen yel- 
 low, segments 4—9 each side blackish-fuscous; segment 10 witJi 
 two basal, black spots; femora yellow, with a black fascia exter- 
 nally, tibia) and tarsi black ; superior appendages inflated at base, 
 with a basal tooth beneath; at the ajiex they are obtuse; the infe- 
 rior one bifid, shorter ; wings hyaline, pterostigma pale fuscous ; 
 vulvar lamina short, each side orbicular. 
 
 Length 47 millim. Alar expanse G4 millim. Ttcrostigraa 3 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Mexico; Trojes del Oro (Saussure). 
 
 5. G. elaps ! 
 
 Erpito'f.mphvi flaps Solys ! Monop. Gompli. 70, IG ; pi. iv, fig. 4. Selys, 
 Addit. Syuops. 12, 21 soxt. 
 
 Yellow; head yellow, between the ocelli fuscous; thorax yellow, 
 dorsum each side with an obsolete, humeral, rufous vestige ; femora 
 yellow, externally with a black fascia, tibia) and tarsi black ; abdo- 
 men slender, yellowish, before the apex dilated, the second segment 
 each side, lineated with black, and with a trilobed, dors; 1, yellow 
 spot; segments 3— fi blackish, with a yellow, basal ring, or yellow 
 with an apical black ring (tencral), segment 7 yellow, or sometimes 
 fuscous behind, segments 8—10 fuscous, obscurely varied with 
 black ; suvicrior i-pppuoaoes cautigiiQua, 'not inflated at base, the 
 
OOMI'IIUS. 
 
 101 
 
 iipcx obtiiso, subincnrvcd ; tlic inferior ono bifid, onc-linlf sliortcr 
 than llio superior ; wings liynline, pterostigma fuscous or fulvous. 
 iMide. 
 
 Twelve antcciibitals ; 8—9 postciibituls ; two discoidal arcolcts. 
 
 Length 41 millirn. Alar expanse '54 niillim. I'terostiguia 3 
 inillini. 
 
 Hub. Atlihuazaii, Mexico (Saiissure). 
 
 G. G. crotalinus ! 
 
 IJrpeloi/omjJins crotnlinm Hag.! Monog. Gomph. 72, IS ; pi. W, fig. 5. 
 Sflys, Synops. 21, 21. — OjihioijomjJni^ lui.uctricsii Selysl Synoiis. 20, 
 20. 
 
 Greenish-yellow; beau and thorax greenish-yellow; feet yellow, 
 exteriorly lineated with black, tarsi black; abdomen slender, be- 
 fore the apex dilated, greenish-yellow, with a black stripe each 
 side ; superior apiiendages straight, contiguous, inflated at base, 
 the apex acute ; the inferior one bifid, the apex incurved, acute ; 
 vulvar lamina excised; wings hyaline, pterostigma yellow, sur- 
 rounded by black nervures. 
 
 Eleven antecubitals ; S— postcubitals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 41) millirn. Alar expanse GG millim. Pterostigma 
 
 Length 45- 
 
 3i millim. 
 
 Ilal). Mexico; Brazil. 
 
 G. menctriesii, from Brazil, very likely, does not differ from this 
 species ; but the typical specimen being destroyed, other speci- 
 mens are to be observed. 
 
 Subgenus Opiiiogoniphus Selys. 
 
 7. G. colubrinua! 
 
 Ophloijomphm coluhriinis Selys! Monog. Gomph. 7(J, 13; pi. v, llg. 1. 
 Selys, Syuopg. 21, 22. 
 
 Greenish-yellow ; head yellow, in front with four black lines, 
 labium Idack in the middle ; thorax greenish-yellow, a middle 
 stripe, and another each side, lateral, narrow, fuscous; sides, each 
 with three narrow black lines; feet yellow, the posterior femora 
 exteriorly fuscous, tibia? black with an external yellow line ; abdo- 
 men cylindrical, before the apex dilated, the dorsum black, seg- 
 ments ;j— 7 with a basal yellow stripe, the rest with a yellow spot ; 
 superior appendages yellow, short, trigonal, subincurved ; the in- 
 
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 102 
 
 NEUnol'TERA OP NORTFI AAIEIIICA. 
 
 ferior one broad, bifid, hardly sliortcr ; wings liyaline, ptero.stigmtt 
 pale fuscous. Male. 
 
 I'ourtcen antecubitals; ]1_12 postoubitals ; two discoidal arc- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 50 tuiliim. Alar expanse C4 niillim. Ttcrosti-Mna 3 
 millim. " 
 
 Jfab. Hudson's Bay. 
 
 This species is very much like G. scrpenUn Charp., of Europe. 
 
 Subgenus C^oilijiliiis. 
 
 8. G. spinosua! 
 
 aomjJnis splN.Kiits Selys! Monog. Oomph. 120, 35 ; pi. vii, fig. 2. Sulys, 
 Synops. 40, 51. 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with yellow ; head yellow, with a black band 
 before the eyes; dorsum of the thorax fuscous, a medial stripe 
 dilated in front, and a snbcontiguous streak each side, yellow; sides 
 yellowish; feet black, the anterior femora beneath yellowish; pos- 
 terior femora extremely long, spinous; al)doraen long, yellow, a 
 broad, brownish-black stripe upon each side; superior appendages 
 divaricated, trigonal, the apex acute, recurved, upon the under 
 side on the middle, a blunt tooth ; the inferior one broad, forked ; 
 the vulvar lamina narrow, bilid; wings hyaline, pterostigma large! 
 yellow; 13— U antecubitals; eieveu postcubitals ; two discoidal 
 areolets. 
 
 Length 54—61 millim. Alar expanse 16—80 millim. Ttero- 
 stigma 4 millim. 
 Hub. Georgia. 
 
 9. G. armatus. 
 
 Gomphus armalus Selys ! Monog. Gompli. 122, 3G. Selys, Synops. 40, .'J2. 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with yellow; head yellow, front with a trans- 
 verse black line inferiorly ; thorax fuscous, a middle stripe, dilated 
 in front, and a humeral and antehnmoral streak, yellow; sides yel- 
 low, with two fuscous stripes ; feet black, anterior femora yellowish 
 beneath ; posterior femora extremely long, spinous ; abdomen long, 
 the apex very much dilated, yellow, a ])road brownish-black stripe 
 each side ; appendages like those of G. spinosns, judo fuscous ; 
 wings hyaline; pterostigma large, yellow. JNIale. 
 
 Fifteen antecubitals ; ten postcubitals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 
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(iOMPIIUS. 
 
 108 
 
 Lenirth 51 millim. Alar oximiise 7G mlllim. Ptcrostigraa 4 
 milliin. 
 
 JIah. North America (British Museum). 
 
 10. O. spoliatusl 
 
 dtimphiiH sjioliatus Ilag.I Alonog. Gomi)li. 409, 30 bis ; pi. xxi, fig. 1. Se- 
 ly.s, Adilit. Syiiops. 17, 32 bis. 
 
 Yellow, spotted with fuscous ; head yellow ; thorax yellow, dor- 
 sum with two medial, contiguous, anteriorly broadened stripes, and 
 two oblique ones each side, fuscous; sides yellow, with fuscous, 
 ubliijue lines each side; feet Ijhick, the anterior and posterior pairs 
 of femora yellowish beneath ; the posterior femora extremely long, 
 spinous ; abdomen long, slender, the apex very much dilated, yel- 
 low, the second segment each side, with a largo angular spot, seg- 
 ments 3— C each side, with a point and apical triangular spot, 
 black ; appendages like those of G. spinosiis, yellow ; wings hya- 
 liue, pterostigma large, yellow. Male. 
 
 13—14 antecubitals; 8—10 postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length CO millim. Alar expanse 74 millim. Pterostigma 3i 
 millim. 
 
 Ifab. Pecos River, Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 Is this not the teneral stage of G. urmatus'^ 
 
 11. a. dilatatus! 
 
 Gomphus diUtiatttn Ramb.! Neuropt. 1.').';, 2. Selys 1 Monogr. Gompli. 123, 
 37; pi. vii, fig. 3. Sulys, Synops. 28, 31. 
 
 Black, spotted with yellow ; head yellow, with two stripes in 
 front and a third before the eyes, black ; dorsum of the thorax 
 black, with two yellow stripes each side ; sides yellow, each side 
 with two oblique black streaks ; feet black, anterior femora I)eneath 
 yellowish ; the posterior femora longer ; abdomen slender, long, 
 the apex strongly dilated, excavated, black, segments 1—7 with a 
 dorsal middle fliscia, segments 1—3 each side with a lateral fascia 
 and segment 9 at the sides, yellow; ap)) adages black, superior 
 ones short, cylindrical, incurved, the apex bcucadi, obliipiely trunc- 
 ated, acute ; the inferior one broad, biGd ; wings hyaline, ptero- 
 stigma moderate, black ; the membranule broader, cinereous ; 
 vulvar lamina long, excised, bifurcated; thirteen antecubitals; 
 fourteen postcubitals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 
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 NEi;uoiTEUA or Ni.urir amkiiica. 
 
 
 
 LoiijrtI, fi.-,_72 miilini. Akr cximuso 84 millini. I'tcrostiKma 
 ''>!, — I liiilliiii. 
 y/iifi. (icorgia (Abbot), 
 
 12. O. externusi 
 
 <;n,„,,l.,u <r/, nnu Ifa^.! Afonoi?. (Jonipli. 41 1, H? Ms ; jil. xxl, ^^'. " .So- 
 I.VH, AM\i. fiyxwyn. 14, ;il Lis. 
 
 Yellow, spotteil with black; head ydluw, a narrow blndc I,nn.l 
 licfore the eyes; thorax yellow, ilorsma willi u straij;'ht iiiiil.lle 
 stripe, and two each side, incnrved, blaek ; sides yolhiw, each side 
 \\nlh two obli.ine I)lae!< stripes; feet black, anterior femora upon 
 the base beneath, yellowish, tibia; at the base exteriorly, yellow 
 nbdonien Ion- (he apex dilated ; yellow, each side with a broml 
 I'hiek stripe, which is conjoined upon the dorsnra at the apex of 
 the segments ; appendages fuscous, superior ones short, trigonal, 
 acute; the inferior one broader, bifurcated; vulvar lamina narrow,' 
 the apex bilid ; wings hyaline, pterostigma narrow, fuscous ; 11 — 
 12 anteeubitals; 9_10 postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 52 millim. Alar expanse G6 luillim. Tterostigma 3 
 millini. 
 
 Hub. Pecos Hiver, Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 13, O. adelphus. 
 
 Uom,,l,u., ,„l, Ij.hus Selysl Monog. Gomrh. 113, 38 bis. Solyg A.Mit '^v 
 Hops. l->, 34 ter. ' " '^ 
 
 Yellow, spotted with black; head yellow, in front with (wo con- 
 fluent black bands ; thorax yellow, dorsum each side, with three 
 black stripes, the intermediate ones contiguous; feet black; apex 
 of the abdomen dilated, dorsum black, segments 1—7 with a'macu- 
 loso, median, yellow stripe; ai.pendages black, superior ones 
 incurved at tho apex, acute ; wings hyaline, pterostigma small, 
 fuscous, ^rale. (From the description of De Selys Longehamps.) 
 
 Length 4S millim. Alar expanse 54 millim. Pterosti'-ma 2 
 millim. ° 
 
 /lab. Xew York (Asa Fitch), 
 
 14. Gr. fraternua ! 
 
 .Esdaui fratcrna Say, Journ, Acad, I'liilacl. VIII, U,^.— Gomph,^fra- 
 ta:ms Selys 1 Mouog. Gomph, 125, 13S ; pi. vii, Ug. 4, Sdys Sy- 
 nops. 2s, 32. •> > J 
 
 Yellow, spotted with black; head yellow, thorax yellow, dorsum 
 
0()Ml'ni:fl. 
 
 105 
 
 with a stripe npon the nilddlc, iiml oiio cngli sido, latcrdly, brond, 
 I'liic's divided with jdlow; f(M't black, tho iiidcrior and posterior 
 Ibinom partly yuliowisli ; ni)domeii dihited ut tho apex, Ijjauix, a 
 donsMJ liii(3 broader at tho base, yellow, at tho apex wanting ;' a 
 luisal, Intend yellow stripe, and the eij,dith and idntli segments, each 
 side, yellow; ai)pendaf>es blaek ; vulvar lamina narrow, two-jjarted ; 
 win-s hyaline, plcro>,tigma yellow; twelve unleenbilals ; lO— 11 
 post, ibitals; two diseoidal areolets. 
 
 Lei.-ih 48 milliui. Alur expanse G4 millim. rterostignia 3 
 milliiii. 
 
 J/"f>. Xew York (Sehaiim); Virginia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 15, O. villoalpes! 
 
 aomplu,.'< r;/lo.-<;j„sBdys\ Syiiojis, :'>4, 41 — ComphuH pallhitiH Solynl Mo- 
 iioi,'. (ioniph. 145,47; pi. viii, lig. C. (iiartly.) 
 
 Greenish-yellow, spotted with black; head yellowish, with a 
 l»lack stripe in front ; thorax greenish-yellow, dorsum with a stripe 
 upon (he middle, and a lateral, broad one, each side, divided with 
 yellow, black; sides with an interrupted, black lino; feet black, 
 anteri(jr femora beneath yellowish, tibiae with an external yellow 
 line; apex of the abdomen a little dilated, dorsum of the abdomen 
 l)lack, with a maculose, yellow stripe upon the middle; segments 
 S and !) black, 10 yellow; appendages yellowish, black at apex, 
 the superior ones divaricated, dephuiated, the apex acute and 
 curved inwards ; the inferior one broadly forked, the apex recurved; 
 wings hyaline, pterostigma yellow. ,^Iale. 
 
 Eleven anteeubitals ; ten postcubitals ; three diseoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 11 millim. Alar expanse 59 millim. Pterostigma Si- 
 millim. 
 
 JJul^. North America (Vienna JNluseuni). 
 
 16. G. palllduB ! 
 
 Uomiihm pallUlus Rami).! Nouropt. 1(53, 12, Solys ! Monog. Gompli. 145, 
 47 ; pi. viii, lig. (J (rartly). Selys ! Synops, 33, 40. 
 
 Testaceous; head ])ale ; thorax villous, olivaceous, dorsum each 
 side, with an obsolete rufous line; feet testaceous, femora above 
 and tiliia; beneath blackish-brown; abdomen long, the ninth .seg- 
 ment longer than the others; apex hardly dilated, testaceous, each 
 side with a broader subfuscous strip^, which is wanting at the 
 
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 NEUaOI'TEaA OF NOIITII AMERICA. 
 
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 apex; appenclages pale; vulvar liimina trianj^nlar, the apex bifid; 
 wiiif^-'s liyaliue, pterostigina narrow, longer, yellow. Fcmiilc. 
 
 Twelve aiiteeiihitals ; tci! i)ostcuI)ital.s ; two discoidiil areolets. 
 
 Length 58 millim. Alar expanse TO millim. Pterosli-nna 5 
 mlllini. 
 
 J/ab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 17. G. pilipes ! 
 
 Gompfius pilipes Selys ! Monog. Gompli. 148, 48 ; pi. viii, fig. 7. Selys ' 
 Addit. SyiH.ps. 15,40 bis. 
 
 _ Testaceous; head pale ; tliorax villous, olivaceous, dorsum each 
 side, with an oljsoicte fuscous line ; feet testaceous, femora villous 
 above, and tibi,u beneath, blackish-brown; abdomen Ion.-, the 
 ninth segment longer than the others, the apex hardiv (lilated ; 
 testaceous, the middle segments at the apex, and the basal so-- 
 nients each side, with an obsolete fuscous fascia ; appenda-.-s pale 
 the superior ones trigonal, the apex acute, curved inwards; the 
 inferior ones broadly bifurcated ; vulvar lamina oblong, bifid at 
 the apex ; wings hyaline, pterostigma narrow, yellow ; twelve an- 
 tecubitals ; eleven posteubitals ; 3 discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 53 uiillini. Alar expanse G8 millim. Ttcrosti-ma 4 
 millim. ° 
 
 JJah. New Orleans ; Georgia. 
 
 18. G. lividus ! 
 
 doniphus liri^hx Solys! Monog. Dompl).. IfjO, 49; pi. ix, fig. 1. Solys ! 
 yynops. 34, A-l.— aomphus sordldus Hag.! Sely.s, Synops. 35, 43. 
 
 Olivaceous, spotted with fuscous; head pale yellow; thorax oli- 
 vaceous, the dorsum with a stripe upon the middle, each side a 
 broad, fuscous one, divided with olive ; the sides with two broad 
 fuscous lines ; feet testaceous, tibiie beneath and the tarsi, black ;' 
 abdomen ccpial, the base dilated, fuscous, a dorsal, medial, vcllow 
 line, interrupted upon the segments, and ab.ent from the apex ; 
 appendages fuscous, the superior ones trigonal, narrower at the 
 apex, acute, somewhat dilated in the middle ; the inferior one 
 broadly bifid ; wings hyaline, pterostigma small, yellow ; twelve 
 antecnl)itals; twelve posteubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 51 millim. Alar expanse CG millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim » 
 
 ^/<'f>. S. Carolina (Zimmerman); AVashington (Ostcn 8ackcn). 
 
 
OOMPHUS. 
 
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 A male from Wasliinr^ton lias the appendages a little difTerent ; 
 the specimen, however, is a very freshly excluded one ; perhaps it 
 belongs to this same species. 
 
 19. G. spicatus ! 
 
 GuMphus spicatus Hag.! Monog. GompL. 153, 50, and 415, 50; pi. ix fig. 
 2. Solys I Synops. 35, 44. ' 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with luteous; head pale yellow; thorax clothed 
 with fuscous hairs, dorsum with a stripe each side and the sides 
 with two stripes, luteous ; femora luteous, above fuscous ; tibiaj 
 blackish-fuscous, exteriorly yellowish, tarsi black ; abdomen equal, 
 inflated at base, fuscous, the dorsum with an interrupted, yellow 
 line, the base each side with a yellow stripe ; ai)pendages fuscous, 
 the superior ones trigonal, acute at the apex, with an external,' 
 banal tooth ; .he inferior one broader, divaricated, broadly bifid ; 
 the vulvar lamina triangular, liifid, subdivaricated ; wings hyaline^ 
 pterostigma yellow ; twelve antecubitals ; ten postcubitals ; two 
 discoidal arcolets. 
 
 Length 49 millira. Alar expanse 60 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 miliim. 
 
 Hub. Xew York (Schaum) ; Canada. 
 
 20. G. militarlg ! 
 
 Go wj Jilts mUiinris Hag.! Monog. Gomph. 41 G, 51 bis; pi. xxi, fig. 3. 
 Selys ! Addit. Synops. IG, 41 bis. 
 
 Yellow, spotted with blackish-brown ; head pale yellow ; thorax 
 yellow, dorsum each side with a lateral stripe, which is broad, 
 blackish-fuscous, divided with yellow ; the sides with two brown- 
 ish-black lines ; feet yellowish, the femora bilineatcd with black, 
 the tibia) within, and the tarsi black ; abdomen slender, yellow, 
 dilated at the apex, an interrupted brownish-black line each side, 
 which is absent at the apex ; appendages yellow, the superior ones 
 trigonal, the ai)cx curved inwards, acute, with an external obtuser 
 tooth ; the inferior appendage broadly bifid ; vulvar lamii-.a ex- 
 tremely short, excised ; wings hyaline, pterostigma yellow ; 12—14 
 antecubitals ; eleven postcubitals ; two discoidal arcolets. 
 
 r.ength 47—50 millim. Alar expanse G4 millim. I'terostigma 
 4 millim. 
 
 Il'ib. Pecos River, Western Texas (€apt. Pope). 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OF xNORTlI AMKIIIOA. 
 
 21. G. intricatus! 
 
 (;oi>,jJn,s iii/rlciiHs Hag.! Mouog. Gorapli. 418, r>l tcr; pi. xxi, llg. 3. 
 tiv.lys ! Addit. Synops. 10, 44 tor. 
 
 Yellow, spotted with hrownisli-ljlaelv ; head pale yellow; thorax 
 yellow, tiorswm with u medial fascia, divided with yellow, each side 
 an iiieurved faseia, and a humeral one, brownish-blaek ; femora 
 yellow, with a fuscous stripe above, tibiie black, exteriorly yellow, 
 tarsi black; abdomen slender, l)roader at the apex; yellow, each 
 side with an interrujited, fuscous stripe, which is absent at the 
 apex ; appendages yellow, the superior ones divaricated, the apex, 
 outwardly, truncated, acute, the inferior a{»pendage broadly bifld ; 
 wings hyaline, pterostigma yellow. ]\rale. 
 
 Twelve antecubitals ; eight postcubitals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 45 milliuj. Alar expanse GO millim. rterostigma 3 
 millini, 
 
 JM>. Pecos River, Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 
 22. G. minutua ! 
 
 Gumphini mhniiux R.imb.! Nouropt. 1(51, 0. Selys I Mouog. Gompli. 155, 
 51 ; pi. ix, fig, 3. Sclys ! Synops. 36, 45. 
 
 Yellow, spotted with black; head yellow; thorax yellow, dor- 
 sum with a medial fascia, and a broad lateral one each side, black, 
 divided with yellow, the sides with two, almost contiguous, obli(ine, 
 black stripes; feet yellow, femora exteriorly, the tibiie interiorly 
 and the tarsi, black ; the abdomen somewhat broader at the apex, 
 yellow, eacli side with a broad black stripe ; appendages yellowish, 
 fuscous at the apex, the superior ones *.rigonal, with a long, basal 
 tooth beneath ; the inferior one broadly biliil ; vulvar lamina very 
 short, excised; wings hyaline, pterostigma yellow; twelve ante- 
 cubitals ; eleven postcubitals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 4"J millim. Alar expanse GO millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim. 
 
 ll(th. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 23. G. exilla I 
 
 Gomplni.f c.rilis Selys ! Monog, Gompli. 15C, 52. Selys I Synops. 30, 46. 
 
 Yellow, marked with blackish-fuscous; head yellow; thorax 
 yellow, dorsum with a broad middle stripe and each side of it a 
 broad lateral one, each divided with yellow, fuscous; sides yellow, 
 with a broad, obli(iuc, fuscous fascia ; feet yellow, femora cxte- 
 
aoMi'iius, 
 
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 riorly, til)iiG interiorly, and the tarsi, brownish-black ; abdomen 
 with the apex a little dilated, the dorsum blackish-fuscous, with a 
 medial yellow striiie ; appendages yellow, superior ones trigonal, 
 dilated and toothed beneath; the inferior one broadly bifid; vulvar 
 lamina oval, short, l)ifid ; wings hyaline, pterostigma yellow; nine 
 unteeubitals ; eight postcubitals ; two discoidal areolcts. 
 
 Length 42 millini. Alar expanse 50 millim. Pterostigma 21 
 millim. 
 
 J/(ib. ]\raryland (Uhlcr); Massachusetts (Scudder). 
 
 24. G, parvuluB. 
 
 ComiJiuA parvuJus Selys ! Monog. Oomph. 157, 53; pi. xxii, fig. 1. So- 
 lys ! Syiiops. 37, 47. 
 
 IMaek; head black, a fascia in front, and two spots, yellow; 
 thorax black, dorsum each side, with a small, yellow line ; sides 
 yellow, with two contiguous stripes and a third posteriorly, black; 
 feet black ; abdomen ccpial, black, the dorsum with a basal, ma- 
 culose, yellow stripe ; appendages fuscous, superior ones nearly 
 straight, cylindrical, the a])ex Tiarrower, acute, beneath with a 
 basal tooth; the inferior one-half shorter, broadly bilid; wings 
 hyaline, i)terostigma blackish-fuscous. (Male.) 
 
 Thirteen antecubitals ; eleven postcubitals ; two discoidal areo- 
 lcts. 
 
 Length 40 millim. Alar expanse 54 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim. 
 
 J/(ib. Xova Scotia (British Museum). 
 
 25. G. plaglatus. 
 
 GompJius plaifnUus Selysl Monog. Gomph. 159, 54. Selysl Syuops. 38,48. 
 
 Yellow, spotted with black ; head yellow ; dorsum of the thorax 
 black, each side with a yellow stripe ; sides yellow, with two black 
 lines; femora yellow, the basal half exteriorly black, tibiii; and 
 tarsi black; abdomen long, the apex subdilated, luteous ; segm(mts 
 7 — 9 yellow, with a red apex; appendages yellow, like those of 
 G. villosipcs; wings hyaline, pterostigma yellow. (From the de- 
 scription of De Sclys Longchamps.) 
 
 Fourteen antecubitals; eight postcubitals; two discoidal .arcolels. 
 
 Length 54 millim. Alar expanse C4 millim. Pterostigma t 
 millim. 
 
 Iluh. North America (British Museum). 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 26. G. notatus. 
 
 Go,>,i,/a,s „oialus Ramb.I Neuropt. 162, 10. Selys ! Monog. Gomph m 
 r).,.^^Solysl Synopg. ^^,A^i.-Gomphus dun,jalusB,\j,\ Synops. Ssi 
 
 Grecnish.yollov7, spotted with fuscous; head yellowish ; dorsum 
 of the thorax fuscous, each side with narrow green stripes ; sides 
 grecnisli-jellow, with two fuscous stripes; feet yellow, femora 
 above, fuscous, tibiae and tarsi, black ; abdomen long, cylindrical, 
 fuscous; vulvar lamina short; wings hyaline, pterostigma long 
 rufous. (From the description of De Selys Longchamps ) 
 13_lo antecubitals; eleven postcubitals; two discoidal arcolets 
 Length G4 millim. Alar expanse 68-78 millim. rterosti<nua 
 5 miilim. ° 
 
 Uah. North America (British Museum). 
 
 . Subgenus IVeogompluis Selys. 
 27. G. specularia ! 
 
 Nioyomphus? spfcuhiris Hag.! Selys, Addit. Synops. 18, G4 bis. 
 ^ Yellow, spotted with black ; head yellow in front, above black 
 in the middle yellow ; thorax yellow, dorsum each side, with a 
 broad, black stripe; sides yellow; feet black; abdomen e(,ual 
 b ack, the dorsum with a narrow yellow stripe, which is almost 
 absent ui^ou the apex, segments 8 and 9 with a yellow spot e-ich 
 side; appendages yellow; vulvar lamina large, bifid, bi-ovate ■ 
 wings hyaline, pterostigma black. Female. ' 
 
 10-11 antecubitals; 10-11 postcubitals ; two discoidal areo- 
 lets. 
 
 Length 45 midim. Alar expanse 58 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millun. ° 
 
 JIak Ft. Tejon, California (John Xantus). 
 
 PROGOMPHUS Selvs. 
 
 Triangles with transverse veins ; the superior side longer than 
 the iiilei'ior one ; the feet short. 
 
 1. P. obsciirus! 
 
 Dlasloi„»u,,a ol,sc>o-um Rainb.! Neuropt. 170, 5.-Projomphus obscurus Se- 
 lys ! Monog. Gomph. 2(il, 70. Selys ! Synops. D3, (JO. 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with yellow; head yellow, fuscous above; dor- 
 
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GOMPIIOIDES. 
 
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 sum of the thorax fusco-rufous, each side with a yellow stripe ; 
 sides fuscous, with three yellow stripes; feet fusco-rufous, femora 
 luteous beneath, tibiio within and the tarsi black ; abdomen ? 
 
 ; wings hyaline, with a fulvous, narrow, basal spot, ptero- 
 stigma large, rufo-fuscous. (From the description of De Selys 
 Longchamps.) 
 
 15— IG antcculiitals; 9—11 postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 53 ? millim. Alar expanse TO millim. I'terostigma 5 
 millira. 
 
 Hah. North America (Yienna Museum ; collection of De Selys 
 Longchamps). 
 
 2. P. zonatus ! 
 
 Proijomphm zonatus Hag.! Monog. Gomph. 203, 71 ; pi. xi, fig. 3. Selys! 
 Synops. 53, 70. 
 
 Black, spotted with yellow ; head yellow in front, above black ; 
 thorax black, dorsum each side with two stripes, and sides with 
 three broader stripes, yellow; feet black ; abdomen long, cylindri- 
 cal, the base subinflated, black, the dorsum with a basal yellow 
 line, the base of segment 7 yellow ; appendages yellow ; vulvar 
 lamina veiy short, emarginated ; wings fumose, pterostigma large, 
 black. Female. 
 
 17_18 antecubitals; 9—11 postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 52 millim. Alar expanse 70 millim. Pterostigma 5 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Mexico (collection of Dr. Ilagen). 
 
 GOMPHOIDES Selys. 
 
 Triangles with transverse veins; the superior side shorter than 
 the others ; feet short. 
 
 1. G. stigmata ! 
 
 J^schna stigmata? Say, Journ, Acad, riiilad. VIII, 17, 10.—Pror;oiiiphus 
 s/i(i!iialus Selys ! Monog. Gomph. 205, 72. Selys, Synops. 5;i, 71.— 
 Giimphoidcs stigmata Hag.! Monog. Gomph. 423, 72; pi. xxi, ilg. 5. 
 
 Yellow, marked with black ; head yellow, above fuscous, the 
 vertex yellow ; thorax yellow, dorsum with a stripe in the middle, 
 two each side, and sides with two oblique stripes, black; fuet blajk, 
 femora yellow, bilineated with black at the apex ; abdomen slender, 
 inflated at the base, the apex dilated, yellow, segments 2 to 7 each 
 
 I 
 
1 
 
 ' ■ ■ 
 
 fffi 
 
 w 
 
 112 
 
 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 ,.::,:! 
 
 I. Ill; ■. ' 
 
 1 i 
 
 side with a black apical fascia, which incot at the tip ; PO,r^nionts 8 
 iuul fuscou:, in tlic middle ; appciida-cs yellow, superior ones 
 cylindrical, incurved at the apex, and with an ante-apical tooth 
 above; the inferior appendage short, orbicular, luGd ; vulvar la- 
 mina short, excised; wings hyaline, pterostigma largo, l)lack ; 
 17—19 antecubitals; 10—12 postcubitals; two diseoidal aroolcts.' 
 Length G5 millim. Alar expanse 84 millim. Pte-ostigma 5 
 raillini. 
 
 Ilah. Pecos River, Western Texas (C; ^ jpo). 
 
 2. G. suasa. 
 
 (loiiiiihu'uUs suasa Selys, Addit. Synops. 19, 72 bis. 
 
 ^ Fusco-olivaceous ; thorax fusco-olivaceous, a dorsal stripe each 
 side, another hmueral, and the sides with three Iiands, yellowish ; 
 feet grayish-fuscous, femora j.aler; al)doracn fusco-olivaceous, an 
 interrupted dorsal liue, spots at the sides (those of the sevJnUi 
 segment larger) yellow; the eighth and ninth segments not dilated ; 
 api)endages pale; wings hyaline, pterostigma fuscous. ?. (From 
 the dcseriiilion of De Selys Longehamps.) 
 
 antccu))ilals; postcubitals; diseoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 58 millim. Alar . -pause >sC millim. Pterostigma 5 
 millim. 
 
 JM>. Vera Cruz, Mexico (Salle). 
 
 3. G. perfida! 
 
 Gomplwidcs perfida Ilagen. 
 
 Plack, spotted with luteous; head luteo-fuscons; thorax lutcous, 
 dorsum with a middle fascia, and each side a lateral one, In-oad,' 
 black, divided with luteous; sides black, with three ol)lique, luteous 
 stri])es; feet black, )»ase of the femora luteo-fuscous; abdomen 
 slender, the base broader (the apex destroyed); black, the dorsum 
 of the first and second segments, and sides, obsoletely luteous ; 
 wings fiimose, pterostigma large, black. (^^lale.) 
 
 23—24 antecubitals; fifteen postcubitals: two diseoidal areolets. 
 
 Ivength GO ? millim. Alar expanse 82 milJim. Pterostigma 5 
 millim. 
 
 ff(tl>. Tami)ico, Mexico (Sanssure). 
 
Mj' 
 
 QOMPIIOIDES. 
 
 113 
 
 4. *G. elongata. 
 
 Cyclophijlla ilmifjnia Selys ! Monog. Qompli. 224, 84; i)l. xii, fig. 5. 
 Selys ! Addit. Synops. 20, 79 ten 
 
 Black, si)otted with olive; head olivaceous in front, labrum mar- 
 gined with hiack, and with a hlack fascia upon the middle; thorax 
 I)iaek, dorsum each side with two narrow stripes, and each side 
 with three stripes, olivaceous; feet hlack, anterior femora pale l)e- 
 neath ; abdomen long, slender, black, the base and apex inflated, 
 segments 3 — T with a basal, hastiform, yellow spot ; ai)i)endages 
 l)rownish-l)]ack, subcylindrical, forcijiated, the apex subexcised, 
 the inferior appendage scarcely apparent ; wings hyaline, ptero- 
 stigma large, rufo-fuscous. ^. Sixteen antecubitals; ten postcu- 
 bitals; two discoidal areolets. (From the description of De Selys 
 Longchamps.) 
 
 Length G2 millim. Alar expanse 12 millim. Ptcrostigraa 5 
 millim. 
 Hub. Mexico (Paris Museum), 
 
 5. G. protracta ! 
 
 CjichiphtjUa protracta Hagen! Selys, Addit. Synops. 20, 70 ter. 
 
 ])lackish-fuscous, spotted with yellow ; head luteous ; thorax 
 l)lackish-fuscous, dorsum witli two stripes, and the sides witli three 
 oblique ones, yellow ; feet brownish-black, femora luteous ; abdo- 
 men long, slender, inflated at base, fuscous or luteous, membranously 
 dilated at the apex, dorsum with an interrujjted, yellow line, the 
 sides luteous ; a})pendages fuscous, subcylindrical, forcipated, sub- 
 excised at the apex, the inferior ai)pendage al)sent ; vulvar lamina 
 very short, excised; wings hyaline, pterostigma large, yellow. 
 Twenty-one antecubitals; ten postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 62 millim. Alar expanse 79 millim. Pterostigma 5 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Matamoras, jMexico. 
 
 6. G. producta! 
 
 Aphijlia proditcta Selys ! Monog. Gomph. 230, 83 ; pi. xii, fig. 6. 
 Selys ! Syuops. 60, 81. AphjUa caraiba Selys ! Poey, lus. Cuba, 
 
 450. 
 
 Brownish-black, spotted with yellow; head yellow, banded trans- 
 versely with fuscous ; thorax brownish-black, dorsum each side with 
 8 
 
 m 
 
i( 
 
 NKI'HOI'TIMIA or NOHTII AMKIMCA, 
 
 \\vo stripi's, coiijoiiHMl nl tlic wiiijz:s, tlic cnIitiiiiI 
 
 ^lilff. 
 
 Mic sides witli ilircc oliliciuo ones, lli(> middl 
 
 ()\v (.!• urccri ; reel l.Inck, r,.|ii(irii, nil 
 
 1110 iinrmwpr, nncl 
 (• one iiicoiiiplck', yd. 
 nils, obscurer iit, tlio iipox; 
 'i'"l'"ii'n Ion,!;-, slender, tlu- bnso iiiduled, the jipex suniewlmt 
 l.roiider, hrowiiisli-l.laek, llic bnse wilh a y.'llow, dorsid lin,,; 
 iiI)peiidii,n.eM liliiek, siiheyliiidricid, lureiimled, ol.tiise iit llio ^^\)v.x, 
 IIk" inleiidr OIK! almost uliseni ; veiitriil lamina narrow, l.ilid; \vin>,^i 
 liyaliiie, the pterostio^ma iiirf!:e, yellow. l!»— i>:j anl('(;iil)iUils ; II 
 — IT) postciiliitals; 2 discoidal areolets. 
 
 I-ciiutli r)l»— Cf) millim. Alar expanse ^C— 8J miliim. Ptoro- 
 stigiiia f) millim. 
 
 //.'/'. Cuba (l»oey); HritLsh (Juiana (SdiomburgU) ; Uahia, 
 JJra/.il. 
 
 7. O. tenuis I 
 
 Ajilii/lld tniuis Il.ngoii I Solys, Add it. Syiiops. 21, 80 bin, 
 
 linteoiis; head luteo-ftiscoiis ; dorsum of the thorax fiisooiis, 
 sides Inteoiis; feet blnek, lemora liiteoiis; abdomen loiiir, sloiidcr,' 
 «>'liiiil, subiiillated at, base, liileo-riiseoiis, tlio s(>,i;-ments ob'senrer at 
 their apex; appendages fuscous, siibeylindrioal, foreipated, the 
 »l>ox aeiiter; (ho inferior ajipendafro absent; wiiifrs hyaline, p'tcro- 
 Htij,nnalari,'e, Intoous. Male. ll»— 22 aiiteeubitals ; 12— 1;5 post- 
 cubitals; 2 discoidal aroolels. 
 
 l-cnjith 50 millim. Alar expanse 01 millim. rterostii,nna 4 
 millim. 
 
 //<'/'. Choco, New (Jronada (Scliott). 
 
 The specimen is tenoral, the colors Imrdly perfected, preserved 
 ill spirits. 
 
 HAGENIUS Sklys. 
 
 Trian-les with transverse veins ; (he superior side longer than 
 the interior ; feet very long, 
 
 1. H. breviatyluB ! 
 
 Jh,,„,uus hnrlshilus !?oly.s ! Mouog. Gompli. 241, Sii ; pi. xiii fi,,. o 
 t>ol3 !^ ! >!ynops. tili, ^4. ' 
 
 Black, spotted with yellow; head yellow in front, a black fascia 
 before the eyes, above Mack ; thorax black, dorsum each side with 
 
 
 1 Vl 
 
nil, 
 
 COIIDULKUASTKR. 115 
 
 ;; .stripe tiiid lino, nrul tlie Hides willi two broad ol)]i(Hie stripes, u 
 line hot ween tlieiii, yellow; feet very luiif,^ l)liick ; iihdoiiieii long, 
 eyliiidrieid, tlio dorsum hliiek, with ii stripe ujioii tlie middle, and 
 eiieli side a ventral one, yellow; append;i<,a'S short, yellow, the 
 superior ones stout, inenrved at apex, bidentated beneath, the 
 inferior appendage quadranj^ndar, broad, incurved at the iipcx ; 
 winjrs subnmiose, pterosti;;;nia \()np;, browni-li-blaelc. 10— I'J antc- 
 eubitals; l;j_! t posteubitals ; ii dineoidal areolets. 
 
 Fienf^'th 7.'{— 78 ndllini. Alar expanse 104—114 luillim. I'tcro- 
 stip;ina G millini. 
 
 //<//>. New York (Dr. Asa Fiteh); Wisconsin (Kcnnicott); 
 Culund>ia. 
 
 J)irisi(m II. I;!d)ium bifid. 
 
 CORDULEGASTER Leacu. 
 Eyes subcontif^nous. 
 
 1. C. sayi. 
 
 Conliiliyasler sa;/i Si'lyrt ! Monog. Gompli. 331, 109. Selys ! Synops. 85, 
 
 loci. 
 
 IMaek, spotted with yellow; head yellow, rhinariuni blaek ; tho- 
 rax blaek, dorKuin with two stripes, sides each with two slrijjes and 
 an iulernicdiate line, yellow; feet blaek; abdomen loiij,', black, 
 annulated with yellow; appendages of the male blaek, sni)crior 
 ones trigonal, divaricated, with a basal tooth beneath, the inferior 
 appendage (piadrangular; appendages of the female yellow; vulvar 
 lundna elongated, bilid ; wings hyaline, pterosligma long, yellow; 
 membranule whitish. 18 untccubitals ; 11 posteubitals; 2 disc- 
 oidal areolels. 
 
 Length GO millini. Alar expanse 84 millim. Pterostignia 4^ 
 millim. 
 
 J/ab. Georgia (British Museum). 
 
 It is similar to C. muiulatus Charp,, of Europe. 
 
 2. C. maculatus I 
 
 Cunliilfi/anter luaculatus Sulys! Monog. Gompli. 337, 111. Selya ! Synops. 
 80, 108. Aeschna obliqna Hay, var. A ? Jour. Acad. I'liilad. VIII. 
 
 10, 8. 
 
 Brownish-black, hairy, spotted with yellow; bead yellow, with 
 
 Ii t 
 

 1 1 
 
 ■j| :• 
 
 ik; 
 
 NF.lllUtl'TEIlA OF .NUllTIl A.Mi;i;!iA. 
 
 riiscoiis IimikI ill front; (lionix 1 
 
 •rowiiisli-liliick, (lorsii 
 
 with iiciiiiciroriii stripe, sidus willi two ol.jidn,. m 
 hi 
 
 III oacli si(l( 
 
 iu'i<, Icnioi-ii liisco--, tlic upox bhu'k; iilj(iniii,.n luii^-. 1 
 lick, sc^Iiiiciits 2 ■<; with II dorsal. 
 
 I'ipi's, yellow; IVct. 
 
 M'OWIlisIl- 
 
 tlorsal, yellow spot encli side; vulvar 
 I'nnina. loiifx, l.ilid, ydlow, fi,s<-<),is ut tlic apex; wjn^rs hy„|i„o, 
 |>terostiir„iu yellow, iiiiMiiliraiiiile wliitc. Female. L'l iinteciiLitals' 
 15 posteiiiiitals; 2 discoidal iireolels. ' 
 
 LciiKtIi 75 iiiilll,,,. Alar oxpaiiso !);{ niillim. I'lcrostiLrnm 4 
 iiiilliiii. 
 
 //u/>. (ieor-ia; Maryland (UMer) ; ronnccticiit (Xorton). 
 
 0. C. dorsalls ! 
 
 (■onl„l,,,nsl,r .lorsalis Ilngou 1 Monog. (i,.,ni.h. ;M7, ll,'",. Sel ys - AiUit 
 Syii(>l>s. 2S, li;} Ms. 
 
 _ TiiseoiKs, spoiled with yellow; liead yellow, witl, a f.iseons l.an.1 
 III Iroiit ; tliorux f.isroiis, dorsum eaeh side with a stripe, sides will, 
 1"'' "l'li'l>H> ones, yellow; feet l.laekisli-fuscous, femora Iiiteuiis- 
 'ilxloiiUMi Ion- fuscous, sc-ments L'-!) with a dorsal, l.ilid, yeIlo\v 
 spot; vulvar lamina Ion-, l.ilid, liiteons; win-s hyaliiiP, tho 
 baso siil.fiilv.ns, pterosli-ma yellow, menil.raniile white. Female 
 Eighteen anteeiibitals ; twelve postciibilals ; two diseoidal areol 
 lets. 
 
 Length SOmillim. Alar expanse 100 millim. rierostigiim 4 
 iiiiliim. 
 
 J/iiIk Sitka, Russian Anierioa. 
 
 4. C. obliquus! 
 
 .i:schnu ohli,,ua Say, Jour. A.-.a.l. Pl.ila,!. VIII, 1.5, ^.~C„rduh'.,asUr oh- 
 l''r::'< ^olys! Monog. (So.nph. o4;), lU; ; pi. xviii, %. .5. y,,i_^..,j 
 ^vuopH. Sd.lVX—CorJulryastcrfascuitns K.anib. ! Nuu-oi.t. 178, 1. 
 
 IJlaek, spotted with grcenish-ycliow; head yellow, in fr..nt will, 
 two black bands, occiput tuberculoid; thorax blac-k, with gray 
 hairs, dorsum with a cuneiform stripe each side, and sides v;'ith two 
 oblupie stripes, yellow; feet black, base of the femora fuscous- 
 ubdonien long, equal, black, dorsum with a greenish-yellow line 
 upon the middle, which is dilated in the middle upon segments 
 6— S; appendages black, superior ones short, trigona' acute, with 
 a basal tooth beneath; the inferior one cpiadrangular, the 'apex 
 tubercnlated each side; vulvar lamina short, bilid, yellow, black at 
 the apex; wings hyaline, pterostigma long, fulvous, luembrauule 
 
 mil 
 
 • *r ^ 
 
i>N4 
 
 rF.TAfX'IlA— ANAX. 
 
 117 
 
 wliitisli. Twciity-si.v imtcc'iihiiiils; 17— 20 postculiitals; two (lis- 
 (Miidiil iircolctM. 
 
 licnulli m:|— S8 iiiilliiii. AlarcxpjinKo 112— !'_'< niilliin. I'toro- 
 Kti;riiiii () iiiilliiii. 
 
 Jl<il>. Iiidiaiiii (Say); (Jcorfeia (Abbot); Connecticut (Norton). 
 
 PETALURA hv.M'AU 
 rterostiginu extremely long. 
 
 1. P. thoreyl ! 
 
 I'r>p,/,i/ii. tlianij! Ilas'cii! MoiioL,'. fifunpli. rSTH, 122; pi. xix, fig. H.— 
 'r<ivli(,pln-ii.v (ihsrurii I'lilcr MSS.— 7'f(c/(<7(/rrv,i: llwnijt Sflys ! Addit. 
 !^yii()|iH. llf), lit) bin. 
 
 Olivaceous, sDottcd with Iilack'; head i)alc in front, with a black 
 liaiul, and above l)luelv; thorax olivaceous, the sides witli two ob- 
 solete blaelv stripes; feet blaelv ; abdomen long, eijua], olivaceous, 
 dorsum of llic second segment with two spots, the lbllowing_ones 
 with a spot upon the basul midrie, an apical ring, and tlie last seg- 
 ments almost altogether black; ajjpendages black, superior ones 
 dolabrirorm, tin; iid'erior cpnidrangidar, witli a basal tooth al)ove, 
 and the apex each side nngniewlaled ; wings hyaline, jtlcrostigma 
 narrow, very long, fulvous. Alale. IS— 2U antecubitals; 11—13 
 posteulutals; three discoidal areokts. 
 
 Length 78 nullim. Alar expanse 100 niillim. Tterostigma D 
 niillim. 
 
 J/i'lK New Vurk; .Maryland (Uhler) ; Fort Tuwsou, lied llivcr. 
 
 Siilifamily IV. AESCIININA. 
 
 Eyef? contiguous; head globose; wings unequal, the posterior 
 ones liroader; triangles long ; gonital organs of the female vagi- 
 nated. 
 
 ANAX LE.\ca. 
 
 Anal angle of the posterior wings rounded in the male; second 
 segment of the a1)domen not auriculated; abdomen with a lateral, 
 interrupted carina. 
 
 \-n 
 
 
 ^- ui 
 
 n 
 
IW 
 
 118 
 
 NKDllulTKIIA or NdltTII AMKIth'A. 
 
 1. A. JiiiihiB I 
 
 /■ilnlhihi jiiiii,! Mriir.v, Ins, |, ||'J; .,1 
 
 I'l. vivii. II,', ,1. ArsrI, 
 
 .'•HI.. II. Sit, IS. Say. .lour. A.,..!. I'IiIIm.1. VIII I 
 
 III! jiiiiiii lliinii, 
 
 NrlMopl. lUll, (1. .1, 
 
 It, 
 
 null. 
 
 N'l.N-.! I'oc.v, hiM. ('uliii,.|.''(S.--.| 
 •I; pi. I. liK. I J. 
 
 ir niniiis S'l.vM ! Iti.vii.i Oiloimt. Kiiiop. ;i'j'. 
 
 II si>iiii/,nisHiuu\,.l Nuiiit.|it. Isil, 
 
 II. Iili 
 
 (JnTii. s|.,>||,.,| will, 1,1,1,, „|„| f,|^,.„„^. |„,,|,| ^,^,||^^^^, ,^, 
 
 I'-U s|>(i|, niiii riiTiilar li|iii> Iniinl; tl 
 
 lovc Willi 
 
 ; tlinnix urcfii; ici'l l,|„clv 
 
 DllSC 
 
 l'''""iM ii.iilly nilon.s; iiImIoim,.,! I.ii.u-. siilM|,-|.n.s,snl, n,ii,il, llir I 
 
 MTV iiiiii'h iiilliil.Ml, iiiirniwfd hey,, ml, t| 
 
 •>r III- siron.l ^rivni. 11... ivsl i,|n,.. „it|, „ .Iois.mM'i.m.oiis iWi 
 
 iii(t-iTii|ilc.l. iiimI in pan iiii>.|||,,m' ; iipiMMidauvs I 
 
 <»iics (iriln'iiiiilf liiii.u-. st jii.;lil, lowiirilsil 
 
 IIISO 
 
 iiM'diis, siiju'iior 
 
 will 
 
 1 nil cxIiTiiiil 
 
 f ll|lt'\ sftiiicwiiiil 111- 
 
 sliort. (|Uii(lijiiiM|,||||._ ( 
 
 1"""' '" <'><• 'i|"'^. Ill'' iiilVriiir ii|i|i(ii(| 
 
 iinici', 
 
 tlu< iiiiilillc, iit('r(i,s|in||„i |,,im.^ y,,|| 
 
 I'iiiisvi'rs.' ; wiiiM-s liytiliiic, lliivcscciil 
 
 1IK«' MTV 
 
 ii|>iiii 
 
 lin>wni>li-Maclv, witli tlu« has.- wliitc; si'vciil 
 IM'stciiliilals. 
 
 itw, narrow ; iiiciiiliriiniilc Ian 
 
 ftMi iiiilcciilMlals; ciiilii 
 
 Io'iiuiIm;^— Tl inilli,,,. Alar.xpaiiso l()|_|l((,„i||i,„. I' 
 sliuiiia 7 iiiill'iii. 
 
 /A'/'. Ni«w Voii; :MnrvIaii.I ; New .1 
 
 cro- 
 
 lorida ; i.oiiisiaiia ; Si. I,, mis; S. (' 
 
 t'rscv; KiMitiii'Kv ; ( 
 
 u'orii'iM ; 
 
 aro 
 
 Mai; 
 
 iiiiiTas, Mexico; Sail Frai 
 
 ilia; I'lvos Kivcr, Tex 
 
 ^<aii(iui,li Islanls; Kaiiilsclialka ; I'dclidi I 
 
 ii'isco, Caliroriiia; Ciilia; O 
 
 as; 
 iliii, 
 
 A 
 
 iiv, China. 
 
 •■"iiinion and wiiic-spivad s|u'ci('.-;. I 
 
 iropf as its lialntat. 
 
 »aniliur I'rroiu'oiislv uiv, 
 
 n. i 
 
 lain 
 
 hrif. 
 iiit'i 
 
 10 
 
 tl 
 
 lU'll 
 
 wit! 
 ape 
 
 ilCIl 
 
 liir; 
 ptci 
 
 llic 
 
 slit; 
 
 IT 
 
 '2. A. lonyipcB \ 
 
 A, 
 
 or ijiiiiip.s llajjcu I 
 
 (liven, sp,.lt,-(l Willi li|,n> and rnscoiis; head 
 
 ve 
 
 ">'"'"lal.': tliorax -iveii ; feel exireiiielv I.hii--. I.laek 
 
 with the apex black; ahdoniei 
 
 low, aliovc iiii- 
 it'iiiora rnrous. 
 
 iiillaled, ureeii; siirl'ace I 
 
 I lonu-, siilidcpressed. eipial, the 1 
 
 lase 
 
 IISCO 
 
 IIS, t>ai'li side of tl 
 
 an apical, yellow spot, I.enealh yellowisl 
 riiscons; appenda-'es short, roliaeeoiis. fih 
 
 10 sciiinents liuviiii; 
 1. ajiex of the seirnients 
 
 ptero>iio:ina yellow; ineinl.rannle hrownisl 
 Inise; nineteen anteenhitals ; nine postcnl.ital- 
 l.oncth S() 
 
 cons; wiim-s liyaliin 
 1 lilaek, while at tli 
 
 'nil inn. Alar expanse lO.'S milliin. Tl 
 
 nnllini. 
 
 erostii;-nia 5' 
 
 /A'/'. (Jeorg-ia (.M.bot, Znrieli Mnsennn. 
 
 .1 
 
 tiidi 
 tibi 
 nrci 
 iiiei 
 has 
 .■^id^ 
 bas 
 slio 
 
AKHCIINA. 
 
 no 
 
 '.I. A. amazill. 
 
 Arsrhiia uma^ili Itiirm. ! ilaiidli. II, Sll, I'.l, Aunv muruUilin llamlj. 
 N.'iiKii.l. ISH, 7. 
 
 (Jrct'ii, s|Milli(l willi Muck; head in front f^rociiisli yellow, llio 
 Iiiliniin lUiir^'iiii'il willi ItliicK ; rniiit ul)<)V<<, willi a IriaiiMiiliir, lilnck 
 s|iol, liomiili'tl liy yellow, eaeli siile a tiiiiii^iilar liliie spot; tliorax 
 Itri^lit ^:reeii ; i'eet binek, anterior femora liilcoiis l)enealli; alxlo- 
 nieii lon>r, wlonl, e(|nal, the hastr inllated, liliie '({($) or ureeii ( 9 ), 
 sei-inents 15 to 1(1 with a liroad, Itlack, dorsal fascia, narrower npoii 
 (he miililh; of the senineiils ; se;,'nientH IJ — 7, with two hlue or 
 irreen spots ciieh side, tlu! last se^nin nts ahnost cntin-ly lilaek ; ap- 
 pendii^rt'x l»laek, Kni»erior ones of the male loii}?, cariinite, villose 
 within, the liiis(( nari'ow, the internal niar<;iii dilated, liel'or(! the 
 apex excised, the apex exteriorly recnrved, c»l)li(pn'ly trnnciited, 
 acnie ; the inferior aitpenda<!;e very short, transverse, (pnidranji;\i- 
 lar; appendajres of tin- female shorter, foliaceons; wind's hyaline, 
 ptorostij^nni slnn't, blaekish-fnseouH ; m(!nd)rannle ltrowinsh-l)luek, 
 (he Imse white. 1('. — IS antecnititals ; (> — 8 ])ostciiliitals. 
 
 |,,.im(h 70 — 71 miliini. Alar expanse Kl;') inilliin. I'tero- 
 stiu'inii f) niillim. 
 
 Iliil*. (Jmiteinala ((^)llection of lla.Ejcn); Venezuela (A ppun) ; 
 I*ernanil)nco, I'.razil (V^eilcnnninn). 
 
 ABICHNA Fah. 
 
 Anal iini^le of the posterior wings of the male acute; sccoad 
 segment of the ahdonieu anrieulalud. 
 
 1. 2G. sltchensis! • 
 
 .[t^rltiiK sidlniisin H;ii;on ! 
 
 r>Iiu'kish-fuscoiis, spotted with bhie ; head?; thorax fnseons, 
 sides with two obliipie, obsolete, yellowish stripes; feet lilack, 
 iibiie exteriorly rnl\)us ; idxlonien long, slender, cipial, very nmeli 
 arcaated behind the inllated base; black, s|)ottod with blue; seg- 
 iiiiMits ;i — li) with two largo, ajjieal bine spots, 3 to 7, with two 
 basal bino spots, the second segment with two blue lines each 
 .side; appeu<iages black, moderate, a little incurved, foliaceons, the 
 base narrow, within carimited, before the ni)ex inllated, the apex 
 short, acute, incurved ; the inferior appendage oue-balf shorter, 
 
 ■P« 
 
120 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 'rtJ>i;fii3 
 
 l|Hlf;" 
 
 
 elongately-trlangular, oUuse ; wings hyaline, ptcrostigma short 
 ^Lr "'"'■ ^^"^'' ^'^'''" -"tecubitals; nine post- 
 
 ^_L_eno-th 58 railliin. Alar expanse 18 millim. Tterostignm 4 
 
 Hub. Russian America, Sitka (Collection of Ilao-en) 
 It is very much like Aeschna horecdls Zettcrst^'odt, found in 
 Northern Europe and Siberia. 
 
 2. 2B. septentrionalis ? 
 
 IJlacki.h-brown, spotted with blue ; head yellow in front : front 
 aiUcMuorly with a narrow, transverse line, a spot, large anteriorly, 
 m the shape of a 1, superiorly, and the rhinarium, black ; labrum 
 margined with black ; thorax fuscous, dorsum each side with a 
 point, sides with two, narrow, maculose stripes, yellow ; feet black 
 above rufous; abdomen long, stoutish, narrowed behind the in- 
 flated base, black, spotted with blue ; sides of the segments two 
 medialand two apical spots, blue; last segment of the male black 
 each side bh.e, an elevated tooth above; appendages brownish' 
 black, moderate, a little incurved, foliaceous, the base narrow a 
 basal obtuse tubercle beneath ; carinated inwards, before the apex 
 inflated, the apex obtuse; the inferior appendage one-half shorter 
 elongately-triangular, obtuse ; appendages of the female moderate' 
 folmceous, obtuse; wings hyaline, pterostigma furcous, somewhat 
 broad; membranulc gray. 11-10 autecubitals ; 11-12 postcu- 
 
 Length 54-55 millim. Alar expanse U millim. Pterostio-ma 
 4 millim. ° 
 
 IM). Labrador : Xova Scotia. 
 
 Does Aesclnm minor Jlambur differ from it ? the wings with a 
 rufous spot at base. It is very much like Aeschna sitchcnsis 
 llagen. ' 
 
 3. 2S. juncea! 
 
 Acsd,naj,u,vea Linno ! S.Iys, Revue O.louat. Europ. 116, 3.-(Witb the 
 synonyms.) v » in lut 
 
 Fuscous spotted with blue and yellow ; head yellow, a narrow 
 transverse hue in front, a T spot above, broader anteriorly, and the 
 
 
AESCIIXA. 
 
 121 
 
 rliinarlum, black ; thorax fuscous, dorsura each side with a narrow, 
 short stripe, sometimes almost wanting and the sides with two 
 oblique, broad stripes, yellow; I'eet black ; abdomen long, slender. 
 
 ish- 
 
 equal, very much narrowed behind the inflated base ; brownisl 
 black, with blue and yellow spots, segments 3 — 10 with two apical 
 blue spots, 3 — 8 with two triangular spots upon the middle, yellow, 
 ai)ex of the second segment IjIuc ; last segment with the males, 
 having an elevated, obtuse tooth above ; appendages brownish- 
 black, superior ones of the male, long, subrect, foliaceous, the base 
 narrower, a carina inwardly, the base narrower, before the apex 
 acuter, subincurved, inflated ; the inferior appendage almost one- 
 half shorter, clongately-triangular, obtuse; appendages of the 
 female longer, foliaceous ; wings hyaline, ptcrostigma narrow, fus- 
 cous ; membranule brownish-cinereous, the base paler. 16 ante- 
 cubitals ; 1 — 9 postcubitals. 
 
 Length fiC — 15 niillini. Alar expanse 92 — 100 millim. Ptcro- 
 stigma 4 — 5 millim. 
 
 Ilab. lUissian America; Kenai Island, Norton Sound. — Europe; 
 Asia ; Siberia ; Kamtschatka ; Ural. 
 
 4. JSl. multicolor! 
 
 Aeschna mullicolor Ilagen ! 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with lilue; head blue (J") or hiteous (9), front 
 with a T s[)Ot, each side termiiiiited with yellow, and a band before 
 the eyes, black ; thorax fuscous, dorsum each side with a stripe, 
 (interrupted or absent in the female), sides, each side with two 
 oblique ones blue (J") or yellow (9); feet l)lack, femora rufous 
 above, the apex black, anterior femora beneath, luteous; abdomen 
 moderate, slender, cylindrical, narrow behind the inflated base; 
 fuscous, spotted with blue (J) or yellow (9), segments 3—10 
 with two large, apical spots, segments 3 — ij with two triangular 
 spots upon Ihc middle, and a basal, divided spot each side, seg- 
 ment 2 with a medial, interrupted fascia, and a broad apical one, 
 blue or yellow; superior appendages of the male black, long, folia- 
 ceous, narrow, the base narrower, inwardly carinated, straight, 
 curved inwardly before the apex, an elevated, triangular lamina 
 above, and a longer tooth placed more infuriorly, the apical tip 
 acute, curved downwards; the inferior appendage, pale fuscous, 
 one half shorter, elongately triangular; appendages of the female 
 moderate, fuscous, foliaceous, broader; wings liyaline, those of the 
 
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 .:,"> 
 
 '4*i 
 
 f •:-rr 
 
 
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 122 
 
 NEUUOI'TEHA OF NORTH AMKUICA, 
 
 femalo. towards tl.c npo.v, sul.navoscont, ptoro.sti.ma short, fuscous, 
 «' InlcM.us (9); .uo,nl)ranuIe fuscous, tl.c huso white. IC-U ante 
 cul)itals; S— !) postculiitals. 
 
 Length (;.-,_r,V ,nilli„,. Alar expanse 90-100 luillim I'te- 
 rosti.u-uia .•{_;}•- luillim. " "" 
 
 JM>.V,co. Iliver, Western Texas (Capt. Pope); Upper Mis- 
 souri; Mexico; Cordova (Saussure). ' ^' ^ 
 
 5. X. clepsydra! 
 
 Arsr/,„a c/,j,s,j,/ra Sny. Journ. A.'.ad. I'hilad. VIII, 12, 4. 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with hlue; head luteous, an incurved, trans- 
 verse hue ,u front, a I.n.ad T spot ahove, terminate.l with I,h,e and 
 3-eiiow, bh.ci<; thorax fuscous, dorsum each side with u enneiforn. 
 green stripe; each side with two broad, luaeulose and lacerated 
 «l'-.pes and an intenncdiate, abbreviated one, bluish-.n-cn • feet 
 >---vu.sh-bIack, femora, tibia> and the outside „f the tarsi'rnfous- 
 alHlomen long, slender, equal, very much attenuated behind the in' 
 "aU'dhase; segments 3-10 with two larger, apical spots, 3-8 
 With two triangular, medial ones and each side a basal, divided 
 one, segment 2 with a transverse, n.edial, interrupted fascia, and 
 'onpox hue; the last segment with a small, basal tooth above 
 ''""^■'V ">"1 I'lne spots connuent at the apex; appendages fuscous 
 "'argn.ed w,th black, the superior ones hmg, narrow, strai-ht' 
 ""••••o^vcr at base, interiorly with a carina an.l clothed with h.'drs' 
 the apex obtusely truncated, a snudl, acute, incurved tooth at the 
 «pc>x; belore the apex arc three teeth, supeViorly at the internal 
 ">argin; the inferior appendage one-third shorter, elongately tri- 
 angular, acute; wings hyaline, pterostigma moderate,^'nsc..us • 
 iue.nbrauule fuscous. Male. Ifi antecnbitals ; 11 postenbitals. 
 '-onu'th GS millim. Alar expanse U inillim. Pterostigma 4 
 
 /M>. Massachusetts (Say); Jioston (Scudder); ]5allimore (Uh- 
 
 6. SI. verticalis ! 
 
 .Ifsi/iiKi i-d-rico/is Ilasreii! 
 
 Fusc'ous, spotted with green and l,lne; head green, with a T 
 ^pot above and a band before the eyes, black; thorax fuscous, 
 
 dorsum each side, with a cuneifor 
 
 m, green stripe; euch side witli 
 
AESCIINA. 
 
 123 
 
 llircc ol)li(iiic, ycllowisli-grccn stripes; feet black, femora and tibla^. 
 above, rufous; abdomen long, slender, eciual, very much narrowed 
 behind the inflated base, fuscous, spotted with blue; spots like 
 those of -K depsijdra, but not confluent on the last sef;nieiit, with 
 a small, basal tooth upon that segment; apixMidagcs similar to 
 those of -(7i'. ricpsi/drn, the tip of the apex acute, hardly incurved, 
 above, before the apex, with an elevated line, no teeth; inferior 
 apix'udago one half shorter, elongated, triangular, acuter; wings 
 hyaline, pterosligraa small, blackish-brown; membranule brownish- 
 cinereous. ]Male. 11 — 20 antecubitals; 11 — 12 postcubitals. 
 
 Length Gt millim. Alar expanse 95 niillim. I'terostigma 3 
 millini. 
 
 JIdli. Washington (Osten Sacken); New York (Calverly). 
 
 i 
 l.'v 
 
 B>! 
 
 7. iEj. hudsonica ! 
 
 Aeschna hudsonica Selys' Collection. 
 
 JIdh. Xova Scotia. 
 
 Similar to ^E.juncea, but only known to me by name. 
 
 8. 2C constricta! 
 
 ^l(.f(7((;(( ciiuniricla Say. Journ. AcaJ. Pliilad. VIIl, 11, 3. 
 
 ]>rownish-black, spotted with green and blue; labriim yellow, 
 head yellowish-green in front, a black T spot above ; thorax fus- 
 cous, dorsum each side with a stripe, which is broader at the wings, 
 the sides each with two oblique, green stripes; feet black, femora 
 and tibiio above, rufous ; abdomen long, equal, blackish-fuscous, 
 very much narrowed l)chind the inflated base; segments 3 — 10 
 with two, dorsal, apical, quadrangular, blue spots, 3 — 8 with two, 
 medial, triangular, yellow spots, each side with a basal, divided, 
 blue spot ; second segment with a basal, dorsal, line, and each side 
 with a transverse line npon the middle, yellow; the last segment 
 flat above; appendages fuscous, superior ones long, subarcuatcd, 
 the apex dilated, within carinated, before the apex tuberculous and 
 inwards an acute, recurved tooth, extreme apex with a longer 
 spine, which is acute and placed inferiorly; the inferior appendage 
 one-half shorter, elongatcly triangular, obtuse; wings hyaline, 
 pterosligma snuiil, fuscous; memijranule fuscous, the base white. 
 Male. IT — 21 antecubitals; 11 — 15 postcubitals. 
 
 _±M 
 
 mi 
 
■jWi 
 
 m 
 
 :m J 
 
 '.' 1 
 
 124 
 
 NEUUOPTKUA OF NORTH AMEIUCA. 
 
 ^T.,.,t,.tO,nii,in,. .M.,,.^ so 00-100 n.ilH.. ,Wti„.a 
 
 Jy-^'f'^'^y^ ^'-TlancKULIer); Wisconsin (Kouni- 
 colt), S'. Lon.s; Pcnnsyivuniu; Connecticut (Norton). 
 0. ^. armata r 
 
 .Ksd, 
 
 1 1 (I nnna 
 
 In Hag 
 
 en ! 
 
 15row.,isI,-I,lack, spotted witl. l,I„c; head 
 ovc w.th a T spot and Imml boforo the eyes, bl 
 
 ab 
 
 cons, dorsum 
 
 oacli sulo, anteriorly, with a yellowisl 
 
 in front obtuse, lurid, 
 eyes, black ; thorax fus- 
 
 sides each with two oblique, yellowisl 
 
 i-i?rcen spot: 
 
 riorono is arcuated: fe 
 
 1 stripes, of which the supe 
 
 lontr. 
 
 ; femora above, in the middle, rufous: abd 
 
 oqi.nl, narrowed behind the indated base,' bl 
 
 •"J— with tu-o, bl 
 
 lick 
 
 low 
 
 "0, npH-al spots, and two lurj^er, triano-,,1 
 
 omen 
 
 se<nnent,- 
 
 «"cs, upon the middle, sides blue ? 
 
 11 r, 
 
 ycl 
 
 with a line and 
 
 second sep^'inent each side 
 
 almost immaculate, the tenth 
 
 a narrow, basal triangle, yellow, the last 
 
 segments 
 
 a ion-, compressed spine, bent backwards' 
 sxpcrior ones long, foliaceous, straight, tl 
 rowed, above carinated, tl 
 acute; before tl 
 lamina; the inferior 
 row, acute; wings subfu 
 
 wgment, in the middle, above witl 
 
 appendages black, tl 
 
 le 
 
 !ic b 
 
 le a 
 
 use inwards nar- 
 
 le 
 
 pox exteriorly obtuse, interiorly 
 
 apex superiorly, with an elevated, oval d 
 
 iippcndage one-half shorter, tr 
 
 /I 
 fu 
 
 niose. 
 
 ives( 
 
 ■out at base, ptcrosti<> 
 
 posterior ones of the fe 
 
 lentatt 
 
 ', trmngular, nar- 
 
 male sub- 
 
 nia vei 
 
 7 small, black; niembranulc 
 
 seo-cnereous, the base whitish. Twenty antecuL 
 
 postcubitals 
 
 Length C8 millim. M 
 inillim. 
 
 ar expanse 02 milli 
 
 m. 
 
 ituls; twelv< 
 
 I'tcrostigma 2 
 
 Iftth. Troirrs del 
 
 I liav 
 
 c ex 
 
 ro, ]\rexico (Saussurc, Deppe). 
 
 amined a mutilated male spe 
 
 cimeu. 
 
 10. 2n. mutata ! 
 
 uKschna iiiulata Hagen ! 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with yellowish-green; labrum luteous blacl- 
 
 CO V . ' "^'^^••^"'i '^^f^'-^ the eyes, black; thorax fus- 
 
 cous the sules each w,th two yellowish stripes; feet black base of 
 
 "''»"» "'th black; segments 3-7 with two triangular, ydlow, 
 
AESCIINA. 
 
 125 
 
 medial spots ; base and sides rufous, paler ; appendages fuscous, 
 foliaooons; wings hyaline, the base, anterior margin and midiilc 
 fiavesceiit; pterostigma longer, narrow, bright orange; membra- 
 nule black, the base white. Female. iS'inetecn anteeubitals; nine 
 postculjitals. 
 
 Length 10 raillira. Alar expanse 98 millim. Pterostigma 4 
 niillim. 
 
 JIab. North America (Vienna Museum). 
 
 11. 2D. Janata. 
 
 yE^chna Janata Say, Jour. Acad. Plillad. VIII, 13, C. 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with blue and yellow ; front yellow, with a 
 bhick T spot above; thorax fuscous, each side of dorsum with a blue 
 stripe, sides each with two oblicpie, yellow siripcs, which are mar- 
 gined witli biaciv ; feet yellowish, beneath black ; alxlomcn long, 
 contracted behind the inllated base, fuscous, segments with a yel- 
 lowish band at ))iise, an interrr.pted ajjical one, and a spot in the 
 midule, the last segment but little shorter than the ])reccding one, 
 carinated at base ; appciuluges suljarcuated, !;ear the base some- 
 what dilated, the apex broader, pediform, obtuse ; inferior ap- 
 pendage iiardly half as long as the superior ones ; wings hyaline, 
 extreme base fuscous, pterostigma fulvous ; niembrauule white. 
 Male. (From the description of Say.) 
 
 Length 60 ? millim. 
 
 I1<(1>. ^Massachusetts. 
 
 Similar to yE. constricta, but the last abdominal segment is 
 longer, the apex of the appendages arc mutic. It is entirely un- 
 known to me. 
 
 12. JB. florida! 
 
 Jl'jschna jlorkla Ilagen ! 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with green ; front luteous, above green, imma- 
 culate, thorax fuscous, dorsum each side, with a very broad, green 
 stripe; sides green, with an oblique, narrow, fuscous stripe; feet 
 black, base of the femora rufous ; abdomen longer than the wings, 
 eqiuil, the base inflated, the last segment shortest, fuscous, with a 
 green ? dorsal, interrupted stripe, which is triangularly dilated at 
 the apex of the segments, a lateral green ? stripe, and the ninth 
 segment obsoletely bimaculated ; appendages shorter than the last 
 
 W' - .)■; 
 
 
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m 
 
 1 1 
 
 12S 
 
 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 segment, very s.nall, black, flat, obtuse ; wings snl)fumose, flaves- 
 cent anteriorly, pterostigma narrou-, fulvous; nienibranwle fuseo- 
 cinereons. Komalc. Twenty antecubitals; twelve posteubitals 
 
 Length 78 n.iilim. Alar expanse 102 millim. Pterostigma 4 
 millim. o "- ■* 
 
 I/ub. Mexico (Dcppe). 
 _ It is most like yE. htelpennis Burra., but distinct I)y tlie front 
 immaeulak- above, the stripes of the thorax being broader, not 
 well terminated. 
 
 T' 
 
 13. 2E. dorninicana. 
 
 j-Eschiia (lominicaiia Selys' Collection. 
 
 Jfab. St. Domingo. Unknown to me ; similar to yMjuncea. 
 
 14. Si. contorta. 
 
 yEschna contorta Selys' Collection. 
 
 ffab. Xova Scotia. Unknown to me ; similar to M cyanea. 
 
 15. .ffi. cyanifrons. 
 
 yFschiia cyanifrons Selys' Collection. 
 
 Hah. Jamaica. Unknown to me ; similar to ^. confusa. 
 
 16. m. grandis! 
 
 .Eschna ynnulU LinnC. Selys, Revue Odonat. Eur. 131, 10 (with the 
 
 Fuscous ; liead luteous, front with a spot above, anteriorly, fus- 
 cous; thorax fulvous, the sides each, with two oblique, ;ellow 
 stripes, winch are bounded with fuscous; feet fulvous; abdomen 
 long, ecpuil behind the base inflated, then slightly narrowed, rufo- 
 fuscous, with lateral, divided, blue spots; appendages fuscous, 
 superior ones straight, foliaceous, carinated within, narrow at the 
 base, at the apex obtuse; the inferior one-half shorter, trian<^nlar 
 obtuse; wings flavescent, pterostigma small, fulvous; membranule 
 cinereous. i-^0_22 antecubitals; 12 posteubitals. 
 minim"''' '" '"'"""■ '^''"' ''^^'""'' ^^ '"'"''"• I'terostigma- 3,i 
 
 Hah Bergen Hill, Xew Jersey (Guex); I saw a single male. 
 It is also cuuimon in Europe and Asia. 
 
 liil 
 

 AESCIIXA. 
 
 127 
 
 17. ^. adnexa! 
 
 yEsclina adnexa Hagen! 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with green; labrum pale, fuscous anteriorly; 
 front anteriorly blue, above yellowish-green, with a broader T spot, 
 and an ante-ocular band, black ; tliorax bright green, dorsum with 
 a divided, middle fascia, and a lateral spot, the sides with two ob- 
 lique streaks, all badly terminated, fuscous ; feet black ; abdomen 
 a little narrowed at base, fuscous, the second segment with a medial 
 and apical fascia, the third segment with a dorsal line, which is 
 triangularly dilated upon the middle and apex, and the sides green? 
 (the other segments are destroyed) ; wings hyaline, pterostigma 
 moderate; brownish-black, membranule black. Male. 19 ante- 
 cubitals; 10 postcubitals. 
 
 Length 60? millim. Alar expanse 8T millim. Pterostigma 4 
 milliin. 
 
 Hub. Cuba (Poey). 
 
 Is it J2. cyanifrons Selys ? I have only examined a single 
 mutilated specimen. 
 
 18. .ffi. virens ! 
 
 Aeschna virens Ramb. Neuropt. 193, 3. 
 
 Green, spotted with fuscous ; labrum black anteriorly ; head 
 green, above with a T spot, and a narrow band before the eyes 
 black ; thorax bright green, sutures fuscous ; feet black, anterior 
 femora beneath yellowish ; abdomen long, equal, a little narrowed 
 behind the somewhat inflated base, green, spotted with fuscous, 
 first segment green posteriorly, segments 2 to 8 green, with four 
 fuscous, quadrangular spots, upon segments 2 to 4 they are smaller; 
 segment 3 has the spots linear, basal ; apical segments fuscous ; 
 appendages black, superior ones straight, foliaceous, obtuse; the 
 inferior appendage one-half shorter, triangular, acute (of the female 
 destroyed), wings hyaline, of the female, subflavescent posteriorly, 
 pterostigma elongated, brownish-black; membranule brownish- 
 gray. 20— 24 antecubitals; 12 — 13 postcubitals. 
 
 Length 84 millim. Alar expanse 118 millim. Pterostigma 
 5 — 6 millim. 
 
 Jlah. Cuba (Poey) ; St. Cruz de Bolivia (Rambur) ; Venezuela. 
 
 I have examined one female from the Island of Cuba ; nor am 
 I altogether certain, whether the male described from Yeuezuela 
 
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128 
 
 nki)I{(»i'ti:ha ov noiitii amkiuca. 
 
 rk 
 
 "•'""AH li.'iv; i( is ,..Mn.,.,..|y lik,. i,, i,^- ;„ f,,, „„|,,,,il.il„Is its 
 oi.K Hrrnst,,-,,,,, i(s ol.s.M.n. meinhra,.,.!,. „„,! i,,s |,v„ii„, wi,',.rs 
 1 |...ss,vss hy„ (■...nnlrs (Von, « 'ul.u (( Wy), wlm-l, a,,, u I'iltlo sn.all.T- 
 tl"- '".S..S o( nil tl... win,-s nr. Ilavos..,.,.! ; in all ,1„. ,,,st llu-y agree 
 CMtirriywilI, ||,,.,|,,s,.ni,li,,n..l\/.^./m,,s. i:,„„lH„.. ^ ^ 
 
 10. .ffi. iiigoiiB! 
 
 Aisr/iihi iii,/,iis l!;mil>. N..nr(i|it. 1|)'J |. 
 
 <"'••<•'''-. N'otini uill, rnscons; Inhrnm hlack anteriorly ; I.ea.l 
 ^nvn.,ul.ovo with uT spot, an.llasHu helor. t ho oyos black • 
 
 •'--•"<:' ''HMlu.rax IWons. witlM. Kreen strijUMwh side; si.],.; 
 K-ven. .HI, an oi,li.,ne, narrow, fnseous stripe; IWt, l,la..k, anterior 
 
 ;;'";"■'' '"" '7-^""'; "'"'-"h. ion. Kra.lnally narrowing poste- 
 
 ;;.V. ;".;•" ^^ '-•"■y .mrrowe.l l.Hnnd .he base, In,' eons, 
 
 """luHl w,i. gr..,„, „,, n,,,, ,,.^„„,,,, ^„.,,^.„ posteriorly, the seeon.l 
 
 K.oen with a transverse. Inseons faseia at the apex, Ihe followin-^ 
 
 onos nscons. w„h a .'.orsal, interrupted line, a n.iddle (aseia, trian"- 
 
 •!^ '"'"'^ ''"\^"'' "" -^1 f'-i", "-,d the sides with a b.'oa.ler 
 
 ...tn-rnpted laseia, green ; ,h. last s.gn.ent Inseons, with two greo,; 
 N'ots; appendages Inseons; superior ones <.r ,ho n.aie lontr, 'folia- 
 ••^'<.us.stra,gi,t,obtnse; the inCeri.n- one half as lon,^ trian,.-uhir 
 |-..-. .Lose of the len.ale eMrenu-ly long, laneeola,;, the^i 
 Moa.ler, belore the apex slightly narrowe.i. snbacnte ; wings hya- 
 
 1"HN of the fenndo (laveseen, a, base, pterostignu Ion., I^lv . 
 
 •"-•'•-.nde gray, o.) an.eenbi.als ; 12 postcnbitals. ' 
 
 l-n.g-th 1..,. nullim. Alar o.xpan.so llO-Io,, „,il|i„, r,,,,. 
 stigma 5 indlini. 
 
 //.'/'. St. John's Kiver, near l,ako Harney, Florida (Osteu 
 '^aeken ; Norton) ; Cnba ; United .States (Selysj. 
 
 20. ^. heros ! 
 
 J.sr/nu, luros Vnh. V.niom. Sy.t. Suppl. 2sr.. -R..„nb. ! Neuropt. 104 4 - 
 A,sc/„ui muUirinrta Say, .louni. Ar;ul. IM.ihul. VIII, D, 1. 
 
 I'^.seons, marked with yellowish-green ; front obsenre Inteous 
 above Inseons each side with a yellowish-grcen spot; oeeipnt of 
 <'^;; ';'"';>''• »'""1; thorax ruse,M>s, dorsnn, eaeh side with a stripe 
 wlneh IS angniated at the wings, and the sides with two oliiioue 
 stripes, green; IV., blaek, base of the fen,ora snbrufons; abdomen 
 long, stont, hardly broader at base, fnseons, the base, middle and 
 
 

 AEHCIINA. 
 
 129 
 
 iipcx, of tlin Hc^niiciitH, with a Hultinlorriipted, narrow, prcon fascia; 
 !il)|)cii(lu}j,os l)la •'•• siil)ar(;uale(l, tlic base narrower, a tubercle be- 
 neatii, tlio apex carinated, truncated, inner ed|j,t! villosc ; inferior 
 appendage one-balf the ienf,'tli of the KUperior, narrow, almost 
 ('(pnd, the apex obtusely truncated, sometimes almost bilid ; ap- 
 pendages of the female Ijroad, ovate, foliaceous ; wings liyaline, 
 sul)llaves(;ent in the middle, the apex sometimes infuscated, i)tero- 
 stigma long, narrow, fidvous ; niendjranulo wlute ; twonty-fivc an- 
 tecubituls; sixteen postcubitals. 
 
 Length 85— !)(; nulliin. vMar expanse 108 — 120millim. Ptero- 
 stignni f) — iidllim. 
 
 Hub. Indiiina (Say) ; Massachusetts (Harris) ; New York 
 (Calvcrly); N. Jersey (Quex) ; Maryland (Uhier) ; 'I'ennessce 
 (Saussure) ; Waterville ; Mobile; Florida, Lake Harney (Ostcu 
 Sacken) ; liouisiana (Sehaum) ; Mexico (llambur). 
 
 21. 2C brevlfrona ! 
 
 yl'schna linrij'roiis Ilagon. 
 
 Fuscous, varied with bhie; liead lutcous in front, varied with 
 fuscous; front short, broad, aljovo with a T sjjot in the middle, the 
 root of which is triangularly dilated, black, surrounded with a yel- 
 low margin; thorax with tlie dorsum hiteous, a sliort, fuscous 
 streak each sUh; the sides ))luc, obscurely varied witli white and 
 lilack; feet yellow, beneath, knees, and tlic tarsi, black; abdomen 
 iidlated at base, nigr'-fuscous, the segments witli middle triangular 
 spots and oval apical ones, blue; segment 2 has a transverse, me- 
 dial, blue line, each side, bounded by black; segment 10 (J*) has 
 the apex rounded, blue, a small, elevated tooth at base, and a 
 black spot each side; superior r.npendagcs foliaceous, fuscous, 
 narrower at base; the inferior one luteous, broad, triangular, a 
 lit le shorter than the superiors; appendages of the female short, 
 foliaceous, fuscous; wings hyaline, pterostignia short, fuscous; 
 twelve antccubitals; ten postcubitals. 
 
 Ijeiigth 07 niillim. Alar expanse 01 millim. Ptcrostlgma 2^ 
 niiilim. 
 
 Hub. Acapulco, Mexico ; Valparaiso. 
 
 22. iE. pentacantha ! 
 
 yEschna pnilacanllia Rami). ! Neuropt. 208, 22. 
 
 Varied rufous and green; front produced; face yellow, subcx- 
 9 
 
 Ai-' 
 
130 
 
 NEUaoPTERA OP NORTn AMERICA. 
 
 m 'm 
 
 cavatc,], the finpcrior mnrgi,, honn-lod hy rnfons- the fronf n 
 above, margined with ,oIlo.. the ha.e rufi fusZ'; ,.;,:": 
 - o-n.scou, dorsum each side with an arcuated st i ,: i , ' ^ 
 with two, proon ones; feet Idaek, femora partly rufous' 11 
 Jong, sensil.ly narrowinjr posteriorly rnfo f. ' "'" 
 
 m^on (the n.arki„..s oCnLT ^' "^^■'^"''•«"«' «l'«tted with 
 short, narrow. 2 t 71 ex'.lTr''/ ,'''" "'"'' ^"'"'•''"^ «"- 
 tci; the inf.ior e ittls, ''-'^•«"'' «>"iq-'eiy trunca- 
 
 f-ubitals ; nineteen postciibitals "^*'" 
 
 ___.I.c,„.„ ,3 .nilli.. .Uar e.v„„„3e 102 .„„,„. i,„„„,^,„„ 3^ 
 
 ^"/a Xew Orleans (Schanm). 
 
 23. m. basalls. 
 
 yEnc/ma basalis Selys' Collection. 
 Hub. Canada. Unknown to nie. 
 
 24. iE. quadrifauttata \ 
 
 circled v."-H. luscons- foot l.,. "", > "^'^ '1''^'^'' '^''''^''^ "''e ei.- 
 
 .P,>e....«ge» f,„v„„, «,e =., '.no/oj^ ^^^ ''^-P"^^ 
 Use ,„,n„,ver, a.,d bccail, will, „ small oof! ,T/' ° 
 pendage vcy short, tn-a„.-„lar bro.Z M? ' '"r<-'"»r q.- 
 wiU. falvoas veins aid a l,:,U il™, ti, ?,:' T" """'""' 
 Wed, l..oros.ig,„a s„,a|,, ,e,i„., ., n,:,;:!; , , ' ..II^'^"";; 
 antecnbitals ; nineteen posteuhitals ' "^"^^ 
 
 Ss'Sr"-"^ """■'"• '^'--P-0 85n,i,li.. i,_,^„„ 
 
 ("'s:z?;i;^,„,S';^i:;,*'--^"«-^was„i„gto„ 
 
OYNACANTIIA. 
 
 131 
 
 26. X. furcillata. 
 
 yEschna fiirrillnin Sny, Joiir. Acad. Phllad. VIII, IT), 7 diptaranlhit 
 
 fjuadrijida Ramb. ! Ntniroijt. 20|t, 1. 
 
 Vfiriod nriToii mid fnsoons ; face ycllowf^li, Ijcnentli obsoletol}' 
 spotted, filiovo with a soiiiewluit T-sliapod miirlc, which is dihitcd 
 at Imse, bhu'k ; thoriix pubescent, green, dorsum nifo-fuscons, witli 
 two green strijics each side, the superior ones being trnnsverso, nnd 
 short ; the sides with a fascia composed of three spots, blade ; ab- 
 domen h)nir, o)iin(h-ical, indatcd at tlie base, and then narrowed ; 
 varied witli black and green, the basal spots larger; superior ap- 
 pendages long, foliaceoua, subincurved, with a basal and medial 
 tubercle beneath; the inferior appendage short, bifurcated, tho 
 l)ranches diverging ; wings hyaline, pterostigma short, broad, ipiad- 
 rangular; memi)runule sub-obscure. {^ . From the descriptions 
 of Kambur and Say.) 
 
 Size of Lihellulu ferruymea Ramb. ; but longer. Length 55 ? 
 millim. 
 
 lldb. North America (collection of dc Selys Longchamps) ; Mas- 
 sachusetts (Say). 
 
 OYNACANTHA Ramii. 
 
 AVings, with the anal angle of the posteriors, in the males, acute ; 
 second segment of the abdomen auriculated ; last segment of the 
 female spinous beneath. 
 
 1. Gyn. trifida ! 
 
 GijHdcaiitlia irijida Ramli. Nonropt. 210, 3.— Selys, Poey Ins. Cuba, 459. 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with green ; head obsoletely green in front, 
 above with a T spot, black ; thorax fuscous, dorsum each side with 
 a cuneiform, green striiic; sides green, with two oblique, fuscous 
 lines ; feet nifo-fuscous, tarsi l)lack ; abdomen long, slender at the 
 base, inllated, then narrowed fuscous, nearly all the segments with 
 spots upon the middle, and two at apex, green ; appendages fus- 
 cous, supeiior ones of tlie male, slender, the base narrow, eultriform, 
 the apex acute, subaduncate, interiorly ciliated ; the inferior one 
 very short, triangular, obtuse ; those of the female very long, foli- 
 aceous, tuuards the apex broader, obtuse ; the last segment pro- 
 duced beneath, with three si)ines ; wings hyaline, the base, in the 
 
'l. 11 
 
 1^ 
 
 • i 
 
 '•''•^ NKHIKincilA (i|.' Nuimi AMKItl.A. 
 
 •....Irs. sul.|lav..sn.nl. ,,l..rosliKnm nMul.Tul... fusrous ; ninHnM, an- 
 Ifciiliiliils ; Iwclvi- |Mi,s|ciiliilalH. 
 
 I'<'>'K<Ih;o tOmillim. A h.r rvpans.- S| ;.,. ,„illi,„ ivro 
 HliKiima.J millim. ' ""*' 
 
 //.»/'. riil.i" (I'o.'v); .liiiiiui,.,, ; Mni/.il. 
 
 This s|K-di.s niiKmlrs in llorks .lurinK ll.o rarly part of nmrng 
 
 y Oyn. aoptlmn. 
 
 <.'//M.i,-,i////,,i s,i>lim,i HolvM, I'.my Ins. (*ul,;i, .JCO. 
 
 Similar lo (ho p.vmlin.u;, l.navni.sh-oliv,., Iho rxln-niity of tl,„ 
 In.ntulih u tnmsvorso, obsoloir, fusrous spot; r,...|, pah/fmnLM- 
 •'ons; win^s hyalino. or a lit, in inlnMalnl (a.l.iil); ph.rosti.nn.v 
 
 '■:;""''■;'':"■'' '■"•^'•'""*! "'" ■ >• «ilh u ,s„,all, .MuuUu.I aurirlo 
 
 (.J-tuoth,..l u. (;,/„. (n,i,{„). appnuh.^rs, sup.riur onrs lonK sI.m.- 
 <I.T. anil..; Iho inferior one vrry shurl. ( Mai.. ; Iron, th.- .h'scrip- 
 lion ..I IV SHp l,onj;rhan.ps.) ()lu |i,,|, ...nallcr si/... ihan a,m 
 Infiilti. '' ■ 
 
 //o/i. .laniai.-a; l?ra/.il. 
 
 Not sntlicioully known to nii". 
 
 t«t 
 
 Tril.o III. I.llli:i.|,|:|4\,t. 
 
 Wi.ijrs i.no,p>aI; trian.ul.. of ih.. anterior win.^s ili.s.siniih.r; ante- 
 rior .uM.nital Imnn.l.. ol' th.. nu.I.. tV.... ; p.-nis an.l v.-.s!.!. ..onjoin.Hi; 
 .ivoniial organs o( (ho IVnnil.. nneovoroti. 
 
 Sul.-ranuiy \ . ('(>iM)r!,lN A. 
 Kyos witli !•. tubi-r.'!,. in th.> nii.idl... posti-riorlv. 
 
 MACROMIA Kami.ik. 
 Logs v..ry lonir; tarsal nn-iiionli l-ili,!, the brandu.s ...pial. 
 
 1. M. taenlolnta ! 
 
 .IA..VV,,,,., uu„ioL,U> K.,,nb. Nouropt. I,!:.. :^.-.l/,„.,„,„/„ vitti,;,ra IJamb 
 >ouioi>t. l-U'.4.--.)/,,,v,v;)M.-,N,-.'.. Kami.. Noiiioi.t. Ml,:.. 
 
 Obseiuv brassy-irroon ; nuMilii lutoons; front wiij, a fascia anto- 
 norly yollow. above exeavate.l, brassy-groen ; thorax brassv-n-een, 
 
 .v-f^r^-^s^ 
 
MACIIOMIA. 
 
 ! r.i 
 
 tlorHiiin ciicli siilc, ill rntiil, willi iiii ulinipl yellow siri[io, tiiid tli<> 
 sitJi'H willi nil ulilii|iir, tiii'diiil, yellow one; Feet bliiek; abdoiiicii 
 Idii^r, sIcmliT, hrowiiisli-liliick, Hcjriiiciil.s 2 — H (;ach Kiih' with u 
 (liirsiil, yt'llow spot; iippnuliitrcH hliick, tlii; superior ones cyliiidri- 
 etil, with II siiiiill lootli oiilsiile; tli(! iipieal half a little iiieiirved, 
 (lie npex iieiiie; llic inferior appendaj^e eipnd, trianj^iilar, narrow; 
 \viii'!;s liyaliiie, pli'rosti;riiia kimiiII, hiaek ; nienilirannhi eiiicireouH. 
 Mule. 'I'lie viilviir liiiniiia is Itilolied. ( |'\'niiile from llie descrip- 
 tion of Kiiiiiliiir.) Twenty iinteeiihilals ; nine posteuhilals ; one 
 diseoidal areolet. 
 
 lienf?lli Mr» millini. Alar expanse 110 tnillini. rterosti;;ma 4 
 iiiilliin. • 
 
 ll,ih. I'liiliidelpliia; Miirylaiul (IJIiler). 
 
 2. M. cingulntn. 
 
 Miiiroiiiia iliiijiiliihi Rainli. N(Miri>j)t. 1^7, 1. 
 
 Varied willi liliiek and yellow; nioiith yellow; laliiiim in the 
 middle, and niiirgiii of the lalirnm bluek; front excavated and black 
 superiorly; tlionix violet-bluish, eaeli side with three stripes, which 
 lire iint(«riorly abrupt, yellow ; abdomen with yellow bands supe- 
 riorly, wliieli lire iiiirrowcd; feet black; wings hyaline, a spot at 
 base and the iijiex broadly (lavescu-nt; ])terostigma small, riifo- 
 fiiscous. (Feiiuiie from the description of llamliur.) Antecubi- 
 tals — y postcnbilals — r' two diseoidal areolcts. 
 
 Ijcngth near r>0 niillim. Alar expanse near 85 millim. 
 
 I /((!>. North America. 
 
 8. M. annulata ! 
 
 Miicroiiiiii (tun III (ltd ll.'lgou ! 
 
 Fuscous, varied with yellow; mouth and front yellow, front ex- 
 cavated nliovc and yellow, with a median fuscous line; thorax fus- 
 cous, somewhat tiiifred with brassy-green, dorsum each side with a 
 little abrnided fascia, and the sides each with two oblique stripes, 
 yellow; feet black, base of the anterior femora yellow; abdomen 
 U)iig, slender, fuscous, segment 2 with a transverse fascia, segments 
 3 to 8 with a large, dorsal, quadrangular sjiot, yellow; appendages 
 fuscous, yellowish at base; the superior ones cylindrical, with a 
 tooth upon the external mithllc, the apical half sublncurvcd, the 
 apox obtuse; the inferior appendage yellowish, equal, triangular ; 
 the vulvar lamina short, excised; wings hyaline, the extreme base, 
 
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131 
 
 NKUIUd'TKRA OF .NORTH AMKltlCA. 
 
 '■"""■ '••'"^>1'-- nuvos^ent, plorosli-nna small, hla.U; n,..,nbmn„le 
 wlMUs nn.m.u.s; 1|_1,; anten.hilMls; S-O postcuhilals ; Uvo 
 cliscoidal iircolcts. , "»« 
 
 l-c'n,trll, ns Vi .nillim. Alar expanse 90-102 n.iliim. Ptcro- 
 s(i,ii-ina L>^ milliin. 
 
 -//'//'. J'ooos Kivcr, Arostcni Texas (Capt. ]>ope). 
 
 4. M. pacifica ! 
 
 ul/iirroiiiiii jKici/ifd llagon [ 
 
 _ F..s.;ous; ihorax Hiscoas, tin^e.l will, brassy-.,,.,.,, ,lo,.s,n„ oaeh 
 Mde w.lh a sti-ipe, and sides earl, wi,l, an ohiiqne slcipe, yellow • 
 "'••Inmen Inseons, spotted ui.l. yellow inl.a.-t ; feet blL-k abdo: 
 '"-K.i appendao.es blackish-f„sco„s, fl,e superior ones bn.ader at 
 |K.se,atouil,npon(heex.e,.,al .niddle ; tl.e basal half na.Towcr 
 
 U. m,er;wn.,s yah,, e, base or, l.e posterior ones s.d,rn,no;e; 
 l>>''>'.M,,u-n.a s,nall, blaelc ; ,ne,„b,-an„le whilish-einereons. Male 
 ^.xteenan.eenbitals; eleven pos.enbi.als; two diseoidal a,-eolets: 
 ^^^_I-cM.,utl. _/ null.,,,. Alar expanse S,; ,„illi,„. Pterostigiua 2J 
 
 //"/>. North .\,nerien, J>aeilie U. W. Snrvoy, Lat 38o 
 The spe,.i,„e„ is ve.y ,„,„.h n„„ilat,..l ; f saw nothi,,,. \n,t frao-. 
 i.KM„s, exeeptinn- (he win-s, feet, thon.x, and abdomen 
 
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 EPITHECA C 
 
 'AI!P. 
 
 TlH> (riandes will, t,-ansve,-se vei.s; hi„d ^uu^s of the ,nale with 
 llio anal an.de ronnded ; the aeeesso,;v memb.'anule lar-e. 
 E. piinceps ! 
 
 lM'.M-ou>; mouth and IVoni pale, labrun, yellow; tho.'ax lu(eo„. 
 .lorsum anterh.rly obsoletely fuseou:, the sides at the Ibet a U^'k 
 var.ed w„h luseons ; feet Inteo-Cnsc.ons, tibiae blaek, the antei^ior 
 o.H.s luteo-luseons exte-'ioi'ly ; abdou.en lono- ,],, ,,,,, ,•„„„,,,, ^j,^ 
 "1-v e.iual, luteous, the do,-sum obsoletely n,a,.ked with fuseons • 
 "I'lHM.daovs lon.u-, luseons, superior ones evliudrieal at base nar- 
 ;■""•- '"'■^''''^I ='t the apex, subineurved, obtuse ; the iufe.'ioi- oi 
 
 nfcons, s],o,le,s triangular ; vulvar la.nina Ion-,, bilobed ; wings 
 l'}.'liuo, base ol the anterior ones with a broad streak a lar-^e 
 
 1 1 
 
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 DIDYMOPS. 
 
 135 
 
 9.V 
 
 ti'ianp;ulai' bfisiil spot to tlie i)ostei'ior ones, a large fenestrated, 
 nodal spot, and tlie apices of all the wings brownish, pterostigina 
 siindl, 1)la('l<; meinbraniih! large, white, the apex brownish-cinereous. 
 
 Vor, The spots of the wings smaller, or almost wanting. 
 
 Eight antecubitals; 5 — ('» postcnbitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 03 uiillim. Alar ex[)anse 88 — 93 millim. Pterostigma 
 3 millim. 
 
 JJdb. Pecos River, AVestern Texas; Georgia (Abbot) ; Mary- 
 land. 
 
 A large si)cciinen (J*) from (ieorgia; has 12 millims. length; 
 alar expanse 1 02 millim., the fuscous spots of the wings are Ifi'oader 
 but it is hardly distinct. 
 
 DIDYMOPS n.VMiiUR. 
 
 Triangles with Iruisverse veins; tarsal nails bifid, liic branches 
 ccpial. 
 
 1. D. transversa! 
 
 JAhdlnla /niiisn rsa Say, .Touni. Acad. VITI, 10, 3. — Epniilifliali'iin rinna- 
 mniit'd lUirm. llandb. II, S4r), 2. — Dhlj/mops Scrcillii Ramb. ! Neu- 
 ropt. 142, 1. 
 
 ivufo-Cuseous, villous; front with a transverse, yellow fascia, 
 ab ne excavated, each side with a yellow spot ; thorax rufo-fuscous, 
 each side with an obli(pic, whitish siripe ; abdomen stout, almost 
 cylindrical, rufo-fuscous, the segments paler at base; appendages 
 short, fuscous; vulvar lamina truncatedly-cxcised, short; feet 
 rufous, tibia> yellow exteriorly, tarsi black; wings hyaline, veins 
 rufous, with a short, rufo-fuscous, basal, longitudinal spot, ptero- 
 stigma small, fulvous ; membranulc white, the apex cinereous. 
 (Female.) 
 
 Appendages of the male lanceolate, subnrcuated, the apex exte- 
 riorly suiidenticulatcd; thi; inferior apiiendage ecpud to the supe- 
 riors. (From the description of Say.) 
 
 10 — 13 antccidiitals; nine postcubilals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Ijcngth 55 millim. Alar expanse 15—80 millim. Pterostigma 
 2 millim. 
 
 lliih. Carolina (Zimmerman); "Washington (Osten Sacken) ; 
 Massachusetts (Say) ; Pennsylvania ^^Zicgler) ; Xew York (Asa 
 Fitch). 
 
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 136 
 
 NEtlROITERA OF NOUTII AMERICA. 
 
 2. D. obsoleta! 
 
 LM,. o,.o!etaS.y, Journ. Acad. Plnl.ad. VIH, 28, 17.-Z/J.//„/a no/y- 
 sfiria Burm.l Handb. 11, 850', f)3. '^ ''' 
 
 Testaceous, hairy ; mouth and front lutcous ; thorax tostaeeons 
 dorsum uuh a point each side, anteriorly, and the sides with a 
 spot upon the m.ddle, inferiorly, yellow ; abdomen long, the base 
 
 "flated,thc apex depressed, broad, testaceous; appel^es tes! 
 
 aceons, the superior ones long, the base cylindrical, tire apex 
 broader outwardly, incurved, subacute; the inferior one a little 
 shorter, tr.nngu ar; wings hyaline, the second series of antecubital 
 ve.ns banded wUh yellow, the hind wings with a fulvous spot a 
 
 bTad;.Srrf" '' '''''"' """"''^^""^^ '''-''^' ^'^--^p-^' 
 
 The female has the basal spot of the wings larger (Say ) 
 
 thenThr!"'f'n"'"'-'''' "'^'' P«^^^"^'^^^« 5 ^wo discoidal ureolets, 
 men three following. ' 
 
 ^Length 43 millim. Alar expanse 62 millim. Pterostigma 2} 
 Hah. Xew Orleans; Indiana; .Atassachusctts (Say). 
 
 CORDULIA Leach. 
 
 Anal angle of the posterior wings of the male, acute (body 
 brassy-green). ^ •' 
 
 1. C. filosa! 
 
 Cordulia filosa Hagen ! 
 
 Obscure brassy green ; labium luteous, labrum and front fuscous • 
 front above, and the vertex brassy-green ; thorax brassy-grecn' 
 the sHlcs, each, w.th two, obsolete, yellow lines ; feet black ; abdo-' 
 men long, slender, the base inflated, then becoming more slender 
 he apex a httle broader, the second segment inferiorly, with a 
 la teral,_lu eons spot; appendages black, the superior ones long 
 cyl.ndr.cal, arcuated, before the apex thicker, the apex recurved 
 ontwards the extreme apex unguiculated inside; the inferior ap- 
 pendage half the length of the superior ones, narrow, trian-ndar- 
 
 wingshyahne, pterostigmasmall, black ; membranule large, fu'scous' 
 paler inwardly ; anal angle of the posterior wings acute in the male.' 
 T ^ I^'.'.^l't antecubitals; six postcubitals; two discoidal areolets 
 ^^^_Length ot millim. Alar expanse 78 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 
 IMk Georgia (Abbot). 
 
CORDJJLIA. 
 
 137 
 
 i .'I 
 
 2. C. linearis ! 
 
 CorduUa linearis ITagen ! 
 
 Obscure brassy-green ; labium luteous ; labrum and front fus- 
 cous, the front above, and the vertex brassy-green ; thorax small, 
 brassy-green, tlie sides fuscous, with a suba;neous tinge ; feet black, 
 base of the anterior femora luteous ; abdomen very long, slender, 
 the base compressed, inflated, brownish-black, segments 2 — 8 with 
 a basal, obsolete, yellow spot each side ; appendages black, the 
 superior ones short, the base cylindrical, arcuated, a small tooth 
 externally, the ajjcx dilated, acutely bifid, before the apex is an- 
 other external tooth ; the inferior appendage a little shorter, tri- 
 angular, narrow; wings hyaline, pterostigma small, black; mem- 
 braiuile large, fuscous, the base pale; anal angle of the male acute; 
 nine antecubitals; 8 — 9 postcubitals; two discoidal arcolets. 
 
 Length GO millim. Alar expanse 92 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Louis. 
 
 3. C. tenebrosa. 
 
 Lihellula teneurosa Say, Journ. Acad. Philad. VIII, 19, 4. 
 
 Obscure brassy-green ; labium luteous ; labrum and front fus- 
 cous ; front brassy-green above ; vertex fuscous ; thorax brassy- 
 green, each side with two lines, and a point posteriorly, yellow ; 
 abdomen obscure brassy-green, the base inflated, then very slender, 
 behind the middle, fusiform ; superior appendages arcuated, a 
 tooth ujjon the middle superiorly, the apex abruptly incurved, 
 truncated; feet black; wings hyaline, pterostigma black; mem- 
 branule blackish, the base whitish ; interior, anal margin of the 
 posterior wings fulvo-fuscous. (From the description of Say.) 
 
 Length 51 millim. or larger. 
 
 Hub. Indiana. 
 
 4. C. bifurcata. 
 
 Cordulia bifurcata Selys' Collection. 
 
 Hub. Canada ; Nova Scotia. Unknown to me. 
 
 5. C. libera. 
 
 Cunlulia libera. Selys' CoUeotion. 
 
 Ilab. 'Canada. Unknown to me. 
 
138 
 
 NEUUOl'TEUA OF NlUlTlI AMKUICA. 
 
 
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 6. C. procera. 
 
 Conlnlia pmc, n, Sclys' (^,lll.,■ti()Il. 
 
 JM>. iXorlh Aiiiorica. Unknown to mo. 
 
 7. C. chalybea. 
 
 Cmliili., rhahih,a Solys' Collection. 
 
 Hub. iS'ovft 8coiia. Unknown to nic. 
 
 8. C. franklini. 
 
 Vordulia frail kl ill i HelyH' Collation. 
 
 Huh. Iln.lson's I]ay. Unknown to ine. 
 
 0. C. richardsonl. 
 
 ( ■oi-dnli,i rir/ianlsniii Sv]yH' ColUvtioii. 
 
 n.f/>. .Mm-kon/io IJiv,.,-; Labnulor. Unknown to me. 
 
 10. C. cingulata. 
 
 Conlnlia ci,i,,ulala S.'ly.s' rollcctioii. 
 
 Jlab. .Nowfoumlland. Unknown to mo. 
 
 11. C. tenebrica. 
 
 Canhilia I, II, lirira Si-lys' Colloetion. 
 
 Jhib. Xova Scoiia. Unknown to mo. 
 
 12. C. saturata. 
 
 Conlnlia s„/i,n,/a S,.lys' Colloction. 
 
 Jla/>. Xova Scotia. Unknown to mo. ' 
 
 13. C. albicincta ! 
 
 J-:p<'pIitlialiiiia albicincta Burm. ! Ilan.lb. 11, 847, 8. 
 
 i5ras.sy-,.roon. I.airy; labium L.toous, front inforioWv and at 
 
 sKlos. mtoons ahovo and vortox brassy-.roon ; ti.orax bright .roon- 
 
 'n...y; l.o, bh.ok ; abdomen .londor, at the ba«o inlktedr tl.en 
 
 uuloror, the apc^ e.nai, brassy-bh.ek, the base oaeh .ide, and 
 
 ht l...t se,.,UM,t a the apex, inteous; appendaj^es Idack, the snpe- 
 
 ones sho,., .,..1, straight, a basal tooth, and another 
 
 H n the nuddle beneath, apex trnneated, an internal nno-„ionln,s 
 
 uh .s a.vuated prodneed; inlVrior appendage tria-u^nlar, a 
 
 iHtle shorter; vulvar lamina bilobcd ; wings hyaline, 'antoWor 
 
COnOULIA. 
 
 189 
 
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 iiinrjfiii, ill I'le fomalcs, subflavoscont ; ptcrostigiiiii fiilvoiiH ; niein- 
 liruiiulo lar<>;€, fuscous, whitish at Uio base; anal aiijj^ic of the 
 iiiah^s subacute; 7 — 8 autccubituls ; 7 — 8 iiostculiitais ; two dis- 
 culdal arcolcts. 
 
 Length 48 milllin. Ahir expanse CG milllin. I'terostigma 3 
 millini. 
 
 JIub. Labrador. Is it not C frai)lc\lnil 
 
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 14. C. septentrionalis ! 
 
 ('iinliilid .11 iil( iilriiiiKili.'; Ilagon ! 
 
 Brassy-green, hairy; labium luteous; front brassy-green above, 
 cacli side with a yellow spot ; vertex brassy-green ; thorax brassy- 
 green, dorsum with ii s|)ot each side at the wings, and the sides 
 eacli witli two niacnlose stripes, yellow; feet black, anterior femora 
 yellowish at base; abdomen slcmh'r, behind the base iiiliated, tlieu 
 attenuated, with the apex e(pial, brassy-black, the l)ase each side, 
 obsoletely Inteoiis; the apex each side luteous, villose; append- 
 ages black, superior ones longer, subdepressed, straight, with a 
 larger, basal tooth beneath, and a smaller one upon the external 
 niiddle, internal, apical hook oblicpie, longer, the tip recurved; the 
 inferior appendiige half the length of the superiors, triangular; 
 vulvar lamina bilolied ; wings hyaline, the posterior nnes with a 
 small, basal, triangular, brownish-black spot, j)terostigma small, 
 fulvous; meinbrauulc large, fuscous, the base whitish; anal angle 
 of the males subacute ; seven antecubitals ; seven postcubitals ; 
 two discoidal areolcts. 
 
 Length 43 millim. Alar expanse CO millim. Pterostigina 2}j 
 millim. 
 
 Ifal), Ijabrador. Is it not 0. richanhoni? 
 
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 15. C. lateralis ! 
 
 J''j)('ji/il/iiiliin(i liifi rails Tiunii.! llniidb. II, S47, 7. JAh( UvJa cijnuaura Say, 
 ,I(Uir. Aiviil. I'hilad. VIII, ;!0, 11). 
 
 Fuscous; mouth and front luteous, above with an aiu, ocular, 
 narrow, black fascia; thorax luteo-l'uscons, with gray hair, sides 
 with an (>li>olete, yellow stripe ; feet black, anterior femora almost 
 entirely, and the base of the others luteous ; alxlomen depressed, 
 a little broadened, the liase indated, conipressetl ; brownish-black, 
 each side with a marginal, niacnlose, yellow stri[ie ; ajipendages 
 black, si'iperior ones long, cylindrical, obtuse, sub-arcualcd, tho 
 
If, 
 
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 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 ■''■' 
 
 
 
 140 
 
 NEUUOrTEUA OF NORTU AMERICA. 
 
 base narrovv ; inferior appendage sl.orter, triangular; vulvar lamin. 
 ongly b.fid; wings hyaline, posterior ones with a I. s t ea ' 
 tnangu ar basal spot, which is sometin.es larger, iZ i ^f ^o 
 P erost,g.a Inteous ; me.branule large, wluUsl^gra t^: 
 
 ^Length 35-41 millim. Alar expanse 58 milli.. Tterostigma 
 
 /A/i. .AFassachnsetts (Say); Philadelnhin • Olnn- t •• 
 Florida (Osten SaeK-en). ^ ""''^"-'I'l^'^^. Oh,o; Louisiana; 
 
 Does it belong to this genus ? Perhaps it is an BprUeca. 
 
 TETRAGONEURIA Selys. 
 
 Keticulatlon of the wings dense; anal angle of the posterior 
 wings of the male, rounded. 
 
 1. T. semiaquea ? 
 
 Raxnb. 1 Neuropt. 145. 2, (In pan!) ' ' ' ^^^'"''^ ^'""^'''""'« 
 _ Fnscous; mouth and front luteous; thorax luteoun, villose • the 
 
 C:; r ^^-T^J^-^^^^^ ^-t b,aek, ant^ior fl; 
 li. eou abdomen broad, depressed, short, brownish-black each 
 side with a marginal, maculose, yellow stripe; appenda's black 
 superior ones long, cylindrical, obtuse, the 'base 'narrow nS 
 one triangular, a little shorter; vulvar lamina longly bill 1 • win! 
 yal.ne, basal alf of the posteriors fuscous, subfenesLted ^ er°o 
 .gma small, luteous; membranule large, whitish; anal ngle of 
 
 «': -n-'^ "^'"""- ^'- -^--' ''-'' -^'^-- ^tero- 
 //«i. Savannah, Georgia ; South Carolina. 
 
 2. T. balteata ! 
 
 Tetranomuria halteata Hagen ! 
 
 basal point, and the front with a band at the eyes, fuscous • the 
 a^e vertex and the occiput, pale yellow; thorax luteov.s, v I'lo 
 the sides yellow, two obsolete stripes each side, and larger spots a 
 
 liilli 
 
 .'I 
 
PANTALA. 
 
 tlic base of the feet, blackish fuscous; feet black, base of the femora 
 lutcoHs; abdomen short, stout, triquetral, the base snbinflated, lu- 
 tcous, the incisures and the three apical segments, black ; append- 
 ages luteous; vulvar lamina short, subemarginate ; wings hyaline, 
 with luteous veins, the base with a fulvous spot, that of the ante- 
 rior wings small, pterostigma yellow; membranule cinereous. (Fe- 
 male.) Six antecubitals ; five postcubitals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 37 millim. Alar expanse fiS millim. Pterostigma 2 J 
 luillira. 
 
 JIab. Pecos River, Western Texas v^Capt. Pope). 
 
 Does it I jlong to this genus ? 
 
 3. T. diffinl3. 
 
 Tctragoneuria diffinh Selys' C.llection, 
 
 Hah. Xova Scotia. Unknown to me. 
 
 4. T. coatalis. 
 
 I'etiagoneuria costalis Selys' Collection. 
 
 Ilab. Georgia. Uukuowu to me. 
 
 Sub-T^am. VI. LIBELLULINA. 
 
 Eyes entire behind; beginning of the second scries of postcubi- 
 tal spaces with no transverse veins. 
 
 PANTALA IlAGEN. 
 
 Eyes connected in a long space; posterior lobe of the prothorax 
 small, entire; abdomen cylindrical, stout, the apex sensibly attenu- 
 ated, basal segments 2 — 4 with two transverse sutures ; feet long, 
 slender; base of the posterior wings triangularly dilated; ptero- 
 stigma small, trapezoidal; first sector of the triangle of the ante- 
 rior wings straight; triangles of the anterior wings narruw, long; 
 caudal appendages elongated; genital organs of the male a little 
 prominent, the anterior lamina bifid; internal branch of the liamule 
 uiiguiculated; no unguiculus to the external one; vulva disclosed, 
 the margin recurved, entire ; the following segment carinated be- 
 neath, and bituberculated. 
 
I) M 
 
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 142 
 
 NEUKOrTEHA OF NOUTII AMERICA. 
 
 1. P. flaveacens ! 
 
 Lih:lh,h,jlnr,,rn,s Kab.i Etit. S.vst. Snpi.l. ;2Sr),l,^-l!(; Soiys! I'oevjns. 
 Cuba, 443.— Lib. Hula riri,lul,i Jie.-uiv. Ins. Afr., et Aiucr. Ncur. (;!)| 
 pl. iii, %. 4. De.si'iiiit. do I'Hgypto, Nciuopt. |il. l,lii;. -1. K;„,i' 
 bill-! N.'uropt. 38, 10.— Lil„ /l„/a a„„lh JUmu.! llaiiilb? II, 8r)2'2'i 
 l.iMI,!,, tn-mimUs Bunu.l Ilandb. II, ,s52, 24.-/.//„//«/„ :^,ar2uii; 
 Dalo. Curtis, (iuide. I(i2, 5. Sely.s, Monog. Libdl. 3(j. Selys 
 Uevuo (les Odonat. :}22. ' 
 
 Testaceoiis-yollow ; nioulli, front iiiid vertex i)ale; feet black, 
 baso of tlie feiuom, and the tibia exteriorly, yellowish ; thorax with 
 black spots inferiorly; abdomen witii a dorsal, niaeidose, black 
 strii)e, which is often almost obsolete; appendages black, yellow- 
 ish at b.'ise; wings hyaline, aiud margin of the posterior ones tla- 
 vescent, apices of all the wii-gs sometimes a little fnmose, ptero- 
 stigma Inteons; niembrannle white; fourtoei. ..ntecubituls; seven 
 postcubitals; three discoida! areolets. 
 
 Length 4;!-52 millim. Alar expanse 7G— 91 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 3 millim. 
 
 Jlal>. It encircles the whole world; no other species occnpies so 
 many countries. Awcrira. Georgia; St. Louis; .Maryland (Uhlcr 
 rare and local); Cuba; .Martinique; St. Thomas {UO. terminali's 
 IJurm.); Venezuela; Surimim ; Para, Hrazil. 
 
 Asia. IJmico ; Sumatra ( /M>. Jhvcsrcns Fal).) ; Java {Hh. mm. 
 hsWnvm.)- Pondichery; Tran,p,el.ar; IJengal ; Mcobar Islands; 
 Ceylon; China; -lapan; Luzon; Kamtschatka. 
 
 Oreanica. Oahu; Poraliora; Tahiti; New South AVales. 
 
 Afri^x. Egyj.t ; Senegambia ; Sierra Leone ; Angola ; Owara • 
 Congo (/.//>. vlriduh, r.eauv.); Port Natal; Isle of Prar e 
 
 Europe } England, Horning (Dale) ; very likely an error. 
 
 2. P. hymencea! 
 
 Libillula lii/miHica Say, ,Iour. Acad. I'hilad. VIII, l!1, J. 
 
 Viridescent; mouth, front, and ve: .ox yellowish; feet black base 
 of the femora, and the tibia^ exteriorly, yellowish ; thorax each side 
 with two oblicp.o, pale lines ; abdomen with a mac.dose, dorsal 
 stripe, which is obsolete anteriorly, and the sutures, black; ap- 
 pendages green; wings hyaline; anal margin of the posterior ones 
 subllavescent, a round, fuscous spot, veined with yellow, before the 
 anal angle; ptcrostigma yellowish; membrane white; fourteen 
 
 1*. 
 
TIIAMEA. 
 
 143 
 
 
 niitccnbitals; seven postciibitals; four discoidnl nroolcts (only tlirco 
 at the triantrlo). 
 
 Iji'nj;;tli 47 uiillim. Alar cxj)anRo 88 niillim. I'terostignia 4 
 niilliin. 
 
 Hah. Indiana (Say); Pecos Iliver, Western Texas (Captain 
 Pope); Matamoras, Mexico. 
 
 TRAMEA IIaoen. 
 
 Eyes connected in a short s[)ace; posterior lohe of the i)rothorax 
 small, entire; abdomen stout, cylindrical, slightly carinated ; at- 
 tenuated at the apex, segments 3 and 4 with transverse sutnres ; 
 feet long, slender; base of the i)Osterior wings triangularly dilated ; 
 ptcrostignia small, trapezoidal ; first sector of the triangle of the 
 anterior wings, almost straight; triangle long, narrow; caudal 
 appendages very much elongated, slender ; genital organs of the 
 male a little prominent, anterior lamina recurved, entire, liamule 
 cylindrical, the external branch elongated, no internal branch ; 
 
 vulvar lamina large, bifid, obtected, the segment following sub- 
 carinatcd beneath. 
 
 1. T. Carolina! 
 
 lAbdlida Carolina LiniK't, rontnr. Insect. 28, ST) ; Anioen. Acad. VI, 441. 
 Syiit. Nat., eel. XII, 904, IT ; ed. XIII, V, 2024, 17. Dniiy, Ids. I, 
 113, pi. xxxviii, lig. 1. Fab. Syst. Ent. 424, 2:i ; Sp. Ins. I, ,'524, 
 30; Mantlss. Ins. I, 338, 33; Entom. Syst. II, 382, 41. Bunn. ! 
 llaiulb. II, 852, 2G. Say, Jour. Auad. I'liilad. VIII, 19, 2. Ramb. ! 
 Nouropt. 32, 1, Selys, Poey, lus. Cuba. 440. 
 
 Rufo-fuscous ; front superiorly, and vertex of the males brassy- 
 purple ; feet black, base of the femora rufous ; abdomen sometimes 
 [iruinose, the three apical segments with a broad, dorsal, black 
 band; superior appendages of the male black, the basal half ru- 
 fous, as long as the two apical segments ; the inferior appendage 
 reaching beyond the denticulated portion of the superiors ; hamule 
 not exceeding the genital lobe ; vulvar lamina shorter than the 
 segment u[)on which it lies, excised within; wings hyaline; base 
 of the anterior ones hardly yellow, posterior ones with the basal 
 third fuscous, veined with yellow, the middle of the anal margin 
 having a hyaline spot ; pterostigma small, fuscous ; uiembrauule 
 
 Ml 
 
!l 
 
 rr-!'- 
 
 r 
 
 .1 r 
 
 *^* NEIJIIOITKHA (»!•" NOIITII AMKUICA, 
 
 wliito; Iwolvo rnleeiihilivls; Hcvni poHtcul.ituls ; four discoidul 
 
 Lnislli 52 iiiillini. Aim- cxpanso DO inilliin. I'terostiKiiiiv 3 
 niilliiii. 
 
 //ol>. Carolin.,- .N.v, .I..rs(7; aoor^ria; VUmi\i; Cuba; Gun- 
 • Iclonpc; St. TlioiiiiiH ; tho specimens from tlic Antilles wliieli I 
 saw woro very luuoli niutilatetl ; tlu-y may perhaps beloiii? (o T 
 omista. 
 
 2. T. ohinensis 1 
 
 lAbfllulii vhinniHin Do (Jeor, Amu. Ill, r.5ti ; pi. XXVF, llj;. 1. Itunn. 
 llau.lb. II, .snu, :!7. J.ih.llula rin/lni,, lUmh. ! Nouropt. 'M, 2. 
 
 nufo-inscoiis; front abovo, and tlio apex of the vortex, brassy- 
 purple; feet blaek ; abdomen bavin- tlio (bree apioal seKniienl. 
 with a dorsal, broad, bla.-lc I)an(l ; Miperior appeiHl;ijr,.s „nb(! nude 
 
 binek, as Umbras the three apieulse-ments; inferior appenda-esliorl 
 acute, roachinfr beyond the deiiticuhited portion of the superiors' 
 bamnh< lonp:iy excoedinp the jrenital lobe; vulvar lamina shorter 
 than the se},'nient upon which it lies, excised within; winj^s hyaline 
 the superior ones yellow at base; basal fourth of the i)osteri.)r ones 
 fuscous, veined with yellow, not attaininir the anterior niar^iM sur- 
 rounded will, yellow; the ana' mar-in with u large yellowish hyaline 
 spot upon the mi.ldle ; pferosti-ma small, fuscous; mend.rannle 
 white; twchoanteeubitals; niue i.osteubituls ; four diseoidal are- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 5:5 millim. Alar expanse 104 miUim. I'terosliLnna 3 
 niillim. ° 
 
 JIah. China (De (ieer); Madras (Hurra.); Caroline (Vienna 
 Museum); A'irginia (Kambur). 
 
 3. T. onuBta ! 
 
 Inimta oniisla Ilagen. 
 
 Very much like 7'. Carolina, but smaller ; dilfers, in having front 
 and vertex hardly obscurer; the s.iperior appenda-es <.f the mnle 
 a little longer ; the inferior appendaM- just reaching to the denti- 
 culated portion of the superiors, the hainule long, excee.lin- the 
 genual lobe ; the vulvar lamina of the same length as the segment 
 "Pou which it lies; base of the poster! r wings less dilated, the 
 basal, fuscous spot smaller, not attaining to the anterior mar-in of 
 
 
 I 
 
 the wing, divided m front, and irregular exteriorly, the anal mar- 
 
 lU 
 
 
TRAMEA. 
 
 145 
 
 with a larpc, liynlino spot; tlio jitorostipfnia Imijrcr; twelve anto- 
 riil»it(il,s; iiirio jiostciiliitalH; four iliscditlal areolcts. 
 
 Lciijrtli i:]— 41 inilliin. Alar expanse 78—90 inillim. I'tcro- 
 sli.Lrn M .'! inilliiii. 
 
 J lab. I'oeos I liver, Wtntern Texas (Caj)!. roj)c); Matamoras, 
 jSIcxico. 
 
 I iiossi'fis males with the fiiscouH Rpot of the wiiif,'s almost lil<e 
 tliiil (if 7'. caroVnui, hut lliey are not a dilTiTent species. 
 
 I liavc a fi'inale from North America i* very much mutilated, 
 without head or abdomen, of tlio size of T. onusta, but ihc wings 
 are narrower, t lie basal spot of the wings small and entire. I'er- 
 liaps it is a did'crent species. 
 
 4. T. lacerata ! 
 
 'I'rameii Inverala Ilagen 1 
 
 IJrownish-blacK labrnm black (J'), or margined with black (9); 
 fiicc lurid, front superiorly shining violet, vei'tex shining violet ( J' ), 
 or yellow in front (V); thora.v with a violet tinge; base of the 
 abdomen sometimes pruinose, the seventh segmeiit above with a 
 quadriitigular, yellowish-green rpot (J"), or with double lines upon 
 segments 2 to 5. i -placed upon segments C and 7 by a large, (juad- 
 rangulur, posteriorly narrowed spot, yellowish-green; feet black; 
 superi'>r appendages very long, slender; hamulo short, not reach- 
 ing as far as tnc genital lobe ; vulvar lamina half the length of the 
 segment upon which it lies, excised within and at the apex ; ante- 
 rior wings with two fuscous, basal spots, posterior wings with a 
 broad, basal, fuscous band, which is ragged exteriorly, and very 
 deeply emarginated interiorly; pti lostigma long, brownish-bhick ; 
 membranule snow-white; ten antecubitals; nine pos' ubitals; four 
 (liseoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 44 — 4',) millim. Alar expanse 84—94 miliim. Ptero- 
 stigniii 4 millim. 
 
 Ifab. Pecos Piver, Western Texas (Capt. Pope); Matamoras, 
 Mexico; Mar} ul (Uhler). 
 
 . fc! 
 
 5. T. abdominalis ! 
 
 Libi'Ihtla alidomiiialis RamL. ! Neuropt. 37, 8. — Lilnllula basalts Seljs! 
 Poey, Ins. Cuba, 441. 
 
 Pufo-fascous, front and vertex rufo-fuscous ; feet black; three 
 apical segments of the abdomen with a black, dorsal fascia ; supe- 
 10 
 
 
11 
 
 ill 
 
 ;^' 
 
 146 
 
 NEUnorTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 rior oppoiKlnRcs of the male fuscous, rufous at base, as long as tlie 
 two iii)k'al segments ; tlic inferior appendage extending a little 
 further lliun the dentieulated portion of the superiors ; hiunulo 
 exceeding the geiutal lobe; vulvar luiniini as long as the segment 
 upon which It is placed, excised; posterior wings with a narrow 
 fuscous band, veined with yellow, not attaining the anterior mar- 
 gin ; the anal margin with a very snudl hyaline spot; pterostigma 
 short, brownish-black; uiembraniile white; twelve anteeubitals ; 
 ten postcubitals ; four discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 4G millim. Alar expanse 86 millim. Pterostigma 2i 
 mlllim. 
 
 Hub. Mexico; Guadeloupe; Cuba(Poey). 
 
 6. T. insularis! 
 
 Tramia insularis IlagenI 
 
 Rufo-fuscous ; middle of the labrum, front above, and the apex 
 of the vertex, brassy-purple ; feet lilack, base of the femora rufous; 
 the two anteapicul segments of the abdomen aliove with a black 
 band ; superior appendages of the male long, rufo-fuscous, the base 
 rufous, us long as the three apical segments of the abdomen ; infe- 
 rior appendage short, reaching a little beyond the denticulated 
 portion of the superiors; hamulc shorter tiian the genital lobe; 
 vulvar lamina of the length of the segment upon which it lies, 
 excised, rounded at the apex; wings partly veined with rufous, the 
 posterior ones with a narrow, fuscous band at base, which is veined 
 with yellow, and does not attain to the anterior margin; the anal 
 margin with an oblong, hyaline spot; pterostigma short, fulvous; 
 meml)ranule white ; twelve anteeubitals ; nine postcubitals ; four 
 discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 45 millim. Alar expanse 80 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim. 
 
 JJtib. Cuba (Poey). 
 
 7. T. simplex! 
 
 Lilii Hula simplex Ramb. 
 452. 
 
 Neuropt. 121, 128. Selys, Poey Ins. Cuba, 
 
 Rufo-fuscous; front and vertex brassy-purple; thorax pruinose 
 above (adult male), the sides obscurely marked with black ; feet 
 nigro-fiiscous, base of the femora rufescent ; three apical segments 
 of the abdomen above with a black band ; superior appendages 
 
 I 
 
CELITIIEMIS. 
 
 147 
 
 of tlio miilo lianlly ns lon^r ns the two ai)ical si'gments of tlio abdo- 
 men, l)luck, tlio l)tiso Imidly riifoiis; the inferior appendiiffo ex- 
 temlinj,' beyond tlie detiticuliited portion of the suporiors; huniido 
 sliorler timn tlio genilul lobe; vulvar liiinina extremely .short, 
 excised ; wings with rufous veins, the posterior ones with a nar- 
 row, fuscous, anal band, veined with yellow, not attaining to tlio 
 front tnargiii, tlio anal margin with an ubiong, hyaline spot; ptc- 
 rustigma short, iiigro-fiiscous ; niemijranulo white; 8 — 10 ante- 
 eubituls; 7 — 8 postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 38 millim. Alar expanibO 70 uiillim. rterostigiua 2 
 millim. 
 
 Jhib. Cuba (Poey) ; Tampico, Mexico (Saussure). 
 
 The specimen described by llainbur is smaller, and may be dis- 
 tinct. Lib. marcella Selys 1. c. from l^razil, is of the same size us 
 the specimens described by me ; perhaps the same species. 
 
 CELITHEMIS IIaoen. 
 
 Eyes connected in a short space ; posterior lobo of the prothorax 
 broad, excised in the middle ; abdomen shorter than the wings, 
 slender, compressed, trigonal, the base a little thicker, segments 2 
 and 3 with transverse sutures; foot long, slender; base of the 
 posterior wings a little dilated; pterostigma oblong, long; the 
 first sector of the triangle sinuatcd; triangle broad; caudal ap- 
 pendages short ; genital organs of the male hardly prominent ; 
 liamwle two-parted; vulva disclosed, the segment following it 
 carinated beneath, bituberculated. 
 
 1. C. eponlna! 
 
 Lihdinia vimnna Prurv, Ins. II, ^-Q; pi. xlvii, fig. 2. Fab. Ent. Syst. 
 II, 382, 39. Coijuf bert, Icon. 27, pi. vii, fig. 1, Bunn. llaudb. II, 
 S-IG, 30. Ramb. Neuropt. 45, 20. Selys ! Poey Ins. Cuba, 442. Oliv. 
 Enc. Mi'tli. VII, S72, 19. Say, Jour. Acad. Pliilad. VIII, 24, 11.— 
 Librlhiln Camilla Ramb.! Neuropt. 40, 21.— Libtllula lucilla Raiub.l 
 Neuropt. 46, 22. 
 
 Reddish-yellow; labium pale; thorax yellow, with a medial, 
 fuscous stripe anteriorly ; the sides with two lines, and a third, 
 intormcdiate, abrupt one, brassy-black; feet black, base of the 
 femora yelluwish ; abdomen yellow, dorsum each side with a 
 
]48 
 
 ^'EUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 broad, longitudinal, black stripe, beneath pale; superior append- 
 ages of the male short, yellow ; inferior one triangular, acute, a 
 little shorter than the superiors ; vulva uncovered, the margin re- 
 curved, excised in the middle; wings yellowish, veined with yel- 
 low ; anterior ones with a basal spot, two bands and the apex, 
 posterior ones with a basal double spot, two bands, the internal 
 one mostly divided, and the apex, fusco-rufous ; pterostigma fiil- 
 vous or yellow ; membranule white ; ten antecubitals ; nine post- 
 cubitals ; five discoidal areolets, or an irregular number. 
 
 Length 40 millim. Alar expanse Y4 millim. Pterostigma 4 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Boston; Maryland (Uhler) ; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; 
 Kentucky; Carolina; Indiana; Georgia; St. Louis; Xew Orleans; 
 Pensacola: Cuba. 
 
 ■ tt 
 
 llJil- 
 
 \% 
 
 2. C. superba! 
 
 Celilhi mis siiprrba Hageii ! 
 
 Black; mouth and front black, front obsoletely yellow above- 
 thorax black, dorsum scabrous, each side obsoletely marblod with 
 yellow; feet black, exteriorly lineated with yellow; abdomen 
 black, the middle segments each side with an oblique, obsolete, 
 yellow line; appendages black; vulvar lamina erect, triangular, 
 excavated, acute; wings hyaline, abroad, fenestrated, middle band, 
 the apical margin narrowly, dentated posteriorly, fuscous ; ante- 
 cubital veins of the second space marked with fuscous, triangles 
 with a fuscous spot, which is smaller upon the anterior wings, and 
 the posterior wings with a basal, fuscous spot at the hind margin ; 
 pterostigma large, fuscous, the exterior half white, surrounded 
 with fuscous ; membranule white ; ten antecubitals ; six postcubi- 
 tals ; 3 — 4 discoidal areolets, at the triangle 4 or 5. 
 
 Length 34—37 millim. Alar expanse G2— G6 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 4^ millim. 
 
 Hub. Oaxaca, Mexico (Collection of Sommer) ; a male from 
 Tampico (Saussure). 
 
 The fuscous bands and spots are broader in the male. A pecu- 
 liar and most beautiful species; it differs from C. cponina, in 
 having the posterior lobe of the prothorax small, rounded, the 
 triangle narrow, the base of the hind wings not dilated. 
 
PLATHEMIS. 
 
 149 
 
 PLATHEMIS IlAOEN. 
 
 Eyes connected in a short space ; posterior lobe of the pro- 
 thorax small, entire; the abdomen short, broad, depressed; the 
 ;egs stout, short; pterostigma long, oblong; the first sector of the 
 tnangle sinuated ; the triangle narrow, long ; caudal appendages 
 short ; genital organs of the male rather prominent ; the first ab- 
 dominal segment, beneath, with a large, prominent fork ; vulva 
 disclosed, the segment following it excavated in the middle, bitu- 
 berculated ; the eighth segment in the female dilated at the sides. 
 
 1, P. trimaculata ! 
 
 Libcllula trimaculata De Geer, Mem. Ill, 556, 2; pi. xxvi, fig. 23. Fab. 
 Ent. Syst. 11, 374, 5. Burm.! Ilandb. II, 8G1, 78. Ramb.! Neiiropt. 
 52, 28.— LilHllnla li/din Drury, Ins. I, 112 ; pi. xlvii, fig. 4. Say 
 Jour. Acad. Philad. VIII, 20, 5. (Male.) 
 
 Rufosccnt; thorax each side with two oblique, yellowish stripes; 
 al)doii- n of the male pruinose, female with lateral oblique, yellow 
 spots, margined with fuscous; feet blade, base of the femora rufes- 
 cent; wings hyaline, a basal, longitudinal stripe, which is margined 
 iiiferiorly with lacteous on the posterior wings, and a very !)road 
 band upon tlic middle (^f ), or with the basal stripe, a spot upon 
 the middle anteriorly, and the apex (9), fuscous; pterostigma 
 fuscous ; mcmbranule white ; twelve antecubitals ; nine posteubi- 
 tals ; four discoidnl areolets. 
 
 Length 40 millim. Alar expanse 70 millim. Pterostigma 5 
 millim. 
 
 J/ah. It is found from iSIaine to Florida, and f''ora Texas to 
 Minnesota; also in Xorth California. A common species. 
 
 2. P. siibornata! 
 
 riatliiiuis subiirnata Hagenl 
 
 IJrownish-black, thorax with a stripe each side above, and the 
 sides with two very oblitpie yellow stripes ; feet black; abdomen 
 with a broad, maculose stripe each side, on the dorsum and broader 
 ones on the venter, yellow (in the male it is wanting towards the 
 a]i('x) ; wings hyaline, a basal, fenestrated streak, and two angulose 
 bands, the one nodal, the other pterostigmatical, fuscous; ptero- 
 
 
150 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 stigiiifi narrow, fnscous ; mcinbramile wliite. Tlie ailiilt male lias 
 the bands of the wini^s joined together with fulvous ; twelve ante- 
 cubitals ; nine postcubitals ; four discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 42 niillira. Alar cximnse 70 millira. Ptcrostignia 5 
 miliim. 
 
 Hab. Tecos River, Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 
 "An adult male, in ray collection (from the same locality), has 
 the tlujracic stripes wanting, and with merely yellowish sjiots at 
 the origin of the anterior legs ; the labium has a large, square, 
 blue-bhick, middle band, and the laljrum is entirely black, the 
 upper part of the front is blackish. A similar, mutilated male, is 
 in the Smithsonian Collection, labelled ' 8an Diego trip ' "— 
 Uhlcr. 
 
 LIBELLULA Li.vxil. 
 
 Eyes connected in a short space ; i)osterior Icbe of the pr 
 thorax small, entire ; abdomen stout, rotundo-triquetral, sensil)ly 
 narrowing posteriorly; feet long, stont; pterostigma oblong, large; 
 the first sector of the triangle sinuated; triangle narrow, long 
 appendages short; genital organs of the male hardly prominent 
 vulva disclosed, the segment following it carinated in the middle 
 and bituberculated. 
 
 •0- 
 
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 I 
 
 1. L. quadrimaculata : 
 
 Libillida fjunilnmaculata Liniie! Syst. Nat. ed. XII, DOl, 1. Fab. Burm. 
 Ramb. Selya, Revue des Odouat. 7, 2 (with synonomy).— Z,/i,//«/a 
 qnadripuHClaia Fab.! liutom. Syst. II, 375, ^>.—IJhdlula tcniarla Say, 
 % Jour. Acad. PLilad. VIII, 21, 7. 
 
 Reddish-yellow, villose; front pale, above terminated with black; 
 sides uf the thora:: yellowish, lineuted with black ; feet black ; ab- 
 domen attenuated at the aiiex, fuscous behind, the sides yellow ; 
 sujicrior api>endages of the male black, very long; wings at base 
 anteriorly, yellow, a costal spot and sometimes an apical one, the 
 posterior wings with a triangular spot at base, reddish-black, 
 veined with yellow ; pterostigma brownish-black ; membranule 
 white; sixteen antecubitals ; fourteen postcubitals ; lour discoidal 
 areolets. 
 
 Length 48 millira. Alar expanse 80 miliim. Pterostigma 4 
 luillim. 
 
LIBELLULA. 
 
 151 
 
 irah. Lake Michigan, Wisconsin. It migrates in immense flocks 
 (Dr. Hoy); Canada; Massachusetts (Scudder) ; Europe; Asia; 
 Siberia; Kamtschatka. 
 
 Conimon everywhere that it occurs. The male L. ternana Say, 
 from :\Iassachusctts, certainly ))elongs to this species. The female 
 of that species belongs to the following. 
 
 2, L. semlfaaclata! 
 
 Libillula scmifdsciafa Burm.! Handb. II, 8G2, 80.— Lib. macuhtta Ramb.l 
 Neuropt. 55, 2>l.—Libcllula temaria Say (9), .Journ. Acad. Pliilad. 
 VIII, 21, 7. 
 
 rvcddish-yellow, villose ; front lurid, above terminated with 
 black ; sides of the thorax obliquely twice marked with yellow ; feet 
 bhick, femora yellowish rufous: apex of the abdomen attenuated, 
 the dorsum with apical, triangular, fuscous spots, and lateral 
 brighter yellow ones; superior appendages of the male short, 
 blackish fuscous; base of the wings yellowish, a l)asal, longitudinal 
 stripe, which is sometimes double upon the posteriors, an abrupt 
 l)aud npon the middle and a pterostigmatical band, scmetimcs 
 also the apex fuscous; pterostigma large, rufo-fuscous; mcmbrp- 
 nule white; fourteen antecubitals; ten postcubitals; four, or sod.o- 
 times three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 37—45 millim. Alar expanse G6— 11 millini. Ttero- 
 stigma 5 millim. 
 
 Hab. Xew Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland (Uhlcr); Xew 
 York, Savannah, Georgia; Carolina, Florida (Ostcu Sackcn). 
 
 3. L. nodisticta! 
 
 Libellula nodkticta Hagen ! 
 
 Fulvous, clothed with white hair; front pale, brassy-fuscous 
 above, terminated with bhick; dorsum of the thorax incauous, each 
 side fuscous, sides pale with four sulphur spots ; feet l)hu'k, base 
 of the femora fuscous; apex of the al)domen attenuated, fulvous, 
 with a broad dorsal, black stripe ; appendages short, black; wings 
 hyaline, a basal fascia and a nodal poiut, black ; pterostigma nar- 
 row, black; membranule white. Male. 
 
 Thirteen antecubitals; nine postcubital«; four discoidal areolets. 
 
 TiCngth 41 millim. Alar expan.se 77 millim. Pterostigma 4 
 millim. 
 
 Jlnh. Mexico (Saussure). It is ali.t d to Lib. quadrlmaculata. 
 
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 NEUttOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 4. L. saturata ! 
 
 Libellula saturata Uhler, Proceed. Acad. Philad. 1857, 88, 4. 
 
 Reddish-yellow, villo^e ; feet rufous; abdomen stout, the apex 
 narrowed ; wings hyaline, the anterior margin and basal half yd- 
 lovv.sh-rufous; a basal streak, especially to the posteriors, fuseo- 
 rufous ; of the female hyaline, with the anterior margin flavescenf 
 pterostigma small, fulvous ; memln-anule black ; twenty-one ante- 
 cubitals ; fifteen postcubitals ; five discoidal areolets 
 miHim^'^ ^2 'P^"''"- ^1^^- e-^Pa"se 90 miilim. Pterostigma 5 
 
 Ilab GaUfovma, " 8an Diego trip," Mexico (Collection of 
 Hagen); Cordova; Tam^Dico (Saussure). 
 
 5. L. luctuosa! 
 
 LibcHula lucfuosa Burm.! Hand!,. II, 861, 7G.-Libenula Lasalis Say 
 Journ. Acad. Philad. VIII, 23, 10. ^ 
 
 Bro^-nish-black ; front dark metallic blue (adult male) ; thorax 
 with a dorsal yellow stripe, sides brown, marked with fuscous, or 
 brown.sh-black, pruinoso above (adult male); feet black, or with 
 the femora rufo-fuscous (?); abdomen brownish-black, dorsum 
 and venter each side, with a broad yellow stripe, or brownish- 
 black, prmnose above (adult male); appendages short, black; 
 wings hyal.no the basal half blackish-fuscous, the apex sometimes 
 clou, ed with fuscous, the middle band in the males broadly mar- 
 gined with milky-white ; pterostigma black ; membranule gray 
 
 Var. Hase of the anterior wings shortly or slightly blackish- 
 luscous, a basal streak blackish-fuscous, f. 
 ^^^15-19 antecubitals; 12-17 postcubitals ; four discoidal are- 
 
 Length 38-45 miilim. Alar expanse 73-84 miilim Ptero- 
 stigma 41 miilim. 
 
 //aS. Pennsylvania ; Xew Jersey; XewYork; Maryland (Uh- 
 ler) ; Chicago; Washington (Osten Sacken). 
 
 6. L. odiosa ! 
 
 Libidlnla odidsa Hagen ! 
 
 Entirely brassy-black, or, excepting the A-ont, medial thoracic 
 vitta. and each side of the abdomen, uhid, are yellow; base of 
 the .emora rufous (? tcncral) ; wings hyaline, the basal half fus- 
 
 
LIBELLULA. 
 
 153 
 
 cous, the 'TTimediate base paler; female with the apex of the wings 
 subiiifuscated ; pterostigma black ; nieuibmimlo gray ; cighteeu 
 aiitccul)itaLs ; fourteen postcubitals; five or four tliscoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 47 milUm. Alar expanse 85 milliru. Pterostigma 5 
 Millim. 
 
 Huh. Pecos River, Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 
 Hirallar to JJh. luctuosa, but the body is more rol)ust, the spot 
 at the base of the wings is clearer, or fenestrated. The wings of 
 the female are also a little narrower. 
 
 7. L. Julia! 
 
 Libdhda Julia Uliler! Proc. Acad. I'liilad. 1857, 88, 5. 
 
 Fuscous, villose ; front lurid ; thorax gray above, each side 
 nigro-fuseous, the sides brown; feet black, base of the femoia 
 rufous ; apex of the abdouien attenuated, apex of the dorsum fus- 
 cous, ti\e sides with yello vish spots ; appendages short, yellowish- 
 rufous; wings hyaline, a small line at base, and a triangular spot 
 Ijehind the line at base, upon the posteriors, fuscous ; pterostigma 
 narrow, ft'scous ; membranule white. (Male.) 
 
 Fifteen antecubitals ; twelve postcubitals; three discoidal are- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 42 millim. Alar expanse 72 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Fort Steilacoom, Paget Sound, Washington Territory; 
 Wisconsin (Dr. Hoy). This is the >«'orth .' mericau analogue of 
 the European Lib. J'nha, and belongs to the same group ; the 
 colors are defaced by alcohol. 
 
 8. L. pulchella ! 
 
 Libvllula pulclu'lla Drury, Ins. I, 115 ; pi. xlviii, fig. o. Ramb.l Neuropt. 
 54, 30. Duncan, Iiitroduct. 2t)lL pi. xxix, tig. 2. — Libillula v( rstcolur 
 Fab.! Ent. Syst. II, 380, 29 % ; Syst. Eat. 423, 17; Sp. Ins. I, 523, 
 22; Mant. Ins. I, [V.n, 22.— Lib, Hula bi/asciula Fab.! Syst. Knt. 421, 
 3 9 ; Sp. Ils. I, 520, 3 ; Mant. Ins. I, 336, 3 ; Ent. Syst. II, 374, 4. 
 Burm.i Ilandb. II, 862, i^l ; Blanch. Hist. Ins. 58, 9. Say, Journ. 
 A<'ad. I'liilad. VIII, 20, a.— Libvllula coh/usu Uhlorl Proc. Acad. 
 Philad. 1857, 87, 3 (teneral). ' 
 
 Fuscous, villose; Uvrstim of the thorax grayish-fuscous, sides 
 with two oblique ;elli '^ marks; abdomen stout, the apex attenu- 
 ated, fuscous, each side with u yellow stripe, or pruiuose (^^ 
 adult); feet black, or with the base of the femora rufous (9); 
 
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154 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 Wings hyaline, a broad, basal, lunn-itiidinal stripe, an abrupt 
 medial band, and the apex, rufo-fuscous ; the males with two 
 alternate spots, and a spot at the anal angle of the posterior wings 
 mdky-white ; i)tcrostignm large, black ; niembranule white ; sLx- 
 teen antccubituls ; thirteen postoubitals ; four diseoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 48—52 millim. Alar expanse 80— 90 miUlni. Ptero- 
 stigma G niiilini. 
 
 Hub. New York; Xew Jersey; Philadelphia; Boston; IJalli- 
 raore(Uider); Texas; .'\nssisbippi (Edwards). 
 
 9. L. forensis ! 
 
 Libilhila forensis Hagen I 
 
 Eufo-fuscous, villose ; front lurid, above brassy-black; dorsum 
 of the thorax pruiuosc, Uic sides fuscous, each side binotatod with 
 yellow ; feel black ; abdumcu stout, the apex attenuated, rufous 
 tac ba.^0 i.ruinose, the apex fuscous, sides spotted with yellow' 
 venter fuscous, spotted with yellow; wings hyaline, a broad basal 
 stripe, and a broad nodal bund, rufo-fuscous; two alternating 
 spots, and the auul p;-! of the posteriors milky-white; ptcrostignil 
 moderate, black ; membranule white. JIale. 
 
 rouneenautecubltals; twehe pustcubitals ; four diseoidal are- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 47 millim. Alar expanse 78 millim. Pterosti"-ma 4 
 millim. ° 
 
 Mab. California (Berlin Museum), 
 
 10. L. deplanata ! 
 
 LibcUuhi drplanata Ramb.! Keuropt. 75, Gl.-Ubcllula cxusta Pay Jour. 
 Acad, riiilad. VIII, 20, 18. 
 
 Rufo-fuscous, villose; fror,t lutcons, vertex fuscous; the thorax 
 rufous in front, with two yellow stripes, margined exteriorly with 
 fuscous; feet fuscous; the abdomen short, triquetral, rufous, a 
 dorsal stripe and the margins and sutures l)lacki.-;h-fuscous ; wings 
 hyfiline, anterior ones with two lines at the base, posterior ones 
 with a triangular spot at baso, divided with yellow, rufo-fuscous; 
 pterostigma small, fulvous; membranule whitish; twelve antecu- 
 bitals; nine postcubitals ; throe discoidu' aroolcts. 
 
 Length S2 millim. Alar expanse 56 millim. Pterostiffma 3 
 millim. 
 
 I/"b. Georgia; Massachusetts (Say). I am not quite sure 
 whether it belongs to this geuus. 
 
LIBELLULA. 
 
 155 
 
 L. cxnsta Say, difTcrs in having twelve to thirteen postcubital 
 
 cross-nervules ; it may he a different species. 
 
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 (The females have the sides of the eighth abdominal segment dilated.) 
 
 Siiecies 11 — 17. 
 
 11. L. auripennis ! 
 
 Libcl'ula auripennh Bum.! Handb. 11, 8G1, IT.—Lihellula coatalis Ramb.! 
 Kfuropt. 59, 36. 
 
 rvcihlLsh-ycllow; thorax reel, or with a niiadic, dorsal yellow 
 stripe (teneral) ; feet reddish ; abdomen long-, slender, triquetral, 
 vcddish-yellow, a dorsal stripe, lost anteriorly, black ; wings sub- 
 fiiniose, veined with yellow; the anterior margin flavcscent ; the 
 aiiex sometimes infuscated ; pterost'gma large, yellow or red ; 
 inembranule black; 15—18 antecubitals ; 11—15 postcubitals ; 
 four discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 48— 5G millim. Alar expanse 1G— 85 millim. Ptero- 
 
 stigma G millim. 
 
 Ifab. New Jersey (Gucx) ; [Maryland (Uhler) ; New York; 
 Ohio; Savannah, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Florida 
 (Osten Siickcn). 
 
 12. L. incesta! 
 
 Libellula incesta Hagen ! 
 
 Black, pruinosc; labium lutcous, front superiorly, brassy-black; 
 sides of the thorax paler, pruinose, terminated inferiorly with 
 black; feet black, base of the femora fuscous; abdomen long, 
 taender, triciuctral, black, pruinosc ; wings hyaline, veined with 
 black, the apex hardly infuscated; pterostigma long, black; mem- 
 branulc cinereous. (]Mnle.) 
 
 Fifteen antecubitals; twelve postcubitals; three discoidal are- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 54 millim. Alar expanse 84 millim. Pterostigma 6 
 
 millim. 
 
 J!(d). Carolina (Zimmernmn). 
 
 13. L. lydia! 
 
 Lihrlluht India Drary, Ins. II, 8,5 ; pi. xlvii, fig. 1. Ramb. ! Neuropt. 
 5.'), 32 ; Oliv. Enc. Meth. VII, 570, S.—Libdlula leda Say, Jouru. 
 Acad. Philad. VIII, 22, 8, var. A. 
 Reddish-yellow; front whitish ; vertex, and labium in the mid- 
 
 
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 NKimoi'TKIlA OF NDKTir AMEUICA. 
 
 f' ';l;n-I< ; .lors.un cf (ho (Iu,rax rufcus, (I.c nuvlinn nnlcns yellow 
 
 I'O sulos ^nvc.M.sh-wl.ile, I,o.u.atl. l..nninal,..l will, hhrk ■ uU ,.,.' 
 
 lonK^ narrmv, lri.,uotml, yellow, tho Imso Kron.islMvI.it., u ,l„r..| 
 s .•ip.N an.l another eaeh si.lo at base, shorter, un.l the sutures 
 .'•^'•'^ ; appen,I.,,M.s l.laek ; feet hlaek, base of the femora yellow- 
 
 ^^/«/< Mai,: Thorax above, pruiiiose. 
 JJ-L'Oanteeubitals; 15-17 posteubitals ; four discoidal arc- 
 
 n mniiM."' ^"^-'^ ""'"'"• ^'''' '''"'"^^^ ''' '"■■"'"^- ^'t^-'-o^tignm 
 
 /A'/'. XtMv Orleans, Louisiana; Georgia; Virginia. 
 14. L. axillena ! 
 
 .lour. Ae;i,l. I'hil.ul. VIII, -!•, y. »«" n.i^, 
 
 no a.ul Uu-un. b .eic, car.,onareonsJVont nu.allie-biue aU^^^ 
 
 lu above n.e,aiK-bIue; tip of ,he vertex yellowish; feet 
 
 cK he base o the fen,oru hardly rufous; the dorsal ..ripe of 
 
 the abdomen reaeh u"' to (ho (].,.p.>v. .. . • ^ -i w ui 
 
 'uiin 10 tilt tlioi.ix; a sinpc Mjum tho anterior 
 
 iuseons. ' "'"'''' "'"■'"' "" "'^'"' '"^' P«orosti^„,a, blaeldsh- 
 
 stillu'l^'' ''~n' '""''"• ''''' ^^^'^"'^^ ^'^-^'^ '-'•'-• I'tero- 
 stigma () — 7 indlini. 
 
 J/a/.^ Georgia ; Now Orleans Louisiana; Flodda (Osten 
 1« it a variety of L. /i/diw^ 
 
 15. L. flavida ! 
 
 fMH'lMa jIarUh, Ranib.! Ntnm^pt. fiS, 35, 
 
 Keddish-yellow ; mouth, front and tip of the v. rtex, pale yellow • 
 
 Hl-ct ai, 3clIow; a dorsal stripe, another at base, eaeh side, and 
 sutures bro.ufsh-black ; the inferior appenda.c pale ; feet 
 black, anterior femora ycllowi.h beneath; wings hyaline the an 
 
LTIlKMiULA. 
 
 15T 
 
 rior ninrji;in flavcsocnt, the base hardly rufcsccnt, tlic apex sulj- 
 iiifiiscatod ; plorosligma largo, bicolored, yellow, exteriorly fuscous ; 
 iiienil)ramde gray. 
 
 Ai/iiff. Mdle. .Thorax and al»domcn lirownish-black, wings hardly 
 flavcsccnt anteriorly. 
 
 Fifteen anteenbitals ; eleven postcubitals ; four discoidal areolets. 
 
 liength 41S— ri2 niillim. Alar cxpanso 84— 88 niillim. Ptero- 
 slignui (! niilliin. 
 
 Jlitl). I'ecos llivcr. Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 
 16. L. quadrupla! 
 
 lAhrlhila iiuiulnipin Say, Jour. Acid. Pliilad. "VIII, 23, 9.—rjh<Ihtln 
 hisliijiiia Uhlor! Troc. Acad. I'liilad. IS.'iT, ST, 1. Adult mak'. 
 
 lleddish-ycllow ; mouth and front yellowish, vertex fuscous ; 
 thorax anteriorly rufous, the median sulcus yellowish ; sides pale 
 yellow, with an interrupted, oblique, fuscous stripe ; feet l.lr^ck, 
 l)asc of the femora luteous ; abdomen tritpietral, lutcous, with a 
 l)road dorsal stripe, anteriorly absent, ))rownish-l)hick ; wings hya- 
 line, the anterior margin, especially at the apex, flaveseent, the 
 base with a brownish-l)lack streak ; the apex sometimes inl'uscated ;- 
 ])terostigma large, broader in the middle, bicolored, yellow, exte- 
 riorly black; memltrannle black. 
 
 Jilii/t Milk. Thorax and al)domen nigro-fuscous, altogether 
 pruinose, mouth, front, and the vertex black, wings sometimes 
 hyaline anteriorly. 
 
 13—15 antecubitals ; 9—11 postculntals ; three discoidal are- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 40 — 4G millini. Alar expanse 10 — 16 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 5 millim. 
 
 Huh. Baltimore (Uhler) ; Massachusetts; New Jersey; Mary- 
 land. 
 
 May this not l)e Lib. cyanea Fab.? (compare South American 
 !Neuroptera.) 
 
 17. L. plumbea ! 
 
 J.ibrllula plumb, a Uhler I I'roc. Arad. Pliilad. IS:,7, 87, 2. 
 
 Ilufo-fuscous ; mouth and front brassy-black, margined with 
 yellow (J"), or luteo-fuscous (9); vertex fuscous; thorax in front 
 fuscous, iiruinosc (J"), or rufous, with the median s> Icus yellow- 
 ish (9), sides yellowish-white, with an interrupted, obli(ine, fuscous 
 
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 NKUIloi'TEnA OP NORTH AMEllICA. 
 
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 stripe; alxlomon tri(i>.otml, fuscous, imiinose, l.ni.atl. vclIowiM, ( .7 ) 
 or rufouH, a dorsal, l.rowMish-I.lack stripe, absent a'titeriorly ^>).' 
 feet l.Inck, femora partly rufescent ; wings l,yali„o, tl.e antcrio; 
 imirfTu. ont.rely flaveseent, a basal, not well tenninate.I, fnseons 
 -streak, ami the npex (i„ the female) also fuscous; pterosti-nna 
 largo, rufous ; membrauule whitish ; sixt,on nntecubitals ; twelve 
 postcubitals ; three (liscoidal ureolets. 
 
 Leuotl. U) niillira. Alar expanse 74 niillini. I'terosti-ma G 
 
 //"/'. nalliniore, :\Iuryland; New Jersey (Ulil.r) ; Carolina 
 
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 18. L. funereal 
 
 Lihellula funerea Ilagen I 
 
 MuhAJuh P.lack; mouth and front brassv-blark ; feet l,iack 
 .efour l-ostenortilme yellow exteriorly; abdomen slender, trione-' 
 tnil, black; the appendages yellow; wings blackish-fuscous • the 
 apex, nu.l base of the anterior ones hyaline ; pterostign.a large 
 bluek, mcMnbranule black. Tenernl nu,h and ,1. Jhnak ^wv.^. 
 ."g a yellow color, the mouth and front yellowish ; thorax yellow 
 .cdorsun. each side, infuscated ; feet lurid ; abdomen yeliowish' 
 he dorsum and sulcs ..ubinfuscated; the wings somewhat yellowish 
 l-e apex hya.ue, the apical margin infuscated; pterostign,,,, pale • 
 twelve an.ecub.tals ; ten postcubi.als ; three discuidal aPeolets ' 
 ^^_Leng,h 50 n.illim. Alar expanse 70 millim. I'terostigmu 
 
 Ii<(l>. ^Mexico. 
 19. L. umbrata! 
 
 Mdaumhrala Liu„e, Syst. Nat. 0O3, 13; Fab. Sy.st. Ent 4-'" 14- 
 Sp. Ins I, 522, IS ; Maut. I„s. I, .37, 1. ; Knt.'^yst. '"r ' •' 
 -•>« .„.,.. II, ,:,., 48. Ra,u.,. ! Neuro,t. 73, :l Se. . P,/ 
 Ins. (ul,a, 448.-/.7.7/„/„ unijusriam Do (ieer, M.-.n. Ill 5^ f.' 
 pl. XXVI, H.A.-Lih.ll,dafaH,u- lUirm. ! Ilan.ll) II 80S 4--, n" ' 
 >-.0.-/.A'//»/a sukn,riau, Burm.! Ilandb. II, ,,,, 4,; J,. ■,',;, i.^J^;;^^ 
 - llhda r,in,ruia UnnnA Ilan.ll.. II, Sf.O, 47 (male adult).-/ ! 
 MMa rural. Bnruul Ilandb. II, Sf.U. 4t. (lexuakO.-y.-,,//,,/ y/„;,. 
 ecu,, Kamb. ! Neiiropt. 87, 7U (female). "^ 
 
 M,/e /.nerai, and Female. Olivaceous, mouth and fVont (lave- 
 scent; dorsum of the thorax obsoletely varied with fuscous- feet 
 fuscous, femora partly yellowish; abdomen olivaceous, a d'orsal 
 Stripe, almost absent anteriorly, and the apex of segments 4-10 
 
I lUELLULA. 
 
 159 
 
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 brow 'i-hluek ; miiicndajjcs yellowisli ; wings liyaliiio, tlic apex 
 shI.Iu,- ous, l;iso of tlic posterior ones oelmiceoiis ; ptcroKtigma 
 lurgp, fulvous; mcmliniinilo fn>euiis. 
 
 Male Adult. ^hni\.\\ itiid mt stcol-bliio ; body nigro-fuseous, 
 til II violet tinge, i)ruinoso ; win-rs with a I)roa(l, blnckish-fuseons 
 band, b<'twcen the iiodiH ' "' -,'ma; i)terostigMiii hrownish- 
 
 blivek, the base of tli.- ;. ikh ones rufo-fii.scons ; the ii[)ex of 
 onoh, often hyaline; 11—13 antecubituls ; 9—12 ponteubitals ; 
 three diseoidnl 'vreolcts. 
 
 Lengths.^ 17 millim. Alar expanse 50— T2 niilliin. Ptero- 
 stigmii i — 5 millim, 
 
 Jluh. (Jeorgia (Abbot), a single male in llagen's collection; 
 ]\Iatamoras, Mexico, a single male in Hagen'a collection ; Cuba 
 (Tocy); Martiui(pic; St. Thomas; Harliadoes; I'orto Cabello, 
 Venezuela; Surinam, Kss l)o, Guiana; liahia, Ilio, Brazil; 
 Ibienos Ayres. An cxtreiiRij common species in tropical South 
 America. 
 
 
 20. L. angustipennis ! 
 
 LUhUhIh ,tiii/usiipnuii>s Ramb. Nenropt. (13,42; Selys, Poey Ins. Cuba, 
 
 p. 446. 
 Tellowish-rcd; front pale, steel-blue above ; thorax fuscous, dor- 
 sum with three lines, the sides with two stripes and two lines, yel- 
 low ; al)domcn triquetral, toward the apex imrrower, fuscous, 
 dorsum with three yellow streaks ; the female has the eighth seg- 
 ment dilated at the sides ; feet Idackisli-fuscous, the anterior fe- 
 mora yellowish beneatii ; wings hyaline, narrow, the apex subin- 
 fuscated; pterostigma long, fii>cous; merabranule cinereous; Gfteen 
 antccubitals ; ten postcul)itals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 4' millim. Alar expanse 08 millim. Pterosligma 4 
 millim. 
 
 JIab. Cuba (Poey). Does it belong to this genus ? 
 
 21. L. vibex! 
 
 Lit' Hula vibex llagen! 
 
 Urownish-black ; labium yellow, with a triangular spot in the 
 middle ; front yellowish, chalybeous above ; thorax Ijlack, dorsum 
 with a yellow stripe in the middle ; sides with two stripes, and two 
 lines, yellow ; feet black, anterior femora yellowish beneath ; abdo- 
 men tricpietrai, black, oieuder, almost equal, the base with a short, 
 

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 22. O. discolor ! 
 
 Lihellula discolor Burm. 1 Hand!,. H, gr.o ri r,., ,, , 
 
 Kufous or blue, pruinose (oA,ft „„fe), ]abi™ „,|„,|,|, f 
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 ^^J6_19antec„bitals; 13-15 postcubitals; thre; discoidal are- 
 
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 m^b Western Texas; Matamoras, Tampico, .Alexico • Cuba ■ 
 
 Mar.,,u S.„ Po.i ,« ; Gaada.onpe; ^ St.' TiraV; P 
 
 txuiana CInli ; Eqnador; Guayaquil; Rio. Minas Geraes Bahia 
 Pernambuco, Brazil. A most common species. ' 
 
 LEPTHEMIS Hagen. 
 Eyes very slightly connected; posterior lobe of the prothorax 
 large, bUobed ; abdomen long, almost longer than the wings, nar- 
 
LEPTIIEMIS. 
 
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 row, slender, equal, triquetral, the base vesicle-like, .compressed ; 
 feet long, stout ; the first sector of the triangle sinuated ; the tri- 
 angle narrow, short; appendages short ; male genital organs hardly 
 prominent ; the vulva obtected, the segment following it carinated 
 in the middle, bituberculated; the sides of the eighth segment of 
 the female entire. 
 
 1. Lep. vesiculosa! 
 
 Libelhila vesiculosa Fab. Syst. Ent. 421, 7 ; Sp. Ins. 1, 521, 9 ; Mant. Ins. 
 1,336,9: Entom. Syst. II, 377, 12. Burm.l Ilandb. II, 857, 54. 
 Ramb.l Neuropt. 50, 26. Selys! Poey, lus. Cuba, 443. Libellula 
 acuta Say, Jour. Acad. PLilad. VIII, 24, 12. 
 
 Yellowish-green ; head and thorax uniform in color; feet black; 
 femora yellowish-green, lineated above and below with black ; ab- 
 domen yellowish-green, the base immaculate, lineated and margined 
 with black, segments 3 to 6 with quadrangular, apical, blackish- 
 fuscous spots ; appendages yellowish ; wings narrow, hyaline, base 
 of the posterior ones subochraceous ; pterostigma long, yellowish; 
 raembranule black; sixteen antecubitals ; twelve postcubitals; three 
 discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 53 — 63 millim. Alar expanse 74 — 90 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 5 millim. 
 
 Hah. Matamoras, Mexico; Cuba; St. Domingo; St. Thomas; 
 Guiana ; Bahia, Rio, Pernambuco, Brazil. 
 
 
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 2. Lep. haematogastra ! 
 
 Libellula hasmnlogastra Burm. 1 Handb. II, 837, 55. 
 
 Bed ; labium yellowish, with a middle, black stripe ; front brassy- 
 fuscous (J*); feet black, the femora red within; abdomen red, or 
 with the sutures and the apex of the segments fuscous (9); ap- 
 pendages red ; wings hyaline, the base of the posterior ones with 
 a fuscous spot ; pterostigma red ; vulvar lamina triangular, re- 
 curved; 14- -15 antecubitals; twelve postcubitals; three discoidal 
 areolets. 
 
 Length 45 — 50 millim. Alar expanse 70 — 74 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 3^ — 4 millim. 
 
 Ifab. Georgia (Abbot; Zurich Museum); Surinam; Pernam- 
 buco, Brazil. 
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 3. Lep. verbenata! 
 
 L(]i//tanis nrhenala Ilagen ! 
 
 Luteous ; mouth fuscous, sides of tlie lalnum pale ; dorsuri of 
 the thorax hitcous, cuch side fuscous ; feet black, the femora partly 
 luteous ; abdomen luteous, the sutures and margins, the apex of 
 segments 4_to 1, and 8-9 entirely fuscous; appendages luteous- 
 vulvar lamina triangular, recurved; wings hyaline, the posterior 
 ones with a basal, fulvous spot, which is veined with fuscous • ptc- 
 rostigraa luteous ; membranule black. ' 
 
 Male Achtlt. Entirely blackish-fuscous, appendages luteou. ; 
 spot of the br,se of the posterior wings, blackish-fuscous 
 
 12-14 antccubitals; 10-12 postcubitals; three discoidal are- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 43—48 millim. Alar expanse CG-U millim Ttero- 
 stigma 4 millim. 
 
 Hah. Cuba (Poey); Porto Cabello, Venezuela; Surinam; Brazil. 
 DYTKEMIS Haoen. 
 
 Eyes connected in a short space ; posterior lobe of the protho-- 
 rax small, entire ; abdomen a little shorter than the wings, slender 
 triquetral, the base a little inflated, compressed, the apex a little 
 broadened; feet long, slender; the first sector of the triangle a 
 little sinuated; the triangle moderate, narrow ; appendages short; 
 genital organs a little prominent ; vulva disclosed, the lamina cmar' 
 guiated, the segment following it carinatcd, bituberculated ; sides 
 of the eighth segment of the female entire. 
 
 1. D. rufinervis ! 
 
 LibelMa n^nervis Bum.! Handb. 11, Sir., l^.-Lihellala conju.cta 
 Ramb.! Neuropt. 91, 84. Seljs ! Poey, Ins. Cuba, 444. 
 
 Pveddish-yellow ; mouth and front yellowish-red ; dorsum of the 
 thorax rufo-fuscous, or each side with an obsolete yellow line (?)• 
 sides yellowish, four-striped with black; feet black, or with the 
 femora partly luteous (?); abdomen slender, reddish-yellow the 
 incisures, a basal and lateral stripe, and a dorsal streak each'sid/ 
 upon segments 8 and 9, black ; appendages rufous ; wings hya- 
 line with red veins, the base yellowish, base of the posterior wings 
 with two fuscous streaks; pterostigma rufo-fuscous; membranule 
 
DYTHEMIS. 
 
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 Mack; fifteen antecnbitals ; 8 — 10 postcubitals ; three discoidal 
 areolcts. 
 
 Length 39 millira. Alar expanse G5 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. St, Domingo, Port au Prince ; Cuba (Poey). 
 
 2. D. veloz! 
 
 Dj/fhemis velox Hagen ! 
 
 Brownish-black ; labium and front yellowish-green ; thorax fus- 
 cous, subaeneuus, the dorsum with a middle line, a lateral one each 
 side, and a transverse one before the wings, yellow ; sides yellow, 
 with four fuscous stripes; feet black, anterior femora yellow be- 
 neath ; abdomen slender, the apex thicker, brownish-black, dorsum 
 of segments 1 — 7 each side with a greenish-yel'ow spot, that of 
 the seventh segment larger, those of the basal segments double, 
 the third segment each side yellowish-green; appendages black; 
 wings hyaline, the extreme base rufo-fuscous, the apex fuscous ; 
 the pterostigma black ; membranule black ; 14 — IG antecubitals ; 
 9 — 10 postcubitals; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 44 millim. Alar expanse 10 millim. Pterostigma, 4 
 millim. 
 
 Hal}. Pecos River, "Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 
 3. D. fugax! 
 
 Ihjthcmis fugax Hagen ! 
 
 Brownish-black ; mouth and front luteous ; thorax fuscous, or 
 the dorsum having each side a broader stripe, and transverse streak 
 before the wings, yellowish-green ; sides yellowish-green, with four 
 black stripes; feet black; abdomen slender, the apex stouter, 
 nigro-fuscous, dorsum of the second segment witli a trilobed spot, 
 segments 3 to 6 with a doable spot each side, and the seventh with 
 a larger spot each side, greenish-white ; segments 1 — T with a 
 greenish-white spot each side, laterally ; appendages black; wings 
 hyaline, the extreme apex sometimes infuscated, the base with a 
 large, fulvous spot, fenestrated with fuscous, aad including two 
 basal, brassy-fuscous streaks, upon all the wings ; pterostigma 
 black ; membranule whitish-gray ; 13 — 15 antecubitals ; 8 — 9 
 postcubitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 45 millim. Alar expanse tS millim. Pterostigma 4 
 millim. 
 
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 4. D. mendax! 
 
 Dytfwmis mendax Hagen ! 
 
 Blaekish-fuscous; iDouth and front pale yellow; thorax fuscous 
 dorsum each side with a fascia, which is broader at the winr^s an' 
 gnlose, greenish-white; sides greenish-white, with two oblique 
 approximate, fuscous stripes ; feet blacl< ; the anterior femora pale 
 beneath, abdomen slender, a little longer than the wings, the base 
 compressed, more inflated, the apex stouter; brownish-black seg- 
 ments .-7 with a double spot each side upon the dorsum, Jreen- 
 ish-wh.te, upon segments 4-6 it is almost linear, upon segment 1 
 posteriorly, a large dilated spot, the sides and venter spotted with 
 greemsh-white ; appendages black; wings hyaline, the posterior 
 ones tulvous at the extreme base ; pterostigma small, black ; mem- 
 brannle black; twelve autccubitals ; eight postcubitals ; two dis- 
 coidal areolets. 
 
 Length 55-60 millim. Alar expanse 76-86 millim. Ptero- 
 
 stigma 3 to ^ millim. 
 liab. Pecos Kiver, Western Texas (Capt. Pope) 
 I saw a female from Tampioo (Saussure) which had the head 
 
 ohalybeous above : is it different ? 
 
 5. D. praecox! 
 
 Dythemis praecox Hagen I 
 
 Fuscous; mouth pale, the front fusco-aeneous above; dorsum 
 he thorax fuscous, a green stripe ea.h side, which is broader 
 at tlie w.ngs, angulose ; the sides fuscous, three stripes, the middle 
 one interrupted, green ; feet black, the femora luteous in part • 
 abdomen slender a little longer than the wings, the base com-' 
 pressed, more inflated, the apex thicker; fuscous, dorsum each 
 side upon segments l_t, with a double, yellowish spot; upon 
 segmon s 4-6 the spots almost linear; upon segment sLven a 
 argor, broader spot posteriorly ; appendages black ; wings fusco- 
 fumose, nilvous at base; pterostigma small, black; membranule 
 blaclv. lemale. 
 
 Twelve airtecubitals ; seven postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
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 Ifal). Mexico (Collection of Hagen). 
 
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DYTIIEMIS. 
 
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 6. D. frontalis! 
 
 Libellula frontalis Bunn.I Ilandb. II, "^S?, 56 ; Selys 1 Poey, Ins. Cuba, 453. 
 
 Black, pruinose ; front white, above grecnish-ehalybeous ; thorax 
 pruinose, the dorsum with a yellowish spot each side, which is not 
 very clear; feet black, anterior femora pale inside ; abdomen slen- 
 der, a little shorter than the wings, black, segments 7 to 9 dilatedly 
 ovate ; appendages black ; wings hyaline ; pterostigma black ; 
 membranulc black ; Ofteen antccubitals ; postcubitals — ? three 
 discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 44 millim. Alar expanse T3 millim. Pterostigma 2i- 
 raillim. 
 
 llah. St. Domingo; Cuba (Collection of Dc SclysLongchamps). 
 
 7. D. pleurosticta ! 
 
 Libi'Uula pleurosticta Burm.l Handb. II, 849, 3.— Libellula cclaeno Selys ! 
 Pobj, Ina. Cuba, 454. 
 
 Brownish-black ; front whitish, chalybeous above ; thorax nigro- 
 fuscous, dorsum with a stripe each side, which is larger at the 
 wings, angulose, and an intermediate line, greenish-white ; sides 
 black, each with three larger spots and two smaller ones, greenish- 
 white ; feet blackish-brown ; abdomen of the length of the wings, 
 slender, almost equal, black, segments 1 — 8 (or 9 9) marked upon 
 the dorsum with a double, linear, greenish- white spot ; appendages 
 black ; wings hyaline, a basal small streak, almost absent in the 
 males, fuscous; base of the posterior wings a little fulvous ; ptero- 
 stigma black; membranulc cinereous; fourteen antccubitals ; 8 — 10 
 postcubitals ; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 43 millim. Alar expanse 59 — G4 millim. Pterostigma 
 2 millim. 
 
 Jfab. Cuba ; St. Domingo ; St. Thomas ; Brazil. 
 
 8. D. didyma ! 
 
 Libellula diilyma Selys. Poey, Ins. Cuba, 453. — Libellula iilnjne Ramb. 
 Neuropt. 121, 27. 
 
 Brownish-black ; mouth and front yellowish, front chalybeous 
 above ; thorax nigro-fuscous, dorsum each side, with an oblique 
 line, the intermediate sulcus, and a transverse line at the wings, 
 greenish-yellow; sides greenish-yellow, with three brassy-brown 
 stripes ; feet black, the anterior femora interiorly partly pale ; the 
 abdomen a little shorter than tlie wings, slender, broader before 
 
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 the npox, black, segments 1_G wltli a linear, yellowisli spot each 
 sulc, the base of the seventli with a larger, twin-spot, greenish- 
 yellow ; appendages blaciv ; hamules not prominent; wings hya- 
 bne, the extreme base fulvous; ptorostigma oblong, blackish- 
 brown ; nicnibranule black. 
 
 The female varies by having the abdominal spots larger. 
 9—11 antecubitals; seven postcubitals; two discoidal arcolets 
 Length 33—35 miUim. Alar expanse 57 millim. I'terostigma 
 2f millim. 
 
 ffub. (^,ba (Poey) ; .Afatamoras, Mexico ; Tampico (Saussure). 
 The Mexican specimens are larger, and the stripes and spots 
 are larger ; perhaps they constitute a distinct species. 
 
 0. D. dicrota ! 
 
 Dijthemis dicrota Hagen I 
 
 Brownish-black; mouth and front yellowish, front chalybcoas 
 above ; thorax black, dorsum each side with an oblique line the 
 intermediate sulcus and a transverse line at the wings, yellowish- 
 green ; sides greenish-yellow with two brassy-fuscous stripes; 
 feet black, the anterior femora beneath partly yellowish; abdomen 
 a httle shorter than the wings, slender, broader before the apex 
 l^lack, segments 1_G with a linear spot each side, the seventh 
 segment with a larger, basal yellowish twin-spc^ ; appendages 
 black ; hamules prominent, large, recurved ; wings hyaline, the 
 extreme base fulvous; i)terostigma oblong, fuscous, meml.ranulo 
 black; ten antecubitals; seven postculntals; two discoidal arco- 
 lets. 
 
 Length 33—36 millim. Alar expanse 53—57 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 3 millim. 
 JIub. Cuba (Poey). 
 
 10. D. pertinax! 
 
 Dyllumis pertinax Hcagen ! 
 
 Nigro-fuscous ; mouth and front pale yellow ; middle of the 
 labium l)lack ; front above and vertex chalybeous ; thorax blackish- 
 fuscous, the dorsum each side with a stripe, which is broader at 
 the wings, angulose, green; the sides nigro-fuscous, with two 
 obliquo, green stripes ; feet black, anterior femora at the base 
 beneath rufous ; abdomen slender, a little longer than the wings, 
 the base compressed, more inflated, the apex a little stouter; 
 
 
DYTHEMIS. 
 
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 l»l!iek, the base caeli side with a mnculose, green stripe, dorsum of 
 ilic seventh scgmcutcach side, with a lanceolate, long, green spot; 
 appendages black ; wings hyaline, the anterior margin at base 
 siibdavcscent ; pterostigraa small, black ; membrauule black. 
 Male. 
 
 Fifteen antccubitals; ten postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 54 millim. Alar expanse 8G millim. Pterostigma 2 
 millini. 
 
 lliih. ]\[exico (Vienna Museum). 
 
 Similar to Lihellala nubecula llambur, but certainly distinct. 
 
 11. D. aequalia ! 
 
 I>jiheuiis acijualifi Il.agen ! 
 
 Fuscous; mouth and front whitish-yellow; the vertex, and the 
 front above, chalybeous ; thorax brassy-fuscous, the dorsum each 
 side with an oblique streak, middle sulcus, and a transverse line 
 at the wings, yellow; the sides brassy-fuscous, with three broad, 
 irf^gular, yellow stripes ; feet black, the extreme base fuscous ; 
 ahdomen shorter than the wings, slender, broader before the apex, 
 tricpietral, brassy-fuscous, the base each side with a maculose 
 stripe, and the seventh segment each side with a large, cuneiform, 
 yellow si)ot; appendages black; anterior genital lamina each side 
 with a large, prominent auricle ; the haraule not prominent ; vulvar 
 lamina large, oval ; wings hyaline ; pterostigma oblong, black ; 
 mcrabranule black. 
 
 Adult Mdle. Tliorax and base of abdomen pruinose. 
 
 Female. Abdomen each side, with a broad, interrupted, yellow 
 stripe. 
 
 Eight antccubitals; six postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 28 millim. Alar expanse 4G millim. Pterostigma 2 
 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Cuba (Poey) ; Matamoras, Mexico. 
 
 12. D. naeva ! 
 
 Dijthi-mis xaeya llagen! 
 
 Brownish-black ; mouth and front black, with two yellow spots 
 each side ; frorit superiorly and the vertex, chalybeous ; thorax 
 black, subpruinose, a little clothed with cinereous hair; sides each 
 with oblique stripes, which are obsolete above, yellow; feet black; 
 abdomen shorter than the wings, slender, triquetral, hardly thicker 
 
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 NEUROITEUA OF NORTH AMEUICA. 
 
 
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 before tlic apex, l.lack, siibpruinoso, segments 2-7 each si c with 
 a larger yellowish spot, which is obsolete in tlio female ; uppond- 
 ages black; anterior lamina entire; hamules prominent hlack 
 furcated, the external branch largo, truncated; vulvar' lamina 
 largo, erect, triangular, excavated; wings hyaline; pterostigma 
 oUong, fuscous; membranule black; 7-10 antecubitals ; 6-7 
 postcui)itals ; two discoidal nreolels. 
 
 Length 30 millim. Alar expanse 48 millim. rtcrostitrma 2' 
 millim. ^ •' 
 
 JInb. Cuba (Poey). 
 
 13. D. debilia ! 
 
 Dythemis dehilis Hagon 1 
 
 Nigro-fuscous; mouth and front yellowish-white; vertex- and 
 the front above, ohalybeous ; thorax nigro-fuscous, clothed' with 
 cinereous hair, pruinose; the sides brassy-fuscous, obsoletely spot- 
 ted with yellow; feet ))lack, anterior femora pale beneath- abdo- 
 men shorter than the wings, slender, somewhat broader before the 
 apex, triquetral, black, the base pruinose, the seventh segment 
 each side with a lateral spot, which is long, triangular, segments 
 0-6 each side with a lateral line, yellowish ; appendages black • 
 anterior genital lamina each side with an impressed, flat, pyriforni 
 lobe; hamule not prominent; wings hyaline ; pterostigma oblon- 
 fuscous; mombranule l)lackish-gray. Adult male. 
 
 Six antecubitals; four postcubitals ; two discoidal areolcts 
 
 Length 24 millim. Alar cxjianse 37 millim. 
 millim. 
 
 Jluh. Cuba (Poey). 
 
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 ERYTHEMIS IIaoex. 
 Eyes connected in a short space ; posterior lobe of the pro- 
 thorax large, broad, ),ilobed ; abdomen a little shorter than the 
 wings, broad, depressed, the apex sensibly narrower ; feet long, 
 rather strong; first sector of the triangle a little sinuated; triangL' 
 moderate, narrow; caudal appendages short; genital organs hardly 
 prominent; vulva disclosed or obtected, the segment following it 
 a little carinated, bituberculated ; sides of the eighth abdominal 
 segment of the female not dilated. 
 
EUYTIIEMIS. 
 
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 1. H. furcata! 
 
 Erythvmis furcata Hagon 1 
 
 Ferruj^iiious ; front liitcoiig; feet black, femora rufo-fuscons; 
 superior apiiciidiif^^os of the male recurved, thicker at the apex; 
 tiie inferior api)en(hige sliort, (luadraiigulur, the apex foriied ; an- 
 terior genital lamina prominent, forked; vulva disclosed, the apex 
 of the lamina excised ; wings hyaline, Imse of the hind ones nar- 
 rowly orange ; pterostigma oblong, luteous ; membranule black ; 
 nine anteculiitals ; eight postcubitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 I-ength 40 luillini. Alar expanse tO uiillim. I'terostigma 4 
 mlllim. 
 
 Hah. Cuba (Osten Sackcn) ; Bahla, Brazil ; Tamplco, IMexico 
 (Saussure). 
 
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 2. E. bicolor! 
 
 Libi'Uuhi bicolor Erich.! Scliomburgk, Voyag. Guiaiia III. 
 
 J*. Mouth, front and vertex brassy-black; thorax blue-black, 
 subpruinose; abdomen ferruginous, the base black; ajjpendages 
 ferraginous; feet black; wings hyaline, base of the posterior ones 
 narrowly fuscous; jjterostigma luteous ; membranule black. 
 
 9. Luteo-testaceous ; Incisures of the abdomen black; feet 
 black, anterior femora luteous beneath ; vulvar lamina produced, 
 erect, acute, triangular; wings subfumose, the apex a little infus- 
 cated, the base of the posterior ones yellowish ; 12 — 14 antccubi- 
 tals ; 9 — lu jiostcubitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 40 miliim. Alar expanse 63 raillim. Pterostigma 3 
 millira. 
 
 Ilah. Choco, New Grenada (Schott) ; Surinam, Guiana; Brazil. 
 
 Is it dillercnt from Libellula peruviana llambur? 
 
 3. E. longipes ! 
 
 Enjthemis lonyipus Hagen ! 
 
 Kufous ; mouth rufo-fuscous, front chalybeous above ; thorax 
 villose, rufo-fuscous ; feet brownish-black, slender, very long ; ab- 
 domen longer, depressed, rufo-fuscous, the sides yellow; superior 
 appendages of the male rufo-fuscous, long, cylindrical, the apex 
 thicker, beneath upon the middle a little inflated ; the inferior 
 appendage triangular, acute ; vulvar lamina broad, excised in the 
 middle ; wings hyaline with red veins, the base of the posterior 
 
 
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 S-.) antcoul-.tuls; 0-7 poslcul-itals ; two .liscoi.lul .uvol-ts ' 
 ^Length 88 ...illi,,,. Alar oxi-unso CG .nilli.,,. I'tcrustigrnu .T 
 
 y/"/A Cul.ad'ooy); Minns Ocrucs, Rio Junoiru, Ura/.i!. 
 
 MESOTHEMIS IIaok.v. 
 Eyes con.ioctca in a short space; posterior lobe of the pro- 
 thorax InrKc Lroad, l.ilol.cl ; abdonu-n a littlo shorter than the 
 wings, narrow, tri-juetral, the Imsc compressed, somewhat broad- 
 cned before the upex; feet long, rather strong; the f.rst sector of 
 the trumglc sinuated; the triangle moderate, narrow; appendages 
 short ; genital organs not prominent ; vnlva obtected; sides of the 
 eighth segment of the female not diluted. 
 1. M. BimplicicoUis ! 
 Lib,llnla .nnrliclcollis Say, Journ. Acad. Philad. VIII, 28, 1.1. LiUlulu 
 
 •i-is. Lil„ Ihila macHlivcnlnx Ramb.! Neuropt. 87, 78 ( J ), 
 Yellowish ,...een; mouth and front yellowish, a narrow black 
 band before he eyes ; thorax yellowish-green, the sides inferiorly 
 varied wuh black; abdomen eon.pressed at base, v^siculose tri^ 
 q-etral, a little broader before the apex, yellowish-green,' the 
 ^sutu.-es and margins black, the segments 4-10 with a quadran- 
 guar, dorsal spot behind, black; the last segments son,etimes 
 atogeherblaek; venter obscure ; appendages yellow ; feet black 
 he anterior femora yellowish beneath; the vulvar lamina erect 
 
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 Adult Male. Thorax and abdomen blue-pruinose 
 ^Jl-12antecubitals; 9-12 pc^tcubitals ; three discoidal areo- 
 
 Length 41-45 millira. Alar expanse 60-70 rnillim. I'tero- 
 stigma 3.ir— 4 millim. 
 
 //«i. Indiana; Illinois; Massachusetts; I'hiladclpliia ; Xew 
 lork; ^ew Jersey; Savannah; Florida; New Orleans; J'ecos 
 R.ver, iex-as (Capt. Pope); Matamoras, lluastec (Saussure), 
 Mexico; Cuba. " 
 
 A common species. 
 
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 2. M, collocatal 
 
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 Ycllowisli-prceii ; mouth and frotit yellowish, ft narrow black 
 Imiid beforo tho '70s; lliornx ycllowiHl'-nrecn, (iorsiiiu with a black 
 spot ouch slile, the sides with throo obli(iiie linos, the middle one 
 iiitorrnpted, a spot iieliind, and some streaks at the feet, black; 
 feet black, anterior femora yellowish beneath; altdomen compressed 
 at base, vcsiculosc, tricpietral, the apex almost e(|uul, yollowish- 
 croon, the sutures and margins all banded with black; npi>ondapos 
 black; wings liyidine; plerosligma oblong, yellow; uieul)rauulo 
 black. Teneral male. 
 
 11 — 12 antccul)itals; nine postcul)itals; tlireo discoidal areo- 
 lets. 
 
 Length 43 millini. Alar expanse (iT millim. Pterostigma li 
 iLi 'im. 
 
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 3. M. corrupta ! 
 
 M< siitlti niis romijila Ilagon ! 
 
 Ijuteous; mouth, front and vertex yellowish; head robust; tho- 
 rax luteo-fuscous, clothed with white hairs; dorsum with a white 
 stripe each side ; sides each with two ol)liquo white stripes, and at 
 the feet a sulphureous spot, which is bounded inferiorly with fus- 
 cous; feet black, yellow aliovo, tarsi black; abdomen stoutish, the 
 liaso a little more rijliust, luteotis (with the teneral ones, whitish- 
 yellow); each side an arcuated fuscous stripe, dorsum with an 
 interrupted stripe, two ])oints upon the apical segments, and a 
 larger s[)ot upon the middle of segments 8 and 9, fuscous; an 
 interrupted, whitish, ventral stripe; aj)pcndagcs yellow; vulvar 
 lamina flat, the apex emarginatcd; wings hyaline, with yellow 
 veins; pterostigma oblong, yellow, fuscous in the middle; mem- 
 I)ranulc white; seven antecubitals; 6 — 7 postcubitals ; three dis- 
 coidal arcolets. 
 
 Length 37 — 43 millim. Alar expanse 58 — 64 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 3 millim. 
 
 JIab. Pecos River, Western Texas (Capt. Pope); 111 .ois (Ken- 
 nicott); ^latamoras, j\Iexico; Ajan, Sea of Ochotsk. 
 
 The adult male from Matamoras is obscurer, the pterostigmata 
 are uui-colored, luteo-fuscous. 
 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OF NOllTII AMERICA. 
 
 4. M. illota! 
 
 Mesothcmis illota Ilagen! 
 
 Luteous; month yellowish, front rufous above ; thora^: Intcon, 
 
 .tl, Intoons l,„ir, the sides c.oh mth two white spots at h ft ' 
 
 ..el, are ,n„rgi„ed hcncath with fnseous; feet luteous ; a 1 r/j 
 
 I o.,s, „,„,.nKl„ges rufous, wings hjaliae. veined wi h InteouT 
 
 th taso, and anterior margin „.: far as the nodus, Da^escenl , e 
 
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 Nine antccuhitals 
 
 seven postcul.itals; three discoidal areolots. 
 
 rterostigma 2i 
 
 Lengfb 3: millim. Alar expanse 56 millim 
 millim. 
 
 Hab. Xorth California ; Mexico 
 
 Iar'."M'"7'' '''"" ^'^'^° ^^^^ '' ^''''''''^' -'"'^'^ -''^^ - 'ittle 
 
 Z ' n "' ''^""'' ^"' ^2 "^'"""- ••-t''^ «''terior margin of 
 
 ho wings al flaveseent, n. basal streaks, the thorax upon eael o 
 
 be sulcs with two ob.ique white stripes; the feet blaeklsh-fuscous 
 
 IS it the same species ? ' 
 
 mf:!!''"f y//.a Ilagen, from Col.unbia, is very similar to J/. 
 t(/ota:-I am in doubt whether it is different. 
 
 5. M. atcala. 
 
 Librllula a/tula Selys. Poey, Ins. Cuba, p. 445. 
 
 obs!tt"''"r''''' '"'' '' '''' '''^^^"*^" '--''''^' "'"^ ^^orsnm with 
 obsolete rufous spots each side; feet blackish; wings hyaline 
 
 veined with black, anterior ones with a small, bas'al spo , u ,0 t o 
 posterior wings the spot is larger and produced illmist to the 
 origin 0. the tna.gle, fuscous ; pterostigma moderate, brownish- 
 olive (From the description of De Selys Longchamps.) 
 
 Fifteen antoeunitals; nine postcubitals; three discoidal areolets. 
 milTim ^^''' '-'^''"'^ ^^ '"""^- I't"'««tigma 3 
 
 Jiab. Cuba. 
 
 This is Libellula annulata Rambur, 73, C5, in part. 
 6. M. mithra. 
 
 i\europt. 7h, G5 (in part). 
 Very much like the preceding species, but the posterior wings 
 

 DIPLAX. 
 
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 are navrower, and the basal spot smaller. (From the description 
 of Dc Selys Longchn,mpa.) 
 
 Length 40 millim. Alar expanse 66 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Island of Martinique. 
 
 7. M. longipennla i 
 
 Lihellula h„cjipenms Burm. Handb. II, 850, 12. Libdhla soda Ramb. ! 
 Neuropt. 96, 94. Lihellula trmcaiula Ramb. Neuropt. 95, 92 ? 
 
 Fuscous ; mouth and front yellowish-white ; vertex, and front 
 superiorly, chalybeous ; thorax fuscous, clothed with luteous-hairs, 
 dorsum each side with a streak, and a transverse line at the wings^ 
 yellow; sides yellow, with three oblique, fuscous lines; abdomen 
 triquetral, short, sensibly attenuated; of the female, broader at 
 the apex, yellowish, dorsum with three broad, fuscous stripes, con- 
 fluent towards the apex; the last segment extremely short ; append- 
 ages black; abdomen of the adult male (more rarely of the female), 
 pruinose ; feet black ; wings hyaline, veins black, the base flaves- 
 cent ; of the adult male often dusky towards ihc apex ; posterior 
 wings of the male, with a double fuscous stieak at base; wings of 
 tlie female hardly flavescei t, with no basal streaks; pterostigma 
 fr'-ous; membranule black; six antecubitals ; six postcubitals ; 
 three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 35—44 railhm. Alar expanse 59—10 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 3 — 4 millim. 
 
 Huh. Maryland; Xcw York; Illinois; Pavannah, Dalton, 
 Georgia; Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; I'eeos Fuver, West- 
 ern l^exas (Capt. Pope) ; North California ; Matamoras, Mexico. 
 A common species. 
 
 Specimens from Western Texas have the thorax and abdomen 
 almost entirely brossy-black ; but they are not dillerent from the 
 others. 
 
 A i.iale from California has the thorax and abdomen very prui- 
 nose, <he extreme base of the wings only is flavesceut, and the 
 fuscous streaks arc almost absent. 
 
 DIPLAX CiiAKP. 
 
 Eyes connected in a short space ; posterior lobe of the prothorax 
 large, broad, bijobed ; abdomen a little shorter than the wings, 
 slender triquetral, the base compressed; feet long, slender; the 
 
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 NEUllOPTEUA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 13. 
 
 first sector of the trianj^lc simiateil ; triangle moderate, broad ; 
 caudal appcndaj-cs short; the genital organs not prominent; vulva 
 obteetcd ; the sides of the eighth segment in the female not di- 
 lated, 
 
 1. D. assimilata! 
 
 JJbcllula itssimilata Ulilerl Proc. Acad. Pliilad. ISf)?, 88, 6. 
 
 Yellowish ; mouth and front i)alc yellow, a narrow black band 
 before the eyes; dorsum of the thorax luteous, sides yellow; ab- 
 domen slender, the base comi)rc'sscd, inflated, yellowish, dorsum of 
 the first and second segments black at base, segments 4—9 each 
 side with a marginal, black stripe ; appendages yellowish, the in- 
 ferior one triangular, truncated at the apex and a little excised; 
 vulvar lamina short, narrow, almost (pmdrangular, inflated, bifid, 
 recurved at the apex ; feet black, the femora partly yellowish ; 
 wings hyaline, the base flavcscent, the basal half with the males 
 and sometimes with the females, flavescent ; pterostigraa short, 
 yellow, obscure in the middle, membranule white; 1— 1) antecubi- 
 tals ; fi — 8 i)ostcubitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length ;J3— 37 millira. Alar expanse 50— GO millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 2^ millim. 
 
 I/<il>. Flirt Union, Nebraska (Dr. Snckley) ; Illinois and Wis- 
 consin (KennicoU); St. Louis; AVashington ; Chicago (Osten 
 ^Sacken) ; rcnnsylvauia ; Maryland (Uhler). 
 
 It is very much like Di'phix Jlavcola Linn, of Europe. 
 
 2. D. madida ! 
 
 Dipla.r iiKidida Ilagen ! 
 
 Flavcscent; dorsum of the thorax luteous; the sides yellow, with 
 two of till' sutures black; abdomen yellowish, the two basal seg- 
 ments black at base; segments 3—5 each side with the lateral 
 margin and a lateral stripe, black; feet black, the anterior femora 
 yellow beneath; wings fumose, the anterior margin, and the base 
 of the posteriors, flavescci.t; pterostigiua long, narrow, yellow; 
 membranule white. Female. 
 
 Six antecubitals; six postculiitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length — ? Alar expanse 53 millim. I'terostigma 3 millim. 
 
 I/ab. Upper ^lissouri. 
 
 Described from a single, mutilated specimen ; the Lead, and apex 
 of the abdomen is destroyed. 
 
DIPLAX. 
 
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 Ptero- 
 
 3. D. coBtifera! 
 
 Libellulu custifera TJ^hler ! Msa. 
 
 Yellowish ; thorax densely covered with long whitish hairs ; 
 second segment of the abdomen with a dorsal, triangular, fu.scous 
 spot, the following segments having the lateral margin black; the 
 vulvar lamina short, truncated, excavated, a little erected ; feet 
 yellow ; wings hyaline, the anterior margin and immediate base, 
 flavcscent; pterostigma broadened, yellow; membranule white. 
 (Tencral female). Adult female :— sides of the thorax whitish- 
 yellow, with a black vestige upon the posterior suture ; the abdo- 
 men is a little pruinose beneath, the eighth and ninth segments 
 have an ill-defined, longitudinal, blank spot upon the middle ; the 
 femora have a black line exteriorly, and the tarsi are black. The 
 genital hamule of the male is bifid, the branches widely separated, 
 the posterior l>ranch elongately-triangular, at tip a little decurved, 
 the anterior branch shorter, very slender, strongly recurved, acnte 
 at the apex, the extreme point black ; genital lobe oblong, slightly 
 rounded at tip, hairy; denticles of the superior appendage sub- 
 equal ; inferior apjiendage but little shorter than the superiors, 
 triangular, rounded at the sides, emarginate at tip, and with a 
 minute denticle each side ; 7— 8 antecubitals ; 5— fi postculutals; 
 three discoidal areolets. 
 
 T.ength 3;")— 30 millira. Alar expanse 58^60 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 8 niillim. 
 
 JIab. Massachusetts (Scudder); New York (Edwards). 
 
 4. D. vicina ! 
 
 Diplax vicina Ilagen ! 
 
 Yellowish-red; front rufesccnt above, with a small, black ])and 
 before the eyes ; thorax and abdomen yellowish-red or altogether 
 yellowish (teneral); abdomen compressed at base, very much in- 
 flated beneath ; hamules longly l)ifid, the branches equal ; vulvar 
 lamina truncated, erect, excavated; feet yellowish-red; wings 
 hyaline, veins luteous, the extreme base flavcscent; pterostigma 
 oblong, luteous, broader in the middle; membranule whitish gray; 
 G— 7 antecubitals; six postcubitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 31— 3G millim. Alar expanse 4G— 52 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 2h millim. 
 
 Hah. ]5ergen Hill, New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Washington 
 (Osten Sackcn). 
 
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 NEUROPTKRA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 Similar to D costifem, but the base of the abdomen is more in- 
 flated, the pterostigma shorter and broader, the anterior margin of 
 the wings clear hyaline. Is it distinct ? May it not be a variety? 
 
 5. D, semicincta! 
 
 Lihdlula semicincta Say. Jour. Acad. Philad. VIII, 27, 15. 
 
 Kufous; front yellowish-red, with a broader black stripe before 
 the eyes; dorsum of the thorax rufous, the sides interiorly with 
 two obsolete, luteous spots, which arc margined in part with black; 
 feet black, the anterior femora luteous beneath; abdomen short, 
 triquetral, the base a little inflated, rufo-fuscous, the lateral margin 
 and venter black ; the superior appendages rufous, cylindrical, the 
 apex black, before the apex beneath with a larger tooth ; the in- 
 ferior appendage hardly shorter, black, triangular, the apex a little 
 excised ; genital hamule short, bifid, the external branch stout, 
 conical, the internal one equal, ungniculated ; the genital lobe of 
 the length of the hamule, the apex rounded, broader ; wings hya- 
 line, fuscescent from the base to the nodus (not extending so ftir 
 upon the anterior wings) ; pterostigma quadrangular, fulvous, sur- 
 rounded with black nerves; membranule white. Male, 
 
 Sevi 1 antecubitals ; six i)ostcnbitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 30 niillim. Alar expanse 46 millim. Pterostigma 2 
 millim. 
 
 Ifab. Indiana; Massachusetts (Say) ; Pennsylvania; Maryland 
 (Uhler). 
 
 6. D. rubicundula ! 
 
 LibcUula ruhicundida Say. Jour. Acad. Pliilad. VIII, 26, 14. Libellula 
 amhigua Ramb. Neuropt. 106, 105 ; Selys, Revue Odonat. 325. 
 
 Yellowish-subrufescent; front yellowish, with a black band before 
 the e;'es ; thorax rufous, the sides sometimes luteous ; feet black, 
 anterior femora luteous beneath; abdomen rather long, slender, 
 sanguineous (adult male), or yellowish rufous, the sides with a 
 maculose, black stripe ; appendages rufescent ; superior ones of 
 the male longer, the apex acute, recurved, beneath upon the mid- 
 dle with a stouter tooth; inferior appendage shorter, rufescent, 
 trianjndar, the apex a little excised ; the genital hamule rather long, 
 very bifid, the external branch triangular, the interual one a little 
 longer, narrow, subincurved; the genital' lobe short, triangular, 
 the apex narrow ; vulvar lamina small, triangular, t'.ie base inflated, 
 
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 longly bifid ; winpjs hyaline, the extreme base yellowish; ptero- 
 stignia quadrangular, fuscous, terminated at each end with pale; 
 niombranulc white ; 7 — 8 antecubitals ; 7 — 8 postcubitals ; three 
 discoidal arcolets. 
 
 Length 32—37 millira. Alar expanse 50 — 58 raillim. Ttero- 
 stigma 2 millim. 
 
 Hab. Indiana; Massachusetts (Say); Maryland (Uhler) ; Bergen 
 irill. New Jersey (Guex) ; Chicago; Washington; New York; 
 rhiladelphia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 A common species. The variety described by Say 1. c. p. 27, 
 "wings with the basal half ferruginous" — is unknown to me. 
 
 I possess a male from Chicago most like this species, except that 
 the form of the hamules is different ; being shorter, tlie apex only 
 bifid, the external branch broad, truncated ; the internal branch 
 small, unguiculated : — is it a distinct species ? 
 
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 7. D. albifrona ! 
 
 LihiUula albifrons Charp.! Libell. Europ. 14; tab. ix, fig. Z.—LlbeUula 
 ainbujua Selys, Revue Odonat. 325. 
 
 Yellowish-subrufescent ; front narrow, yellow, no band before 
 the eyes; dorsum of the thorax luteo-fuscous, the sides paler, va- 
 ried with fuscous at the feet; feet luteous, the anterior femora ex- 
 teriorly, and the tarsi partly, fuscous ; abdomen long, slender, 
 sanguineous (adult male), or luteous ; segments 1 and 2 at base, 
 and segments 4 — 9 each side at the apex, with a triangular, black 
 spot; appendages luteo-rufous, superior ones of the male long, the 
 apex acute, recurved, beneath in the middle with a stout tooth ; 
 inferior appendage shorter, triangular, tlie apex a little excised ; 
 hamules long, the apex bifid, the external branch small, stout, 
 truncated; the internal branch longer, narrow, unguiculated; gen- 
 ital lobe shorter, triangular ; vulvar lamina broad, short, rounded, 
 the apex a little incised on tiie middle; wings hyaline, extreme 
 base a little llavescent ; j)terosligma quadrangular, fuscous, termi- 
 nated at each end with pale; membranule whitish-cinereous ; eight 
 antecubitals; G — 8 postcubitals; three discoidal arcolets. 
 
 Length 33 — 3G millim. Alar expanse 54 — 58 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma 2 millim. 
 
 J!ab. Georgia (Abbot); St. Louis (Engelmann). 
 
 I possess the male described and figured by ' ;, 'pentier; the 
 locality as reported by him ("Switzerland") is erroneous. 
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 NEUROPTKRA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 8. D. berenlce ! 
 
 Lihellula bercnice Drury, Ins. 1, 114; tab. xlviii, fig. 3. Oliv. Enc. Metli.- 
 Say, .Jour. Acad. Pliilad. VIII, 25, 13; Rambur, Neuropt. 88, 80.-^ 
 Lihellula htstrio Burm.! Ilaiidb. II, 849, 7. J. 
 
 Black ; mouth black, the labium yellow each side ; front black 
 beneath, with a yellow spot each side, above and the vertex cha- 
 lybeous; eyes black posteriorly, spotted with yellow; thorax black, 
 subpriiinose ; the sides of the same color, or (teneral) with some 
 yellow spots towards the legs ; feet black ; abdomen slender, tri- 
 quctral, the base hardly inflated, altogether black, subprui'nose 
 (adult male), or with segments 3—7 having a yellow spot each 
 side (male and female, less adult) ; or black, and segments 3—7 
 with a large, phalerated, fulvous soot, divided by a medial black 
 line; the last segment partly fulvous (teneral female); appendages 
 black; the vulvar lamina long, erect, triangular, excavated; wings 
 hyaline, base of the posterior ones, in the female, subrufous; ptero- 
 sti,f>;ma long, yellow; membranule black. 
 
 Var. 9 (Z. histrio Burm.). Labium yellow, tko middle nar- 
 rowly black ; labrum yellow, margined with black ; front yellow, 
 with a transverse black stripe, and a small T-shaped chalybeo. ' 
 spot above ; vertex chalybeous, with a bright yellow spot above ; 
 prothorax black, spotted with yellow ; thorax bright yellow, the 
 middle sulcus and a double stripe, which is joined together at 'each 
 end, black; sides yellow, with Qve partly interrupted, oblique, black 
 streaks; the more adult female has the black markings broader and 
 more confluent ; feet black, extreme base of the femora yellow • 
 abdomen black, segments 1-7 with a large, dorsal, phalerated 
 spot, mcisures black ; the tenth segment and appendages fulvous ; 
 wings hyaline, the extreme base flavescent, all the wings with a 
 large medial, fuscescent cloud ; pterostigma yellow ; membranule 
 black; nine antecubitals ; 7-9 postcubitals ; three discoidul are- 
 olets. 
 
 Length 32—31 millim. Alar expanse 50 miliim. Pterostigma 
 3 millim. 
 
 Hub. Bergen Hill, New Jersey (Guex); New York; Maryland 
 (Uhler); Virginia. A common species. I possess a male and 
 female of the variety, taken in copula. 
 
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 9. D. scotlca! 
 
 Libdltila scolicc Donovan; Selysl Revue ties Odonat. 48,22 (with the 
 synonyms), 
 
 Fusco-olivaceous ; labium yellow, with a middle black band ; 
 labrnm yellow, margined with black ; front yellow, a band anteri- 
 orly, obsolete or absent with the female, and another before the 
 eyes, black ; dorsum of the thorax olivaceous, the middle sulcus 
 broadly, triangularly black; dorsum of the m.ale sometimes fuscous, 
 the middle black, with two yellowish spots each side; sides yellow, 
 with a broad, oblique black band; beneath black, with three cord- 
 iform, yellow spots ; feet black ; abdomen short, triquetral, black, 
 each side with a yellow, maculosc stripe; dorsum of the abdomen 
 entirely fulvous in the females ; appendages black ; vulvar lamina 
 triangular, erect, excavated; wings hyaline, posterior ones of the 
 females flavescent at the extreme base; pterostigma quadrangular, 
 black; membraiiule whitish. 
 
 Adult Male. Mouth, and the front almost entirely, black; thorax 
 and abdomen black, with the yellowish marks absent, or almost 
 absent. Seven antccubitals; 5 — T postcubitals ; three discoidal 
 areolets. 
 
 Length 33 millim. Alar expanse 62 millim. Pterostigma 2 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Xorth Red River (Robt. Kennicott) ; almost everywhere 
 in Europe; Asia; Wilui River, Irkoutsk, Siberia. 
 
 The American specimens are hardly distinct ; but the color is a 
 little different ; the black labial stripe is narrow anteriorly, trian- 
 gular; the dorsum of the thorax is of an olive fuscous color, trans- 
 versely interrupted, so as to appear 4-spotted ; dorsal middle of 
 the abdomen, in the female, somewhat black. 
 
 10. D. intacta ! 
 
 Dijilax intacta Ilagen ! 
 
 Fuscous; mouth and front white; labiiim in the middle (5) 
 black, and in adult male, all black ; front with a black band before 
 the eyes; vertex black, with a pale spot above, or all black (adult); 
 thorax nigro-fuscous, dorsum each side with an obsolete fulvous 
 stripe, sides fuscous, obsoletely varied with black; the adult male 
 has the thorax brassy-black ; feet black; abdoiuen short, somewhat 
 broader before the apex, fuscous, with dorsal, phalerate, fulvous 
 spots; upon the base and segments 6 — 7 they are larger; or black, 
 
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 NEUUOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 with a dorsal yellowish spot upon the seventh segment (adult 
 male); appendages black; the inferior one half the length of the 
 superiors, quadrangular, broadly bifid; wings hyaline, posterior 
 ones at base, with triangular black s[)ot; base of the wings, in 
 the females, flavescent ; pterostigma short, quadrangular, black; 
 membranulo blackish-gray; 7— 8 antecubitals; 7—9 postcubitals; 
 three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 32 millim. Alar expanse 52 millira. Ttcrostigma 2 
 milliin. 
 
 Huh. Wisconsin (Dr. Hoy); Chicago (Osten Sacken) ; Ohio 
 (Skhaum); Massachusetts (Scudder). 
 
 11. D. hudsonica. 
 
 LihiUula hudsonica Selys, Revue des Odonat. 53. 
 
 Similar to Diplax duhia Vander Linden (perhaps its variety ?); 
 it dilTcrs in being smaller, the basal spot of the posterior wings is 
 small, the reticulation of the wings is less narrow the vertex is 
 yellow above; the labrum is hardly margined with black; the 
 teeth upon the inferior surface of the superior appendages of the 
 male arc almost equal. (From the description of De Selys Long- 
 chainps.) 
 
 liongth 27 millim. Alar expanse 46 millim. 
 Hub. New IJrunswick; Hudson's Bay. 
 
 12. D. dubia! 
 
 L. duhia Selys ! Revue des Odonat. 50, 21. 
 
 Black ; front white, labium black, laljrum white, margined with 
 black ; the vertex and a band before the eyes, black ; thorax ob- 
 scure brassy-green, with brown viilosity ; dorsum with a subinter- 
 rupted, fulvous stripe each side; sides spotted with fulvous; feet 
 black ; abdomen slender, triquetral, the dorsum spotted with yel- 
 low, bnse spotted, and segments G and 7 with larger spots ; wings 
 hyaline, or fumose, sometimes with the base flavescent, anterior 
 ones with two basal points, and the posterior ones with a point and 
 triangular spot at base, black ; pterostigma quadrangular, nigro- 
 fuscous ; membranule cinereous ; eight antecubitals ; seven post- 
 cubitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 37 millim. Alar expanse 58 millira. Pterostigma 2 
 millira. 
 
 Hub. Europe. 
 
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 13. D. ocbracea! 
 
 Libdlxtla ochracra Burm.! IlaiKlb. 111,854,38.— rAbrllulafcrvida Kriclis.! 
 Voyag. Scliomburgk II, h^A.—LibdliUa justiniana Selys. Poey, lus. 
 Cuba, 450. 
 
 Rufous, or yellowish; month yellow, front rufous above; tliornx 
 rufous or yellow, dorsum pointed with fuscous; sides iiiferiorly 
 bright yellow; feet black, base of the femora partly yellowish; 
 abdomen a little thickened, short, triquetral, rufous or yellowish, 
 a dorsal strii)e and each side a lateral one, submaculose, nigro- 
 fuscous; the apical segment and appendages yellowish; genital 
 haniule bifid, the external branch stout, truncated; the internal 
 branch small, unguiculated ; genital lobe equal, obliquely truncated 
 behind; vulvar lamina triangular, erect, excavated; wings hyuline, 
 the base flavescent, or rufesccnt ; ptorostigma rather long, oblong, 
 yellowish ; menibranule blackish-gray. 
 
 Aduh Mule. Almost entirely rufous; — female with the apex of 
 the wings sometimes a little infuscated. I saw a very adult male 
 from Surinam, which was almost entirely black, the front chalybeous 
 above, the base of the wings brownish-black, and the abdomen 
 partly pruinose. 10—11 antecubitals ; 7— 8 postcubitals ; three 
 discoidal areolets, then two. 
 
 Length 30—35 millira. Alar expanse 50— 5G millim, Ttero- 
 stigma 3 millim. 
 
 Hah. Choco, Xew Grenada (Schott); Cuba (Poey); Surinam, 
 British Guiana ; liahia, Brazil ; Porto Cabello, Venezuela; Tam- 
 pico, ^Mexico (Saussure). 
 
 It is a common species in meridional America. 
 
 14. D. justiniana. 
 
 Libellula justiniana Selys. Poey, Ins. Cuba, 450.—Libdlula minuscula 
 Ramb. Neuropt. llf), 118, in part. 
 
 Fuscous ; front above, and the vertex chalybeous (adult male), 
 or yellowish (teneral male and female); thorax yellow, dorsum 
 each side fuscous, or altogether blackish-fuscous (adult male); feet 
 black, femora yellowish in part ; abdomen short, slender, trique- 
 tral, yellowish, each side spotted with black, or black, pruinose 
 (adult male); appendages brownish-black; genital lobe broader 
 at the apox, oval; vulvar lamina broad, oval, excavated, suberect ; 
 wings hyaline, base of the anterior ones a little flavescent, base of 
 the posteriors broadly rufo-fuscous, or flavescent ( 9 ) ; pterostigma 
 
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 NEUROPTKRA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 oblonp;, yellow; membramilc nigro-cincreous; 8—10 antecubitiils- 
 — 7 postcubitals ; three discoidiil nreolets, then two. 
 
 Length 25—31 niiilim. Alar expanse 38—47 millira. Ptcro- 
 sttjrma 2 — 2.^ niillim. 
 
 Ilab. Cuba (roey). 
 
 16. D. elisa! 
 
 Diplux ilisa IlagenI 
 
 Fuscous, head yellowish in front, the labium with a medial, 
 fuscous stripe ; front with a narrow black band before the eyes- 
 thorax fuscous, the middle sulcus obscurer ; the sides fuscous or 
 yellow, moderately punctated with black ; feet black, base of the 
 femora partly yellowish; abdomen a little thickened, triquetral, 
 black, segments 1—7 with a dorsal, larger, phalerate, yellow spot; 
 appendages yellowish ; genital lobe narrow, small, triangular ; 
 vulvar lamina broad, oval, the apex excised; wings hyaline, the 
 anterior margin and base flavescent, an apical and ante-apical 
 fuscous spot ; anterior wing at base with a small spot, and the pos- 
 terior ones with a large fuscous spot, which is lacerated, divided, 
 veined with yellow, and a broad yellow band ; antecubital veins 
 margined with fuscous in part; pterostigma oblong, large, yel- 
 low ; membranules white ; eight antecubitals ; 7—8 postcubitals ; 
 three discoidal aroolets. 
 
 Length 33 millim. Alar expanse 60 millim. Pterostigma 3 
 millim. 
 
 Jlab. Bergen Hill, Xew Jersey (Guex) ; Chicago ; Xew York 
 (Osten Sacken). 
 
 16. D. ornataf 
 
 Diplax oritata Ramb. Neuropt. 96, 93. 
 
 Yellow varied with black ; head yellow in front, labium with a 
 black stripe in the middle ; front with a narrow black band Ijeforo 
 the eyes; thorax yellow, dorsum with a broad, n)edial, black stripe; 
 sides yellow, with three oblique, black, somewhat brassy stripes; 
 abdomen triquetral, black, segment 1—7 with a dorsal, large, pha- 
 lerate, yellow spot ; superior appendages yellow, the inferior one 
 fuscous ; genital lobe narrow, linear ; vulvar lamina short, trun- 
 cated, each side with an inflated tubercle ; feet black, the anterior 
 femora yellowish at base; wings hyaline, the posterior ones with a 
 large, basal, fulvous spot, and two lacerated, fuscous stripes, the 
 
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 DIPLAX. 
 
 188 
 
 anterior one nnrrow, hipnrtiU'; tlic female somotimcs has the bnse 
 of tlie anterior wings (lavcseont, and some of tlio anteoubital ner- 
 viiles miirlved willi fuscous. I have also seen females with the 
 fulvous spot and the fuseons stripes on the posterior wings very 
 small; jiterostigma oblong, yellow ; membranulo white, cinereous 
 inwardly. 
 
 Adult Male, Almost entirely black, subpruinose. 
 
 6 — 9 antecubitals; 5 — 7 postcubitals ; three discoidal areolets, 
 then two. 
 
 Length 30 — 32 millim. Alar expanse 55 millim. Pterostigma 
 2i millim. 
 
 Jlab, IMiiladelphia; Florida (Norton). 
 
 17. D. amanda! 
 
 Libilluta jjulchrlla Burm.l Ilaiulb. 11, 849, 2. 
 
 Bright yellow ; month and front yellow, b- tre the eyes a nar- 
 row fuseons band; thorax yellow, dorsum with a broad black stripe; 
 sides yellow, sutures fuscous at the wings; abdomen tricjuetral, 
 yellow, the segments black posteriorly, the three last black ; ap- 
 pendages yellow ; feet black ; femora partly yellow ; genital lobe 
 narrow linear; vulvar lamina rounded, excised in the middle; base 
 of the wings broadly flavescent, the posterior ones with a double 
 stripe, veined with yellow, the anterior one narrower, bipartite, 
 fuscous; pterostigma short, yellow; membrannle white; eight an- 
 tecul)itals; five postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 25 — 27 millim. Alar expanse 44 — 47 millim. Ptero- 
 stigma If millim. 
 
 JJab. Savannah, Georgia. 
 
 18. D. minuscula! 
 
 Libdlula minuscula Ramb.! Nenropt. 115, 118. 
 
 Yellow, \aried with black; front yellow, above chalybeous; tho- 
 rax I)lack, pruinose (adult male), or yellow, dorsum each side, with 
 a fuscous stripe ; the sides yellow, the sutures narrowly fuscous ; 
 feet black, anterior femora yellowish at base ; abdomen short, tri- 
 quetral, yellow, the dorsum with three maculose, black stripes, and 
 the apex black; appendages pale yellow; vulvar lamina triangular, 
 erect, excavated; wings hyaline, the extreme base of the posterior 
 ones fulvous; pterostigma oblong, yellow; membranule cinereous; 
 eight antecubitals; five postcubitals; two discoidal areolets. 
 
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 NEUROI'TERA 01' NORTH AMKRICA. 
 
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 i: "V- f 
 
 Lcnpth 21— 2C niilliiii. Alar cxpniK^c 34— 40 luillim. I'loro- 
 stigtim IL_2 iiiilliin. 
 
 //"6. Kentucky; (Jeorgia; Florida; IJrazil. 
 
 10, D. credula! 
 
 Difilux vridula Ilagen I 
 
 Fuscous ; mouth luteous, front rufo-fuscous nl)ovo ; dorsum of 
 tlie thorax fuscous, a hiteous stripe upon the middle; sides hiteous- 
 feet hrowhisli-hli.clv, Imse of the femora luteous; ulMJomeu rather 
 long, triquetral, the base compressed, infintcd, iiigro-fuscous, sul). 
 prtiinose, with the base fuscous (male), or luteous, with the dursul 
 middle fuscous, and the incisures nigro-fuscoua (female) ; vulvar 
 lamina triangular, excavated ; wings hyaline, the extreme base of 
 the posterior ones fulvcscetit ; pturostigma larger, yellow ; mem- 
 branule black; twelve antecubitals; ten postcubitals; three dis- 
 eoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 38 millim. Alar expanse G2 millim. Pterostiirma 4 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Islnnd of St. Thomas; Minus Ocracs, Brazil. 
 
 20. D. abjecta ! 
 
 Libellula abjecta Ramb.! Neuropt. 83, 73. 
 
 Brownish-l)lack; mouth fuscous, front chnlybeous above; thorax 
 nigro-fuscous; feet black; abdomen slender, tricpietral, the base 
 hardly inflated, nigro-fuscous, i)ruinose; appendages fuscous; vul- 
 var lamina triangular, erect, excavated; wings 'hyali"c, the ex- 
 treme base of the posterior ones fuscous; pterostignia large 
 yellow; merabranulo black; eleven antecubitals; seven post- 
 cubitals ; three discoidal areolets. 
 
 Length 38 millim. Alar expanse 58 millim. Pterostigma 3! 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Cuba; Venezuela; Brazil. 
 
 In specimens from Cuba, the basal spot of the posterior wincrs 
 is wanting, or almost wanting, but they arc not different. J), 
 abjecta is similar to the preceding species, but the posterior lobe 
 of the prothorax is small : does it belong to this genus '( It may 
 Ije an Erythemis 1 
 
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 PEIUTUEMIS. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 21. D. 
 
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 Journ 
 
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 Philad. 
 
 VIII, 32. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Alidoinen red 
 
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 Al)(li)iiicii ^Tocnish, 
 
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 PERITHEMIS IlAnKN. 
 
 Eyes ooiinc'cd in a sliort space; posterior IoIjo of (he pro- 
 tliorax larj,'e, broad, bilobcd ; abdomen much shorter than the 
 wings, broad, dei)ressed, narrower at base; legs moderate, slender; 
 the first sector of the triangle hardly sinuatcd ; trinnglu moderate, 
 broad; ciuulal ai)pcndages sliort; genital organs not prominent; 
 vulva obtected ; sides of the eighth segment of the female not 
 dilated. 
 
 1. P. domitia! 
 
 Libelluta domitia Drary, Ins. II, 83 ; pi. xlv, fig. 4. Burm. IlanJb. II, 
 85."), 41). Ramb.! Neuropt. 124, 132. 
 
 Vur. 1. LiheUuhi tenuiciiicta Say, Jour. Acad. IMiiliid. YIIT, 
 31, 21 (cT). Llhdhihi temrn Say, Jour. Acad. Philad. VIII, 31, 
 20(9). lAhelMa Mora Kamb.I Xeuropt. 125, 133. Lihdlala 
 melella Selys, Poey Ins. Cuba, 451. 
 
 Var. 2. LiheUiila iris Ilagen. 
 
 Flavescent, villose ; tlie sides of the thorax similarly colored : 
 dorsum of the abdomen, with an interrupted, bro\viiish-l)Iack line 
 each side; feet flavescent; wings flavescent (J"), or the basal half 
 flavescent, with two fuscous, transverse stripes, the internal one of 
 which is often almost absent (9); pterostigma rufo-fuscous ; mem- 
 bnnule cinereous. 
 
 Var. 1. Sides of the thorax fuscous, two iiiterruptod yellow 
 lines each side ; all the wings of tlie male, with a basal, fuscous 
 point. 
 
 Vur. 2. Sides of the thorax of the same color with the remainder 
 of tlic body ; the wings hyaline, subflavescent, tlie anterior margin 
 yellow ; posterior wings of the female, with a fuscous nebula at the 
 
 
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 apex; seven antecubitals ; five postcubitals ; two diseoidal are- 
 olets. 
 
 Leiigtl! 23 luillim. Alar expanse 36 millim. Pterostigma 2 
 milliin. 
 
 Hub. Maryland; New Jersey; Bay of Campeachy ; Cuba • 
 Venezuela; Baliia, St. Leopold, Brazil. ' 
 
 Var. 1. Indiana, Pennsykania, Massachusetts, New York, 
 Louisiana ; Matanioras, :Mexico ; Atlihauzan (Saussure). 
 
 Var. 2. iA[oxico, Alvarado ; Brazil. 
 
 I saw in the collection of Schneider, l/racis fastt(/iafa Barm., 
 from Atexico ; the habitat is perhaps erroneous ; it is a meridional 
 species. 
 
 NANNOPHYA Ramb. 
 
 Eyes connected in a short sj .., 3 ; posterior lobe of the pro- 
 thorax entire; abdomen shorter than the wings, slender, triipietral; 
 the appendages short; genital organs not prominent; reticulation 
 of the wings large and simple ; the triangle large, broad ; the first 
 sector of the triangle sinuated. 
 
 1. N. bella ! 
 
 Nannophya bella Uhler! Proc. Acad, Philad, 1857, 87, 1. 
 
 ?. Black; mouth black, front and epistoma white, the former 
 with a large quadrangular, black spot, labrum black ; vertex chaly- 
 beous ;. thorax bhick, dorsum each side with an interrupted, yel- 
 low line ; sides with two oblique stripes and a triangular patcli 
 behind, interrupted, yellow ; abdomen black, the base, a band at 
 the base of segments 3 and 4, a spot at the base of 5—7, that upon 
 1 almost obsolete, minute, and the dorsum of the last segment, 
 yellow, segments 8—9 entirely black ; feet black ; appendages yel- 
 low; vulvar lamina large, reaching to the tip of the last segment, 
 triangular, excavatul ; wings hyah'ne, fulvous at base; pterostigma 
 small, I)Iaok; 6— 7 antecubitals ; 5— 6 postcubitals ; one diseoidal 
 areolet, then two. 
 
 Length 18 millim. Alar expanse 32 millim. Pterostigma 1|- 
 millim. 
 
 J*, r.lack, pruinose; mouth black, front white, with a quad- 
 rangular black spot inferiorly; vertex chalybeous ; thorax and 
 abdomen black, very pruinose ; feet black (apex of the abdomen 
 
SIALIS. 
 
 18t 
 
 (l(-sti'oyed) ; winj;s hyaline ; plcrostigma small, blaclc, terminated 
 with a white iiervule at each end ; membranule white ; seven ante- 
 oubitals ; five postcubitals ; one tliscoidal areolet, then two. 
 
 Length 18 ? rnillim. Alar expanse 30 millim. rterosiigma 1 
 rr.illim. 
 
 Hah. North America (Vienna Museum) ; Baltimore and New 
 Jersey (Uhler) ; Maine (Packard) ; Connecticut (Norton). 
 
 2. N. maculosa! 
 
 Nannuphya maculosa Ilagen ! 
 
 Fuscous ; month black, nasus white, front chalybeous, each side 
 with a white spot ; thorax fuscous, each of the sides with obsolete, 
 yel'ow spots; feet black; abdomen brownish-bhick, segments each 
 side witli a triangular, yellow spot, the three apical segments 
 brownish-black; appendages white; wings hyaline, base of the 
 posteriors fulvo-fuscous ; pterostigma small, yellow ; membranule 
 white, (^lale.) Eight antecubital veins ; five postcubitals; one 
 discoidal areolet; two at the triangle. 
 
 Length 20 millira. Alar expanse 31 millim. Pterostigma 1^ 
 millim. 
 
 Huh. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 
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 Section II. NEUROPTERA. Eiiicii. 
 fam. til slvlina. 
 
 Body short, thick; prothorax large; antennas long, seti- 
 form; wings large, reticulated, posterior ones with the anal 
 space plicated; tarsi 5-articulate. The larva with a mandi- 
 bulated mouth. 
 
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 SIALIS Latrkillk. 
 
 Prothorax quadrangular, almost equal to the head; no ocelli; 
 antenme filiform; the wings irregularly reticulated, the veins stout; 
 the fourth article of the tarsi dilated, bilobed. 
 
 The larva is aquati'i ; with lateral branchia3. 
 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 1. S. Infumata ! 
 
 Sialis infumatus Newm. ! Entom. Mag. V, 500; Walk. Catal. 195, 2. 
 
 Black, head not narrowed posteriorly, a little narrower than the 
 prothorax, the occiput with flat streaks and spots, which are fer- 
 ruginous and somewhat shining; antenna; rather slender; anterior 
 angles of the prothorax rounded, the sides with impressed points • 
 feet black; wings black, the veins thick and blacker. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12—15 millim. Alar expanse 22—26 
 millim. 
 
 Ilah. Arr.tic America (Richardson); Xova Scotia (Eedman)- 
 bt. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver, Hudson's Bay (Barnston)- Tren 
 ton Falls, Xew York; Washington, in May (Ostcn Sackon); Bal- 
 tiinore, :\raryland; Pennsylvania (Uhler). 
 
 A variety has the head spotted beneath with yellow; or the pro- 
 thorax spotted with black : is it a diflereut species ? 
 
 2. g. amerlcana ! 
 
 SemhUsamn-icanus Ramb. ! N, i.ropt. 447, l.-^m/,s /,nW„,„, Walk ! 
 Catal. 11)5, 3. 
 
 Ferruginous; head narrower behind, occiput with streaks and 
 spots, which are flat, somewhat shining, and surrounded with black; 
 prothorax a little narrower, the anterior angles square, the sides 
 with yellowish, impressed punctures; antenna? black; feet fuscous, 
 femora ferruginous ; wings pale ferruginous, the veins darker ferru- 
 ginous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12—14 millim. Alar expanse 24— 2G 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Georgia (Abbot); Pennsylvania. 
 
 3. S. bifasciata ! 
 
 Sialis bifasciata Hagen ! 
 
 Ferruginous; head not narrowed posteriorly, orange-colored 
 two broad black stripes, the occiput with flat streaks and spots' 
 which are somewhat shining, orange ; antenna) stout, black, pilose;' 
 anterior angles uf the thorax obtuse, orange, each side with a broad 
 fuscous stripe and flat points, somewhat shining, orange ; feet fus- 
 cous, femora yellowish, with the base fuscous ; wings pale fuscous, 
 somewhat shining, anterior ones obscurer upon the costal mar-nn' 
 the veins pale fuscous. ° ' 
 
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 CHAULIODES. 
 
 189 
 
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 Length to tip of wings 10—12 millim. Alar expanse 17—20 
 niillim. 
 
 Jlab. Cuba (Poey). ' 
 
 CHAITLIODIiS Latreillg. 
 
 Prothorax quadrangular, almost equal to the head ; three ap- 
 proximate ocelli; antennae pectinated or serrated; wings veiny, the 
 transverse veins slender; articles of the tarsi cylindrical; caudal 
 appendages of the male conical, simple. 
 
 The larva is unknown; perhaps it is aquatic. 
 
 1, Ch. pectinicornis! 
 
 Ilcmerobius pectinicornis Linne, Amoen. Acad. VI, 412. Linne, Centur. 
 Ins. 1763, 29, 87. Linno, Syst. Nat. ed. XII, 911, 1 ; ed. XIII, vol. 
 V, 2038, 1. Fab. Syst. Ent. 309, 1. De Geer, Mem. Ill, 5(i2, 2 ; tab. 
 xxvii, fig. 3. Drury, Ins. I, 105 ; tab. xlvi, fig. 3.—Semblis pectini- 
 cornis Fab. Sp. Ins. I, 38G, 1. Mant. Ins. I, 244, 1. Entom. Syst. 
 II, 7-, 1. — Chauliodes pectinicornia Latr. Gen. Crust. Ill, 198. Burm.! 
 Ilandb. II, 950, 2. Cuv. Icon. Regn. Anira. Masson. tab. cv, flg. 2. 
 Kanib. ! Nouropt. 444, 1. Walk. ! Catal. 198, l.—Ilcrmcs indecisus 
 Walker! Catal. 204, 7. (Female.) 
 
 Lufeo-cinereons ; antennte fuscous, pectinated ; occiput with yel- 
 lowish flat streaks and spots ; prothorax with a middle stripe be- 
 hind, and another flcxuous one each side, yellowish; feet luteous, 
 tarsi fuscous ; the anterior wings subcinereous, obscurely clouded 
 with fuscous, veins with white interrupted spots; the wings some- 
 times have rather clearly-defined fuscous transverse streaks. Male 
 and female. 
 
 Length of body 37 — 55 millim. Alar expanse 58 — 90 millim. 
 
 Jf(t/). riiihulelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Mas- 
 sachusetts; Trenton Falls, New York ; Berkeley Springs, Virginia 
 (Osten iSaeken) ; i\laryland (Uhler) ; Columbia (eolleclion of Saus- 
 sure) — is not this au error ? 
 
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 2. Ch. rastricornis ! 
 
 Chuulivdis raslricornis Raiub.t Neuropt. 444, 2. Walk.! Catal. 198, 2, 
 
 Luteo-ciiiereous ; antennse fuscous, denticulated; occiput with 
 flat l)laek streaks and spots ; prothorax posteriorly, with a flexuous 
 stripe each side, obsolete upon the middle, impressed; feet luteous, 
 

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 190 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 
 
 tarsi fuscous ; anterior wings subcinereous, obscurely clouded with 
 fuscous, veins interruptedly white. Female. 
 
 Length of body 35—40 millim. ^Mar expanse G4— 80 miilim. 
 
 Hah. Savannah; South Carolina (Zimmerman). 
 
 3. Ch. callfornicus ! 
 
 Chanlimh^ ra/;7bn/iCHs Walker! Catal. IDO, 4.— ZTcTOfsrfH&iVato Walker! 
 Catal. 2U4, (3. Female. 
 
 Erownish-black ; mouth rufous; antenmc serrate ? (almost alto- 
 gether mutilated); occiput with rufous, somewhat shining, flat 
 streaks and spots ; prothorax each side posteriorly with a flexuous, 
 obsolete, rufous stripe, elevated and more obsolete in the middle; 
 feet black ; anterior wings cinereous, the longitudinal veins trans- 
 versely liueated with fuscous ; a basal, brownish-black streak, and 
 sometimes apical ones upon the costal margin of all the wings. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 45— GO millim. Alar expanse TO— 100 
 millim. 
 
 Ilah. California (Eartweg). 
 
 4. Ch. virginiensia. 
 
 Cliuuli,.,l,'>i rirtjiiiiensis Wostw. ed. Drnry, I, lO.-) ; tab. xlvi, fig. 3.— 
 Jlmcrolnus v'njinimim Drury, 111. II, An^.—JI,:mrrobius prclimcon>is 
 Palisot Beauv. Ins. Afr. et Amer. Neuropt. tab. i, fla. 2- Walk 
 Catal. 200, 6. . a . • 
 
 Head and thorax black, pointed with fulvous ; winirs broad, 
 hyaline, the veins pointed with black. (From the descriinion of 
 Walker.) 
 
 Alar expanse 12 miilim. 
 
 /fa?>. Virginia. 
 
 Unknown tome; is it a distinct species? I cannot examine 
 the authority reported by JVIr. Westwood : I saw the identical 
 specimen ligured by Palisot Beauv., in the collection of J>e Selys 
 Longchamps ; it differs a little from Ch. pectmicorms Linn. ; but 
 I neglected to make a more complete description of it. 
 
 5. Ch. scrricorniT ! 
 
 Chauliodes s.rncornis Say, tong's Exped. II, Append. 307. 
 
 Fuscous ; head rufous, the di.sk fuscous, the occiput with flat 
 rufous streaks ; antenna) black, serrate ; prothorax each side with 
 an impressed, rufous spot ; feet luteo-fuscous, the tarsi obscurer ; 
 
CIIAULIODES. 
 
 191 
 
 winjTs nigro-fuscous, the longUudinal veins obscure, marked with 
 black; anterior wings with a broad, wliite band, pointed with 
 fuscous, not attaining the posterior margin, an apical marginal 
 spot, and some of tlie transverse veins with white spots; posterior 
 wings with a broad, arcuated band, not attaining the jjosterior 
 margin, and a larger anal spot, also an apical small spot, and 
 sometijnes the transverse vei ^ spotted, white. 
 
 licngth to tip of wings 40 uiillini. Alar expanse 66 millim. 
 
 Huh. Arkansas (Xuttall); Pennsylvania; Missouri; Lake of the 
 Woods (Bigsby) ; Red River of Lake Winnipeg, always rare 
 (Say) ; New York (collection of llagen) ; Maryland (Uhlcr) ; 
 ^[exico (^tluohlonpfordt). 
 
 The ^lexiean specimen has a narrower band, and none to the 
 posterior wings. 
 
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 6. Ch. maculatua ! • 
 
 Neuromus macnLitus Ramb. 1 Neuropt. 442, 3, tab. x, fig. 2; Walker! 
 Catal. 2tl2, 1. — Chauliodm sirricornis Burm.! Ilaiidb. II, 949, 1. 
 
 Black ; occiput with flat, ferruginous streaks and spots; antenna3 
 black, serrate ; thorax fuscous, impressed each side ; feet nigro- 
 fuscous ; wings black, a transverse interrupted, middle line, dilated 
 at the anterior margin, but not attaining the posterior margin, 
 and some apical spots, white. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 30 — 3G millim. Alar expanse 45 — 55 
 millim. 
 
 JIdb. Philadelphia ; Savannah ; ]\Lissachusetts (Scudder) ; 
 Maryland (Uhler). 
 
 I saw a male from ^Massachusetts, communicated to me by Mr. 
 Uhler under the name of Ch. unifascudus, which differs a little ; 
 the occipital streaks are black ; a band on the anterior wings 
 broader, white, not attaining the margin, and with one apical 
 point. Is it a distinct species ? 
 
 7. Ch. anguaticoilis ! 
 
 Chauliodcs angusticolUs Hagen ! 
 
 Fusco-testaceous ; antenna; of the male nodulose, erectly-villose, 
 of the female moniliform ; occiput with flat, fulvous streaks and 
 spots; prothorax narrow, a middle stripe jtosteriorly, and each 
 side a lateral one, fulvous ; feet fuscous ; wings gray, confertly 
 
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 192 
 
 NEUROPTERA Ol NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 marked with brownish-black points ; appendages of the male stout, 
 obli(nie, obtuse. (J' and 9). 
 
 Length to tip of wings 35—42 millim. Alar expanse GO— 10 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Dalton, Georgia; Berkeley Springs, Virginia (Osten 
 Sacken) ; Northern Illinois (llobt. Kenuicott). 
 
 CORYDALIS Latreille. 
 
 Prothorax quadrangular, much narrower than the head ; three 
 large, approximate ocelli; antenna) filiform; mandibles of the 
 male often extremely long, incurved ; wings numerously veined ; 
 the transverse veins stout; appendages of the male forcipated ; 
 tarsi cylindrical. 
 
 The larva, is aquatic, furnished with abdominal branchife. 
 
 1. C. cornuta! 
 
 RaphhUa cornuta Linno, Syst. Nat. ed. XII, 91G, 3.— /7emc/-o/;»/s cornutus 
 Liune, Syst. Nat. ed. X, .051, 14; De Geer, Mum. HI, 559, 1 ; tab. 
 xxvii, fig. 1 ; Fab. Sp. Jus. I, 392, 1 ; Mant. Ins, I, 24(J, 1 ; Entom. 
 Syst. 11,81,1; Liune, Syst. Nat. ed. XIII. V, 2639,20.— Con/(/<,//s 
 curinita Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. 111,199,1; Talisot lieauv. Ins. 
 Neuropt. tab. i, fig. 1; Oliv. Enc. Meth. VII, 59 ; Burm.! Handb. 
 II, 95(t, 1 ; Cuvier, Icon. Regn. Anim. ed. Masson. tab. civ.— Corydalus 
 corinitus Ilaldem. Journ. Acad. Boston, 184S, 158 ; tab. i — iii. 
 
 Luteo-fuscous ; mandibles of the male elongated ; head large, 
 broad, tlie sides convex ; the occiput with impressed, yello'-^ si)ots 
 and streaks, which are surrounded with fuscous; beneath, each 
 side, with an oblique yellow stripe ; prothorax much narrower 
 than the head, a little longer than broad, behind in the middle, 
 with a hastiform streak, and each side with irregular, elevated, Out 
 points, yellow ; feet lurid, the knees, and the apex and incisures 
 of the tarsi fuscous; the males have four ai)pendagcs, the superior 
 ones forcipated, infracted at the apex, dohibrate ; wings subcinereo- 
 hyaline, the veins fuscous, middle of the transverse ones, on the 
 anterior row of costal spaces, pale, the areoles each with two white 
 dots ; those of the disk with white points. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 75 millim. Alar expanse 100—135 
 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Canada; Pennsylvania; Xew York ; Madrid; Carolina; 
 Northern Illinois (Kenuicott) ; Maryland (Uhler). 
 
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CORYDALIS. 
 
 193 
 
 2. C. lutea ! 
 
 Corijdalis lutca Hagen ! 
 
 Luteous; mandihies impressed at base superiorly, transversely 
 sulcated, of the male a little elongated ; head large, broad, ferru- 
 ginous, the sides convex; the occiput with obsolete, luteous spots; 
 prothorax much narrower than the head, longer than broad, each 
 side of the middle obsoletely impressed, luteous spots behind and 
 at the sides ; feet lurid, base of the tibiae, base and apex of the 
 flrst and second articles of the tarsi, and the other articles entirely 
 nigro-fuseous ; male with four appendages, the superior ones 
 cylindrical, long, oblique, truncated at the apex; the inferior ones 
 recurved at the apex, clavate ; wings luteo-hyaline, veins luteous, 
 partly fuscous, with a few white points. (J* and ?.) 
 
 Length of body 70—85 millira. Alar expanse 110— -140 millim. 
 
 Hub. Mexico (Salle) ; Cordova (Saussure). 
 
 3. C. cognata ! 
 
 Corydalis cognata Hagen ! 
 
 Luteous-yellow ; male with elongated mandibles; head large, 
 broad, the sides convex ; the occiput behind with two punctate 
 ochraceous streaks and a few obsolete points ; prothorax almost 
 quadrangular, a little narrower than the head, behind with a hasti- 
 form streak upon the middle, and lateral, elevated ochraceous 
 points ; feet lurid, apex of the tarsi obscurer, nails fuscous ; wings 
 yellowish-hyaline, the transverse veins fuscous ; upon the base and 
 apex of the costal space, a fuscous mark ; costal areoles with a 
 single white point, the other areoles with a series of white points, 
 at the radius clouded with fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 60 millim. Alar expanse 100 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Pecos River, Western Texas (Capt. Pope's Expedition). 
 
 4. C. Boror! 
 
 Corydalis soror Hagen I 
 
 Luteous; mandibles of the male not elongated; head broad, de- 
 pressed, the sides flat, with an alate, bidcntate process ; a fuscous 
 stripe each side ; antenna short, slender, black, the two basal arti- 
 cles yellowish ; prothorax narrower than the head, longer than 
 broad, each side with a fuscous, trifoveolated stripe ; feet lurid, the 
 knees and apex of the tarsi obscurer ; appendages of the male four 
 
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 NEUROll'ERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 the superior ones forcipated, clavate at the apex, the inferior ap- 
 pendagos extremely short, cylindrical ; wings luteo-subhyaline, an 
 obsolete bund upon the middle of the anterior ones, and some spots 
 nearer the apex, fuscous ; veins fuscous, luteous upon the middle 
 of the costal space. (J" and 9.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings GO— 75 millira. Alar expanse 85—130 
 millini. 
 
 Jlab. Mexico (Koppe); Cordova (Saussure). 
 
 6. C. hieroglyphica! 
 
 Neuromus hieroghjphicus Ramb. I Neuropt. 442, 2. Hermes hieroglyphicus 
 Walk. ! Catal. 206, 12. 
 
 Pale yellow; mandibles of the male not elongated; antennss 
 black, with the base yellow; head with the sides convex; pro- 
 thorax cylindrical; occiput with two spots, prothorax with four, 
 and the mesothorax with two spots, black; appendages of the 
 male, the superior ones longer, with the apex recurved ; the infe- 
 rior ones stout, with the apex clavated; feet yellow, base and apex 
 of the tibiaj, and apex of the tarsi black ; wings yellowish-hyaline, 
 the transverse veins in part black ; the anterior wings spotted witli 
 black posteriorly. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 40— G3 millim. Alar expanse 64—90 
 millim. 
 
 JIah. Mexico (Ehrenberg) ; Venezuela ; Brazil. 
 
 It varies very much in size and markii.g ; sometimes it is almost 
 unicolored, pale yellow. 
 
 RAPHIDIA Linn£. 
 
 Prothorax cylindrical, long, much narrower than the head ; an- 
 tenna; short, fdiform ; wings with a pterostignia ; anal space of the 
 posterior wings very small, inflexed ; the third article of the tarsi 
 dilated, bilobed; the fourth article extremely short, cylindrical; 
 vagina of the female long, ensiforra. 
 
 Larva living under bark. 
 
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 1. Raph. adnixa! 
 
 liajihhlia adnixa Hagen I 
 
 Rufous ; head brownish-black, scabrous, long, sensibly narrowed 
 behind, the occiput with a flat streak ; antennte rufous, the apex 
 fuscous ; ])rothorax long, narrow, rufous ; feet rufous ; abdomen 
 rufous, the ventral segments having the posterior margin black ; 
 wings hyaline, veins fuscous ; ptcrostigma long, narrow, trapezoid, 
 occupying two areolets, yellow; subpterostigmatical areole almost 
 one-half longer within, truncated ; outer equal, broken ; a series 
 of five areoies beneath the pterostigma. (J* and 9.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 16 milliin. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 llab. California ; Oregon (Willcox, Berlin Museum), 
 
 A female from Oregon has the dorsal base of the prothorax 
 blackish-brown, with a trifid rufous spot; the colors of the male 
 are not perfected. 
 
 2. Raph. oblita ! 
 
 Raphidia oblita Hagen I 
 
 Fusco-aeneous ; head scabrous, shorter, posteriorly suddenly 
 compressed, occiput with a flat streak; antenna; with the basal 
 article nigro-fuscous, second yellowish, the rest — ? prothorax 
 short, rufo-fuscous, upon the dorsal middle posteriorly, a large, 
 ovate, nigro-fuscous spot; feet rufo-fuscous; abdomen brassy-black, 
 the ventral segments having the posterior margin yellow; wings 
 hyaline, veins fulvous ; pterostigma long (shorter than in liajA 
 adnixa), narrow, trapezoidal, occupying two areolets, yellow; sub- 
 pterostigmatical areole almost one-half longer within, truncated, 
 outwards equal, truncated ; a series of five areolets beneath the 
 pterostigma. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim. 
 
 Huh. California. 
 
 3. Raph. media ! 
 
 Raphidia media Burm. Handb. II, 964, 3. Schneider! Monogr. 76, 4. 
 (With the synonymy.) 
 
 Brownish-black; head obovate, the sides rounded, mouth yellow; 
 neck short ; vertex punctured, with a flat rufous streak ; base of 
 the antenna; yellow ; prothorax black ; feet testaceous, base of the 
 anterior femora, and the whole of the posterior ones black; abdo- 
 men black; wings yellowish-hyaline, especially at base; veins fus- 
 
 
 
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 ecus; pterostignia trapezoidal, luteo-fuscous, occupying three are- 
 olets, with UP iiiteriml hyiiiirie spot; siihpterostigiuaticiil areolet 
 exteriorly almost ecjual, interiorly one-half longer; ii.v ..oolets 
 beneath the ptcrostignia. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 19 niillini. Alar expanse 27 niillim. 
 
 Unb. Xorth America (Knoch, JJerliu Museum. One female). 
 It is a common species in Europe. 
 
 t t Ocelli wanting, (fnocellm Schneider.; 
 
 4. Rapb. InQata ! 
 
 liiiphiilid itijlala Hagon! 
 
 Fnsco-aeneoua; head quadrangular, the disk impressed, opaque; 
 base of the mandibles, two broad approximate streaks, and three 
 occipital spots each side, fulvous ; prothorax short, conical, two 
 orcuated, transverse ruga!; feet lurid, femora above, and the apex 
 of the tibitu fuscous; abdomen black, middle beneath yellow; pos- 
 terior margin of the dorsal segments pointed with yellow; vagina 
 black ; wings hyaline, veins black ; i)terostigma short, almost ob- 
 long, the exterior side a little oblique, occupying one areolet, black ; 
 subpterostigmatical areolet equal within, longer without ; a series 
 of three areolets beneath the ptcrostignia. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 millim. Alar expanse 24 millim. 
 
 Ilab, California. 
 
 Fam. Vlir. IIEMEROBIXA. 
 
 Body usually cylindrical, narrow; wings largo, numerously 
 veined, the posterior ones with no anal space; tarsi with five 
 articles; ocelli commonly absent. 
 
 Larva with a haustellate mouth. 
 
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 ALBURONIA Fitch. 
 
 Covered with whitish powder ; eyes reniform ; antennaj monili- 
 forni ; wings ciliated, longitudinal veins few, transverse ones almost 
 absent. 
 
 1. A. westwoodil. 
 
 ALuroiiia icestwoodii Asa Fitcli, Report I, 98. 
 
 Covered with whitish powder; black, head depressed anteriorly, 
 antennai with 28 articles, shorter than the body, moniliform, black, 
 
CONIOITEIIYX— 8I8YRA. 
 
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 not powdered ; abdomen yellowish ; feet pale ; wings broad, the 
 npex ronnded, the anterior ones with six longitudinal veins, two 
 of thorn forked ; ))osterior ones with five longitudinal veins, the 
 seeond and third joined together by a tratisverse vein; wings cili- 
 ated at ilio apex and posteriorly. (From the description of Dr. 
 Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 2.^ milliin. 
 
 Hub. United States, in June and July. 
 
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 CONIOPTERYX IIaliday. 
 Powdered with whitish, eyes globose, antennio moniliforni ; wings 
 not ciliated, longitudinal veins few, some transverse veins ; poste- 
 rior wings of the male small. 
 
 C. vioina ! 
 
 Coiiioptcrj/x vidua Ilagen ! 
 
 Covered with grayish powder; black, head rounded, antennte -? 
 feet lurid ; wings broader at the apex, rounded, eight longitudinal 
 veins, three and four forked, all joined together by a single trans- 
 verse vein. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4 millira. Alar expanse 6 miUim. 
 
 Ilab. Washington (Ostcn Sacken). The only specimen seen is 
 mutilated. 
 
 SISYRA BoRM. 
 
 Antenna; moniliform ; subcosta and radius of the wings joined 
 together at the apex ; costal sjjaco of the base of the anterior 
 wings with no recurrent vein ; transverse veins almost absent. 
 
 Larva aquatic. 
 
 S. vicarla. 
 
 IJtmerobius vicarius Walk. Catal. 297, 65. 
 
 Ferruginous, nntennaj pale, abdomen obscurer, fcot testaceous ; 
 wings fuscous, the anterior ones obscurer. (From the description 
 of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 5? miHim. Alar expanse 9 millim. 
 
 Hub. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
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 MEOALOMUS Ramiii7ii. 
 
 ^ntcnnm moniliforiii; winj^s with tlic sulicosta nndrndins joined 
 topetlicr lit tlic apex, the costal space of the anterior wings strongly 
 dilated, witli a forlvcd, recurrent vein ; transverse veins in u grada- 
 tive series; tlie last article of the maxillary palpi subnlnto. 
 
 M. pictua ! 
 
 Miijaloiiina /lirlun Ilagon t 
 
 Fuscous, liiiiry, face fusco-aoneous, palpi lufpons ; occiput fus- 
 couH, varied with black; autcnnu; iuteous, the first article entirely, 
 and the apex of the second, brownish-black; dorsum ,A' the pro- 
 and niesothorax blackish-fuscous; feet and aiidomen Iuteous; 
 Winers broad, the apex obtuse, luteo-hyaline ; the anterior wings 
 with three gradate series of veins, the second series of which is 
 fi'scoiis; veins Iuteous, all pointed with fuscous, some larger points 
 at the anterior and posterior margins, at the radius and at the ex- 
 ternal series of gradate veins; posterior wings yellow-hyaline, 
 clouded with cinereous at the anterior margin and before tlie apex. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 milliin. Alar expanse 15 uiillim. 
 
 Ilab. Mexico (I)ei)pe). 
 
 MICROMUS Ramucb. 
 j\ntcnnie moniliform ; wings with the subcosta and radius joined 
 together at the apex ; costal space of the anterior wings narrowed 
 at base, no recurrent vein, transverse series gradate ; last article 
 of the maxillary palpi not subulate. 
 
 * Wings excised at the apex. 
 
 1. M. flavicornls ! 
 
 lldiumhius Jlai-icoriiis Walk. Catal. 278, 4. 
 
 Luteous, ciliated ; head and thorax Iuteous, pointed with fus- 
 cous, antenna) yellow; abdomen piceous, with two cylindrical 
 appendages (male ?); feet pale, with long i)ile, freckled with nu- 
 merous fuscous points; apex of the wings excised, hamate, pilose, 
 hyaline, a little clouded with fuscous ; ptcrostigma yellow, fuscous 
 at each side, apical margin of the anterior wings fuscescent; veins 
 white, thickly pointed with brown ; transverse veins of the costal 
 
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 space forked; six sectors; tlio discoidal scries of veins six-gradate, 
 till! four iiiterniudiuto ones joined together ; pOvSterior wings with 
 u fuseouH point iit tlio posterior margin. 
 
 Ijtinglli to lip of wings II niiiliin. Aliir expanse 20 niillim. 
 
 Jl(tl>. Wasliington (Osteii Suclven) ; Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 2. M. hamatua. 
 
 Jliiiiiriiliiu.i hnmaiun Walk. Catnl. 278, 6. 
 
 Testaooons ; antenna) yellowisli, feet pnio ; wings snbliyalino, 
 Hprinlvlfd witii fuscons, tlie npex excised, sublianiato. (From tlie 
 description of Wuilier.) It is similar to tlio preceding, but the 
 costal space is narrower. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 20 niillim. 
 
 Hub, North America. 
 
 * * Apex of the wings rounded. 
 
 3. M. areolaris! 
 
 Micrcinus ariiilarii Ilagen 1 
 
 Yellowish ; head rufous, nntcnnic black, thorax fuscous ; feet 
 yellow; npex of the wings ovate, yellow-liyulinc, veins sparingly 
 pilose, i)artly yellow, fuscous upon the disk and posterior margin, 
 arcoles of the last-named areas streaked with fuscous ; two series 
 of areolets, four-gradate, infracted ; ptcrostigma yellow, each side 
 fuscous ; posterior wings yellow-hyaline ; (reticulation irregular.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 6 millim. Alar expanse 11 millim. 
 
 Jfuh, Florida, in March (Osten Sacken.) 
 
 4. M. insipidua ! 
 Micromus iiisijiiJus Hagen I 
 
 Luteous ; sparely pilose, head and thorax varied with fuscous, 
 antcnnie pale ; abdomen luteous ; feet pale, anterior tibiic with 
 two fuscous bands ; wings hyaline, anterior ones obsoleteiy striated 
 with fuscous; veins pale, with fuscous interruptions; four sectors; 
 two series, G and 4 gradate, infracted. 
 
 liCngth to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 18 millim. 
 
 Hub. New York ; Philadelphia. 
 
 5. M. Bobrius ! 
 
 Micromus sobrius Hagen ! 
 
 Pale; sparely pilose; antennas whitish-yellow, the apex obscurer; 
 
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 NEUROl'TERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 head and thorax pale hitcons ; feet pale, white; wings whitish- 
 hyaline, the anterior ones niarmoratcd with fuscous ; veins white, 
 sparely iiiterrnptcd with fuscous; gradate veins 6 and 4 brownish- 
 Itlaek. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 17 millim. 
 Hub. Chicago (Osteu Sackeu). 
 
 HEMEROBIUS LiNNfi. 
 Antenna? moniliform, wings with the subcosta and radius joined 
 together at the apex ; costal space of the anterior wings broader 
 at base, with a recurrent, forked vein ; transverse scries gradate, 
 broken ; maxillary palpi with the last article subulate, 
 t One sector. 
 
 1. H. longlcollls. 
 
 Ilnncrobius lomjiajUis Walk. Catal. 281, 12. 
 
 Plceous, hairy; head ferruginous, antennre luteous, a little 
 longer than the body; prothorax much longer than l)road, nar- 
 rower anteriorly ; tricarinated ; feet testaceous ; wings subciue- 
 reous, the anterior ones obsoletely clouded with fuscous ; ptero- 
 stigma lurid ; transverse costn! veins few, radius widely aistant 
 from the subcosta; one trifurcated sector; first gradate series 
 interrupted, second almost absent ; posterior wings short, pale. 
 (From the descrii)tion of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 16 millim. 
 
 ITab. Georgia (Abbot). An irregular species ; It seems to be 
 allied to Micromus areolaris. 
 
 t t Two sectors. 
 
 2. H. amiculus. 
 
 Ilemerobius amiculus Asa Pitch, Report I, 95. 
 
 Fuscous; antennae yellowish, feet whitish; wings hyaline, irregu- 
 hirly clouilod and spotted with fuscous ; margin of the antedor 
 wings pointed with black; veins fuscous pointed with black; gra- 
 date series banded with fuscous; posterior wings pale. (From the 
 description of D/, Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 1 ? millim. Alar expanse 12 millim. 
 
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 Ilab. New York; Illinois; May to October (Asa Fitch), 
 pciifh trees and wild shrubs. 
 
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 3. H. occidentalia. 
 
 Iltiiierohitis uccidentalis Asa Fitcli, Report I, 05. 
 
 IJlackish; antenna} shorter than the body, black; feet pale; wings 
 hyaline, the areoles with two obscure parallel lines ; margin obscure ; 
 veins stout, black, transverse veins almost as in the preceding spe- 
 cies. (From the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 5? niillim. Alar expanse 8 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Henderson River, Illinois; October (Asa Fitch). (Wash- 
 ington, June. The antenna) of this specimen, J" ?, are longer than 
 the body, and their basal third only, black, the remainder pale. 
 Osten Sacken.) 
 
 Scliiocdte r>erlin, Ent. Zeit. Ill, p. 143, reports Jkmerohius 
 ohscurvs Zett. Ins. Lapp. 10G3, 12, from Greenland; I have not 
 seen the specimens, nor is that species known to me. 
 
 4. H. delicatulus. 
 
 Ihmcrohius ddicatulus Fitch, Report I, 90". 
 
 Obscure yellow ; antenna) longer than the body, fuscous ; feet 
 pale ; wings hyaline, /eins fuscous, pointed obscurely ; single gra- 
 date series banded with fuscous. (From the description of Dr. 
 Fitch.) 
 
 Ticngth to tip of wings C? millim. Alar expanse 10 millim. 
 JJab. Illinois; October (Asa Fitch), 
 f f f Three sectors. 
 
 5. H. alternatus. 
 
 Hemerohiux alternatus Fitch, Report I, 93. 
 
 "White or yellowish; varied with fuscous, with fulvous pile; head 
 in front and thorax each side with a blackish-fuscous stripe; abdo- 
 men whitish, each side with a longitudinal white stripe, which is 
 margined above with a series of brown p; ints, and below by a 
 brown line; wings hyaline, iridescent, veins interrupted black and 
 white; gradate series black, stout, marked with fuliginous; poste- 
 rior wings pale, sparingly marked with black. (From the descrip- 
 tion of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11? millim. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 Ifab. New York ; June (Asa Fitch). Upon pine and hemlock 
 bushes. 
 
 
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 6. H. stigmaterus. 
 
 llemcrohius sli.jimte.rus Fitch, Report I, 03. 
 
 Luteous; head and antenm. luteous, feet pale ; thorax and al,- 
 dorneu fuseons; vvn,,. hyah-ne, anterior ones with blaek veins which 
 are banded wuh white; areoles fnn.ose, with hyaline points;'^ j 
 st.g.a .dvous ; two gradate series, black. (l..o.n tie ,.:J^, 
 
 streak.'' ^^^''^ '^ '^'' '^''"™'" ^'""^''''' °'* ^^''^'' ^ 1^^'« '^teral 
 ^_ J^ength to tip of wings 8-10 n.illim. Alar expanse 15-18 mil. 
 
 Jlah^ North America, Northern and Western States; common 
 from March to October (Asa Fitch). to'"inon 
 
 7. H. castaneae. 
 Ilcmerohius castaneae Pitch, Report I, 94. 
 
 witYa sh'!,' ''"'! 1^ "IT ^"•"'^^'' ^^^'* ^y^' thorax each side 
 v^i h ast pe, and the abdomen with lateral spots, fuscous; win-^s 
 h a Ino the n.arg.n a little dusky; veins whiti.h, interr'npted^ 
 bkc two gradate senes black; a basal larger spot, another smaller! 
 and the bases of the series of discoidal veins black 
 
 The color of the veins often varies; they are sometimes either 
 black fuscous, or with fulvous interruptions ; sometimes deep black, 
 and the d.sco.dal spots are confluent into a vitta. (From the de 
 scription of Dr. Fiteh.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 18 millim. 
 
 fronft W n " 'T'^ ^^^•^''^''^-t--" States, everywhere common, 
 
 8. H. tutatrix J 
 
 nemerohius tutalrix Fitch, Report I, 04. 
 
 Yellow; head each side with an external fascia beneath the eyes; 
 
 horax each side with three spots, which sometimes are connuent 
 tormuig a stripe, fuscous; antenna) a little annulated with fuscous- 
 leet ydlowish; wings hyaline, veins whitish, interrupted with fus- 
 cous, \ -shaped clouds of a fuscous color upon the areoles, having 
 
 he angle on the fuscous interruptions, and the open side towanls 
 tne apex of the wing; two series of transverse uervures, 7 and G 
 gradate, black ; a black point at base. 
 
IIEMEUOBIUS. 
 
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 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 10 millim. 
 Ilah. New York, September (Asa Fitch), upon apple trees ; 
 Washington, .June (Osten Sacken); California. 
 
 9. H. conjunctua. 
 
 J/rmiruhius co)ijuiictus Fitch, Report I, 94. 
 
 Wings hyaline, the margin infuscated ; veins white, interrupted 
 with iihick, and banded; gradate veins, the two internal ones ex- 
 cepted, banded with fuscous, a black point at the base of the dis- 
 (uidal veins; posterior wings immaculate. The spots of the wings 
 are almost as in //. nUernatns, but the margin is immaculate. 
 (From the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 jjcngth to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 14 millim. 
 
 Ilah. New York, May (Asa Fitch), upon pine bushes. 
 
 10. H. pinidumus. 
 
 l/( nil roiins piiiidiiinux Fitch, Report, I, d5. 
 
 Yellowish; sides of the thorax fnscous; wings hyaline, a little 
 fiimosc, the margin with fuscous points; veins while, interrupted 
 with fuscous; gradate series J)lack, clouded with fnscous ; three or 
 four of the griidate veins forming a maculose band across the disk ; 
 sinular to //. tntnlrlr, differing in the basal reticulation. (From 
 the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7 millim. Alar expanse 12 millim. 
 
 ILib. New York, May to July; common (Asa Fitch) upon pine 
 bushes. 
 
 11. H. hyalinatus. 
 
 Hemernliiitii hijalinatus Fitch, Report, I, 95. 
 
 Similar to the preceding, perhaps a variety of it; wings more 
 hyaline, veins finely interrupted with fuscous; gradate veins un- 
 colored, not banded with fuscous; reticulation a little difl'ereut. 
 (From the description of Asa Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7 millim. Alar expanse 12 millim. 
 
 Ihih. New York, May to July (Asa Fitch); upon pine bushes. 
 
 12. H. subanticus. 
 
 Ileiiurobius subanticus Walk. Catal. 282, 13. 
 
 Ferruginous; head testaceous in front; antenna paler; feet tes- 
 
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 taceous; wiiifrs sublurid, narrow, veins testaceous, dotted with fus- 
 cons, two interrupted, fuscous gradate series, which are clouded 
 witii fuscous; sectors of the radius 1 and 2 bifurcated, 3 unifurcated 
 (From the description of AValker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 6 luillim. Alar expanse 11 niillim. 
 
 JIab. St. John's Bluff, East Florida (Doubleday). 
 
 13. H. posticus. 
 
 Ilcmerobius posticus Walk. Catal. 283, 15. 
 
 Ferruginous; head paler; antennaj testaceous, longer than the 
 body ; wings subliyaline, the anterior ones clonded with fuscous, 
 esi)ecially at the ai)cx and posterior margin ; veins pale testaceous^ 
 interrupted with fuscous ; two complete series of gradate veinlets' 
 which are fuscous, and clouded with fuscous; three bifurcate sec-' 
 to:-s; posterior wings with two complete series of gradate veinlets, 
 the internal one of which is fuscous, and clouded with fuscous' 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 14— IG millim. 
 
 JIab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 14. H. citrlnus ! 
 
 Bemcrohius citrinus Hagen ! 
 
 Yellow; occiput each side, and the sides of the prothorax fus- 
 cous; feet yellow ; wings yellow-hyaline, veins yellow, pointed'with 
 fuscous; gradate veins (6 and 5) yellow. 
 
 Length to tip of wiugs 10 millim. Alar expanse 18 millim. 
 
 Hub. Xorth America (Knoch; Berlin Museum). 
 
 15. H. slmulans. 
 
 Uemerobius simulans Walk. Catal. 285, 22. 
 
 Piceous; head ferruginous; antennte piceons, forrmrincus at 
 base; prothorax short, broad; feet, testaceous; wings cinereous, 
 the anterior ones clouded with fuscous, veins black; two gradate 
 series almost contiguous, banded with fuscous; sector 1 unifurcated 
 sector 2 bifurcated, sector 3 trifurcatcd. (From the description 
 of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 14 millim. 
 Hab. St. xAIartiu's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barns- 
 ton). ^ 
 
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 16. H. marginatus? 
 
 JIfiiurubius immjinaius Walk. Catal. 28G, 23. 
 
 Pale ochreous ; wings white, with the transverse veins, and some 
 clouds at the internal margin, fuscous ; sectors 1 and 2 unifurcated, 
 3 quudrifurcated. (From the descrijttion of Walker.) I believe 
 it to be dilferent from the European insect of this name. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millira. Alar expanse 19 niillim. 
 
 Hub. >i'ova Scotia (lledman). 
 
 17. H. humuli ? 
 
 Ihiiurvbius humuli Walk. Catal. 2SG, 24. 
 
 Pale ochreous; antennre annulated with fuscous and white; feet 
 pale; wings hyaline, sparingly i)ointed with fuscous; sectors 1 and 
 2 unifurcated, 3 trifurcated. (From the description of Walker.) 
 I believe it to be different' from the F]uropean species of this name. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 14 niillim. 
 
 Hub. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 18. H. crispus? 
 
 Iltmerobiiis crisjms Walk. Catal. 288, 31. 
 
 Testaceous ; sides of the thorax and the abdomen obscurer ; 
 wings opaline, narrow, the anterior ones spotted with fuscous, 
 transverse veins fuscous ; posterior wings immaculate ; sectors 1 
 and 2 unifurcated, 3 trifurcated. (From the description of Wal- 
 ker.) I believe it to be different from the European species of this 
 name. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 1 millim. Alar expanse 12 millim. 
 
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 10. H. obliteratns. 
 
 llcmcrvbius oblileratus Walk. Catal. 289, 35. 
 
 Testaceous ; antennte longer than the body, fuscous, annulated 
 with whitish, the apex fuscous; the basal article testaceous; feet 
 pale testaceous; wings subhyaline, the anterior ones hardly cloudeel 
 with fuscous; veins testaceous, interrupted with fuscous; gradate 
 series two, broken, banded with fuscous ; sectors 1 and 2 unifur- 
 cated, 3 trifurcated. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to lip of wings l millim. Alar expause 12 millim. 
 
 Hab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
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 20. H. neglectua ! ^ 
 
 J/cmerobius neylectus Hagen I 
 
 Yellow; head and sides of the prothorax fuscons ; antenna) and 
 feet j.alc yellow; winfr.s h.teo-fuseous, the anterior ones densely 
 streaked with whitish-hyaline; veins Inteons, pointed with blaek 
 and fuscons ; G and 5 of the gradate veins luteous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 1 1 nnllim. Alar expanse 20 niillim 
 
 nab. Mexico (^PJhrenberg; IJerlin Museun-^ 
 
 1 1 1 1 Four sectors. 
 
 21. H. longifrons. 
 
 Uunerobius longifrons Walk. Catal. 291, 40. 
 
 Testaceous, marked with fuscous ; antennae longer than the bodv 
 fuscous annulated with pale ; abdomen piceons; feet pale testace! 
 ous ; wings cinereous, anterior ones with three oblique, interrnntod 
 fascK^ and marginal spots, black; veins pale testaceous, inter- 
 rupted with black; gradrte series two, broken; sector 3 unifur- 
 cated. (From the doscrii)tion of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 18 millim 
 
 Ifub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's iJay (IJarn- 
 ston). •' ^ 
 
 POLYSTOECHOTES Bikh. 
 
 Antenna) short, moniliform ; subcosta and radius of the wings 
 confluent at the apex ; costal space of the anterior wings broader 
 at base, with a recurrent vein, forked: a gradate series of several 
 transverse veins ; last article of the maxillary palpi truncated. 
 
 Larva perhaps aquatic. 
 
 1. P. punctatus ! 
 
 Scmhlis jtniictata Fab.! Entom. Svst ^\ 'i'X A n i- 
 
 u , „ , „ ^-""Jiu. ^y.-.c. 11, M, 4.—nemi'robius vehulosus 
 
 Pab. tntom. Syst. Suppl. 202, 1-2.-^,,. robins irroratus Sav, 
 Long s Lxped. II, 30.i, 1 ; Asa Fitcb, Report, I, n.~PoUistocchoies 
 sue tens Burm. Hand. II, !»82, 1; Walk. Catal. 231, l.-Os„»//„s 
 validus Walk.! Catal. 233, 3. " 
 
 Piceous, hairy; mouth testaceous; antenna piceous, with the 
 base testaceous; head and thorax clothed with gray hair- feet 
 liairy, testaceous, the anterior ones annulated with fuscous 'apex 
 of the tarsal articles fuscous ; abdomen piceous, beneath fuscons • 
 
 m '! 
 

 MANTISI'A. 
 
 201 
 
 feet 
 
 wings cinereons, subliyaline, the anterior ones marked with fuscous 
 upon the margin ; veins white, with fuscous interruptions ; poste- 
 rior '.vings immaculate; sector 1 sevonteen-branched. 
 
 Lengtli to tip of wings 28 — 38 millim. Alar expanse 52 — 7G 
 millim. 
 
 Jfab. North West Territory ; Lake Erie, common (Say) ; North 
 Red River (Kennicott) ; New York, July, rare (Asa Fitch); 
 rhiliuk'lpliia, Pennsylvania, Washington (Osten Sacken); Cali- 
 fornia; Texas; Fort Steilacoom, Paget Sound (Dr. Suckley) ; 
 Maryland (Uhler). I saw the specimen described by Fabricius in 
 Bank's Museum. 
 
 2. P. vittatus. 
 
 Uemerohius vittatus Say, Long's Exped. II, 307, 2 ; Asa Fitch, Report, 
 1,92. 
 
 Pale yellow; head with a quadrangular black spot between the 
 eyes ; aiitentKc yellowish-red, the base and apex black; thorax 
 greenish-white, the sides with a black vitta; wings hyaline, pointed 
 with black ; costal veins white, with black interruptions ; ptero- 
 stigma small, whitish ; posterior wings almost immaculate, at the 
 midille of tiie anterior margin a large orbicular spot, and another 
 apical, smaller ; feet black, base of the femora, an apical ring upon 
 the posterior ones, and an apical ring upon the posterior tibiro, 
 pale ; abdomen black, a small, dorsal, pale spot upon the segments. 
 (From the description of Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 30 millim. Alar- expanse 55 millim. 
 
 Hub. Pennsylvania, New Jersey (Titian Peale, Say). 
 
 MANTISPA Illiger. 
 
 Antennee short; prothorax elongated, cylindrical; anterior feet 
 stout, rai)tatorial ; wings narrow, subcosta and costa confluent at 
 the middle of the anterior margin. 
 
 1. M. brunnea! 
 
 Mantixpa brunnea Say, Long's Exped. II, 309 ; Amer. Entom. II, tab. xxv ; 
 Ericlison, Oermar's Zeitschrift, I, Itil, 2 ; Westwood. Trans. Ent. See. 
 Lonvl. ser. 2, 1, 253, 2 ; Walk.! Catal. 214, 2.—M(nitispa varia Erich.! 
 GermarV Zeitschr. I, 1(11, 3 ; Westw. Trans. Ent. Soe. ser. 2,1,253, 
 3 ; Walker! Catal. 214, 3 ; Hagen ! Stettin. Ent. Zeit. XX, 406. 
 
 Color very variable; fuscous, varied with black and yellow; 
 
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208 
 
 NEUROPTEUA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 li- 
 
 head fusooiis, a transverse streak at the base of the antennaj, and 
 another, occii)ital, sometimes absent, black ; antenna) fuscous,' base 
 and extreme apex yellowish; prothorax varving in robustness, 
 anteriorly broadest, upon the middle transversely rugose, narrower 
 between the anterior and posterior tubercles, fuscous; with a 
 broad, transverse, yellow band behind the black anterior 'margin • 
 or with a triangular yellow si)ot at base, before a black band ; or 
 with the middle also yellow; mcsotliorax fuscous, or fuscous mar- 
 gined with yellow; abdomen fuscous or yellow, base above and 
 beneath black; anterior feet entirely rufo-fuscous, or with the 
 femora l)laok, tibia; black inside, outside sometimes with a longi- 
 tudinal black stripe; intermediate feet yellowish-red, with tlie 
 femora obscure, or yellowish, the femora l)lack, with the apex 
 yellowish; tibiai behind the liase, banded with fuscous ; tarsi some- 
 times (perhaps the other sex) with two broad lamelliform, yellow- 
 ish lobes, which are rounded at the apex ; (I have not seen this 
 to be tlie case but in two specimens ; types of 31 hrmmea Erich- 
 son, and of Uhler ;) posterior feet the same color as the intermediate 
 ones, with no lobes ; wings fuscous, the posterior half hyaline. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18—34 millim. Alar expanse 30—34 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Xorth West Territory (Say); N. Illinois (Konnicott) ; 
 Philadelphia (Say); Georgia (Abbot); St. John's IJluir, E. Flo- 
 rida; Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound; Mexico (Deppe); Central 
 America. 
 
 I have seen many sjfeeimens ; I believe the species of Say and 
 Erichson not to be different ; :\rr. Say describes both sexes, but 
 does not appear to have observed the remarkable lobes of the tarsi. 
 
 (The tarsal loljes are not characteristic of sex, but are found 
 present in both males and females ; the membranous character of 
 these lobes, and their great delicacy seems to render thera liable to 
 disappear, by shrinking or accident; this probably accounts for 
 their absence in most of the sppciraens observed by Dr. Hagen; in 
 a specimen which I examined the one middle tars'us had the lobes 
 Ijeautifully api)arent, while on the opposite tarsus only a vestige 
 was present ; on another tarsus only a white membrane was appa- 
 rent; when well conditioned, the lobes are obvious upon both the 
 middle and posterior tarsi. The male has robust, cylindrical, hairy 
 a.!al appendages, superiorly, which will abundantly distinguish the 
 sex. Uhler.) 
 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
itennae, and 
 ascoiis, base 
 robustness, 
 ie, narrower 
 lis; with a 
 ior margin ; 
 k band ; or 
 iscons mar- 
 above and 
 r with the 
 th a longi- 
 , with the 
 I the apex 
 tarsi sonie- 
 '111, yellow- 
 It seen this 
 nea Erich- 
 terniediate 
 yaline, 
 ise 30—34 
 
 'onnieott); 
 
 n; E. rio- 
 
 ); Central 
 
 f Say and 
 sexes, but 
 r the tarsi. 
 are found 
 laraeter of 
 ti lial)le to 
 ;ounts for 
 lagen ; in 
 
 the lobes 
 a vestige 
 ivas appa- 
 
 botli the 
 ical, hairy 
 guish the 
 
 MANTIBl'A. 
 
 209 
 
 2. M. interrupta ! 
 
 Alaiitinpa inlirrupta Say, Amor. Kntomol. II, tab. xxv ; Kiichs. Germ. 
 Zcits. I, 171, 21 ; Westw. Trana. Ent. Soc. 8or. 2, I, 2.0r., 21 ; Walk. 
 Catal. 219, 21. 
 
 Yellowish; autcnnte black, yellow at base; head yellow in front, 
 with a black line upon the middle; ]»osteriorly black, exteriorly 
 yellow; a streak upon the middle, and a spot each side, yellow; 
 l)rothorax long, slender, tuberculous, yellowish-fusrous; the aiiical 
 and basal margin, and a longitudinal dorsal line, black ; niesotho- 
 rax fuscous, varied with yellow; abdomen fuscous (mutilated); 
 feet yellowish, the anterior femora exteriorly and interiorly striated 
 with fuscous, til)iie and tarsi black ; posterior femora interiorly at 
 base with a fuscous line, intermediate til)iie with a fuscous ring ; 
 wings hyaline, veins black, subcosta fuscous; pterostigma long, 
 brownish-black. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 23 millim. Alar expanse 36 niillira. 
 
 Huh. Philadelphia (Say, Uhler); Yirginia (Uhler). 
 
 This species is very rare ; I have seen only one specimen ; the 
 words of ^Ir. Say, "On the subniargin is an irregular, (piadrate, 
 dark, fuscous spot, confluent with the carpus," do not agree with 
 my specimen. 
 
 (The species varies in sometimes wanting the quadrate brown 
 spot of the wings ; the tarsal lobes are apparent in this si)ecies, in 
 common with the preceding : I have seen a specimen in which the 
 apical spot of the wings is absent. The abdomen is generally yel- 
 lowish, with dorsal, triangular, black spots. Uhler.) 
 
 3. M. viridis. 
 
 Manthpa viridis Walk. Catal. 227, 47. 
 
 Green or yellow, with a reddish stripe each side, along the whole 
 length of the body ; face varied with rufous ; antennse reddish ; 
 jirothorax long, slender, broader anteriorly; wings hyaline, veins 
 pale, dotted with black. (From the description of "Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 ? millim. Alar expanse 18 millim. 
 
 I/ab. East Florida. 
 
 Walker, Catal. 215, 7, reports M. prolixa, from Georgia; I saw 
 the s])eciinen, but J/. pi-vHxa Erichson, is a dilTercnt species. The 
 locality of Mr. Walker's species is doubtful. 
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 NEUUOI'TKUA OF NoIiTIf AMEIilCA. 
 
 4. M. moesta! 
 
 J\/<uiiisii(i vioesla Ilagen ! 
 
 Browtiisli-lilaek ; palpi ''■ ?ons ; face fiisooiis, trniisvcrsply ru- 
 gose ; front deprossud, ruiHi.s, a spot IjcIwolmi tlio aiilt'iiiiiu, a lilaek 
 band posteriorly; anteiinif fuscous; prolliorax dilated anteriorly, 
 luteous, nnirgined with black ; posteriorly narrower, cylindrical, 
 transversely sulcated ; abdomen black, ai»ex of segments 1 and 
 2 margined with yellow ; '6 and 4 polished at base, with very nu- 
 merous red points ; anterior feet black, first article of the tarsi 
 exteriorly varied with yellow ; posterior femora fuscous, with the 
 apex yellow, tibiio yellow, with an external fuscous spot ; wings 
 fuscous, shining ; twelve discoidal areoles ; a gradate vein upon 
 arcoles G and 7. (Female.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 27 millim. Alar expanse 47 niillim. 
 
 Hub. Tennessee (Saussure). 
 
 MELEOMA FiTcii. 
 
 A genus not seen by me, allied to Chnjsopa, but the bases of 
 
 the antenntc are distant, and there is an intermediate frontal horn. 
 (Asa Fitch.) 
 
 1. M. Bignoretii. 
 
 Milcnma signoretii Fitch, Report I, 82. 
 
 Yellowish-grccn, pale, sparingly pilose; between the anteimaj a 
 cylindrical horn, which is longer than the basal joint of the an- 
 tenna), deflexed anteriorly into a lamina, upon the middle of which 
 is a black tooth ; face each side with a fuscous spot, antenntc pale 
 fuscous, the two basal articles green, the first elongated thicker; 
 base of the prothorax elevated; feet whitish, tarsi yellowish, with 
 the apex black; apex of the wings a little angulated, liyuline, 
 pterostigma a little opaque ; veins whitish, gradate veins, and 
 transverse ones of the interior side of the radius, black. (From 
 the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 ? millim. Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 
 Hah. Mt. Antonio, Rupert, Vermont, July (Asa Fitch). 
 
 2. M. longicornis. 
 
 Osmi/his longicornis Walk. Catal. 235, 8. 
 
 Testaceous, somewhat marked with fuscous ; antenntc longer 
 
 
CimYSOPA. 
 
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 rt'i'sply ru- 
 lit', a liliick 
 iinteriorly, 
 yliiulrical, 
 nts 1 ami 
 h very iiu- 
 f tlio tarsi 
 I, with the 
 ot ; wings 
 vein upou 
 
 inilliiu. 
 
 ! l)ases of 
 iital horn. 
 
 [inteiina! a 
 f the aii- 
 j of wliicli 
 enna} pale 
 . thiclver ; 
 ivisli, witli 
 , Iiyaline, 
 ^eins, and 
 . (From 
 
 niillim. 
 
 a; longer 
 
 Ihan the wings, straw-colored, slendor, a little pubescent; feet 
 straw-eolored ; wings liyuline, long, narrow; the anterior ov.-s with 
 whitisli veins, wliieh are interrupted with fuseons ; veins of the 
 posterior wings whitish; fnseous points lietween the radius and 
 suhcosta. (From the deseription of V/aliier.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 22 millini. Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 
 Jlab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 Does it belong to this genus ? I saw the specimen, and noted 
 "tiiut it belonged to Utn/so/ia." 
 
 CHRYSOPA Lkacii. 
 
 Antenmc setiform, long; sniieosta and radius of the wings not 
 conjoined at the apex ; the costal space of the anterior wings nar- 
 row at base, no recurrent vein ; transverse veins in gradate, con- 
 tinuous series ; the last article of the maxillary palpi compressed 
 at the apex, narrowed, 
 
 f Second article of the antenna) with a black ring. 
 
 1. Ch. oculata ! 
 
 C/iri/sopu oculata Say, Jonrn. Acad, Philad. VIII, 4r) ; Walk, Catal. 2(10, 
 nC— C7/r//.soy)a niri/plira Burm. Ilandl), II, 1180, 7; Schiiuidor, Mou. 
 Chrya. 121), 3'J, tab. x\v.—Chrysopa omiknm Fitch, Report I, 85. 
 
 Greenish-yellow; antennic yellowish, the npex obscure, the se- 
 cond article annulated with black, the first joint with a red, dorsal 
 spot or annulus; head yellow, bases of the antcnnse surrounded 
 with black rings, above n])on the middle interrupted with sangui- 
 neous ; sides of the cheeks with a black streak ; occiput wiu. four 
 black points, which are sometimes confluent into two lines ; the 
 anterior spots often conjoined with the rings around the antennie, 
 each side behind the eyes with a black point ; prothorax each side 
 with three black points, forming two ii.icrmediate series, and two 
 more laterally, also black; wings hyaline, transverse veins of the 
 anterior ones almost, entirely, or in part black. 
 
 licngth to tip of wings 16 — 18 millim. Alar expanse 2G 30 
 
 millim. 
 
 Hab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston) ; United States (Say), extremely common ; common in June 
 (Asa Fitch); I have seen many specimens; Washington (Osten 
 
212 
 
 NKLIlDlTKUA OF NOUTII AMKUK'A. 
 
 Siickoii); N'cw York; Siiviiiiimh, Daltoii, (Jcorfriii; iV'iiiisylviinin; 
 Vii-Kiiiiii (Ostoii Siuiki'ii); Illinois (Keniiicolt) ; Marjluiul (Uiiler); 
 Now Oi'leuiis (I'leiU'cr); TemicHseo (Suussiirt'). 
 
 2. Ch. lllopida! 
 
 r/,n/suy,(i illiiiiila Fitch, Ruport I, 84. 
 
 Very imicli liko tlio proccdiiijr spocica, hut the four occipital 
 spots arc coiijoiiicd in two lines; the anterior win^rs with the trans- 
 verse veins only of the costa, ut their l)ase and apex, tlic laiso of 
 tho second sector, and the gradate veins, black. 
 
 Same size us the precedinj^ species. 
 
 Hull. New York; Illinois, Juno (Asa Fitch); perhaps a variety 
 of tho preceding. 
 
 3. Ch. albicornls. 
 
 ChrijHtiiHi ulliicornis Fitch, Report I, 84. 
 
 Very much like C/i. ociihila, the four occipital black points con- 
 joined ill two lines; the basal article of the anteniiie annnhited with 
 sanguineous, the transverse veinlets of all the wings entirely, or in 
 part black. (From the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Same size as the preceding. 
 
 Jlah. Mississippi, April (Asa Fitch); perhaps a variety. 
 
 4. Ch. chlorophana ! 
 
 ChnjSi.jHi r/il„fop/i,n„i Jhinu. iramll). 11, 07!', 1; t^chiieiil.! Moiiog. ChryH, 
 127, 3'2, till). x\iv.— (7ii-ijsopa xanlhocphala Fitch, Kcport 1, Sf). 
 
 Very much like Ch. illepida, head having the same picturation, 
 but diU'ers in the wings being a little viridescent, the apex more 
 rounded, the pterostigma ob.scurer, and the ciliie of the veins longer. 
 
 Same size as jircceding. 
 
 JIub. New York; Lake Michigan, .Tune (Asa Fitch). 
 
 Its appearance is diflerent; but it is difficuU to be separated by 
 distinct marks. Further experience will decide whether the species 
 of Dr. Fitch cau be justly separated from it. 
 
 5. Ch. fulvibucca. 
 
 Chri/.-injiii/itlribitcca Fitch, Report I, 8G. 
 
 Yery much like Ch. vculata, but differs in wanting the external 
 black streaks of the cheeks ; points of the prothorax variable. 
 (From the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
CIIUVHUI'A. 
 
 Sid 
 
 
 Saino si/,(> ns proccdiiijr. 
 
 Ifab. New York, July iiiid Aiigusl. rerliiipa a variety. 
 
 0. Ch. transmarlnal 
 
 CltrynnjKi tronsiiKirlnn Ildgcn ! — Ch, chloro/ihana Walker! Catal. 251), 55. 
 
 Similar to ' //. r/i/(iri)p/inn(i, l)nt (lill'erH by waiitinj^ tlio two oc- 
 cipital middle points; two well-defiiu'd spots at the eyes anteriorly 
 and two posteriorly; winjjs densely and lonj?ly ciliated, the trans- 
 verso veins entirely j^'rcon, tlie costal ones hardly lilack at hase. 
 
 licn^lh to tip of \\'\\\'^s \',i niilliiM. Ahir expanst! iJ.'J niillini. 
 
 J/(if>. La Chine, near Montreal (narnston); (A St. .John, New- 
 foundland ; Nova Scotia (Kedinan). 
 
 7. Ch. misHissippiensls. 
 
 Clirysojin imsslsslfi/iiinsis Fitch, I!(;j)Oi't I, Sd, 
 
 rictHratiiMi of the head very inncii like that of the preceding 
 species, Inil it diifers in size; the wings are rounded at the apex, 
 all tlio transverse veins or a part of tiieni black. (From the de- 
 scription of Dr. Filch.) 
 
 Alar ex|)anse 3o niillini. 
 
 Jliilj. .Jiickson, Mississi[i|ii, in April (Asa Filch). 
 
 8. Ch. Chi. 
 
 ClirijsojKt rlii Kitcli, Report I, S7. 
 
 Antenna' pale, the apex obscurer; at the base of the antenna; 
 an ac-shaped spot, two lateral spots each side, and an inlerniediate 
 point black; occiput with four black points in a transverse series; 
 lirothorax and niesotliorax with four bliick points, and a point at 
 the base of the anterior wings; abdomen ))lack, tlic ape.v jtale; 
 transverse veins black, those of the coshd middle green ; posterior 
 wings with the transverse veins black, base of the first sector black, 
 the second sector l)lack, green upoi' the middle. (From the de- 
 scription of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 liCngth to tip of wings 19? milliin. Ahir expanse 3t millim. 
 
 Ifdh, New York, .luno (Asa Flitch). 
 
 9. Ch. ypsilon ! 
 
 Chrijsapa ypsilon Fitch, Report I, b7. 
 
 Greenish-yellow, pale; antenna; pale, the apex obscurer, tlie basal 
 article beneath with an apical black point, the second article with 
 
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 NEUROrTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 a black riiij?; between the antenntc is a black Y; a series of semi- 
 lunar streaks at the base of the antenna), a quadrangular spot 
 before and a streak upon the sides of the cheeks, black; occiput 
 with four black points in a transverse series ; prothorax with four 
 quadrangular black spots, mesothorax with two, and a spot at the 
 bases of the anterior wings, black ; abdomen obscure green, the 
 segments with two dorsal, medial, fuscous points ; wing's hyaline, 
 transverse veins black, green on the middle. 
 
 Length to tip of wings IG raillini. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 Ilah. Xew York, .Alay, June (Asa Fitch) j Washington (Osten 
 Sacken). 
 
 At first sight it resembles the preceding; is it different? 
 
 10. Ch. iatipennia f 
 
 Vhrusopa laiipcunh Schneid. Monog. Chrys. 118, 34, tab. xl; Walk. Ca- 
 tal. 251), i>4.—Chri/sopa bipunctata Fitch, Report I, 87. 
 
 Ycllowish-greea ; apex of the antenna; obscurer, the second 
 article with a black ring ; face at the base of the antenme with a 
 semilunar, short streak, a streak at the sides of the cheeks, and a 
 point anleriorly, black; occiput with two black points; thorax and 
 abdomen green, one-colored ; wings broader, the apex rounded, 
 transverse veins of the costal space black at their bases, black all 
 over in the posterior wings. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 19 millim. Alar expanse 34 millim. 
 
 J/uIk Pennsylvania (Zimmerman); St. IMartin's Falls, Albany 
 River, Hudson's Bay (Barngton); Xew York, June (Asa Fitch). 
 
 t t Second article of the antenuaj of the same color 
 
 as the rest. 
 * Antenme partly black. 
 
 11. Ch. nigricornis ! 
 
 Chrij^npa injricnrius Burm. Ilandb. 11, 980, G ; Schneid.! Monog. Chrysop. 
 12G, 37, tab. xliii; Walk. Catal. 259, m.— Cluiisnpa colon Fitch, 
 Rt'imrt I, 88. 
 
 Pale yellow ; antenna^ yellowish, black at base, the first article 
 whitish ; face with a black streak at sides upon the cheeks; jn-o- 
 thorax each side anteriorly with a black point ; body pale yellow; 
 wings hyalino, transverse costal veins, gradate veins entirely and 
 the second sector at base, black. 
 
pro- 
 
 CIIRYSOPA. 
 
 215 
 
 IjC'iij]jtli to tip of \viii,a;s 18 niillim. Alar expanse 38 raillim. 
 Jhib. Carolina (Zimnicrman); New York, June (Asa Fitch); 
 
 
 collection of Ilagen. 
 
 12. Ch. ampla ! 
 
 Chrijsopa ampla Walk. Catal. 2fi8, 72. 
 
 Lutcous; antenna) longer than the wings, the basal article large, 
 inflated, articles 3 — 8 within, lineated with black; prothorax broad, 
 narrow in front ; mcsothorax spotted with fuscous above ; wings 
 hyaline, veins white, stigma small, fuscous; anterior wings with 
 fuscous veins at base, two basal, costal ones, the last one of the 
 cubitus, the second one of the first sector, and some of those of 
 the costa at their apex, blackish-fiscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 27 niillim. Alar expanse 48 millim. 
 
 Ildh. Georgia (Abbot); Mexico. 
 
 Another specimen from ^Mexico is only 21 millim. long, but it is 
 hardly difl'ercnt. 
 
 13. Ch. lineaticoinis ! 
 
 Chri/si'pa liii' aliciirnis Fitcli, Report I, 91. — Chnjsapa puncticornis Fitch, 
 Report I, 02. 
 
 Pale green ; antenna; longer than the wings, black at base, the 
 basal article \)a\c, inflated, above lineate..'' with black; head spotted 
 with fuscous anteriorly; prothorax exteriorly margined with fus- 
 cous ; wings hyaline, all the transverse veins black. 
 
 Length to tij) of wings 17 millim. Alar expanse 31 millim. 
 
 JIab. New York, July (Asa Fitch); North America (Vienna 
 ]\ruseum). 
 
 Clirysopa jmncticornis is, very probably, nothing more than a 
 variety. 
 
 14. Ch. cubana ! 
 
 Cliri/.iopa cubana Ilagon ! 
 
 Bright green ; antenniX! of the length of the wings, black, the 
 basal article bright greon, above with a broad, black streak; wings 
 hyaline, transverse veins all black. 
 
 I-ength to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 Ifdh. Cuba, in ^larch (Ostcn Sacken) ; Alleghany Mountains, 
 Virginia (Osteu Sacken). 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 15. Ch. lateralis. 
 
 IJcnKrobiiis lahralis Guor. Iconogr, Ri^gn. Anim. Ins. p. HSS. Sclineid. 
 Monog. Chrys. 1G2, G.—Chrys<>pa lateralis Walk. Catal. 274, 8(j. 
 
 Bright grccii ; aiitenntc longer than tlie body, blaekisli-fiiscous, 
 the basal article rufous; head anteriorly at the margins of the eyes, 
 and sides of the prothorax with a line, rufous ; veins of the wino-s 
 green; feet green, tarsi fulvous. (From the description of (;ucrin!) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 17 millim. Alar expanse 30 milliui. 
 
 I/(tb. Vera Cruz (Saulcy). 
 
 16. Ch. conformis ! 
 
 Chrysojin conformis Walk. Catal. 2G9, 74. 
 
 Testaceous ; anteMna3 Icniger than the wings, blackisli at base ; 
 feet pale; abdomen testaceous; wings hyaline, pterostigma testa- 
 ceous, veins green, some of them 1)]ack. (From the description of 
 Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 17 millim. Alar expanse oO millim. 
 
 I/ah. Jamaica (Gosse); Cuba; St. Thomas; Mexico (Deppe). 
 
 Ferhaps a specimen from Jamaica (Cuming; Vienna Museum), 
 belongs here ; but the antenna! are destroyed ; the Itasal article i 
 testaceous; the prothorax is margined anieriorly with rufous. 
 Does it possibly belong to C/ivT/sojja transversa ? 
 
 * 
 
 17. Ch. pavida ! 
 
 C/iri/t^o/in pni'idd Ilngen ! 
 
 Fale, wliili>h-yello\v; occiput truncated behind ; antcnn;e lontr, 
 black; the ba>al article large, yellow, altove with a longitudinal 
 rufous spot ; the second and third articles yellowish ; prothorax 
 flat, quadrangular, anteriorly obliquely truncated, the sides nar- 
 rowly red; wings large, hyaline, pterostigma yellow; veins yellow- 
 isli ; anterior wings with the middle of the costal veins or the 
 whole of them, black ; the apex of tlic second sector, the gradate 
 veins (10 and 11) almost entirely, apices of the rest of the trans- 
 verse veins, and the marginal forks entirely, black ; hind wings 
 with the apex of the second sector, and vein of the posterior mar- 
 gin, black. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 22 millim. Alar ex])anso 41 millim. 
 ^ Huh. Cordova, Mexico (Saussure, Deppe) ; South Carolina 
 (Zimmerman). 
 
CIIUYSOPA. 
 
 217 
 
 May tliis uot be Ilemerohius lateralis Guer. Icon, llfega. Anim. 
 
 p. 388 ? 
 
 18. Ch. explorata! 
 
 Clirijsopa explorata Ilagen ! 
 
 Yellowish ; face with a large, quadrangular spot, occiput with 
 a Y-shaped streak and spot, red ; antenna) yellowish, fuscous at 
 base: the first article yellow, with the apex above, red; prothorax 
 broad, obliquely truncated in front; anterior margin black; wings 
 hyaline, narrow, pterostigma yellow, interiorly with a red spot; 
 transverse veins of the anterior wings almost all blackish-fuscous; 
 gradate veins 5 and 5. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 raillim. ^lar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hah. Cordova, Mexico (Saussure). 
 
 * * Antenna) immaculate ; veins varied with black. 
 
 
 19. Ch. Insularis. 
 
 Chrijsupa insularis Walk. Catal. 2iiO, 73. 
 
 Testaceous, beneath paler; antenna) testaceous, much longer 
 tliau the wings ; head testaceous, mouth rufous, a vertical rufous 
 streak ; prothorax long, conical ; segmetits of the abdomen fuscous 
 posteriorly ; wings hyaline, veins green, some of them black ; 
 pterostigma small, fuscous ; anterior wings with a discoidal fns- 
 cous spot, internal gradate veins black. (From the description of 
 Walker.) 
 
 Ticngtli to tip of wings 2U millim. Alar expanse 30 millira. 
 
 Huh. Jamaica (Gosse). 
 
 20. Ch. transversa. 
 
 Chrysnjia traiisvirsa Walk. CataL 255, 40. 
 
 Yellow ; antenna) shorter than the wings, y(>llow, ]mbcKcent, the 
 base paler ; head yellow ; face with a spot at the base of the an- 
 tenna", and the lateral margin, rufous; palpi partly black; protho- 
 rax broad, short, narrower anteriorly, the lateral margins rufous ; 
 feet pale green; wings hyaline, veins green, transverse ones almost 
 all black ; pterostigma pale green ; areoles rather few. (From 
 the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings — ? millim. Alar expanse 22 millim. 
 
 Hah. Jamaica (Gosse). 
 
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 NEUROrTEUA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 21. Ch. collaris. 
 
 C/iri/snpa cnllaria ScUneid. Monog. Chrys. 80, 0, tab. x^. Walk C.atal 
 245, 19. 
 
 Ycllowish-grccn; a red streak each side, upon the cliccks, at tlie 
 eyes, another upon the lateral margin of the clyi)eus and labruni ; 
 a red point each side upon the occiput near the eyes; prothorax a 
 little broader than long, sides bright ferruginous; antennix; shorter 
 than the wings, paler at base; anterior wings with the gradate veins 
 and all the subcubital ones, base and apex of the costal ones, base 
 of the second sector, the first sector, and some cubital ones partly, 
 black ; posterior wings with the costal veins black. (From the 
 descrijition of Schneider.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings IG milJim. Alar expanse 29 millim. 
 
 Hab. Island of St. Thomas. 
 
 Perhai»s it is not distinct from Ch. transversa. 
 
 22. Ch. thoracica ! 
 
 Chrysnpa thoracica Walk.! Catal. 243, 15. 
 
 Green, striped with yellow, robust ; antenna? (absent from my 
 specimen) stout, much shorter than the wings, testaceous, yellow 
 at Ijase ; face pale, a transverse rufous streak each side at the an- 
 tenna}; palpi dusky; prothorax broad, short, a dorsal, longitudinal, 
 yellow stripe upon the middle; abdomen with a similarly phiced 
 yellow stripe; feet pale green; wings narrow hyaline, veins of the 
 costa, transverse ones of the second sector and gradate ones, black ; 
 pterostigma pale green. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 Hah. Havana (collection of llageu); St. Domingo (I'ierret). 
 
 23. Ch. quadripunctata ! 
 
 Chrijsnpn quadripunctata Burm.! Handb. II, 980, 5, Sflmcia.! Monog. 
 Chrys. 84, 12, tab. xviii. Walk. Catal. 246, I'l.— Chnjsopa sicluUi 
 Fitch, Report I, 89. 
 
 Pale yellowish-green ; thorax and abdomen with a middle orange 
 stripe; head pale, with a yellow spot al)ove ; sides of the face, a 
 little between the antenna;, and each side posteriorly, at the eyes, 
 orange; antenme whitish, palpi whitish, with the apex fuscous; 
 prothorax pale yellow, each side with three oran';<? points; meso- 
 thorax with an orange point each side anteriorly '"eet pale; wings 
 hyaline, transverse veins almost all black. 
 
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CHRYSOPA. 
 
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 licngth to tip of wings 18 raiilim. Alar expanse 32 millim. 
 Ifiih. Carolina (Zimmerman); Pennsylvania; New York, Au- 
 gust (Asa Fitcli). 
 
 The other locality cited by Mr. Walker does not belong to this 
 
 species. 
 
 24 Ch. vlrginica. 
 
 Chrijsopa virgiiiica Fitch, Report I, 91. 
 
 Yellowish-green, immaculate; prothorax each side anteriorly 
 with a black point; wings hyaline, veins green, transverse veins of 
 the second sector fuscous at base, first gradate vein of the external 
 series black, clouded with fuscous; pterostigma with a fuscous 
 l)oint, which is larger in the posterior wings ; basal arcole quad- 
 rangular. (Is it irregular?) (From the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 19 millim. Alar expanse 35 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Cartersville, Virginia (Asa Fitch). 
 
 25. Ch. Bulphurea. 
 
 Chri/tiojia sulphitrca Fitch, Report I, 89. 
 
 Yellowish-sulphureous ; a subocular orange point ; prothorax 
 each side anteriorly, and the basal segments of the abdomen each 
 side, with an orange point; antcnnro and feet whitish; apex of the 
 wings rounded, of the posterior ones slightly angulated, veins 
 whitish, transverse veins with the base and apex of almost all of 
 them, and the gradate veins, black. (From the description of Dr. 
 Fitch.) 
 
 26. Ch. rufilabris! 
 
 Chrijsopa rujilahris Burm. ILandb. II, 070, 2. Schneid. Monog. Chrys. 
 78, S, tab. xiv. Walli. Catal. 245, IS.— Clirijsopa noi-atboraccnsis 
 Fitcli, Report I, 90. 
 
 Pale green, with a yellowish stripe in the middle; antenna, whit- 
 ish, the aiu'x obscurer ; face with a lateral streak and the mouth 
 red; palpi luteous, the apex and exteriorly fuscous; occiput each 
 side with a rufous point; i)rothorax often each side with a black 
 point; feet pale; wings hyaline, the apex angulated, transverse 
 veins almost all black, green in the middle. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 
 I/ab. Pennsylvania; New York, common in June and July (Asa 
 Fitcli); Savannah, Georgia; Mexico. 
 
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 220 NEUROl'TEIlA OF NORTIf AMEIUCA. 
 
 27. Ch. Interrnptaf 
 
 ('/in/s„pa inln-ftiplti Scliiund. Monop. Chrys. 7(J, Ki, U\h. xii. W;ilk. Ca- 
 tal. 2-lU, Vl.— Cln-iisiipii lahiiln. Fitcli, Report I, !)'2. 
 
 Pule prooii, nlmost wliilo, iniiiiiiciiliilc ; \viii<rs narrow, s'ri^diitc 
 iind siihoubitiil veins bliick, tninsvcrso almost iiU blnck, with wiiite 
 niiddlos. 
 
 Ii(.'no;lh to tip of win},^s It niillini. Alar oxpiinso 20 millini. 
 
 Jlidi. rcnnsylvaniii; Now Vork, Anj^nist (Asa Fitcli). 
 
 28. Ch. emuncta. 
 
 Chri/siijKi iiiiiiiirh: Fitch, Report I, 88. 
 
 Pale yellow; head caeh side with a transverse, small, snhocular 
 line, and an intermediate one hlaek; jirothorax anteriorly with a 
 black point each side ; apex of the wings rounded, bases of the 
 transverse costal veins, and the base and apex of the second sector 
 black; palpi exteriorly black. (From the descrii)tion of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 licnii-th to tip of win-,^s 19 millim. Alar expanse o-l millim. 
 
 Jhtb. New York, August (Asa Fitch). 
 
 29. Ch. attenuata! 
 
 Vhriisopa alhniuila Walk. Catal. 12-12, 14. 
 
 ^'ellow, very slender; sides of the head anteriorly rufous; palpi 
 varied with rufous; antenna- yellowish ; jirothorax narrow, the sides 
 anteriorly rnfcsccut ; feet pale ; wings hyaline, veins green, trans- 
 verse costal veins, the second sector and gradate veins obscurer. 
 
 Length to tii) of wings 11 millim. Alar exiianse '20 millim. 
 
 Jloh. St. .John's r.liiir, East Florida (Doublcday) ; Berkeley 
 Spriugs, Virginia (Ostcu Sacken). 
 
 30. Ch. repleta. 
 
 C/iri/soj>„ r,pl,l« Walk. Calal. 12-14, 17. 
 
 Testaceous; apex of the antenna; a little obscurer; prothorax 
 long, narrow in front; segments of the abdomen each side with a 
 fuscous spot; feet inile ; wings hyaline; all the transverse veins 
 o'i the anterior wings, and some of those of the posterior wings, 
 partly tinged with fuscous. (From the descrii)tion of Walker.) 
 
 r.ength to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 22 millim. 
 
 Hub. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 * * * Antenna- immaculate ; veins of the wings green. 
 
CIIUYBOPA. 
 
 221 
 
 81. Ch. harrisii. 
 
 Chrijsi'jKi harrisii Fitch, Report I, 9(t. — Vlinjuoiia pi via Harris, Iiis. New 
 Kiigland, 215, 
 
 Very imioli like Cli. noi'achoracensh, Ixit a little broac'er ; tlie 
 veins all fj^rccii. (From the description of Dr. Fitoli.) 
 
 Ijcngth to tip of wiiiu's 15 niillini. Alar expanse 28 millim. 
 Hah. New York, in July and August (Asa Fiteli). 
 
 32. Ch. externa! 
 
 ('I(ri/s(ijia rxhriia Ilagenl 
 
 Groenisli-yellow; thorax and abdomen with a middle, yellow 
 vitta; the mouth anteriorly and the sides sanguineous; antenna- 
 fulvous, yellowish at base ; wings narrow, acuminate, fimbriated 
 with green ; all the veins green ; the divisory-veinlet of the third 
 cubital areole not rcaeliing the first transverse veinlet of the first 
 radial sector. 
 
 Length to ti'> of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 2G millim. 
 
 Jfal). AVasliiiigton (Osten Sackcn); Mexico; California. 
 
 y.Aiy not this l)e Ch. harrisii? the wings, however, are narrower. 
 The species has the divisory veinlet not reaching the first trans- 
 verse veinlet, or rather not clearly exceeding it; and it is very much 
 like Ch. vuliiaris, of Europe ; but differs by the wings being nar- 
 rower, and more acuminate. Ch. acuta, of the Berlin ]\hiseum, 
 is perhaps this species (from Brazil, Surinam, Mexico); but it 
 differs iii having fewer gradate veins. 
 
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 33. Ch, robertsonli. 
 
 Chriisiipa ruin rtsouii Fitcli, Report I, S8. 
 
 Pale green, with a jialc dorsal stripe; head sulphureous, a short, 
 black line each side at the eyes; anteniuc yellowish, the basal ar- 
 ticle whitish; wings rounded at the apex, i)terostigma grceu, veins 
 all green. (From the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 milliin. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 llab. Tulleliassie, Creek Indian Territory (Robertson). 
 
 34. Ch. plorabunda. 
 
 Cltri/inpd ph.rabtuida Fitcli, Report I, 8S. 
 
 Pale green, with a yellow dorsal stripe ; head yellow, with a 
 small black line at the eyes; antenna; whitish, with the apex ycl- 
 
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222 
 
 NEUROPTEBA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 
 lowisli ; feet green-white, tarsi yellowish ; apcK of the wings 
 rounded, the posterior ones with the apex a little acuminate. 
 
 A variety has a reddish point caeh side of the head. (From 
 the description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 niillim. Alar expanse 25 millini. 
 
 Jfab. New York, Illinois, September and October, common 
 (Asa Fitch). 
 
 35. Ch. pseudographa. 
 
 Chrysopa psi udoyrapha Fitch, Report I, 89. 
 
 Very much like the preceding, stramineous ; head yellow, face 
 each side with a small black line ; antennre, feet, and veins of the 
 wings whitish ; apex of the wings rounded ; abdomen with a nar- 
 row, dorsal, white line, and the segments each side with an apical, 
 yellowish spot. 
 
 Var. Apex of ihe segments with a yellowish fascia. (From the 
 description of Dr. Fitch.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millini. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 Hub. Northern Illinois, October (Asa Fitch). 
 
 36. Ch. flava! 
 
 Hcmorohius flavm Scopol. Ent. Cam. 270, 707.— C/in/sn/ja vittata Wesm.I 
 Bullet. Acad. Brux. VIII, 211, 7 (partly) ; Schncid.! Monog. Chrys. 
 or), ], tab. vii.—Chri/sopa alba Bmuer! Monog. No, ,<) ; Burm.I 
 Handb. II, 981, 13.— Chrysopa suhfalcata Stepli.! Illustr. VI, !(•.'), 13. 
 
 Entirely whitish-green; basal article of the antenna thick, elon- 
 gated ; wings acuminate, the costal margin of the anterior ones 
 broadly oniarginated ; veins white, a few of the transverse veins at 
 base a little blackish. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 26 millim. Alar expanse 4G millim. 
 
 Hub. riiiladelphia (collection of llagen) ; Europe ; Asia. 
 
 37. Ch. innovata ! 
 
 Chrijsopu iinidvata Ilagen ! 
 
 Pale yellow; maxillary palpi with an external black streak upon 
 the articles; face with a black streak and spot ou both sides; 
 antenmie jjale yellow (partly destroyed), the first articles, long, 
 narrow, cylindrical, hardly thicker than the following ones; front 
 tuberculous between the antenna; ; vertex citron-colored ; protho- 
 rax subelongate, narrower anteriorly, each side anteriorly with a 
 black point; feet pale yellow, uails black; abdomen yellow; wings 
 
 Ml* 
 
; ii 
 
 ACANTIIACMSI3, 
 
 223 
 
 lonj?, the npex elliptical; veins and their fimbriie pale yellow; base 
 of the costal vciiu-i, '1 o first and secoml sector, some of the euhitnl 
 at the apex and someiiincs at the base, and the gradate veins (12 
 and 10) all black. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 23 millini. Alar expanse 41 niillim. 
 
 Hah. Mexico (Deppe; Berlin Museuni). 
 
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 ACANTHACLISIS Rambur. 
 
 Antenntc short, stout, the apex thickened ; labial palpi longer 
 than the maxillary; body stout, abdomen long, the apex forcipated 
 in the males; feet stout; spurs infracted; base of the nails dilated; 
 wings long, narrow, densely veined; the male having a tubercle at 
 base of posterior wings. 
 
 1. A. americana. 
 
 Myrmilejin ami ricanum Drury, Ins. 1,111,4; tab. xlvi, fig. 4. Burm. 
 IlaiuU). II, yy(j, 17. Walk. Catal. 317, 31. — Acanthaclisis americana 
 Rauib. Keuropt. 380, 4. 
 
 Gray, clothed with gray hairs; head with a black stripe in the 
 middle, face gray; antenna; black; thorax yellow-gray, with a stripe 
 in the middle and a lateral one each side black, clothed with long 
 gray i)ile; abdomen fuscous, the sides obscurer; apex of the abdo- 
 men of the male with short, straight, forcipated cerei ; feet black, 
 with gray hair ; wings grnyish-hyaline, densely pointed with fus- 
 cous; costal space fusccscent in the middle, biareolate. (Tromthe 
 figure and description of Drury.) 
 
 "Grayish-fuscous, front and two dorsal stripes rosy-gray; feet 
 annulated with flesh-color; veins of the wings hyaline, alternately 
 rosy and fuscous, wings with fuscous and pearly spots." (Burm.) 
 
 Lengt' to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expaijse 12G millim. 
 
 Hub. New York (Drury) J'; South Carolina (Zimmerman) ?. 
 
 I have never seen it ; the specimen of Burmeister is larger, the 
 wings spread 9G millim. Is it different? 
 
 2. A. fallax! 
 
 Myrmdeov fallax Ramb. 1 Neuropt. 385, 1. Walk. Catal. 329, 45.— ilA/r- 
 meliott impostor Walk.l Catal. 324,41. — iJyrmeleon senilis Klug! Ber- 
 liu Museum. 
 
 Lurid, with gray villosity, beneath yellowish ; face, palpi, and 
 
 ri . 
 
 A' ■ 
 
 ii ' 
 
 ^W'' ! 
 
224 
 
 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 
 base of the aiitcnnro bencatli yellowisli ; nntemuK lurid, aniiulated 
 with fuscous; vertox varied with fulvous and fuscous, a middle lon- 
 gitudinal lino, and crch hide with a transverse streak, fulvous; 
 occiput with two apitroximated fuscous lines; prothorax liiriil, each 
 side with three longitudinal fuscous stripes, the intcnuediate ones 
 being less clear; the middle ones approximated, with a whitish line, 
 which is thicker anteriorly, separating them ; thorax lurid, streaked 
 with fuscous, and with a dorsal whitish, middle line; feel pale, apex 
 of the femora exteriorly fuscous, tibiio, esi)ecially the anterior ones, 
 annulated with fuscous; nails black; abdomen lurid, above with 
 three fuscous streaks ; thorax and feet with long and dense griiy 
 villosity; appendages of the male cylindrical, short, almost straight, 
 above with black pile ; wings long, narrow, tlie ujtex acuminated, 
 the apex of the posterior ones a little om.aiginuted, hyaline, with 
 pearly spots ; veins alternated with white and fuscous spots ; radius 
 l)unctated; the space between the median nervuro and the subcosta 
 sometimes spotted with fuscous ; pterostigma small, white ; trans- 
 verse veins often bifid at the apex of the costal space. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 70 niillim. Alar expanse 120 niillim. 
 
 Iltib. ]\Icxico (Co.Tin); Cuba; Columbia; Guiana; iU'azil. 
 
 It may perhaps constitute a new subgenus. 
 
 3. A. congener ! 
 
 Acauthaclisis coixjcner Tlagenl 
 
 Black, clothed u'ith gray hair; face, palpi, and base of the an- 
 tenna; beneath, yellowish-white; antennio black, the apex with nar- 
 row whitish rings; vertex black with two transverse strijjes, the 
 posterior one interrupted in the middle, and two points jiosterior 
 to the bands, yellow, the surface with white hair; prothorax each 
 side with a maculose stripe, which is donldc anteriorly, fulvous ; 
 posterior margin fidvoiis, black in the middle; mesothorax spotted 
 with yellow; abdomen black, with gray pile, the i-osterior margins 
 of the apical segments narrowly fulvous ; feet fuscous, with gray 
 hair, tibiie yellowish, annuiated with fuscous, tarsi black ; wings 
 hyaline, a little acuminate, veins yellow, with fuscous interrui)tions, 
 pterostigma small, black, margined with yellow; subcosta and me- 
 dian nervule distinctly punctate ; the jstal space with one series 
 of a;^ oles. (Female.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 43 millim. Alar expanse 72 millim. 
 
 JIab. Pecos River, Western Texas, July (Capt. Pope). 
 

 MYU.MKI,i;uV. 
 
 225 
 
 MYRMELEON lisyf.. 
 
 Antennio slmrt, robust, the upcv thickeno.l ; ho.lv clon-atod 
 slender; feet loiif?, slender; spurs straiglit or a littlo inctrrved ' 
 base of the nails not dilate.l; win-s lonp, narrow, densely veined! 
 t ^ pcx of tlie wingg with a broad fuscous band. 
 
 1. M. gratus ! 
 
 l-ornnralrn yrala Sny, Journ. Acad. I'Lila,!. VIII, 4.-,, ^Z.-M^mndoon .ra- 
 /«. alk.! (^tal 392,ir.7.-JV-A-< ro.dre.nU liu.m.! IIau,lb. 
 II, !ni5, 1.} ; Ramb. ! Neuropt. 40s, ;]8, tab. xii, fig. 2. 
 
 IMack; niarf>;in of the labium, a transverse stripe upon the faee 
 and the oeeiput yellow; anteiin.e Ion-, the apex hardly thiekened- 
 labial palpi short, bhiek, the last article lon-er, fusiform; prothora.x 
 blaek, a mi.hlle line, broader at base and npe.v. white; abdomen 
 fuscous; teet slender, long, rufo-fuscous, base of the femora pale • 
 posterior tibiio pale, with the apex fuscous ; spurs long, straight' 
 as long as the two basal articles of the tarsi ; tarsi pale, with'the 
 apex fuscous; wings large, hyaline, the apex rosy, interior to which 
 IS a large, tnfarious, fuscous spot; anterior wings with a spot at 
 the middle of the posterior margin, and a series of points at the 
 submedian nervuro, fuscous ; medinn and submedian nervures yel- 
 low, interrupted with fuscous. 
 
 r.eng.h to tip of wings 52 millim. Alar expanse !)4 millim 
 Hub. Indiana; St. Louis; Philadelphia; Mississii.pi (Edwards). 
 t t Wings with ocellatc fuscous spots. 
 
 2. M. obsoletua! 
 
 Formiraho obsohia Say, Jour. Acad. Plnlad. VIII, 44, l.-M,/nnvleo„ ocel- 
 lotus Burm.l Haiulb. II, 995, 12; Walk. Catal. 401, n±~M,nncUon 
 nujnmnclm Ramb.! Neuropt. 398, 2U ; Walk.! Catal. 3U1, lol. 
 
 I.uteous; face with a transverse, broad, fuscous Aiseia ; antenna; 
 long, the apex elavate, luteous, the base and apex black • labial 
 palpi short, luteous, the last article longer, fusiform; pn„horax 
 elongated, narrower anteriorly, luteous, a little granulated with 
 hlack ; raeso- and metathorax with a broad, dorsal, fuscous stripe • 
 at each side a broad black stripe; abdomen l)lack, a luteous, dorsal 
 hand upon the middle of each segment ; feet elongated, very slender 
 Mack; Inise of the anterior femora, and apex of the tibitu brown- 
 
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 i 
 
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 226 
 
 NF.lIIlHl'TKKA OF NOllTII AMERICA. 
 
 
 posterior femora witli ii liitcous Imiid bcforo llic iipcx, tibia; lutcous, 
 Willi tlie base and ai)e.\ blacl<, tarsi luteotis, obscurer at the apex; 
 spurn as lon^ as tlio two basal articles of the tarsi, luteous; wings 
 liyaliuo, beaut iriiily spottcMJ with fuscous; tlie anterior ones witli nn 
 oeelbito spot at llie middh; of liie posterior niar^nn, u duul)k; spot at 
 the plerostij^nna, an apical interrupted series, and some points at 
 tile median iierviire, fuscous; posterior wings with a larger, orbicu- 
 lar spot before the pterostignia, and some apical spots, also fuscous. 
 
 Lensrth to tip of wings ."4 inillim. Alar expanse 02 niillim. 
 
 J/ah. United States, not rare (Siiy); New York ; St. Louis; 
 Carolina (Cabanis); Alabama ((Josst); Maryland (Uhler). 
 
 Very much like M. /nint/icriiriis Fab. {DrvUdtns iJorkhauscn), 
 from Kurope, but a diflercnt and most beautiful species. ((Jesse 
 (Letters from Alabama) figures this species on p. 248— Uhler.) 
 
 ■j- t f AVings not spotted, but hyaline or s})riiiklcd with 
 
 fuscous. 
 * Costal space with n double scries of arcoles. 
 \ No spurs. 
 
 3. M. abdominalia! 
 
 .l///^H./".;M(^W<)»H■/l((//sSily, (Uulmairs'West.Hn.irt. lU'pnrt, IF.Ki:?.— .Vyr- 
 mihon irrornlHs Harm.! llnn.ll). II, \W}, U.—Miinii<l,on roiiKpirsuf 
 Rjiml).! Neuropt. 387, 3 ; Walk.l Catal. 3l2!t, H.—M. M/yu"»us King. 
 l?ciliii Museum. 
 Fiiseo\is; face i>ii!,', with a broad, brownisli-blnck band upon the 
 middle, which is cmarginated anteriorly; vertex black, a transverse, 
 l)alc lino above nt the base of the antenna'; antenna' long, stout, 
 not clavato, black; jmlpi eiiual, lutoo-fiiscous ; thorfix fu.scous, oli. 
 seiirely and intcrrui)tedly lineated with pale; prothorax short; 
 at domen long, slender, longer than the wings, the apex forcipated, 
 fuscous, hirsute; two longitudinal, dorsal lines, which are some- 
 times partly confluent, i)ale; feet itale, densely sju-inkled with 
 black, apex of the tibiio, and apex of the tarsal articulations lilack; 
 tilii-.c armed with long, black spines, no spurs; wings short, broader 
 before the apex, a little fumose, subhyaline, veins fuscous, inter- 
 rupted with white, the anterior wings closely sitrinkled with fus- 
 cous, e.-peeially at the median and submedian nerves; abdomen of 
 the fenuile shorter than the wings ; fuscous, the segments with mid- 
 dle and apical yellow points. 
 
I! llltCOUH, 
 
 llie npcx; 
 is; wings 
 ns with an 
 )li; spot III 
 points lit 
 !r, orl)icii- 
 o fuscous, 
 niiliiii. 
 <i. Louis ; 
 ir). 
 •Ivhmison), 
 
 1. ((lOSSO 
 
 ■Uhler.) 
 nklcd with 
 
 es. 
 
 ,1(;3.— .l/'y- 
 
 ;i ro//.«;i( rsi/.s 
 Ipiniis King. 
 
 (1 upon tlip 
 transverso, 
 ontr, stout, 
 
 UKOOllS, oil- 
 
 rnx short ; 
 forcipated, 
 are some- 
 iiklcd with 
 ions lilacli; 
 )rt, broader 
 t;ous, inter- 
 (1 with fus- 
 ibdomen of 
 s with mid- 
 
 MYHMErFOV. 
 
 22T 
 
 l-cn^^h to tip of Winers 32 ^: 2n 9 millim. Alar expanse 50 
 
 uiiliini 
 
 /f"f>. AikansMs, Rocky Mounlains ; South Carolina rZimnier- 
 "inn); Savannah, Ueor-iu; Fh.rida (Norton); New Jersey (Uh- 
 
 ler). 
 I) 
 specica 
 
 Does M. ithdominnUs Say, perhaps belonj? to the f.,llowinff 
 species t '^ 
 
 X X Spurs present. 
 
 4. M. longlcauda ! 
 
 Mliniul.„nl„n,,;n,wl„, llnnu.! ll.nn.ll.. 11, D04, R ; Rami,.! Nouropt. 386 
 2, tab. xii, ng. ;i; Walk.! Catal. 32:i, 4U. ' 
 
 T-uteo-fuscous ; face luteous, fuscous at the base of the antenna? • 
 vertex okscurdy varied with fuscous; antennie lonj?. thick, clavate! 
 fuscous; palpi c(pu.l, luteous; thorax fuscous, obs.Mirely variccl 
 with pale; proth..rax short ; ahdonien l„n- slender, hairy, longer 
 than the wings, the apex forcipated, fuscous; the basal half above 
 ob.soletcly luteous; feet pale, sprinkled with black ; apex of the 
 tibne, the whole of the third and fourth articulations of the tarsi 
 and the apex of the last article, black ; til.iio with black spines- 
 sj.urs as long as the two basal articles of the tarsi ; wi.H-s narrow' 
 hyaline, veins fuscous ; the median and submedian nervure inter- 
 nipted with while; pterostigina whitish; anterior wings rarely 
 sprinkled with fuscous, with three obsolete, fuscous points at the 
 siibiiicdian nervure. I have not seen the female. 
 
 l-engtli to tip of wings 40 millim. Alur expan.se 4S miHim. 
 
 Iliib. Savannah, (Jcorgia. 
 
 5. M. contaminatus. 
 
 J/i/niulioii cnntamiiHitus Burm. ILindb. II, ni).'",, H. Note. 
 
 " .Most like M. in-oratns, but entirely black-grnv, the hind 
 wings also are densely sprinkled with black." Unknown to me. 
 (Prom the description of Burm.) 
 
 If'ih. South Carolina (,Ziminerman). 
 
 G. M. salvus! 
 
 Mi/rwi'lcoii siilrns Ilagen ! 
 
 Lnteo-fu.scous ; face luteous, above black ; vertex fuscous, obso- 
 letely variegated; antenutc long, clavate, fu.scous, slightly' annu- 
 
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 NKUItorTI'.lt.V OK NUinii A IKIMCA. 
 
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 ii 
 
 r H 
 
 11 
 
 lalfd will) liil(M)iis; piilpi Iiilcoiis, (m|ii:i1 ; lliornx I'liscoiis, viirio<l 
 with ituli' ; protlmrux sliort ; nlidiiiiicii of tlic inali' loii.u', slender, 
 lli(> iipex furcipiited, liuiry, longer tlum tlic \vinj;s, luleoiiH, with 
 two dorsid pide lines; I'eet, yellowish, sprinkleil with l)hicl<, ii|)ex 
 oi'tlio (iirsid nrtieuhitions, iiiid ihi- i'oiirlh entirely hliuk; tibia; with 
 1)la(dv spines; spurs as lonj; as the two liasal nvtieles of the tafsi ; 
 winu:s narrow, hyaliiu', veins I'nseons, pteroKti<>ina white; sulicosta, 
 iiUMJiaii and snbniedian nerves while, ii little spriidded with fus- 
 cous; posterior margin of the wings a, little sjirinkled with fuscous, 
 the costal space upon tlic basal half uniareolated. 
 
 Length to tip of wings '.Vl millini. Alar expanse It; luillini. 
 
 I/dl). AVashingtoii (Oslcii yacKcn); ISuuth Carolina (/inimcr- 
 
 111 an). 
 
 M. wIhi/osiis Uauil).! Xeuropt. ;5S7, I ; Walk. Calal. ;530, 48, 
 is pcrha])s the female of M. sa/riis; I possess two specinu-ns from 
 I'cnnsylvaina, the one the size of imr typical male, the other larger. 
 (Mxpauding (I'i millim.) 
 
 7. M. iiebiiloaiis. 
 
 Mijriii, 1,011 nrhiihisum Oliv. laic. Mctlio,!. VIII, 127, :5'i ; Walk. Cntal. 
 ■ICD, 'il'J. 
 
 Elack, marked with yellow; abdomen black, the base of the seg- 
 ments pale; feet yellow; wings hyaline, reticulated with fuscous, 
 with obscure points and spots. (From the descri[ttion of Olivier.) 
 
 I/(il>. New York. 
 
 Unknown to me; docs it belong to tliis section? 
 
 8. M. versiituB. 
 
 M,irm,lion rM>j(/!(s Walk.! Catnl. .'VU, 51. 
 
 l>lack, very slender; front of the liead shining, at the eyes and 
 around the base of the antenna>, yellow; \crtex with two, inter- 
 rupted (M1 the middle, yellow liands; face each side with an an- 
 gular, yellow stripe; ]ialpi yellow, lilack at the apex; antenuai 
 subCiliform, much longer than the thorax, l>lack; prothorax sliort, 
 yellow, bivittated with black; a yellow jioint anteriorly upon the 
 vitta>; meso- and metathorax lincated and poiided with yellow; 
 abdomen very long, slender, the apex forcipated, testaceous, the 
 base striped with piceous, the ajiex black ; feet testaceous; wings 
 hvaliue, short, narrow, finely ilotled with fuscous; iiterosligina 
 
 I! .*J 
 
 'M' 
 
IIS, viii'icd 
 i', sIcikUt, 
 oiiH, with 
 iick, iqicx 
 tilling willi 
 the tarsi ; 
 siilicosta, 
 with I'us- 
 ,h I'liscuus, 
 
 iiilliiii. 
 (/iiiiiiu'r- 
 
 . ;530, 48, 
 mens from 
 \wv hu'gor. 
 
 ';ilk. Catal. 
 
 of tlu; scR- 
 h I'liscoiis, 
 >i'UliviLT.) 
 
 ic eyes niui 
 twi), iiitcr- 
 ith an aii- 
 :; imtoumv 
 orax sliort, 
 y ujion tlio 
 til yellow ; 
 aocoiis, the 
 :)ns ; winjis 
 ilorosligma 
 
 Mvi!Mi;i,r,()V. 
 
 229 
 
 wli 
 
 ilish; the apex only of the costal 
 
 (ho description of AVilkcr. ) 
 
 ■jpncc 1 
 
 Lcnj^lh to t 
 
 ip of winu-s ;J0 niilji 
 
 ni. 
 
 A\ 
 
 Jlith. .Mexico (Collinj. 
 
 )iarcolatc<l. (Fr 
 
 111- expanse -JG niillini. 
 
 Oill 
 
 0. M. ferox. 
 
 M!inii,li(,iifn;Ki-\\Mi. Catal. W.Vl, frj. 
 
 I'.Iaek, very slender; hase of the antenna' encircled with yellow- 
 vertex jiiteous, with an interrnpted lda.d< i.and; face ])ale vellow ; 
 palpi testaceons; antennic black, almost liliform, lonj^er than the' 
 thorax; prothorax narrow, with a dorsal line and two i)oints each 
 si(h', yellow ; henealh yellow ; meso- and metalhorax mar-ined and 
 j.ointed with yellow; abdomen mnch longer than the wings, the 
 apex forcipated, segments each side behind with a testaceous 
 point ; feet testaceons, tibiic and tarsi black at apex; wings . me- 
 reoiis, plerostigma whitish ; a brown mark adjoiiung it on the front 
 wings; veins fuscous, sonicliiiies interrui.ted with white; anterior 
 wings with three fuscous points at the subniedian nerve, and an 
 ol'lique, apical fuscous streak; posterior wings immaculate; the 
 apex only of the costal space biareolaled. (Frum the description 
 of Walker.) .Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings \1 niillim. Alar expanse CU millim. 
 
 Ildb. California (iJartweg). 
 
 10. M. exitialis. 
 
 M;iniitli(ni (.litiali.f "Walk, fatal. 37(!, i:;3. 
 
 I'dack; mouth luteous, qjich side with a yellow point; vertex 
 each side with a yelh.w line and point; antenna; clavate, shorter 
 than the thorax; prothorax short, narrower anteriorly, with six 
 luteous spots, tlie four anterior ones lieiiig placed in a traiisvcr.^^e 
 series; meso- mid nietathorax i»arlly margined witli yellow; ab- 
 •hmicn shorter than the wings, the segments margined' posteriorly 
 with yellow; feet black, femora jnirtly yellow ; tibia' bifasciate with 
 yellow, larsi yellow at base; wings subcinereous, long, narrow, 
 siibacuminate; pterostigma pale yellow, marked each side liy a 
 fuscous point, which is obsolete in the posterior wings; veins biJck, 
 interrupted with yellow; anterior wings with a series of points at 
 the median and subniedian nerves, and the veins jiarlly baiuled 
 wiUi fuscous ; only the extreme apex of the costal space biareolatcd. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
'm 
 
 n. 
 
 230 
 
 NEUUOrTEUA 01' XUUTII AMEUICA. 
 
 Leii<rtli to tip of wings 30 inilliiii. Alar expiuisc V-] milliiii. 
 
 Jlab. Calii'oniiti (Ilartweg). 
 
 Feiuiilc? Does it belong to this section? 
 
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 11. M. inscrlptua ! 
 
 Mijnit' liiJH iiiscrljitu,^ Ilagen ! 
 
 ])laL'k; fac-c yellow, lilack above; vertex Jtlaek, with an intor- 
 rai)ted line each side, ami two points behind, yellow ; antenna) 
 black, a little annulated with yellow (apex destroyed); jiajpi fus- 
 cous, articulated with pale ; prothorax short, black, a middle line, 
 a lateral one each side and a point anteriorly, yellow; meso- and 
 metathorax black, pointed with yellow; abdomen short, black; 
 feet black, clothed with white hair, base exteriorly of the posterior 
 tibitc yellow; spurs luteous, of the length of the first tarsal articu- 
 lation : wings narrow, long, acuminate, subcinereous; anterior ones 
 with the veins fuscons, slightly banded with fuscous, rarely inter- 
 rupted with white; pterostignia small, white, exteriorly fuscous; 
 at the posterior margin is a fuscous, flexnous, bi-incurved line, 
 reaching the apex ; at the median nervure are some hyaline nebula', 
 whitish; posterior wings hyaline, veins fuscons, sometimes inter- 
 rupted with white ; the whole of the costal space of the anterior 
 wings biarcolated. 
 
 Leugih to tip of wings 34 millim. Alar expanse GO millim. 
 
 11(d). I'ecos River, Western Texas (Capt. I'ope). 
 
 12. M. piimilis ! 
 
 M;jrm</co„ pinniUs Burm. ! Handl). II, OOo, 10 ; Walk. Cntal. 4(n, 173. 
 
 Black ; face luteous, black above ; vertex black, in front with a 
 ]>alc liand, clothed with white hairs, transverse; basal article of 
 the antenn;c whitish (destroyed in my specimen), "pale, annulated 
 with black, club abrujit, black, I'nrm.," palpi pale, annulated with 
 fuscous; jirotliorax narrow, with a triangular, white spot each side 
 anteriorly; meso- and metathorax with some pale points ; abdomen 
 black, segments with a jvale band iii>on the middle; feet pale, with 
 white and black spines, femora black above, the apex white, tibia; 
 white, with a broad basal and ai)ical black ring ; articles of the 
 tarsi black at the ajjcx ; spurs as long as the two basal articles of 
 the tarsi ; wings hyaline, broad ; veins white, interrupted with fus- 
 cous ; anterior wings sprinkled with rare, l)iit sulliciently distinct 
 
ri] 
 
 MVRMELEON. 
 
 231 
 
 fuscous jioiiits; ])tcrosti5^-ina small, white; only the apex of the 
 costal space biareolated. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 20 millini. Alar expanse 35 niillim. 
 
 Hub. South Carolina (Ziinmernian). 
 
 * * Costal space with one series of areoles. 
 X No spurs. 
 
 fill 
 
 : HiM 
 
 13. M. pygmaeus ! 
 
 Myrmelcun pyjinm un Ilagen ! 
 
 Fuscous, spotted with yellow ; face black, with yellow spots ; 
 l)alpi yellow, the last article black ; occiput yellow, spotted with 
 black; antenuie short, black, annulated with yellow, the club large, 
 almost orbicular, luteous, varied with fuscous; prothorax short, 
 fuscous, varied with yellow; abdomen short, the dorsum pointed 
 with fuscous, with black hair, and white villosity, venter luteous ; 
 feet short, jjale, spotted with black ; a])ex of all the tarsal articles 
 black ; wings short, the a])ex vfy much dilated, the reticulation 
 peculiar, sim|ile, hyaline, pterostigma snow-white, brown interiorly; 
 veins fuscous, the longitudinal ones interrupted with white. 
 
 Length to ti|) of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 2G millim. 
 
 IJiib. JVIexico (I)eppe). 
 
 A very singular species ; as yet, the smallest of this genus. 
 
 ;j; I Spurs of the anterior feet as long as the first 
 tarsal joint. 
 
 Jt, 
 
 14. M. immaciilatiis ! 
 
 Mi/nixl' (III iiiiiiKK'ula/us De Geer, JI6m. Ill, 305, tab. xxvii, fig. S ; Burm. ! 
 Uandb. II, 994, fj ; Walk. Catal. 4(11, 174. 
 
 Brownish-black; face black, shining, yellowish anteriorly; ver- 
 tex opaipie, with shining black streaks, in front with a transverse, 
 interrupted stripe, the middle with two interrupted, api)roximated 
 ones, and each side a small one posteriorly; antennto lurid, clavate, 
 the second article black; palpi lurid; thorax fusco-piceous, obso- 
 letely varied with lurid ; abdomen fuscous ; feet yellowish, densely 
 spriid<led with black ; base and apex of the tibia; with a black 
 ring; tarsi black, the l)asal article yellowish, with its apex black ; 
 anterior feet obscurer; wings narrow, long, acute, hyaline, a little 
 cinereous; veins with white and Ijlack interrui)tions, pterostigma 
 white, black within. 
 
232 
 
 NEUUOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 Lenj,nli to lip of wings 38 — 44 mil'.iin. Alur expanse TO— 80 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Savaunali ; Washington (Osten Saeken); Alleghany Moun- 
 tains, Virginia (Osten Sacivcn). 
 
 Dr. IJurnieister's specimen is pale, being a recently excluded 
 one ; a s])ecimcn from Virginia expands 7« niiilini., but it is hardly 
 different ; the apices of the aljdoniinal segments are i)ale ; but in 
 Burmeister's si)eeimen and another (IVum Washington), the colors 
 are not distinct. 
 
 15. M. tectug. 
 
 Mijrmrhon tictun Walk. Catal. 37S,135. 
 
 T)lack-gray, robust; head shining, black; mouth liiteous, the 
 eyes half encircled with yellow ; antennae black, subclavate, the 
 base annulated with yellow, shorter than the thorax ; jtalpi luteoiis; 
 prothorax short ; nieso- and metathorax margined with testaceous : 
 feet black; tibiae with testaceous bands, those of the posterior 
 ones Ijroader ; femora and tarsi testaceous at Iiase ; (abdomen 
 mutilated); wings hyaline, narrow suliaciiminate, ])terostigma 
 white, the anterior ones marked with fuscous ; veins lilack, inter- 
 rupted with yellow. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 42 ? millim. Alar expanse 74 millim. 
 
 J/ah. St. John's ]5hiff, East !''lorida (Doubleday). 
 
 Do the spurs correspond with this section ? 
 
 16. M. crudelia. 
 
 Jfijniulvon crmlelis Walk. C.xtal. .388, l'>2. 
 
 Piceous, slender; head anteriorly and beneath testaceous, front 
 l)lack ; vertex ferruginous, antenme ferruginous, clavate, the apex 
 piceous, shorter than the thorax ; prothorax long, testaceous, with 
 three piceous vittiu ; meso- and metathorax margined with testa- 
 ceous ; abdomen shorter than the wings; feet testaceous; wings 
 hyaline, "arrow, subacute ; jiterostigma oljsolcti!, whitish ; veins 
 whitish ; subcostal and sid)median veins interrupted with fuscous. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 30 millim. Alar expanse 54 millim. 
 
 //</!>. St. John's I'dulf, Fast Florida (Doubleday). 
 
 Do the spurs correspond with this section? 
 
 
MYKMELEON. 
 
 233 
 
 17. M. rusticus! 
 
 Mjjnnelion rusticua Ilagen ! 
 
 Picoous, robust ; front nigro-i)ic'cous, shiniii<2: ; nioiitli ami be- 
 ueatli yellowish ; eyes narrowly encircled with yellow ; palpi lutc- 
 oiis, the last article of the labial ones thickened, fusiform, nigro- 
 piceous ; antennae clavate, obscurely annulated with yellow ; vertex 
 obscure ferruginous, each side with a yellow jioint ; occiput fus- 
 cous, opaque, with two middle, interrupted strijjcs and a lateral, 
 ilat shining spot each side; prothorax short, fuscous, the anterior 
 margin, and three obsolete stripes, yellowish ; nie.so- and meta- 
 thorax margined with yellow ; abdomen luteo-fiiscous, the posterior 
 margin of tiic segments, and sometimes a dorsal middle line, yel- 
 lowish ; feet yellowish, femora and tibi« with a stripe beneath and 
 an apical ring, fuscous; apex of the tarsi fuscous; wings narrow, 
 hyaline, pterostigma a little whitish ; veins yellowish-white, the 
 median and submedian nerves distinctly interrupted with fuscous. 
 
 Ijcngth to tip of wings 30 — 33 millim. Alar expanse 50 — GO 
 milliiu. 
 
 J/iil). Tccos River, Western Texas, August 4 (Capt. Pope) ; 
 Matamoras; Florida (Norton). Is this JL cntdeHs? 
 
 m ' 
 
 4 
 
 winsrs 
 
 18. M. insertiia ! 
 
 MyrmdroH inso'tus Ilagen! 
 
 Piceous, slender; face black, shining, each side and the mouth 
 yellow ; palpi yellowish, the last article fuscous ; antenniu piceous, 
 a little annulated with yellow, clavate ; vertex oi)iuiue piceous, 
 with a transverse, interrupted yellow band upon the middle; ocei- 
 jmt opacpie, with two streaks upon the niidiUe, interrupted, and 
 i Hat, shining si)uts ujion tlie sides, fuscous ; prothorax luteous, 
 
 obsoletely trivittate with jticeous ; meso- and metatliorax hoary, 
 narrowl)'»nmrgined with yellow; abdomen piceous, margin of the 
 segments posteriorly luteous; femora fuscous, the buse and an 
 apical ring yellow ; tibijc yellow, within and an apical ring brown- 
 ish-black ; tarsi with brownish-black rings ; wings long, narrow, 
 acuminate, pterostigma olisoletely white ; veins white, the median 
 one distinctly, and the others ol)soletely interrupted with fuscous. 
 
 Ticngtii to tip of wings 33 millim. Alar expanse iiS millim. 
 
 Jldb. ('uba (Poey) ; Port an Prince, St. Domingo. 
 
 Chauvallon reports that Myrmeleons arc frequently found in the 
 

 234 
 
 N£UU01'TEKA OF NOIITII AMERICA. 
 
 
 island of .Martiiiiunc; but docs not describe any species. Compare 
 Voyage a la Alariinicpie, p. 185. 
 
 19. M. leachii. 
 
 Form i< til (o Intr/iii (iuil'liiig, Trans. Liun. Soc. Lond. XVI, 40, 1 ; Walk. 
 C.atal. 37:i, 127. 
 
 Fusccscent, spotted with j'cllowish ; eyes coppery ; feet short, 
 pale, tarsi simple, nails moderate ; wings hyaline, subfaleate, im- 
 uiaciilate, veins ciliated. (From the description of "Walker.) 
 
 J/(i/>. Jamaica. Unknown to me. Dues it belong to this scc- 
 tiou ? 
 
 X X X Spurs of the anterior feet as long as the two 
 ■ basal articles of the tarsi. 
 
 20. M. peregrinuii ! 
 
 ^Ijjrmclion inri tjriuus Il.igon ! 
 
 Yellow, variegated v,i!h blaekish-fuscons ; head yellow, fticc with 
 a black spot between the antenme ; i)alpi yellow, the last article 
 fuscous; antciniie clavate, black, annulated with yellow; vertex 
 yellow, with two transverse black stripes, the posterior one inter- 
 rupted in the middle, arcuated; prothora.x short, yellow, above 
 with four black lines, beneath each side with a black stripe ; mcso- 
 and metathorax yellow, varied with l)laek ; abdomen yellow, the 
 dorsum with three black lines, venter fuscous; feet yellow, densely 
 sprinkled with i)hick, the posterior femora sometimes black in the 
 middle; apex of the tibire and tarsi annulated with black; wings 
 long, broad, hyaline, i)terostigma yellow, interiorly fuscous; veins 
 yellow, harilly distinctly interrui)ted with fuscous, at the median 
 and submedian nerves pointed with fuscous ; the smaller forks and 
 the transverse veins at the posterior margin of the anterior wings 
 distinctly marked with fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 40 millim. Alar expanse 74 ftiillim. 
 
 Hub. Calirornia; Pecos IJiver, Western Texas, duly (Capt. 
 Pope). Si-ecimens from Matamoras are smaller (expanding 54 
 millim.), but they are hardly different. 
 
 21. M. juvencus ! 
 
 Myrnulion juvmcus Ilageu! 
 
 Yellow, varied with black ; liead and palpi yellow, a sput i)e- 
 twcen the antenna;, and two points upou the vertex, Ijiack; anten- 
 

 MVUMELEUN. 
 
 235 
 
 iia> yi-llow, olaviitc, oiimilated with l.lack; prolhornx sliort; Ihornx 
 all yellow; above and beneath bilineated witli blaek; prulhorax 
 with the anterior part yellow; abdomen clothed with white hairs, 
 yellowish, dorsum triliiieated with Idaek; feet yellow, the whole of 
 the fourth article of the tarsi, and the apex of the hist one, black; 
 win.Lcs broad, yellowish-hyaline, i.terosli<ima obsoletely whitish; 
 veins yellow, thickly sprinkled with fuscous, especially so at the 
 niediiiii and submedian nerves; base and apex of the transverse 
 veins of the costal si.ace, and forks at the i)osteri()r nuir<rin, fuscous; 
 posterior winirs only at the median nerve, sprinkled with fuscoys. 
 
 Leii^Hh to tip of win<rs 30 millim. Alar exi)anse 54 niillim. 
 
 JIah. Tecos llivci, Western Texas, duly (('apt. Pope); North 
 America (Collection of lliigen). 
 
 22. M. blandus ! 
 
 MiiriifUon hhiiidu^ ILigen ! 
 
 Yellow, varied with black ; head yellow ; hist article of the 
 pnlpi fuscous; a spot lietween the antenniu, trilid, black ; vertex 
 yellow, black anteriorly, above with two transverse black lines, the 
 liind one interruiited ; anteniuc bhick, annulated with yellow; ])ro- 
 tiiorax short, yellow, with two black stripes upon the middle, which 
 are anteriorly, exteriorl' .ncised, lieneath each side with a black 
 striiie; meso- and metathorax yellow, liin'ated with black ; al)do- 
 nieii yellow, clothed with white luiir, above narrowly trilineated 
 with black ; beneath black ; feet yellow, all the articles of the 
 tarsi annulated with black at the ai)ex ; wings hyaline, broad, 
 ]itcr()stigina obsoletely yellow; veins yellow, interrupted with 
 black, especially at the subeosta; transverse ones almost black. 
 Length to tip of wings 22 millim. Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 Huh. Pecos Uivcr, Western Texas (Capt. Pope). 
 
 23. M. bistictus ! 
 
 Miinmlion hislictii^ llagen! 
 
 Testaceous, varied with piceous; face testaceous, last article of 
 the palpi fuscous ; a fuscous si)ot between the antenn* ; antenna; 
 clavatc, black, annulated with testaceous; vertex opa(pie, testa- 
 ceous, with some transverse piceous marks; prothorax short, tes- 
 taceous, A-ith two stripes in the middle, and a lateral one each 
 ■ side, piceous ; meso- and metathorax piceous, varied with testa- 
 
 
 
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 286 
 
 >ELrvnPTEUA OF NORTH AMKRICA. 
 
 ceons; nixloineii (imitiliitwl) pii-oons, the sojrmciits wiili two Ion- 
 Kitmliiial, tostnccoiis, niediul spots; femora jiicooiis, luiiiiilated 
 with yellow before the apex ; tibiiu yellow, biannulnted with fus- 
 cous ; tarsi blnek, the anterior ones with the base of the last arti- 
 cle yellow; winjrs lonj?, narrow, acuminate, i»terosti<ima obsoletely 
 white, tlie anterior ones fuscous within; veins fuscous, interrupted 
 with white; the anterior wings with an oblique apical line, and 
 another at the middle of the posterior margin, fuscous, narrow. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 34 millim. Alar expanse GO niillim. 
 
 Hub. Cul)a (Poey). 
 
 XXXX Sl»"'s of tlic anterior feet as long as the three 
 basal articles of the tarsi. 
 
 %'^m 
 
 %u 
 
 24. M. macer ! 
 
 Myrinrhiiu niacir ILigon ! 
 
 Luteous, varied with i)iceous, slender; face black, mouth and 
 palpi luteous ; vertex oiiaque, luteous, a 4-spotted transverse line, 
 and occipital points, black; antenufo slender, subciavate, longer 
 than the thorax, luteous, annulated with fuscous; jirothorax nar- 
 row, lutco-fuscoHs, anteriorly trimaculate with pale; meso- and 
 metathorax ol)scurcly Inteo-fuscous ; abdomen Inteo-fuscous, the 
 segments 2 to 4 yellowish upon the middle ; feet long, whitish, 
 slender, knees at the femora, and the base and apex of the tibite, 
 annulated with black; tarsi with articles 3 and 4 entirely, and the 
 apex of the last article, black ; sjiurs long, whitish ; wings broad, 
 hyaline; ptcrostigma obsoletely whitish; veins white, with fuscons 
 interruptions, especially at the median nerve; transverse veins 
 almost all fuscous. 
 
 Length to tij) of wings 34 millim. Alar expanse GO millim. 
 
 Hah. iNiexico (Vienna ^Museum). 
 
 25. M. ingeniosus ! 
 
 Mjjrmdiun i,it/,iiiosus Walk.! Catal. ;]:]7, 03, 
 
 Fuscous; face yellow, black above ; mouth and palpi luteous; 
 apical article of the lal)ial i)al[)i pointed with black in the middle; 
 vertex fuscous, occiput with two transverse, maculose, yellow 
 stripes; antenme slender, subciavate, longer than the thorax, black, 
 annulated with yellow ; prothorax narrow, fuscous, each side with 
 an obsolete line, and the anterior margin, lutcons ; mesothorax 
 
EUPTl LON — ASCALAl'IIUS. 
 
 237 
 
 pointed with liitcons; feet short, yellowish, sprinkled with black; 
 ihinl iiiid I'duvtli joints of tlio tarsi entirely, and the apex of the 
 last joint, Mack ; sjjnrs lonji:, Inteons; nhdonion fiiscons, dorsnm 
 of the intermediate scfrments with a geminate, hiteons sjiot; win^s 
 narrow, hyaline, partly milky, pterostigma whitish-yellow; veins 
 pale, densely interrnpled with fnscous ; anterior wings with two 
 ol)li(pie, fnscons streaks, the one at the middle of the posterior 
 mar"'in, the other liel'orc the apex. 
 
 licnu'th to tip of wings 34 millim. Alar expanse 64 millira. 
 
 JIdh. Sonth Carolina (Zimmerman); Colnmbia; Brazil. 
 
 The specimens from meridional America arc a little different; 
 the occiput is obscurer, less spotted, the prothorax is broader an- 
 teriorly : but it is hardly u peculiar si)ecie3. 
 
 W, 
 
 EUPTILON WnsTWOoD. 
 
 This genus is very doubtful ; it is only based upon a figure of 
 Drury. It is a Myrmckon with pectinated antenno3. 
 
 1. Ell. ornatum. 
 
 Ihmn-ohhis ornatns Drury, I, 110, 2, tab. xlvi, llg. 2.—EuptUon ornnUm 
 Drnrv, ed. Wcstwood, il). — CIkiuHoiIis nrnatus Ramlj. Keur. 445, 3. — 
 Mi/rmilion oriiatns Walk. Catal. 410, 217. 
 
 Green ; antennro i)ectinated ; prothorax anteriorly with a lilack 
 point; abdomen with yellow rings, and a middle black lino ; wings 
 livaliue, the anterior ones with two oblicpie fuscous lines, at the 
 apex and at the middle of the posterior margin. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 44 millim. Alar expanse 17 millira. 
 
 Ifab. Dinwiddle, Virginia (Drury). 
 
 I am inclined to believe that antenna) have been affixed to this 
 species artilicially, or that the wings have been glued to the body 
 of another kind of insect, by error. The green color is foreign to 
 the genera of Jfi/niielcons. 
 
 ASCALAPHUS Fab. 
 
 Antennas very long, slender, capitate ; body short ; feet short, 
 stout, tibia; with spurs; wings large, less densely veined than 
 Mjirmeleon. 
 
238 
 
 NKI'Iini'TKIlA OF Nnlllll AMKHU'A. 
 
 .1? 
 
 * l\V('s siilciitcd, 
 
 1. A. hynlluuB ! 
 
 A.sni/iii^/iifi 1,1/iiliiiiis I. ill-. Uumlolilt IJcciicil, II, 11^, t 
 
 ill- vl, I'm. I. — 
 
 in. 
 
 Asi'iiliijilni.'i mnrldti/iiiiiiH litlilil. Trims, liiiiii. Sue. I.und. XIV, 1 
 tall, vii, 11,;. II ; W.llk. ( ;ifal. -Hit;, :>\.~.\s<„/„i,/,ii.i s.m.r lU\m\. 
 Iliiihll). 11, pi()l,7. — Asriiliiji/iits ■l-nKifiiliiliiH Say, I,<iiii,''h Kxpml. II 
 
 UH- 
 
 yiiscii-ri'rni^WiKiiis ; IVoiit riiscoiis, siliovc uniy, Viilcx willi f 
 cons viliosily; milciiiui' riiscoiis, tli(> li;i'r uitli fuscous Imir, (lie 
 iipcx Iiilcnns, iiicisiircs liliu'k, cliii. .ihloiiu-, lilnck, ImmumIIi striiitcd 
 with liitciHis; eyes lurid |)osti'riorIy ; tlioni.x fuscous upou ilic dor- 
 siiui, v.'iricd willi l'crrii!;inoiis; pectus clothed witli nliitc luiir; feci 
 fusco-luicdiis, liliiie with ii uiirrow, lilnck lui-il iiiiuulus, npex of llic 
 tiirsid iiiliclcs Mack; iilidoiucn fusco-cincrcous, tli 
 
 e ilorsuui vMlh 
 
 <li(|i 
 
 O'llKjUC OlilcU s 
 
 treiil' 
 
 <s cacli side; wuifrs c(|Mm1,. tlie iipex suIioIjIusi 
 
 l)Uscof llie nnlcriof ones sulieniaruinated, llu' liascoftlie posterior 
 ones wilh fuscous viliosily; liyaline, veins Intt'ous, partly fuscous; 
 pterostiuina sniali, nijrro-l'uscoiis. 
 
 .V iar expanse .'"),'') niilliin. T/cuLvtli of tlic luitentnc 'if) tn 
 
 iiliiii. 
 
 //,ih. Savannah; I'cunsylvania (Say ): Mataiuoras, Mexico ; Cn- 
 I'li; Island of St. Vincent; Pecos lliver, Western Texas (('aj.i 
 Tope). 
 
 2. A. avnnctihiB ! 
 
 Asciild/'/iK.'' (iriiiiciihis Ilaiicn ! 
 
 A'ery <'loscly allied to the preeediiit:; it dillers in havinir the 
 vertex clnlhcd wilh jjray viliosily; the eyes ; liove, posteriorly yel- 
 low, Willi a transyerse brownish-Iilaek hand, lieneath l)rownish- 
 Mack ; -lnU of the antenuiO yellow lienealh; in tlio males, tlie 
 iintenna' hiucli longer; feet fuscous, tHiia' and tarsi black ; the jieaii 
 loss thick. 
 
 Alar expanse 50 tiMlliin. Lenirth of the iiiitenna> 23; J' 33 
 uiilliiu. 
 
 Ntil). Ciilia (I'oey). 
 
 3. A. quadripunctatus! 
 
 .[.■^ciihijJius iiiiittlripiiiicialux Burni.! Ilaiulb. II. 1«'(11. 0. — AnvdlniiIniK tri- 
 iiiiir^iliOuii Left'b.I 
 
 Fuscous; front fuscous, crray nliove, ycrtcx with fuscous villosity; 
 nntoiuuc luteo-fuscous, the incisures bluck; liase wilh fuscous pile, 
 
 
I'hus tri- 
 
 iilosity 
 US pile, 
 
 AROAT.Al'UUH. 
 
 239 
 
 clul. ol.lonir, l-liick; tlifirax willi tlio (lorsiim fuscous ItfUoaUi with 
 while \nU'; U-vl l.rowu-black, the til)i!i' cxliiriorly 8i)oU('(l with 
 luteous; hIkIouh'M lin.wuisli-ciucrcous, tlu! tiisc with wliit*^ villosity, 
 I'iK'li side Willi ail (tl>lii|n<! black strc;ik; wiuus hyaline, veins black, 
 the eosia luteous; iilerosli^niia yelhnv ; the ;,iuil wiiigK with thrco 
 apical, fii.-couH ehuuls. 
 
 Alar t'xpauKu (50 uiillini. 1-engtli of the antoiiuic 27 njiiiim. 
 
 Jhih. New York; l5alliinore. 
 
 A. A. limbatUB! 
 
 J,s,<(/.«y'/Mi< limloihis IJuiiii.l Il.indU. II, HnH, H; Walk, f'ntal. 4;J(1, 03. 
 
 Allied to .1. I'riinnihis, but (lill'ers by hnviii^' shorter mitenna;, 
 the chii) Miiiiller; tlu! ajicx ol' the posterior wiiii^s, iiiid the poste- 
 rior nuirf-iu of the wiMj-'s cloudeil with fuscous. 
 
 Alar expanse 50 inillim. Lennlh of the uuteniiie 22 milliin. 
 
 J/(i(t. North America? .Inuiaica ((Josse). 
 
 Asrahip/nis sinnntmnisis Walk. Catiil. -I.".'.*, .')7, is this spccics ; 
 but the description and synonymy does not belong to it. 
 
 5 A. hibiratua. 
 
 Ascaloplm, siihi, .. Walk. Cntal. 43!), HS. 
 
 Ulack, witli l>lack hair; antenna; fulvous, the incisures black, 
 the clnU lilack, testaceous beneath ; thorax striped with testaceous; 
 feet i»iceous; abdomen short ; Willis hyaline, apex of the anterior 
 ones snlifuscesceut, base of the posterior ones blackish-fuscous, 
 with four obli(pie al^jreviated fuscous bands posteriorly. (From 
 the description of Widker. ) 
 
 Ahir expanse 58 luillini. 
 
 J/ui>. Honduras, (Juatennda. 
 
 * * Eyes entire. 
 
 6. A. albiatigma! 
 
 A^iciilaplnis „n i.jnut Walk.! Catal. 4r)2, 80. 
 
 Ferruginous, with fu ecus hairs; face Intcou-; antenna lutcous, 
 the club fuscous, yellow beneath ; thorax fulvous, anteriorly fus 
 cons; tlie sides fuscous, spotted with yellow, an obscure cinereous 
 stripe aiiove; feet yellow, tarsi black; abdoniou long, fuscous; 
 wings hyaline, the apex fusceseent, pterostigmu large, white; an- 
 
 it ' ', ' 
 
'ill 
 
 240 
 
 NKLUOPTEnA OP NullTII AMEUICA. 
 
 tcrior winirs with tlio whole costal nmrgiii, and the apex of tlio 
 posterior winj.'s I'uscoiis. 
 
 Aliir oxpiiiiM' SI miliim. Lon<rfli of tlio antcnnm 18 miliim. 
 
 tliih. IloiKJiiras; Culiiriiljia (Appuii). 
 
 7. A. mlcrocenia. 
 
 /y//«.M mi<riiri rii.i Kamb. Neuropt. 3l52. 
 
 J/ftft. West Indies. 
 
 May it n.tt l)c /(. msfafiis l!iirm. Ilandb. 11, 1000, 1.? (Corn, 
 pare .Soulli Americnii Xeuroptora.) 
 
 Fam. IX. PAXOIUMXA. 
 
 Body cylindrical or conical; head cxscrtod ; antenna' 
 s!iort(;r than tli.^ wings; mouth rostrated; lateral paljii hi- 
 articulated; jjiuthurax small; wing.s either almost ab.sent or 
 narrow, equal, lon^^or than the body, narrowed at base; the 
 posterior wings with no anal space; tarsi of live articles. 
 
 m 
 
 BOREUS Lath. 
 
 Ocelli ah^Gwt ; wings of the males imperfect, of the females 
 hardly present. 
 
 ■•Hi 
 
 .Iri 
 
 1. B. nivorlundus ! 
 
 Doreus iiivnriiniilu^ Fit.h! Winter Ins. Amor. .lonrn. Ai;ricnlt. 1S47, V, 
 277, 1 ; Trans. Knt. Soc. sor. 2, I, l)(i, 1 ; Walk.! Catal. I.IO, 2. 
 
 Fiiseo-aeneons ; month, wings, feet, and genital organs fulvous; 
 apex of the tnrsi fuseons. 
 Length 4 miliim. 
 Ilah. Xew York, April (Asa Fitch). 
 
 2. B. brumalis ! 
 
 Bonns hrtDiftlis Fitcli! Winter Ins. Amor. .lonrn. Auricult. 1S47, V, 278. 
 2 ; Trans. Knt. Soc. ser. 2, I, tt(J, 2 ; Walk.! Catal. 45G, 3. ' ' 
 
 Entirely brassy-bhiek. 
 liOngth 3 miliim. 
 
 Ilnb. New Yoik, April (Asa Fitcli); Wasliington (Osteii 
 Sacken). 
 
 ■ 
 '■I 
 
(Com- 
 
 PANOUI'A. 
 
 PANORPA T.iNN^. 
 
 241 
 
 Tlirce ocelli ; wiiij^s imrrow ; g-eiiital organs of the male oloii- 
 pated, forcipatetl, the last segment iiilluted ; two tarsal uiigiiiciili 
 serrated ; aiitenntc setaceous. 
 
 1. P. hignbrls! 
 
 I'aiiiirii'i hii/uhris Swoilenis, Act. Holm. Nov. VIII, 270, 31. Liiiin'', Syst. 
 N(it. .!(!. XIII. vol. V, 2i;47, 10. Kluf,'! Act. Uorol. ISDC, lUi;, (!. 
 Wentw. t Trans. Knt. Soc. Lond. IV, 188, 11. Walk.! VaU\. 4()2, 
 11. — raimriia scorpio Ftih. Kiitoni. Syst. J I, 117, 3. Oliv. Knc. 
 Mrthoil. VIII, 715, .'). Leach. Zdol. Misc. 11, 'JD, tab. xciv, iK'. 
 3—4. IJuim. ! Ilandb. 11, 927, 1. Kami). 1 Nouropt. 331, H.—nUta- 
 cus scorjilu Latr. Oon. Crust, ot Ims. Ill, 189. 
 
 Black, abdomen ferrnginous ; the apex black; wings black, with 
 three transverse, abbreviated, nwddle white streaks. 
 Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 JJal). South Carolina; (Jeorgia ; Florida (Ulover). 
 
 2. P. rufesceus ! 
 
 I'aniirjiu rii/israis Ranib. Nouropt. 330, G. — Paiiiir<in ijinnunir.a var. 
 Walk.Vatal. 451i, 2? 
 
 Head, rostrum and thorax yellowish-rufous; antenna; lilnck, the 
 extreme liase rufous; feet rufo-flavons, apex of the tarsi fuscous, 
 unguicnii tridentate; alxlumeu fuscous, the venter rnfo-flavous ; 
 abdominal segment 5 of the nude cylindrical, truncatetl at the 
 apex, above obliquely emarginated, with a long i)rocess, which is 
 compressed, somewhat elevated; segnients 6 and 7 e(pud, conical, 
 apex of segment G more inflated; segment 8 oval, appi'udages 
 long, linear; forceps short, trigonal, the apex unguiculatcd, slen- 
 der: wings somewhat yellowish, the ai)ex, a pterostignnilical, imr- 
 row, niaculose l)and, which is subinterrui)ted in the middle, and 
 some basal spots, brownish-lilack. 
 
 Alar expanse 24 millim. 
 
 Uab. Sharon Springs; Trenton Falls, Xew York; Washington 
 (Osten Sacken); Maryland (Uhler) ; La Chine near Montreal? 
 (Barnston). 
 16 
 
 ft' 
 
242 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 n't 
 
 ii' ;*■ 
 
 li^ .-'.'^ ^ r.i' 
 
 ! . ■ <: 
 
 3. P. rufa ! 
 
 Paiwrpa rufa Gray ! Griffith, Anim. Kingdom, Ins. tab. cv, fig. 2. West- 
 wood! Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 1S8, Id. Walk.! Catal. 401, 10.— 
 Panorpa fusciata Klug! Act. Berol. 1830, 105, 2 (partly). 
 
 Head rufous, black around tlie ocelli; rostrum and thorax fusco- 
 rufous ; antennic ))ro',vnish-black, the extreme base fusco-rufons ; 
 feet rufous, apex of the tarsi fuscous; ung-uicuii 5-toothed, the 
 teeth short; al)domen rufous; segment 5 of the male conical, with 
 the a])ex truncated ; sepjments 6 and 7 equal, the base narrow, 
 cylindrical, subincurved, the apex conical, segment G more inflated; 
 segment 8 narrow, elongate-oval, appendages linear, short ; for- 
 ceps trigonal, short, the apex slender, unguiculated; wings yellow, 
 their apex subacute; a^^ex, a subi)tero!-;tigmatical band, which is 
 forked behind, a medial ci. tal spot, a basal oblique band, and two 
 basal spots fusc'> . ■•. 
 
 Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 
 Hah. Georgia. 
 
 4. P. americana ! 
 
 Panorpa americana Swederus, Act. Holm. Nov. VIII, 270, 32. Linno, 
 Syst. Nat. ed. xiii, vol. V, 2047, 9. Westwood, Tiaus. Eut. Soc. 
 Lond. IV, 181), 15. Walk. Catal. 403, 'io.—Pajwrpa faxciata Fal>. 
 Ent. Syst. II, 98, 4. Klug! Act. Berol. 1S30, 1(I5, 2 (in part). 
 Eamb. Neuropt. 331, 7? 
 
 Testaceous; head rufous, black around the ocelli ; rostrum rufous; 
 antennaj black, with the extreme base rufous; feet testaceous, apex 
 of the tarsi fuscous, unguiculi 4-tootlied (9); abdomen of the 
 male upon the fifth segment with an erect, short horn (from the 
 description of Westw.); wings yellow, liroadcr at the apex; the 
 apex, a jiterostigmatical broad, straight band, a i)oint upon the 
 costa of the anterior wings, a l)asai oblique band, and a basal point 
 upon the anterior wings, brownish-black. 
 
 Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Georgia; Kentucky, 
 
 5. P. venosa! 
 
 Panorpa venosa Wostw. ! Trans. Ent. Poc. Lond. IV, 190, 16; Walk,' 
 Catal. 403, 10. Panorpa fasriuta King! Act. Berol. 1830, 105, 2 (in 
 jiart). Panorpa americana Say! Collection of Hagen. 
 
 Head rufous, Idack around the ocelli ; antenna' black, the ex- 
 treme base rufous; feet lutco-rufous, the apex of the tarsi fuscous; 
 
PANORPA, 
 
 243 
 
 unguiculi 4-tootl)ed, teeth long, distant; ubdonien fuscous, with 
 the apex rufous; segment 5 of the abdomen of the male cylindrical, 
 the apex truncated, subemarginated above, with a long, very nuich 
 elevated, triangular i)rocess ; segments (5 and 7 equal, obconical, 
 apex of the sixth segment mors inflated ; segment 8 orbicular, 
 wit>. long, linear appendages; forceps short, unguiculate ; wings 
 sub'ivaline, the apex, a pterostigmatical band, which is interrupt- 
 edly forked behind, a costal, medial spot, which is sometimes 
 almost absent from the hind wings, a basal band, which is some- 
 times interrupted, and a basal spot, blaokish-brown. (Male and 
 female.) 
 
 Alar expanse 23 — 27 millim. 
 
 ILtb. Philadelphia (Say) ; Georgia (Abbot) ; Southern Illinois 
 (Kennicott). 
 
 6. P. debilis ! 
 
 Panorpn ihhilis Westw. ! Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. IV, 191, 18. Walk.! 
 Catal. 4G4, 18. 
 
 Luteo-fuscous ; head rufous, black around the ocelli ; antenna- 
 black, the jxtreme base rufous ; feet luteous, apex of tlie tarsi 
 hardly obscirei"; unguiculi 4-toolhed, teeth long, distant ; abdo- 
 men fuscous, the apex lutoous; segment 5 of the male cylindrical, 
 the apex truncated, emarginatcd above, with a short, very erect, 
 obtuse, triangular, rather short process ; segment 6 long, obconi- 
 cal, the base narrow, arcuated ; segment 7 shorter, obconical, the 
 base a little narrower; segment 8 elliptical, the apex broad, ap- 
 pendages linear long; forceps short, uuguiculatod: wings hyaline, 
 subllavesccnt at base, an ai)ica], fenestrated baud, an arcuated, 
 pterostigmatical one, subinterrupted in the middle, a middle jioint, 
 a basal interrupted band, and a br.sal point, fuscous ; transverse 
 veins sometimes a little uuirked with fuscous. (Male.) 
 
 Alar expanse 22 — 23 millim. 
 
 llab. l'hiladeli)liia ; Trenton Falls, Xcw York; Savannah, 
 Georgia. 
 
 7. P. nebulosa! 
 
 Panorpa txhidusa Westw. ! Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. IV, 188, 12. Walk. ! 
 Catal. 402, 12. 
 
 Lutco-fulvoHS ; head Inteo-rufous, around tlic ocelli black; an- 
 tennae black, the base luteous ; feet luteous ; unguiculi tridentate ; 
 
^I. 
 
 244 
 
 NEUROrTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 I 
 
 abdomen fuscous, the apex luteous ; segment 5 of tlic male abdo- 
 men conical, truncated at the ajjcx ; segments C> and t C(jiial, ob- 
 conical ; segment 8 oval, ai)i)endages long, linear; forceps short, 
 unguiculated ; wings hyaline, jtterostigraa subilavons, willi a large, 
 fuscous sjiot interiorly; a fuscous ])oint on some of the areoles, 
 which are sometimes larger on the basal areoles. 
 
 i\Iar expanse 22 — 2G niillim. 
 
 1/xb. Trenton Falls ; AVashington (Osten Sacken) ; Massachu- 
 setts (Scuddcrj. 
 
 8. P. punctata. 
 
 Pawrpa jmnctdta Klup! Act. Berol. 1S3G, 10.'), 3, lig. 9. Westw. Vrans. 
 Knt. Soc. Load. IV, 188, 12. Walker, Catal. 402, 13. 
 
 Testaceous ; antenna) black; thorax with spots, and the abdomen 
 at base fuscous ; wings subflavescent, narrow, the areoles all i)ointed 
 with fuscous. (From the description of Klug.) 
 
 ^lar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hub. Mexico (Koppc). It is similar to the preceding sjiecies. 
 
 9. P. confusa. 
 
 i'((/(or;(rt c(i»/kvrt Westw. ! Trans. Knt. Soc. Lond. IV, 190,17. Walk. 
 Catal. 403, 17. 
 
 Fulvous; head l)lack around tlie ocelli ; antenme black; segment 
 5 of tin abdomen of the male armed with a long, acute spine, 
 above; segment G not cmarginated at the base; wings tinged with 
 luteous, the co»la and base deeper luteous; veins blackish; a small 
 basal point, a slender, interrupted, middle band, a slender, irregu- 
 lar, pterostigniatical one, upon the middle genieuluted, baml, and 
 the apex slenderly, nigricant; the transverse veins, especially 
 towards the apex of the wings, tingi'd with lilack; hind wings less 
 variegated ; apex of the tarsal articulations black. (From the 
 description of Westw.) 
 
 Alar expanse 24 millim. 
 
 Ihih. Aiassachusetts (Harris). 
 
 10. P. subfurcata, 
 
 Paiiotpa unbfurcnla Westw. ! Trans. Knt. Soc. Lond. IV, 101, 19. Walk. 
 Catal. 4G4, 19. 
 
 Obscure fulvous; head rufescent, black around tlie ocelli; an- 
 ti'iiiia! black, the two lia>al articles rufescent; dorsum of the thorax 
 
T-ANORPA. 
 
 245 
 
 n- 
 
 obscure luteous; feet luteous, apex of tlie tarsal articles obscure; 
 abdomen luteo-fulvous, the dorsal base obscure ; segment 5 with a 
 vshort dorsal lioni; segment not emarginated at the base supe- 
 riorly; wings pale, with two basal spots, a transverse band before 
 the middle, a transverse, costal medial spot, an oblicpic pterostig- 
 matical, irregular I)and, hardly angulated in the middle, but dilated 
 at the eosta ; the apex, somewhat l)roadly, upon which are some 
 white points, and a sj)0t at the anal angle, black; basal spots of 
 the posterior wings ol)soletc. (From the description of West- 
 wood.) 
 
 Alar expanse 24 — 28 niillini. 
 
 If(if>. Nova Scotia; St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's 
 r>ay (IJarnston, Redman). 
 
 11. P, maculosa! 
 
 Pdiiurjia maculosa Ilageu ! 
 
 Testaceous; head fulvous, rufo-fusfous around the ocelli; an- 
 tcnnie black, the two basal articles fulvous; dorsum of the thorax 
 fulvous, spotted with l)Iack ; feet luteol^-, the apex fuscous; un- 
 guicuH 4-to(jthed, teeth long; abdomen te«tiioeous, the apex lute- 
 ous; segment 5 conical, the ai)ex truncated; segments G aiid 7 
 e(pud, conical, the sixth st(juter, the base al>ove sub-emarginated ; 
 segment 8 elongated, oval, appendages linear, long; force])S -L; rt, 
 unguiculated : wings hyaline, veins fuscous, a, ical transverse veins 
 jjartly marked with fuscous; two basal Kputs, a spot upon the 
 middle, and some apical spots, fuscous, pterostigma luteous, each 
 side with a fuscous spot. 
 
 Alar expanse 24 millim. 
 
 JIub. rennsylvania (Uhler). 
 
 12. P. terminata! 
 
 FunoriHi ttnnliuila Klug ! Act. Berol. 1830, WC, 4, fig. 10. Westwood 
 Tiaus. Kut. Sue. Loud. IV, 189, 14. Walk, Catal. ■iu^, 14. 
 
 Fusco-tcstaceous ; middle of the head browiiish-l)lack, rostrum 
 rufous; prothorax entirely, and the sides of tin- mesothorax Ijlaokish- 
 brown ; antenna? black, the two basnl article rufous; feet int.- .-. 
 UMguieuli tridentate; wings hyaline, tlu; upfsx fuscous. (FeiKule.) 
 
 Alar expanse 2'd millim. 
 
 J/a/i. Mexico (Deppe). 
 
 I 
 
•' ^ * . 
 
 m ... 
 
 t " 
 
 ^-\ 
 
 
 
 ll 
 
 
 246 
 
 NEUllOPTEUA OF NOllTII AMKIUCA. 
 
 la^^gg 
 
 BITTACXJS Latkhilm;. 
 
 Ocelli llircc ; wings narrow; niiteniiai setaceous, very slender; 
 abdomen ratlier long, cylindrical, feet longer tiian tiic wings, tho 
 apex of the iUnm calcaratod; tarsi witii a single, long, sinii)le nail. 
 
 1. B. mexicanus 
 
 Biltacus mcvict-itiis King! Aft. Rcrol. l.^SO, 9',', C. Walk. Catal. 400, G. 
 
 Testaceous ; head with a middle spot, and apices of tlic femora 
 and til>ia> with a vestige, fuscous; antenna' almost unclothed; wings 
 subllavescent, veins and transverse marks obscnrer ; ai)pendages 
 of the male long, narrow, incurved. (From the description of 
 Klug.) 
 
 Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 
 IJab. Mexico (.Heppe). 
 
 2. B. pilicoruis ! 
 
 Bilhirns jiillriiniis Westw. Trans. Eiit. Sue. Lond. IV, U)(i, 4. ^^'alk. 
 Catal. 4G>^, 15. 
 
 Pule fnsco-liiteous, shining; head fuscous between the ocelli; 
 antenuio luteo-fuscous, with long and dense pile; wings sulilutes- 
 cent, transverse veins obsolcteiy banded with fuscous; superior 
 appendages of the male broad, triangular, flat. 
 
 Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 
 /f(d>. Trenton Falls (Osten Sacken); La Cliine near .Montreal 
 (Barnstou). 
 
 3. B. strigosiis ! 
 
 Bittaciis stri(josus llagen! 
 
 I'alc testaceous, shining ; head black around the ocelli ; palpi 
 black; antennas i)ale, sparingly and shortly pilose ; apex of the 
 femora and tibiie blackish-fuscous; wings hyaline, with sonn' basal, 
 fuscous points, transverse veins broadly banded with fuscous ; 
 pterostigma a little clouded; .niperior appendages of the male 
 broad, oblong, the superior margin broadly excised, pilose. 
 
 Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 
 /Ml. Chicago ; Washington ; St. T^ouis (Ostcu Sacken). 
 
151TTACUS. 
 
 247 
 
 4. B. punctiger. 
 
 /ilttucu^ ]niiirr,j,r Westw. ! Traiii;. Knt. Soc. Lend. IV, lOf), 2. Walk, 
 Catal. 4(JS, 115. 
 
 Tcstacco-fiilvous ; femora sparinfjly clothed with black, bristly 
 hair, tihiiu with a sloiuler, iii>ieal black riii,<!: ; wings yellowish- 
 hyaline, with numerous, rather obscure points, especially at tlie 
 base of the Ioii,<,ntn(linal veins, and at the transverse veins ; veins 
 pale. (From the descrii)tion of Westwood.) 
 
 Alar expanse 42 millim. 
 
 I/ab. Georgia. 
 
 
 5. B. stigmaterus ! 
 
 Bi/iurns sli;/Nial< run Say, ( iodninn'rt West. Quart. Report, II, 1 CA.—niUarus 
 jHillii/ipitiiiiti Wostw.! Trans. Kut. Hoc. Loud. IV, 11)5, 3. Walk. 
 Catal. 408, 14. 
 
 Fiilvo-lnteous ; ocelli somewhat surrounded with fuscous; palpi 
 black; anterior femora and apex of the tibiie sub-fuscous; wings 
 luteo-fusco-'iyaline, the pterostigma a little obscurer; veins luteous; 
 superior a}) )endagcs of the male oblong, long, the apical margin 
 subemarginated above. 
 
 Alar expanse 37 — iC, millim. 
 
 Jfub. Missouri, near Fort Osage (Say); Maryland (Uhler) ; 
 Dalton, Georgia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 The female from Maryland is smaller, and agrees better with 
 the descriptions and size of Ji. stt)/ muter us, and paUidipemns. 
 The male from Georgia is larger (40 millim.), ^'le wings are also 
 broader, but it is hardly dill'erent. 
 
 6. B. occidentia. 
 
 Biltams ocriih-nii^ Walk.! Catal. 4G0, 16. 
 
 Testaceous; apex of the rostrum, ihe palpi, and the antennte 
 lihick; dorsal middle of the thorax fuscous: [losterior fein(jra ful- 
 vous, with the ai»ex black, the anterior femora black, with the base 
 fulvous; anterior tibia; piceous ; wings sublurid, pterostigma fus- 
 cous; veins black. (l''rom the dcscrii)tion of Walker.) 
 
 Alar expanse 40 uiillim. 
 
 J/(ih. Erie, i'ennsylvir.ia. 
 
 It is very much li'.^o tlii preceding species. It-' it distinct from 
 it? 
 
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 NEUROl'TEKA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 
 
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 7. B. apicalis! 
 
 Bittdrns (ijiicalis Uhler! MSS. 
 
 Luteons, sliiiiinf!^; ocelli somowlmt oljscured witli ))laek ; apex 
 of the tarsal articles browuish-ljlack ; wings liyaliiic, tlie apex 
 iiigro-fiiscous; abdomen fuscous; the superioi- appendages of the 
 male short, oblong, the apex broader, obliquely truncated. 
 
 Alar expanse 3G miliim. 
 
 If<il>. .Southern Illinois (Kennicott). 
 
 (The pterostigiua of the female is dusky, and there is a dusky 
 mark each side upon the upper i)art of the face ; the antennte are 
 honey-yellow, obscurer tov.ards the apex, and covered with black- 
 ish pile. Uhler.) 
 
 MEF.OPE Newman. 
 
 Ocelli absent; eyes large, reniform, connate at the vertex; 
 antennie short, thick, the apex narrowed ; wings broad, transverse 
 veins very numerous ; subcosta and radius joined together at the 
 apex ; feet shorter thuu the wings, slender, apex of the tarsi with 
 two unguiculi, which are entire, and a jjhuitula between them; 
 abdomen of the male with a very large forceps. 
 
 1. M. tuber ! 
 
 Mtropi- tiilicr '^e-wva.] Entom. Mag. V, ISO. Westw.! Trans. Kut. Soc. 
 Loud. IV, 1!)4, tab. xiv. fig. 2. Walk.! Catal. lUG, 1. 
 
 Luteous ; apex of the rostrum fnscous ; antenna) luteous, fus- 
 cous in the middle; prothorax luteo-fuscous ; feet luteous, the 
 anterior ones a little thicker, luteo-fuscous ; apex of the tibiie with 
 two si)urs; wings cinereous, veins luteous, radius and longitudinal 
 ones posteriorly, black; anterior wings on the posterior margin at 
 the base, with a small, rounded, fuscous lamina; abdomen luteous;. 
 appendages of the male very long, flat, almost as long us the body, 
 luteous ; the basal article almost straight, the base a little curved ; 
 the apical article shorter, cylindrical, the apex dilated, enuirginated, 
 subbilid. 
 
 Alar expanse ;>0 millim. 
 
 JI<ti>. iJerkeley Springs, Virginia (Osten Sacken) ; Pennsylvania. 
 
 An extremely rare insect; it is not to be met wiih in any of the 
 Eun-pean collections, cxceiiting the type (a female) in the British 
 
NEUUONIA. 
 
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 Museum, and a male ami female iu my own collection ; it is not 
 extant in the American collections (teste Osten Siicken), excepting 
 a unique femnle in that of Dr. Asa Fitch. Tlie ji;enns and species 
 is very singular and almormai; iicrlinps the most remarkalilc of all 
 hitherto known Neuroptera. It certainly belongs to the I'anor- 
 jnna. 
 
 Fam. X. PlIRYGANIXA. 
 
 Bnily compressed; head exserted ; antcnnrc long,' seti form; 
 mouth connate, imperrcct ; labial jialpi triarliculate ; pro- 
 thorax small; wings longer tluiu the body, transverse veins 
 rather few; posterior wings with the anal space large, 
 ))licated (rarely absent); tarsi with 5 articulations. Larva 
 ai^iiatio; living in a tube-like case. 
 
 I. Maxillary palpi differing in the sexes. 
 Sub-Family PIIRY(JAXIDE:^. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4; maxilhu-y palpi in the males 4-jointed, 
 in the fciiiales Sjointed ; three ocelli. 
 
 NEURONIA Leach. 
 
 Antenna? shorter than the wings ; wings rather broad, the apex 
 ovate, naked or almost naked. 
 
 1. N. irrorata! 
 
 PLri/'iaii.a Irrorata Pali.! Sp. Ins. I, 380, 9; Mantis. Ins. I, 245. 10; Eu- 
 tom. Syst. II, 77, 11. — Xnirania ro>ic.atin::'ai Walk.! Catfil. >, 4. 
 
 Ikufoiis, .<hiniiig; antenii.e blackish-piceouf , the liasal article ru- 
 fous within; head ..nd thorax clothed with white hair; feet luteou.s, 
 with black spines ; abdomen testaceous ; anterior wings whitish- 
 hyaline, densely, transversely irrorated with fuseoiis ; posterior 
 wings hyaline, the apex spotted with fuscous, the anterior nuirgin 
 witii a medial larger, fuscous spot. (Female.) 
 
 J.eugth to tip of wings IS miliim. Alar exjianse 3-2 millim. 
 
 nd. St. .lohu's Bluff, East Florida; N. Red lliver (Kennicott). 
 
 The insect dues not altogether agree with the descrii)tion of 
 Tabricius ; the type in the collection of Banks is to be examined 
 a<rain. 
 
 
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 250 NEUHOPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 2. N. pardalis. 
 
 Niuriinid /ninlalis Walk.! Catal. 7, 3. 
 
 IJiiiek, dotlied with liitooiis hair, boucatli liitooiis: iiiiterior fu- 
 niora ferruginous; anterior wings cont'crtly jjointcd witli hiteuus 
 (whicli are conflwenl in t!io nuilos) ; jiostcrior wings anteriorly 
 pointed with inteoiis, and witli a broad liiteous, siiliajiieal band. 
 (From tlic description of Wallver.) 
 
 Lengtli to tip of wings 27 niiiliin. Alar expanse 50 niiilini. 
 
 J/(ih. Xova Scotia (Iledman), 
 
 3. N. ocelligera. 
 
 Adiroiiiii urilli(jira Walk.! Catal. 8, 0. 
 
 Blaclc, with pale hair; tiljiiu pie<'oiis; wings testaccons, the an- 
 terior ones reticidated and gnttatcd witli I)laek, posterior wings 
 having the margin spotted with black. .Male. (From the de- 
 scription of AVaiker.) 
 
 Length to i\\\ of wings 16 millim. Alar expanse 28 millim. 
 
 Jf(tb. Xova Scotia (KednianY 
 
 It ih very mneh like N. rvtiriihtta of Europe; is it dilferont? 
 
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 4. N. signata. 
 
 Phrijoauia siipinfa Fab. Bp. Ins. I, 380, 7; Mant. Ins. I, 24.'), S ; Entom. 
 
 Sy^t. II, 7(i, S. 
 
 Sniall ; head fuscous , wings grayish-fuscon-, shining, spotted 
 with yellow, the posterior margin vU'iatcd with yellow. (From 
 the description of Fabrieius.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings ? 
 
 /fab. North America (collection i«f Tla>»lis) ; does it belong to 
 this genus ? 
 
 5. N. semifasciata ! 
 
 Phrijiiatira X' iiiifnsriiiia Sny, Wostorn Quart. Report. II, Ifil, 4 ; Aiiion'cnn 
 Eiititniology, II, pi. 44 (iipivr figures). — ycuro'im-i /h.<c(i Walk.! 
 Catal. i), 7. 
 
 Fulvous; anteniKC annulatcd with fuscous, the apex fidvous ; 
 head fuscous ; dorsum of llie mesothorax each side, Idack ; head 
 and thorax partly ciliatuni with black; feet with brown spines; 
 wings fulvous, the veins obscurer, the anterior ones transversely 
 flecked with brownis^-black, a small basal spot, and an abruvit, 
 medial streak at the posterior margin, brownish-black, the disk 
 
NEUnONIA. 
 
 251 
 
 with two yellowish points; posterior wings with the apical margin 
 hiinlly irroralod with fuscous, having a short, fuscous subapicul 
 band. 
 
 JA</(,'. Having the dorsiil lamina elongated, the sides involuted, 
 the apex with two long spines; superior appendages longer than 
 the lamina ; ventral lamina 4-toothed. 
 
 FoiKi/p. Ventral lamina shining, the base brownish-black, very 
 much mirrowcr at mo apex, recurved, bitid. 
 
 T.cngth to tip of wings 2;j — 2H millini. Alar expanse 44 — 52 
 millim. 
 
 J/«b. St. Martin's Falls, All)any River, Hudson's Uay (Barns- 
 ton) ; Nova Scotia (Ilednian) ; St. John, Newfoundland; Ohio; 
 Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Massachusetts; Kentucky (Say); Wash- 
 ington (Osten Sacken); New York (('oUection of Jlagen). Every- 
 where north of the Southern States (Uhler). 
 
 A variety has the band alisent from the posterior wings (Nova 
 Scotia). 
 
 6. N. poBtica! 
 
 Neuronic jiontica Walk. ! Catal. 0, 9. 
 
 Fulvous; antcnnic nnnulated with fuscous, the apex fulvous; 
 head and thorax fuscous, with fuscous hair; feet with fulvous spines ; 
 wings fulvous, veins of the same color ; the anterior ones trans- 
 versely irrorated with fuscous, a small basal spot and an abrupt 
 streiik upon the midtlle of the posteiior margin, fuscous; disk with 
 two whitish points; hind wings with an angulated, subapical, fus- 
 cous band. 
 
 J\f(ik. lliiving the dorsal lamina elongated, the apex narrower, 
 incised; superior appendages with a longer lamina; the ventral 
 lamina bidentate. 
 
 Female. Ventral lamina shining, middle of the base brownish- 
 black, each side ciliated with fulvous, the apex narrow, recurved, 
 entire ; each side with a ratiier long anal palpus. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 28 millim. Alar exi)anse 52 millim. 
 
 lUih. (Jeorgia (Abbot); Pennsylvania (Collection of llagen); 
 Washington ; Massachusetts (Osten Sacken) ; N. lleil River 
 (Kennicott). 
 
 A variety has the band aljscnt from the posterior wings. 
 
 Do not some of the localities cited for N. semifusciula Say, be- 
 long to N. postica? 
 
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 7. N, ocelliferal 
 
 Nitiroiiid iivillifira Willk.l Ciital. 8, fi. 
 
 Fulvous; iviiteiniii! sliortor, I'liscoiis; tliorax ciliiitcd with fuM ous- 
 gray; wii'j^'s slmri, fulvous, vi'ius saiiu! color; iiutcrioi' wiuj^s ii 
 little tnuisvci'soly irrunitod witli fuscous, ii iiiodiiil spot upon llic 
 jiostorior inar<ifiu fuscous; di^k with two whitish points; postcriur 
 wings with nu iuig-uhitcd Imud, which is subapicul, fuscous ; feet 
 with gi'MV s|)iui'S. 
 
 Male. Dorsal lannua long, acute, cusifiuMn, hifid; siipirior ap- 
 pendages shorter than the hiiuina ; ventral lauiiiui liidentate. 
 
 Fcinalv. Veutral laiuinii shining, middle of the base fuscous; tlie 
 apex narrower, recurved, l)i-iuipressed, ciliated, 
 
 liOiigth to tip of wings '20 niiilini. Alar expanse 40 — 42 niillini, 
 
 //(///. Noi'Uiern Illinois; X. lied Jtivcr (Kcnnicott) ; Ohio 
 (Schaum). 
 
 8. N. notata, 
 
 IViri/nniHii iiofdht Fal). Sji. Ins. I, •^'M\^2 ; Maiit. Iiis. I, 240, 15 ; Kntoni. 
 Syst. II, 78, 18. 
 
 Fuscous ; antenna' and feet tcstin'cous; anterior wings yellowish- 
 gray, nnicolored, with a nuirgiual fuscous spot; posterior wings 
 white, hyaline, shining. (From the description of Fabricius.) 
 
 Lengtii to tij) of wings — ? millim. 
 
 //alt. .North America (CoUcctiun of ISaidvs). 
 
 Is this JV^. scij/ij'asciatd? The type, if 1 am not nustaken, yet 
 exists. 
 
 PHRYGANEA Lin.vk. 
 Antenna" robust, as long as the wings ; anterior wings [iih)se. 
 
 1. Ph. cinerea. 
 
 Pliri/(j(Ui( II riiiirin Walk. ! C.'ital. 4. 2. 
 
 Testaceous, striped above with cinereous; apex of tlie anterior 
 tibiic, and the tips of the articles of the anterior tarsi, Ijhick; an- 
 terior wings fuscous, densely guttated with cinereous, j)oslerior 
 wings fusco-cincreous. (From tlie description of Walker.) 
 
 Lenglli to lip of wings 2G — 2S nullim. Alar expanse 48 — .01 
 miilim. 
 
 IJal. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver, Hudson's r)ay (Darns- 
 
r.lMN III1-UH. 
 
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 ton). It is vcpv' iiiH'li ''l<o P. stn'dfc Tjiin. {Hf'kii'itlil! Stoph.), 
 but fliliv -i ohviously by llic anal appeiKiajres of the niulo ; a ilcHcrip- 
 I tliusc pnrtH is wanting to inc. 
 
 2. Ph. veatlta! 
 
 JS.HfoUfi nstiia Walk. ! Cfttat. 10,10. 
 
 Ferrupiuons; antenim . , hornx bivittatod aliovo with 
 
 fusroua, and clothed with fuscous hair; feet luteous, anterior femora, 
 apex of the ixUvc and apex of the tarsal articles, fnscDUs ; apex of 
 tilt! ii\tenn('(1iatt liic fnsoonH ; anterior winj^'s narrow, rnfb-fiisfous 
 L'h)>rly irrorated *\ith fnscons, ilic disk pnlcr; posterior winys cine- 
 reous, the ni)ex margined with fuscous. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 21 niilliin. Alar expanse 38 miliini. 
 
 JIul). Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 a. Ph. commixta. 
 
 Nvuroiiiii coiiiiiii.rla Walk.! Catal. lu, 11. 
 
 r>lack, clothed with pale hair; beneath, antenna' i.nd feet ferru- 
 triiions; anterior wings fuscous, with a large ^iiscoidal suli-hyalinc 
 spot, and apical whitish jioints, veins fuscous, ]iosterinr wings sub- 
 cinereous, tiie apex and posterior margin fuscous. (From the de- 
 scription of Walker.) 
 
 length to tip of wings 14 niillim. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 J/(ih. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 Allied to yVi. w(/«or, Curtis, of Europe. 
 
 
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 Maxillary palpi of the males three, of the females five-jointed; 
 ocelli three; anterior wings rather narrow, the apex oljli(pie!y 
 truncated or rounded. 
 
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 Spurs arranged 1, 3, 4 ; apex of the anterior wings truncated. 
 
 Sub-Genus Colpotaulius Kolenati. 
 Posterior wings with the middle of the hind margin emargi- 
 
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 I. L. perpusillua ! 
 
 Limntphilus pvrpiisillus Walk.! Catal. 35, 54. 
 
 Tentacfous, with testaceous hair; aiiteniifc fulvous; anterior 
 wings narrow, the apex a little acuminate, subtestaceous, poste- 
 riorly and the apex obscurely guttated , veins fulvous ; posterior 
 wings whitish. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings t millira. Alar expanse 13 millim. 
 
 Huh. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
 It is very closely allied tc Colpotuulius incisus Stephens. 
 
 Sub-Genus Limnophilus Leach. 
 Anterior wings narrow, the apex broader, obliquely truncated. 
 
 2. L. rhombicuB ! 
 
 L. rhoiMca Lirn. Walk.! Catal. 22,13. (With the synonymy.)— P/jry- 
 ganen, rhombica Otho Fab. Fauna Groen. 19G, 153. lierlin. Ent. Zeit 
 III, 143. 
 
 Ochreous, with luteous hair, antennas luteous ; thorax lutoo-fus- 
 cous ; feet luteous, tibite with yellow, tarsi with black spines ; an- 
 terior wings ochreous, rufous posteriorly, with a large, discoidal, 
 oblique, rhombical spot, and another, not well defined, a))out the 
 anastomosis, subhyaline ; posterior wings hyaline, the apex sub- 
 flavescent. 
 
 3Iule. Posterior wings underneath with a subapical fuscous 
 fringe ; superior appendages oblong, the apex and beneath a little 
 emarginated, with black teeth. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 23 millim. Alar expanse 44 millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. iMiirtin's Falls, Albany lliver, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston) ; Greenland (Fab.) ; Europe; Asia. 
 
 The larva described by Otho Fab. 1. c. p. 197; belongs to Co- 
 lymhetes dolabrulas. 
 
 3. L. interrogationis. 
 
 Phrijijanra interrorjationis VMieTBi. Ins. Lapp. 10G3, 12. — r^ramwo^aM/n/j! 
 inUrroyationis Kol. Trichopt. 40, 3. Walk. Catal. 19, G; Berlin. 
 Ent. Zeit. Ill, 143. 
 
 Grayish, shining; antenna? testaceous ; head and thor.-.x hairy, 
 each side black; feet testaceous, posterior femora with a lateral 
 line, which is grayish; wings rather narrow, anterior ones brov\n- 
 
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 LIMNOPiIILUS. 
 
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 ish, with numerous, confluent fuscous points ; a discoidal 
 dinni line niul ii niiddlo spot, hyaline; ])Ostcrior wings subliyaline, 
 the ai)o.\ with a small, fuscous line. (From the description of Zet- 
 terstedt.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 20 niillim. Alar expanse 34 — 40 
 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Greeidand ; Lapland ; Europe. 
 
 It is not sufficiently known to me. 
 
 4. L. combinatus. 
 
 Limnephilm combinatus Walk.! Catal. 28, 34. 
 
 Ferruginous, clotlied with pale hair; abdomen and feet testa- 
 ceous ; anterior wings fuscous, the interior margin testaceous, a 
 large rhombical. discoidal spot and some points, testaceous ; the 
 apex testaceous, sprinkled with fuscous ; posterior wings hyaline. 
 Male. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 millim. Alar expanse 34 millim. 
 
 Hah. St. John, Newfoundland. 
 
 It is allied to L. rhombicus. 
 
 
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 5. L. divergens. 
 
 Limncphilus divergens Walk.! Catal. 30, 39. 
 
 Testaceous, clothed with pale hair; antennte ferruginous; the 
 anterior wings closely dotted with ferruginous tubercles, the apex 
 sub-fuscous ; a broader tubercle at the base of the third apical 
 areolc ; posterior wings whitish. (From the description of 
 AValker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 millim. Alar expanse 34 millim. 
 
 JI((b. North America. 
 
 6. L. dossuarius. 
 
 Phryganea dossuaria Say, American Entom. Ill, pi. 44. Lowest figure. 
 
 Pale ochreous ; antenna; fuscous : abdomen obscure, apex of the 
 segments pale ; anterior wings whitish-yellow, veins black ; some 
 transverse, sometimes dilated lines, a pterostigmatical, quadrangu- 
 lar spot, and an anal one, black ; posterior wings with two costal 
 spots, and the- margin obscure. (From the description of Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 1 1 millim. Alar expanse 22 millim. 
 
 Hab. Salem, Massachusetts (Say). 
 
 Not seen by me ; is it a Limnopliilus ? 
 
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 NEUIIOI'TKUA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 7. L. InterruptUB. 
 
 Phriiijiiina iiiitn-iijila Say, American Eiitom. Ill, pi. 44, riglit middlo 
 lifjiure. 
 
 Clothed witli grayish hair; palpi ami antenna> black; tibin! o1)- 
 scure, tarsi ohsturc, the joints pale at their bases; anterior Winn's 
 gray, obscurer upon the disk, a longitudinal, medially interrupted 
 line, exlemling from the humerus to near the njjex, and an abbre- 
 viated line nearer the costal margin, towards the apex, black ; the 
 posterior area hoary with white pubescence, immaculate; posterior 
 wings oehreous, the apex broadly black. (From the description 
 of Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 21 millim. Alar expanse 40 millim. 
 
 Ifab. New .Jersey (Say). 
 
 I have uot seen it ; does it belong to Limnopldlas'} 
 
 8. L. radiatus. 
 
 Phryijanea radinia Say, Long's Exped. II, 308, 2. 
 
 Pale yellowish-fuscous; antenna) fuscous; vertex and prothorax 
 pilose ; mesothorax each side and two dorsal stripes hairy; anterior 
 wings sulihyaline, beyond the middle a large fuscous circle from 
 which a dilated line i)roceeds to the tip, another to the inferior 
 angle, a third to the carpal spot, and a fourth towards the base, 
 interrupted in its middle, the interior margin, _ articularly at the 
 base, fuscous; surface of the wings with scattered hairs, those of 
 the nervures more distinct and blackish. (From the description 
 of Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 19 millim. Alar expanse 30 millim. 
 
 I have not seen it; does it belong to Liiimophilus? 
 
 8. L. seiiceus. 
 
 Phrygani a sericia Say, Long's Exped. II, p. 309, 3. 
 
 iJlackish, sericeous; autennte fuscous, annulated with yellow; 
 head with a cinereous gloss, sparingly pilose ; thorax with a cine- 
 reous gloss; posterior feet pale ochieous, sericeous, with black setaj; 
 anterior wings varied with fuscous and pruinose, a transverse, quad- 
 rate, black spot on the middle of the posterior mai-gin ; membrane 
 densely pilose; veins with black hairs; posterior wings immaculate. 
 (From the description of Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Northwest Territory (Say), 
 
 I have not seen it; does it belong to Limnophilus? 
 
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LIMNOPIIILUS. 
 
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 10. L. externus! 
 
 Limiuiphilus trtcrnus J'.agenI 
 
 Lutcous; head and thorax obscure above, with liitcoiis hair; 
 antenruc (base) luteous; feet ochreoi.s, with black si)incs ; apex 
 of the abdomen obscurer ; anterior wings shining, narrow, hardly 
 luto> -pilose, luteous, densely guttated with fuscous, the marks often 
 confluent ; a rhofcbical spot upon the middle, which is oblique, 
 narrow, hyaline ; the anterior margin immaculate; at the anasto- 
 mosis are a few spots; veins luteous, the fourth apical areole narrow 
 at base, shorter than the rest ; posterior wings luteo-hyaline. 
 
 Female. The four anal appendages almost equal, short, acute ; 
 the valvule short, incised. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 20 millim. Alar expanse 38 millim. 
 
 Hub. X, Led River (Kennicott). 
 
 11. L. graviduB ! 
 
 Limniiphilus tjravidus HagenI 
 
 ■Rufo-fuscous; antcnna3 (at bv? ) with luteous hair; head and 
 disk of the thorax rufous, with luteous hair, each side with black 
 hair; abdomen luteous beneath; feet luteous, with black spines, 
 base of the four anterior tibiaj, as well as their middle and apexi 
 and the apex of the posterior ti1)ia3, black, apex of the tarsal arti' 
 cles black : wings long, broad at the apex, a little rounded, sparingly 
 clothed with white hair; surface grayish-hyaline, closely pointed 
 with fuscous, points often confluent ; an oblique, discoidal streak, 
 and a semicircle at the apex of the anastomosis, pale hyaline ; veins 
 pale, sparingly interrupted with fuscous; posterior wings 'luteo- 
 hyaline, their apex obsoletely spotted with fuscous, and an°ob^curer 
 spot at the pterostigma. Female. 
 
 Hab. North California. 
 
 12. L. vastus ! 
 
 Limnophilus vastus Hagen 1 
 
 Nigro-fuscous; base of antenna fr.scous; head and thorax with 
 black hair; mesothorax black, a grayish spot upon the middle and 
 each side behind marked with a black point; feet luteous 'with 
 black spines; four anterior tibiaj at base, middle and apex 'apex 
 of the posterior tibiae, and apices of the tarsal articles, black • 
 wings long, broader at the apex, elliptical, grayish-hyaline' almost 
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 NEUROPTEUA OF NORTH AMERICA, 
 
 nude, all over closely covered with fuscous dots, the anterior mar- 
 gin with fewer dots; 'veins fuscous, sparingly interrupted with palo; 
 posterior wings grayish-hyaline, obscurer at the apex. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 21 millim. Alar expanse 40 millira. 
 
 Hub. Isle Kenai, Russian America, 
 
 1?. L. perjnruB* • 
 
 Liinnophilus perjurus Ilagen ! 
 
 Luteo-fuscous, with iuteous hair; feet luteous, with black spines; 
 wings narrow, the apex obliquely truncated, luteo-ochroous, almost 
 shining, with luteous veins; apical veins a little clouded; posterior 
 wings lutco-hyaline. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 16 millim. Alar expanse 30 millira. 
 
 Hdb. Isle Kenai, Russian America, 
 
 Allied to Chaetotaulius striatus Kolenati. 
 
 14, L. hyallnuB ! 
 
 Limnophilus hyalinus ITagen! 
 
 Pale oehreous, with yellow hair ; antenntc ochreous ; feet pale, 
 with black spines; anterior wings pale ochreo-hyaline, somewhat 
 glossy, veins ochreous ; the fourth apical cellule acute at base ; 
 posterior wings paie yellowish-hyaline. 
 
 3Iale. Superior ajjpendages ovate, prominent; the inferior ones 
 obtuso-acute. 
 
 licng'.h to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 22 millim. 
 
 Hab. N. Red River (Kennicott). 
 
 Sub-Genus GonlotauIiuiH ^vol. 
 
 15. L. indlcans. 
 
 Limnephilus indicans Walk,! Catal, 23, 18. 
 
 Ferruginous ; antennje paler ; palpi and feet testaceous ; ante- 
 rior wings testaceous, margined with whitish, with a short discoidal 
 vitta, contracted in the middle, white, drawn out into five roys 
 towards the apex; posterior wings whitish. (From the description 
 of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings IS miljim. Alar expanse 38 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 It is allied to L. elcgans Curtis. 
 
LIMN0PIIILU8. 
 
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 18. L. despectuB. 
 
 Limncphilns despectii.i Walk.! Catal. 31, 42. 
 
 Gra}MKh-f<'rrngiiious, with pale pile, and longer liair, which is 
 black; antcnnsc subfuscous, the bases of Jie articles testaceous; 
 maxillary palpi fuscous, labial palpi testaceous ; abdomen and feet 
 testaceous ; raesothorax above with a double whitish streak ; ante- 
 rior wings fuscous, freckled with whitish ; thyridium and first sub- 
 apical areole with a whitish spot; costa and disk towards the apex- 
 still more whitish; posterior wings whitish. (From the description 
 of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim. 
 
 Hub. Nova Scotia (Redman). 
 
 Allied to L, griseus Linn. 
 
 17. L. nebuloBUB. 
 
 Limnephilus ntbulosus Kirby. Faun. Bor. Amer. 253, 349 ; Walk. Catal. 
 fJO, 12G. 
 
 Black, with white hair ; antennas (at base) black ; mesothorax 
 testaceous ; superior wings testaceous, spotted and irrorated with 
 whitish, the costal area immaculate ; posterior wingc whitish, with 
 testaceous veins; feet testaceous. (From the description of Kirby.) 
 
 Length of body 15 millim. 
 
 Hub. North America, latitude 65°. 
 
 18. L. multifariuB. 
 
 Limiuphiliiii naltifariusVfa\'k,\ Catal. 32, 43.— P/(ny^f7»ca variccjntn Barn- 
 ston, ^Us.— Limnephilus perforatus Walk. Catal. 33, 4(j. (In part.) 
 
 Black, with pale hair, and longer pile, which is black ; antenna? 
 fuscous, annulated with testaceous; feet testaceous; anterior wings 
 fuscous, freckled with whitish ; thyridium and base of the apical 
 areoles spotted with white ; posterior wings cinereous. (From the 
 description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston); L. pcrforatus Walk, (f.'om 8t. Martin's Falls), certainly is 
 the same species; a very nuich mutilated specimen from Arctic 
 America (Mackenzie and Slave _" Rivers, Richardson) is difl'erent, 
 but indeterminable; possibly the true L. nebuhsus of Kirby. L. 
 despectus and L, mvlttfarhts are very closely allied ; are they dis- 
 tinct? 
 
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 LiiiDKji/iihts /(inoralis Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer. 253, 350; Walk. Catal. 
 OO, 127. 
 
 Black ; feet testaceous, femora black; anterior wings dilute tes- 
 taceous, spotted and freckled wltli wliite ; posterior wings white, 
 witli the veins testaceous. (From the description of Kirby.) 
 
 Length of body 14 miilim. 
 
 Hah. North America, latitude G5° (I'ichardson). 
 
 I have never seen it; very closely allied to X. nebulosus Kirby. 
 
 20. L. Bubmonilifer. 
 
 Limniphihis sulimotiillfir Walk.! Catal. 33, 48. 
 
 IJlack, with pale hair, and longer, black pile ; bases of the 
 antennal articles testaceous ; abdomen ferruginous beneath ; feet 
 testaceous ; anterior wings fuscous, a discoidal, whitish spot, and 
 spots, which are almost obsolete, hyaline ; a line anteriorly, and 
 two posteriorly, black and dotted with whitish ; posterior wings 
 subcinereous. Female. (From the description of Wf^V.-sr.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 miilim. Alar expanse 25 raillira. 
 
 Hub. North America. 
 
 It is very closely allied to Z. obscunts Rarab. Is it difierent ? 
 
 21. L. extractus. 
 
 Limnophilus extracfus Walk-! Catal. 34, 40. 
 
 Obscure testaceous, with pale hair ; ape.\ of the antenna) fus- 
 cous ; palpi and fe?t pale testaceous ; mesothorax bivittated with 
 fuscous ; abdomen fuscous above ; wings dirty whitish, anterior 
 ones with the posterior margin testaceous ; veins pale testaceous. 
 Young male. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 miilim. Alar expanse 23 miilim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Ilud.soa's Hay (JJarn- 
 ston). 
 
 May this not be L, hyalinus ? 
 
 22. L. indivisus. 
 
 Limniphilus indivisus Walk.! Catal. 34, 51. 
 
 Pale testaceous ; antenna? a little obscure ; anterior wings sub- 
 testaceous, sob-tuberculated, veins testaceous, pterostigma subfus- 
 cous ; posterior wings hyaline. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
LiMNorniLUS. 2G1 
 
 Length to tip of win-s 15 luillim. Alar expanse 28 millim. 
 
 Huh. Nova Scotia (Kcdman). 
 
 It is allied to L. impurus, llambur. 
 
 23. L. BubguttatuB. 
 
 LimnephiluB subguttatus Walk.! Catal. 34, 52. 
 
 Testaceous, with pale hair ; bnsc of the anterior wings, margin 
 behind, and the apex subguttated with whitish, a fuscous spot at 
 the pterostigma which is broadly surrounded with hyaline ; poste- 
 rior wings subhyaliiie. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (IJarn- 
 ston). 
 
 It is allied to L, rttfus Rambur. 
 
 
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 24. L. BubpunctulatuB ! 
 
 Phri/r/nnca subpunctHlata Zetterst. Ins. Lapp. 10G5, 20. — Liinncphilus 
 stipatus Walk.l Catal. 29, 37. 
 
 Black, tinged with gray; covered with luteous hair; antennae 
 fuscous, annulated with luteous ; thorax black-gray, above with a 
 double, luteous, hairy stripe; abdomen annulated beneath with lu- 
 teous ; feet yellowish, with black si)ines ; wings whitish-hyaline, 
 somewhat clothed with snow-white hair, partly veined with fuscous, 
 marked with large, conCuent, fuscous guttte, the anterior margin, 
 disk, and thyridium, almost immaculate ; posterior wings whitish- 
 hyaline. 
 
 Femule. Four anal appendages short, acute, yellowish, valvule 
 broader, emarginated. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 Hab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston) ; Arctic America, ]Mackenzie and Slave Rivers (Richard- 
 son) ; Europe, Umea, Lapland. 
 
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 25. L. trimaculatuB ! 
 
 Phri/ganea trimaculata Zetterst.! lus. Lapp. 1065, 18 ; Kolen. Trioliopt. 
 53, 7; Walk. Catal. 2i;, 21.—Limnopldlus partitus Walk.! Catal. 
 32, 45. 
 
 Black, with black and white hair; antennaj fuscous, annulated 
 with brown, the basal article black ; feet testaceous, with black 
 
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 spines, femora black ; anterior winp^s fuscous, veined with fuscous, 
 a rliomliical, niodial spot, and some larj^'er spots al)out the anus- 
 toniosis, wliitisli-liyaliiie, soniewluit clothed with snow-white liair; 
 posterior wings cinereo-hyali!ie. 
 
 Viir. Wings pnle. (Young.) 
 
 Ticngtii to tip of wings 10 inillim. Alar exi)nnso 10 millim. 
 
 I/iili. St. Martin's Falls. Alltany Kiver, Hudson's iJay (iiarn- 
 ston) ; Europe, Lapland (Zetterslcdt) ; Iceland (Slaudinycr). 
 
 26. L. pudicus! 
 
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 Fusco-einereons, with fuscous hair ; antennic fuscous, suhannti- 
 iated with pale, the basal article blackish-fuscous; abdomen testa- 
 ceous beneath ; feet testaceous, with black spines, anterior ones a 
 little obscure ; anterior tibiic spotted with black, apices of the tar- 
 sal articles blackish ; wings brownish-hyaline, i)artly with fuscous 
 veins, the posterior margin and ape.x oltsoletely guttated with fus- 
 cous ; ptcrostignia fuscous, with a discoidal subliyaline spot; pos- 
 terior wings grayish-hyaline. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millini. Alar expanse 25 niillira, 
 
 J/al). New York ; Washington (Ostea Sackeii). 
 
 Allied to L. costalis, Slei)hens. 
 
 27. L. griseus! 
 
 Phrjiiinnia ijrisia Linn. — Limnrphihtii grisius Walk,! Catal. 27, 28. (With 
 tho synonyms) ; Berlin. Eat. Zoit. Ill, p. 143. 
 
 Rufo-cinereous ; antennre fuscous, annulated with pale ; thoriix 
 paler in the nuddle ; abdomen blackish-gray, each side with a lu- 
 teous stripe ; feet testaceous ; anterior wings narrow, cinereous, 
 spotted with fuscous and black, the ajiex and posterior margin with 
 spots which are often confluent ; a rhombical spot upon the mid- 
 dle, and s|)ots about the anastomosis, which arc milky-hyaline; 
 veins fuscons; posterior wings grayish-hyaline, the ai)ex obscurer. 
 
 Var. Points and spots partly or altogetlier confluent, or almost 
 absent. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 22 millim. 
 
 I/ub. Greeidand (Kolenati) ; Europe ; Asia, cummun every- 
 where. 
 
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 28. L. plaga. 
 
 JJmniiihilus plaga Walk.l Catal. 35, 63. 
 
 TestftC'ooua, with palo linir, niul lonfrcr black i»iIo ; (interior 
 vviiiffs jtiilo tostncc'oiis, a larfjo, subquadnito, fiisootiH spot l)ehirul 
 the iniddh.' ; tiic npox Kubrcliciiliited with fiisooiiH, niid with two 
 patciies of fuscous. (From the description of Wallicr.) 
 
 L('nj::tli to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 21 niillirn. 
 
 Jfiili. Nova Si.'otia (Redman). 
 
 Allied to /. trunaculata ; — a most beautiful species. 
 
 GonuttahUns silc/iensis Kolenati, Wiener Ent. Monatsehr. 1859, 
 p. 17, froiii North America is spolien of, but only by name ; it is 
 unknown to me. 
 
 
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 29. L. bimaculatuB. 
 
 Limni'p/iilus himaculatus Walk.l Catal. 30, 40. 
 
 Testaceous, with pale hair, and lonp^er, black pile; antennas fer- 
 rnf^inons; thorax bivittated with piceous; anterior wings obso- 
 letely irroratod witii pale, especially at the base; posterior wings 
 whitish. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11) mil'i'u. Alar expanse 3-1 millim. 
 
 IJab. St. Martin's Fulls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (13arns- 
 ton). 
 
 It Is allied to L. famiijalns Germar, but the wings are shorter. 
 
 30. L. planiftons! 
 
 Desmotaulius planifrons Kol. Trich. .')G, 1 ; Walk. Catal. 36, 56. 
 
 Fuscous, with luteous hairs; antennas brown, annulated with 
 luteous ; head with two tubercles posteriorly, prothorax, and a 
 double stripe upon the metathorax, luteous; feet luteous, with 
 black si)ines; anterior wings broader, luteo-fuscoua, with fuscous 
 hair, obsoletely marked with luteous; at the posterior margin the 
 veins elevated fuscous ; posterior wings lutco-hyalinc. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Ahir expanse 25 millim. 
 
 I/ab. (Jreenland; Labrador (Collection of llagen). 
 
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 Spurs 1, 3, 4; apex of the anterior wings elliptieal. 
 
 1. A. aordidal 
 
 Anabolia sonliila Ilagen ! 
 
 Knfo-fnscons, with blnck hnir; antcnnie fnscotis; head and thorox 
 at dlsji rnfoiis ; feet nifo-fnscous, with blaciv spines, the tibirc oh- 
 Kcurer exteriorly; anterior winurs soiled-lutcons, densely jiointed 
 with fuscous, almost nuked, finely rugulose, thyridiuni pule; ele- 
 vated veins snaooth, fnscoua, the apex partly interrupted with 
 luteous ; posterior wings fusco-hyaline. 
 
 Mitk. Superior aiiul apjienihiges long, laminated, the apex a 
 little oblique; the inferior appendages acute, a litt) • shorter, 
 oblique. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 millim. Alar expanse 35 millim. 
 
 JJab. N. Ked River; Xorthern Illinois (Kennitott). 
 
 2. A. punctatisBlma. 
 
 Ilalksita punctalissimus Walk. ! Catal. 17, IG. 
 
 Testaceous, broad ; antenna) stout ; anterior wings broad, finely 
 rugulose, closely freckled with whitish, the anterior margin almost 
 whitish; a spot ui)uu tlie middle, and the thyridium whitish ; pos- 
 terior wings whitish. (From the description of AVulker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 Jffab. Nova Scotia (Redman). 
 
 8. A. consocia. 
 
 Limncp/tilus consocius Walk. 1 Catal. 33, 47. 
 
 Ferruginous, with pale hair; base of the antenna) black; thorax 
 with a broad black stripe ; abdomen black above ; feet testaceous ; 
 anterior wings testaceous, closely irrorated with whitish, the spots 
 often confluent; veins fuscous; posterior wings subhyuline. (From 
 the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 2G millim. 
 
 Hab. North America. 
 
 It is allied to Stathmophorus striatus Kolenati. 
 
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 4. A. modesta! 
 
 AnaboUa modista Ilngen I 
 
 Nij?ro-pi('i'Otis, with black hair; jintonnnc bliick, narrowly annu- 
 lateu witli lulcoiis; feet luteous, with black spines, femora piceous; 
 anterior wings obtnse at the apex, fuscous, ahjiost naked, 8ul)rugu- 
 I080, Hparingly irrorated with luteous, veins fuscous; posterior 
 wings fiisco-liyaiine. 
 
 Ma/r. Superior anal appendages laminated, the apex incurved. 
 
 Lengtli to tip of wings U millim. Alar expanse 2G milliui. 
 
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 Spurs arranged 1, 3, 3. 
 
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 1 EC. scabrlpennis ! 
 
 Limnijiliilu scabniuiuiii Ranu). 1 Nuuropt. 488, 30; Walk. Catal. 47, 105. 
 — Ncuroiiia aittica Walk. ! Catal. U, 8. 
 
 Ferruginous, with luteous hair; antenna) ferruginous, obsoletely 
 annulated; abdomen luteous beneath; feet luteous, with black 
 spines; apex of the anterior wings broad, elliptical, lurid, sub- 
 tubercuhited, with nnraeruus fuscous points, some of which are 
 confluent; with a short, discoidal, incurved, fuscous band, veins 
 lurid; posterior wings luteo-hyaline. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 20 millim. Alar expanse 36 millim. 
 
 Ildh. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
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 2. H. amicus! 
 
 Ilallesus amicus Ilagen 1 
 
 Luteous, with luteous hair ; antennie luteous ; head, thorax, and 
 dorsum of the abdomen fuscous ; feet yellowish, with black spines; 
 anterior wings with the apex obtuse, pale luteous, subnude, sub- 
 tubcrculated, with an apical band and another posteriorly, at the 
 elevated veins, fuscous, l)oth longitudinal; veins luteous, the fourth 
 and Gflh apical ones, and behind the elevated one, fuscous ; poste- 
 rior wings luteo-hyalih. Male and female. 
 
 Mole. Superior appendages small, luteous, ovate; the larger 
 hooks fuscous, distant between the superior appendages. 
 
 Length to tip of wings U millim. Alar expanse 32 millim. 
 
 
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 3. H. hoBtis ! 
 
 Jldllcnus /loslis Hagun ! 
 
 Luteo-nifoiis, with lutcous luiir; i.iitennfc stout, Intoons; tlionix 
 each side .above, nifo-fuscoiis ;-fcot Inteous, witli bhick spinjs; apex 
 of the wincfs broader ; i)ale luteo-hyaliiie, hardly with luteous'liairs, 
 siibrni^ulo.i.-;, base, at the anal nn<rle, and the third apical veiii 
 fnscous; a lare^o, oblique, paler spot upon the middle, veins In- 
 teous; posterior winp's luteo-iiyalinc. .Male and female. 
 
 Mak. I'ostcrior appendages short, luteons, ovate, adprcssed; 
 the intermediate ones loni>;er, straight, conie.d, fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 20 millini. Alar expanse 30 niillim. 
 
 JI(il>. N. Red lliver; Northern Illinois (Kennicott). 
 
 4. H. guttifer ! 
 
 Ilalrsiis ,/„//!/ r Walk.! Catal. IG, 15. 
 
 Testaceous ; antenme ferruginous ; anterior wings tuberculous, 
 with an obsolete, subfuscous spot in the ai)ical areol >'s, another 
 at the thyridiiim, and a black dot in the third apical areolet ; 
 posterior wings whitish ; feet and palni testaceous. 
 
 Mi/c. The fuscous spots of the anterior wings are sometimes 
 obsolete. 
 
 Lengtn to tip of wings 20 millim. Ahiv expanse 30—42 millim. 
 
 I/(tl>. St. ^rartin's Falls, All)any Kiver, Ilmlsou's Bay, (Hams- 
 ton); Georgia (Abbot); New Orleans. 
 
 It is very much like Enoicyhi suhfasciuta Say, but the spurs will 
 easily distinguish it. 
 
 5. H. indistinctuB. 
 
 LiiHii</i/,ili,s iiiilisll,ic/Hs Walii.! Catal. 37, (10. 
 
 Testaceous; antenna) pale ferruginous; head and thorax ferru- 
 ginous; anterior wings pale testaceous; with a Ijroad fuscous vitta 
 at the posterior margin, ai'd a fuscous line between the fourth and 
 fifth sul)apical areolets ; thyridiuni whitish. (From the deso'iption 
 of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 29 millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. John, Newfoundland. 
 
 Is it // aiin'cKs ? 
 
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 0. H. mutatua ! 
 
 llitlli sii.'i nnilatus llagon ! 
 
 Fuscous, with fuscous liair- anteniifc brown, aniiulated with lu- 
 teous; fcot yellowish, .•itli blaclc spines, base of tibia3, as well as 
 the niithlle and ai)ex, marked with fuscous; wings fuscous, finely 
 tubercuhitod, closely pjuttated with pale; a semicircular stripe at 
 the anastomosis apically, and a discoidai irrej^nilar spot, pale hya- 
 line; veins fuscous ; ])osterior winj^s l)rownisli-liyaline. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 20 millim. 
 
 J/(il). Lat)rador. 
 
 The specimen is mutilated, 
 
 Ildllmux iiKtrnHpinnis Kolenati, from North America, Wien. Ent. '-ieit. 
 IcSfjO, 1). IS, is noticed only hy iiaiuo ; — it is unknown to mo. 
 
 7. H. solidus! 
 
 Ifalli'siis solidus Ilagen ! 
 
 liUteo-testaceous ; antennrc brownish-black, the basal article and 
 head lutco-fuscous ; feet luteous, with black spines; wings luteo- 
 tce.taceons, the dorsal portion densely covered with black hair, 
 subhyaline, subscabrous, veins sparingly interrupted witli fuscous; 
 with a niaculose streak behind, and a marginal one, brownish- 
 black ; posterior wings luteo-hyaline. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 16 millim. Alar expanse 30 millim. 
 
 Hub. .Mexico (Dcppe). 
 
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 Suli-Oenua (uew). 
 
 1. E. areolata. 
 
 Limii'jiliihis areolnlus Walk.l C-^.tal. Sf), .'J;'). 
 
 Black-gray, with black hair; femora obscure ferruginous; ante- 
 rior wings whitish, '.vith black veins, many of the areoles with fus- 
 cous bands, the apical ones with broader bands ; margins ciliated, 
 (From the iloscrii)tion of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 1 millim. Alar expanse 13 millim. 
 
 llah. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Uudson's i5ay (Burns- 
 ton). 
 
 It is a most beautiful species. 
 
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 2. E. intercisa ! 
 
 Limncphiius intercisus Walk.l Catal. 30, 41, 
 
 Fuscous, with white hair; antennie fuscous, annulated with hi- 
 teous; feet luteous, with blaclv spiues, spurs short; anterior win-s 
 long, narrow, fuscous, subtuberculous, with white hair; with^a 
 discoitlal, oblique, spot, the thyridium and a point at the margin 
 of each apical areole, whitish-hyaline; veins lurid; posterior wings 
 grayish-hyaline. .Male. 
 
 Var. Black, antenna and feet ferruginous ; thorax striped with 
 hoary; anterior wings fuscous, irrorate with whitish, with some ob- 
 long darker brown and whitish discoidal spots, and with small 
 white spots at the apex ; posterior wings somewhat gray. (From 
 the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 millim. Alar expanse 34 millim 
 Hah. St. Martin's Fulls, All)any River, Hudson's Bay (liarn- 
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 Limncphiius praeteritus Walk.! Catal. 32, 44. 
 
 Black, with pale hair; antennte stout, black; feet blackish- 
 brown, with fuscous spines, spurs rather short, fuscous ; anterior 
 wings short, the apex elliptical ; surface subtuberculated, with a 
 few longer, fuscous hairs, gray-hyaline, sparingly sprinkled with 
 fuscous ; fuscous guttas at the anal angle, at the posterior margin 
 and at the pterostigma, which are confluent; veins black; The 
 margins with short cilia3 ; posterior wings cinereo-hyaline. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hub. Arctic America, Mackenzie and Slave Rivers (Richard- 
 son). 
 
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 4. E. difficills. 
 
 Limiiephilw- difficilis Walk.! Catal. 34, fiO. 
 
 Testaceous, with pale hair; antennae fuscous, the two basal arti- 
 cles altogether and the base of the following ones testaceous ; an- 
 terior wings subtestaceous, closely, but indistinctly irrorated with 
 hyaline, spots often confluent; veins ferruginous; posterior wings 
 hyaline. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tij) of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 28 millim. 
 
 Hab. Nova Scotia (Redman), 
 
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ENOICYhA. 
 
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 5. £. Bubfasciata! 
 
 Phri/'jiiiu-d milfiixriald Say. Long's Expert. II, 308, 1 ; American Entom. 
 ill, pi. 44 left hand figure. Walk. Catal. 11, 14. 
 
 Yellow, with liiteous hair; antenna3 black, annulatcd with lu- 
 teous, the basal article rufous beneath ; head and thorax orange 
 above ; feet yellow, with black spines, spurs fuscous ; anterior 
 win^s broad, subrup:ulose, ochreous, the apex margined with fus- 
 cous, the disk with a fuscous circle, which is interrupted anteriorly 
 and posteriorly ; thyridiura whitish ; veins ochreous ; posterior 
 wipgf luteo-liyaline. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 22 millim. Alar expanse 40 millira. 
 
 Hah. Philadelphiii, Pennsylvania; Northwest Territory (Say). 
 
 Var. Wings immaculate. (Say.) 
 
 6- E. designata! 
 
 Limnephilus designatus Walk.! Catal. 24, 19, 
 
 Fuscous, with luteous hair ; antenna) lurid ; thorax above, bivit- 
 tated with lurid ; abdomen luteous beneath; feet yellow, with black 
 spines, spurs long, luteous; anterior wings luteous, almost shining, 
 with a longitudinal stripe, which is broader towards the apex, and 
 margined with fuscous ; veins luteous ; posterior wiugs luteo-hya- 
 line. ]Male. 
 
 Length to tip of \yings 18 millim. Alar expanse 34 millira. 
 
 Ihth. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston) ; Arctic America, Slave and Mackenzie Rivers, Great Bear 
 Lake (Richardson) ; Nova Scotia (Redman). 
 
 7. E. lepida! 
 
 Enuicijhi Upkla Hagen! 
 
 Luteo-rufous, with luteous hair; antenna; fuscous, annulated with 
 luteous, the basal article luteous; head and thorax above, rufous ; 
 feet yellowish, with black spines; spurs yellowish; anterior wings 
 broader, rugulose, subuude, luteous, with a fuscous point in the 
 ])ase of the third areole ; veins luteous ; posterior wings luteo- 
 hyaline. Male. 
 
 Lenglh to tip of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 28 millim. 
 
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 1. A. nigra. 
 
 Polamaria ni(jra Walk.! Catal. 83, 4. 
 
 Black, witli black pile; beneath, a little clothed with luteous 
 hair; antennai rather short; breast grayish; a})ices of the abdomi- 
 nal segments, base of the tarsi, and tibiaj ferruginous; wings 
 blackish, clothed with black pile. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 niillim. Alar expanse 16 millim. 
 
 Hab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barns- 
 ton). 
 
 2. A. pallida ! 
 
 Apatania pallida \\!\.c,Q\\\ 
 
 Black, with luteous pile; antenna? black; feet pale, with black 
 spines, femora fuscous; anterior wings luteo-hyaline, and the veins 
 same color, with luteous pile and cilia ; posterior wings hyaline. 
 Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 15 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken). 
 
 Sub-Family SERICOSTOMIDES. 
 Ocelli absent ; palpi pilose. 
 
 SERICOSTOMA Latkeili,e. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 2, 4 ; maxillary palpi of the males 4-jointed, 
 covering the face like a mask. 
 
 1. S. americanum. 
 
 Sericosloiiia americanum Walk.! Catal. 85, 8. 
 
 Black, clothed with black hair: antenna? twice the length of the 
 body; feet piceous ; wings blackish-fuscous, pilose; the anterior 
 wings much longer than the posterior ones. (From the description 
 of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 19 millim. Alar expanse 34 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
NOTIDOBIA. 
 
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 2. S. cracsicorne. 
 
 Ilijdropsyche crassicornis Walk.! Catal. 113, 35. 
 
 Ferruginous, with lurid hair; antennae stout, longer than the 
 body, articles paler at their bases; pal})i and feet testaceous; wings 
 cinereous, with fulvous i)ile; onterior wings with a hynline spot at 
 the base of the apical areolets; veins fuscous. (From the descrip- 
 tion of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millira. Alar expanse 20 niillim. 
 
 JIab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
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 NOTIDOBIA Stephens. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 2, 4 ; maxillary palpi of the males masking 
 the face, recurved. 
 
 1. N. borealis I 
 
 Notidobia borealis Hagenl 
 
 Brownish-black, with luteous hair; antennte bright yellow, the 
 basal article and the palpi black, hairy; feet pale, whitish; wings 
 fusco-hyaline, the anterior wings densely covered with luteons hair, 
 and ciliated with luteous. ^lale. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 1 millira. Alar expanse 13 millim. 
 
 Ifab. Washington; St. Lawrence River, Canada (Ostcn Sacken). 
 
 2. N. pyraloidea! 
 
 Nutidobia pijraloides Walk.l Catal. 90, 2. 
 
 Fulvous, with fulvous hair; antennas twice the length of the 
 body, testaceous, with the base fuscous, and the apices of the basal 
 articles testaceous ; the first article stout, testaceous ; feet testace- 
 ous ; wings fuscous, with fuscous pile and ciliie ; veins fuscolis. 
 
 Leiiglli to tip of wiiigs 14 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 Hub. Georgia (Abbot) ; North America; Pennsylvania, 
 
 3. N. lutea ! 
 
 Nutidobia lutea Hagen ! 
 
 Yellow, with liiteous hair ; antonnie subannulatcd with brown ; 
 ]ial]»i yellow, ii t riorly with black hair; feet yellowish; wings yel- 
 lowish hyaline, ;;) .ringly clothed with luteous hairs and ciliated 
 with luteous; posterior wings hyaline. ]Male and female. 
 
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 NEUROrTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 liCiif^th to tip of wings 6^ millim. 
 Hub. 
 
 Alar expanse 11 millim. 
 
 St. Domingo. 
 
 BRACHYCENTRUS Cdutis. 
 Spnrs arranged 2, 3, 3. 
 
 1. B. fuliginosuB. 
 
 Bradujcunlrus fuliginosus Walk.! Catal. 88, 7. 
 
 Black, with hoary hair; aiitennie long, ferruginous, apices of the 
 abdominal segments, and the legs testaceous; pali)i testaceous, with 
 the apex blackish; the anterior wings grayish-fuseous, veins ferru- 
 ginous ; posterior wings cinereous. (From the description of 
 Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 26 millim. 
 
 Ilah. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 stou). 
 
 2. B. incanus I 
 
 BrachjjCLiitrus incanus Hagen ! 
 
 Black; sjiaringly clothed with hoary hair; antenna) black, feet 
 pale, femora black; anterior wings long, grayish-hyaline, with some 
 luteous spots, and sparse luteous pile ; veins gray ; posterior wings 
 grayish-hyaline. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 24 millim. 
 
 llab. Washington, April (Osteu Sacken). 
 
 It is similar to U. subnubilus Curtis. 
 
 SILO Cl'ktis. 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4. 
 
 1. S. californicus! 
 
 Silo californicus Hagen 1 
 
 Fuscous; antennai stout, brownish-black ; head and thorax black, 
 with yellow pile ; feet fuscous; anterior wings fuscous, with fuscous 
 pile, veins blackish fuscous ; some yellow, hairy streaks between 
 the longitudinal veins; posterior wings fuscous. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 17 millim. Alar expanse 32 millim. 
 
 Ilab. iS'orth California. 
 
MOUMONIA — DASY8T0MA. 
 
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 2. 8. griseus! 
 
 Silo yriscus Uagen ! 
 
 Brownish-gray, with fuscous hair; antciinao brownish-gray, the 
 apex subannulated with lurid ; head, and thorax above, rufeseent; 
 feet pale, the posterior ones and the spurs fuscous ; anterior wings 
 narrow, brownish-gray, hairy, with long cilii/ ; posterior wings 
 cinereous. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 6 miliim. Alar expanse 11 millim. 
 
 JIab. Trenton Falls (Osteu Sacken). 
 
 MORMONIA Stephens. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4; antennas with the basal joint long, 
 thick, very hirsute. 
 
 1. M. togata! 
 
 Mormonia togata Hagen 1 
 
 Brownish-gray; with luteous hair; antennas pilose, pale yellow, 
 annulated with fuscous, the basal article long, brownish-gray, 
 hairy ; palpi and feet pale ; abdomen fuscous ; anterior wings nar- 
 row, fuscous, with luteons hair, veins fuscous, with fuscous pile; 
 posterior wings cinereous. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 16. millim. 
 
 Hub. Washington; St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken). 
 
 DASYSTOMA Rambub. 
 Spurs arranged 2, 2, 2. 
 
 1. D. DumeroBum. 
 
 Phryganva numerosa Say, Western Quart. Rep. 1823, II, p. IGO, 2. 
 
 Black, with cinereous hair ; antennas as long as the body, pale 
 fuscous, the basal article black, hairy; palpi pale fuscous; head 
 short, black, densely covered with cinereous hair; thorax black, 
 with cinereous hair ; feet pale fuscous ; abdomen black, the apices 
 of the segments pale rufous, lateral line rufous ; wings whitish- 
 brown, immaculate, veins fuscous. (From the description of 
 Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
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271 
 
 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 " This species appears in vast imnibers early in ISfay, from the 
 "7tli to tlio Otl> of tliat niontli, on th(; Ohio River. Having u 
 " white appearance when flying, they niiglit be compared to flakes 
 "of snow in a moderate fall of that meteor." (Say.) 
 
 May it not belong to Ihachycentrusl Can it be Ji fidif/inostts? 
 
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 2. D. laterale. 
 
 Phrijijama lateralis Say, Western Qnart. Rep. 1821?, II, p. 161, 3. 
 
 Black, abc 
 
 ith 
 
 beneath with plnmbt 
 
 hail 
 
 lifi- 1 
 
 inereons n 
 
 antenna; and mouth pale; feet whitish; abdomen black, with a 
 lateral \)iilc stripe, and the apices of tlie segments pale; aj)pendages 
 white; wings whitish, the anterior ones spotted with fuscous, a 
 common spot on the middle of thu inner margin, and several near 
 the tip somewhat arranged into a band, the costal one of which is 
 larger; posterior wings white, immaculate. (From the descrip- 
 tion of Say.) 
 
 licngth to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 18 millim. 
 
 Ildb. " Shippingsport, Kentucky, Ohio River; they appeared 
 " ia very great numbers at the banks of the Oliio on the 21st of 
 " May; judging from the small space of about half a mile on the 
 " Indiana side of the river, where I had the op()orlunity to see 
 " them, their number could have been but little inferior to that of 
 " P. namerosa, which occurred a few days before, but of which a 
 " specimen was now rarely to be seen." (Say.) 
 
 3Iay it not belong to lirnc/ii/centnisf 
 
 HYDROPTILA Damiax. 
 Spurs of the male arranged 0, 3, 4; female 0, 2, 4. 
 
 1. H. tenebrosa. 
 
 Uydroptila tenebrosa Walk. Catal. 1?A, 11. 
 
 Blackish ; antennte fuscous, the basal article larger, ovate ; feet 
 testaceous; wings blackish-gray, ciliated, with black veins. (From 
 the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4 millim. Alar expanse 6 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, lludsou's Bay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
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 MOLANNA. 
 
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 2. H. alblcornlB ! 
 
 JJijilro/ilild alliiroruis Ilaf^ffll I 
 
 Gray ; untcniui' stout, siiow-wliite, witli the middle and apex 
 fuscous; pulj)! whitish; head vvitli sriow-wliito hair, tlio vertex 
 with fuscous hair; thorax fuscous; feet wliitisli, the posterior ours 
 ciliated with white; anterior wings grayish-fuscous, ciliated with 
 gray, the margin and disk pointed with snow-white; posterior 
 wings gray, clothed and ciliated with gray hair. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 3^ millini. Alar expanse millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken). 
 
 3. H. tarsalis ! 
 llydroptila tarsalis Ilagen ! 
 
 Gray; antcnna3 somewhat robust, rather long, fuscous, with 
 gray hair; palpi lilaek, the apex snow-white; head black, the 
 vertex while; thorax fuscous; feet whitish, anterior tibia), spurs, 
 and tarsi fuscous, the latter annulated with white ; posterior feet 
 with gray cilia; anterior wings fuscous, the anterior margin l)lack, 
 ciliated with gray, and pointed with snow white; posterior wings 
 with gray hairs and cilia. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 3 millim. Alar expanse 5,^ naillira. 
 
 Ilab. St, Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken). 
 
 Is this the other sex of the preceding species ? 
 
 I. Maxillary palpi of both sexes with five articles. 
 
 Suh-Fam. LKr'J'OCEKIDKS. 
 
 Ocelli wanting ; antennas setaceous, long, or extremely long ; 
 maxillary pali)i elongated, hirsute, with the last article mobile. 
 
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 MOLANNA CuuTis. 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4, 
 
 1. M. inconspicua. 
 
 Leptocerus i/iconspicuus Walk.! Catal. 71, (i3. 
 
 Ferruginous, with pale hairs: base of the antennre testaceous; 
 palpi and feet testaceous; al)domen blackish; wings gray, with 
 testaceous hair and pale veins, (From the description of Walker.) 
 
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 NKUROI'TERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 Lenji^lh to tip of wings 12 millira. Alar cxpanso 23 milllm. 
 Ilah. Georgia (Abbot). It is allied to M. anyustata. 
 
 2. M. cinerea ! 
 
 Miht/iiia cintrra Ilagenl 
 
 Ferruginous, sparingly clothed with gray hair; antennaj stout, 
 ferruginous; pal [li ferruginous ; anterior feet ferruginous, the four 
 l)osterior ones gray, the tarsi with bluck spines; wings narrow, 
 gray, clothed with gray hair, the apex obsoletely luarmorated with 
 fuscous ; posterior wings gray. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 niillim. Alar expanse 23 niillim. 
 
 Hub. St. Lawrence lliver, Canada (Osteu Sacken). Can this 
 be M. inconsjnciia ? 
 
 3. M. rufa I 
 
 Molanna rufa Ilatren ! 
 
 Rufo-fuseous, with fuscous hair; antennre and palpi rufous; feet 
 testaceous, the anterior ones and femora rufous ; abdomen fuscous; 
 wings fuscous, with rufous hair ; posterior wings fuscous ; veins 
 fuscous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 18 millim. 
 
 Hub. Trenton Falls (Osten Sacken). 
 
 LEPTOCERUS Leacu. 
 Spurs arranged 2, 2, 2; antenna) of the males extremely long. 
 
 1. L. albostictus ! 
 
 Lcjitocerus albostictus Haqen ! 
 
 Luteous ; autenniu black, the basal half narrowly annulated with 
 white, the basal article rufous; palpi fuscous; head with snow- 
 white hair ; abdomen fuscous ; feet whitish, anterior tibiio and 
 tarsi spotted with fuscous ; anterior wings luteous, all over very 
 liuely pointed with white, and with an aual snow-white spot ; veins 
 luteous ; cilia fuscous ; posterior wings gray. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim. 
 
 Hab. North America. (Collection of>lIagen.) 
 
 2. L. lugens ! 
 
 Leptoccrus lugcna Hagen ! 
 
 Fuscous ; autenna3 black, the basal half annulated with snow- 
 
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 LKPTOCERUS. 
 
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 wliitc; imlpi fuscous; hciid with finow-wliito hair; feet snow- 
 wliito, Iiaso of tlio femora fuscous, the four anterior tursi spotted 
 with fuscous ; anterior wiiif«;s rufo-fuscous, with fuscous hair, and 
 luteous hair intermixed, a whitish-yellow spot at the anal angle; 
 veins fuscous ; cilia paler ; posterior winga gray. Male and 
 female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millira. Alar expanse 21 millim. 
 
 Huh. St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sackcn). 
 
 3. L. dilutus I 
 
 Leptocerus dilutus Hagon ! 
 
 Grayish-fuscous ; antenna; fuscous, the basal half broadly annu- 
 lated with snow-white; palpi fuscous, with snow-white hair; head 
 with snow-white hair; feet snow-white, bases of the femora a little 
 obscured; alu'omen fuscous; anterior wings gray, with luteous 
 hair, soDietin.^o obsoletely varied with fuscous; veins gray; cilia 
 fuscous ; with an anal yellowish spot ; posterior wings gray. 
 Male and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 1 — 10 millira. Alar expanse 13 — 10 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Chicago (Osten Sackcn). 
 
 4. L. niger! 
 
 rhryijaiHU nigra Linnc. — Mystacidfs nigra Pict. ! Pliryg. 1G9, 10, pi. xli, 
 fig. .'). — Leptocerus niger Walk. I Catal. 58, 6. (With the synon- 
 ymy). 
 
 Black, shining, with black hair; antenna; black, the l)aRal half 
 annulated with snow-white, the basal article rufous; head black, 
 shining ; i)alpi very densely black-hirsute ; abdomen black ; feet 
 luteous, intermediate ones snow-white, tarsi spotted with fuscous ; 
 anterior wings steel-blue black, posterior wings blackish. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7^ millim. Alar expanse 14 millim. 
 
 ILtb. AVashington (Osten Sacken) ; it is found everywhere in 
 Europe. 
 
 6. L. sepulchralis. 
 
 Leptocerus sepulchralis Walk. 1 Catal. 70, .I?. 
 
 Black, with black hair; antenna; black, the base annulated with 
 white; apex of the abdomen ferruginous ; feet testaceous; wings 
 blackish. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
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 NEUUKl'TKHA or NDHTII AMKHK.'A. 
 
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 riiMi^tli to tip of mu^H 8 inilliiii. Aliir oxpiiiiHu 13 iiiilliin. 
 //«/>. St. Martin's Falls, Ailmiiy llivcr, Hudson's Hay (IJurns- 
 toii). Very closely allied to /-. n/fr, I'ictet; is il distinct? 
 
 0. L. variegatusl 
 
 Lilihircriia vnritijalm Ilngcu ! 
 
 Lnteo-fusoous, with snow-wliite Imir ; nntcnniD luteo-fnscons, tho 
 liasal half nnnnlated with snow-white, the basal article Inteo-fiis- 
 cous ; pal|)i fuscous, with gray hair; head fuscous, sparingly dotlird 
 wilii while hair; feet giay, tarsi snow-while, spotted with fuscous; 
 anterior wings grayish-fuscons, with hrown and gray hairs, spotted 
 with gray, cspociuUy at the apex, margin and anal iwAv , veins 
 stout, fuscous ; posterior wings cinereous. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 niillini. Alar expanse 27 niilliin. 
 
 llnb. Chicago (Osteu Sacken). 
 
 7. L. aubmacula. 
 
 Lijilocinm suhmacula Walk.! C-.tal. 70, Ti!). 
 
 Black, with black hair ; nnteniia' extremely long; i)alpi hairy; 
 tibiic and tarsi teslaccDus ; wiiius cinereous, the anterior ones 
 sprinkled willi white, and with three whitish spots, the one basnl, 
 the second discoidal, subcostal, and the third anal ; veins black. 
 (From tliL description of Walker.) 
 
 I.ength to tip of wings 14 nuilim. Alar expanse 2.'") miilini. 
 
 Hub. St. Lawrence River, 
 is it perhaps, Jj. vuriet/dliis? 
 
 It is allied to L. vcnusiis Hand*.; 
 
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 8. L. mentiens. 
 
 Lv/itoctriis miiitii'iis Walk. ! Catal. 71, (!0. 
 
 Ferruginous, hairy; antenna' black, nnnnlated with white; palpi 
 hairy; tarsi banded with white; nntf^rior wings cincreo-fuscous, 
 with ferruginous pubescence, veins icrnigiiions ; posterior wings 
 cinereous. (From the descriptio" .''"\'. dIk' ■ ) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. ^Vlar expanse 10 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany llivei', Hudson's Uay (l>arn- 
 ston). Is this L. lumens Hagen ? 
 
 9. L. incertuB. 
 
 Lijitorcnts incirtus Walk. ! Catal. 71, 01. 
 
 Obscure testaceous, with golden hair, and more scarce black pile; 
 
LEl'TDCEUL'S. 
 
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 beiR'uUi wliilish; anl»!nnro extremely lonn, wliitisli; jjiilpi Imiry; 
 U[)ex of the ivlxloiiu'ii femiKinoiis ; feet whitish; wiiij,',s ciiuTeuuH, 
 tlie uiiteridr oiieji with gohleii imhescenee. (From the dorteripfion 
 of Wuliier.) 
 
 Length to tip of wiiijrH 7 millitn. Alur expanse 12 iniiiiiii. 
 
 Hdh. St. Murtin'K Falls, Albany River, Hudson's IJiiy (iJiirn- 
 Bton). 
 
 10. L. elegans. 
 
 ("loi'm iliijdiiH W.ilk.l Catal. i)5, 5. 
 
 TeKtaecous, with tcKtaccons pile; uutennni aniiuhitod with lilack; 
 wings cinereous, the anterior ones with testaceous jnilicsccnce. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 uiillim. Alar expanse 23 niillim. 
 
 J/ab. North America? 
 
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 11. L. Indeciaus. 
 
 (iitcra iiiii ctsa W.alk. ! Catal. t)5, fi. 
 
 lilack, with black hair; feet ferruginous; anlennie extremely 
 long; palpi very hairy; wings blaekirth, the anterior ones with fus- 
 cous i)ubescence. (From the descri[)tion of Walker.) 
 
 Length to lip of wings 11 inillini. Aliir expanse 21 inilliin. 
 
 J/ab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's IJay (IJarn- 
 stou). 
 
 12. L. latifascia. • 
 Notiilobia latifascia Walk! Catal. 90, 3. 
 
 Testaceous, with testaceous hair ; nntennre annulatcd with fus- 
 cous ; anterior wings with a broad, oblifpie, fuscous band upon the 
 middle; posterior wings cinereous. (From the description of 
 Walker. ) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 10 millim. 
 
 Ilab. North America. 
 
 13. L. tranaversus! 
 
 Lcptocerus transversus llagen 1 
 
 Grayish-fuscous, with snow-white hair; antcnna> fuscous, annu- 
 latcd with white, the basal article fuscous ; palpi fuscous, with gray 
 hair ; head and thorax fuscous, with white and fuscous hair ; feet 
 
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 NEUROrTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 lateo-fuscous, with snow-white pile, tarsi spotted with fiiscons ; an- 
 terior wings fuscous, ciliated with fuscous, varied with cinereous, 
 and with an anal cinereous spot ; veins stout, fuscous ; posterior 
 wings cinereous ; abdomen luteous. Male and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7—9 millim. Alar expanse 13—17 
 millim. 
 
 Uah. Washington (Ostcn Sacken). 
 
 Lvptocerus uwaroivii Kol. AVien. Ent. Zeit. 1859, p. 58, is no- 
 ticed only by name ; it is entirely unknown to me. 
 
 8ET0DES Ramdcb. 
 Spurs arranged 0, 2, 2. 
 
 S. ezquislta ! 
 
 Leptocerus exquisitus Walk. ! Catal. 72, 65. 
 
 Pale yellow, with snow-white hair ; antenna) luteous, the base 
 annulated with fuscous, the basal article yellow, with snow-white 
 hair ; head and thorax yellow, with snow-white hair ; palpi and 
 abdomen yellow ; feet snow-white ; anterior wings snow-white, 
 with some transverse luteous bands, the apical ones maculose, im- 
 perfect ; at the apex of the posterior margin are four black spots, 
 and some obsolete black streaks; posterior wings snow-white. 
 Male and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8—13 millim. Alar expanse 15—25 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. Georgia (Abbot); Washington; St. Lawreiu^e River, 
 Canada (Osten Sacken). This is an extremely beautiful species. 
 
 2. S. Candida ! 
 
 Setodes Candida HagenI 
 
 Pale yellow, with snow-white hair; antenna? fuscous, the basal 
 half yellowish, annulated with fuscous, the basal article yellow, 
 with snow-white piio ; head and thorax with enow-white hair ; palpi, 
 abdomen, and feet pale yellow; anterior wings snow-white, with 
 luteous, sparse spots all over, which are sometimes obsolete ; the 
 postcnor margin a little marked with black, the anal angle ciliated 
 with black ; posterior wings snow-white. Male and female. The 
 female is more and deeper spotted upon the wings tha- the male. 
 
SET0DE8. 
 
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 licngtii to tip cf wings 12 — 15 millim. Alar expanse 23 — 28 
 miilirn. 
 
 ILah. Georgia; Philadelpiii'i,, Pennsylvania (Zimmerman) ; Ohio 
 lliver ; Florida (Osteu Sackenj ; South Carolina (Zimmerman). 
 
 3. 8. nivea ! 
 
 Setodes tnvea HagenI 
 
 Brownish-black, with snow-white hair ; antenna; snow-white, the 
 base subannulated with fuscous, the basal article yellow, with snow- 
 white hair; head yellow, the disk brownish-black, with snow-white 
 hair ; thorax brownish-black, with snow-white hair ; palpi and feet 
 pale ; abdomen luteous ; anterior wings snow-white, with fuscous 
 veins, at the apex transversely, obsoletely clouded ; posterior wings 
 snow-white. Male. 
 
 licngth to tip of wings 15 millim. Alar expanse 28 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Lawi'cnce lliver, Canada (Osteu Sacken). 
 
 4. S. ochracea! 
 
 L,.ptoc<ruK ochraceus Curtis I Brit. Ent. II, pi. 57 ; Stoph. Illust. VI, lO.'), 
 1. — Phrygania hectica Zetterst. 'ns. Lapp. 1072, 48. — Mystucides ob- 
 soliita Ramb.l Neuropt. uU'J, 4. — Leptocerus ochraceus Walk.l Catal. 
 57,1. 
 
 Pale ochreous; articles of the antenna; subfuscous ; head, tho- 
 rax, abdomen, palpi, and feet, pale ochreous, ; anterior wings 
 ochreous, with ochreous pile ; veins a little deeper ; posterior wings 
 pale. Male and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 2T millim. 
 
 Ifab. (Georgia (Abbot) ; Europe everywhere. 
 
 I observed one s[)ecimen in the British Museum which was re- 
 ferred to Lcptocerus (Molanna) inconspicuus. 
 
 5. S. ignita I 
 
 Leptocirus {(juitus Walk.! Catal. 72, G4. 
 
 Pale testaceous, with tescaceous hair ; antenntc snow-white, the 
 basal article testaceous ; palpi with testaceous hair ; head, thorax, 
 abdomen, and feet, pale ; anterior wings testaceous-yellow, with 
 yellow hair and cilia, a point upon the middle of the posterior mar- 
 gin, and another anal one, black, with black almost elevated pile ; 
 posterior wings pale. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 19 millim. 
 
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 282 
 
 NKUUorTEUA OF NORTH AMKKICA. 
 
 I/al>. (Juurgia (Abbot); Washington (Osteii Sackeiij ; Mexico 
 (Dei)i)c). 
 
 6. S. pavida ! 
 
 .S'( loil< 
 
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 da Ilagen ! 
 
 )sciire- 
 
 Palc yt'llov Willi yellow liair ; antennie pale, ammlated ol 
 ly ; i)ali)i, Iiead, thorax, abdomen, and feet, pale yellow ; anterior 
 wings yellow, with yellow hair and veins, pointed with fuscous, 
 the points small, longitudinally placed in series; posterior wings 
 pale. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7 millini. Alar expfnise 13 milliia, 
 
 I[<ih. Wasliington (Osteu Sacken). 
 
 The specimen is damaged. 
 
 7. S. cinerasceiiB ! 
 Sctodes ciiiirascens Hagen ! 
 
 Palo fnseons, with cinereous hair ; antennae (? pale) at base, with 
 cinereous hair ; head, thora.\, and palpi, fuscous, with cinereous 
 hair; IVct luteons ; anterior wings cinereous, with cinereous hair, 
 varied with fuscous; veins with dense and long cinereous anil fus- 
 cous hair; cilia cinereous; jiosterior wings cinereous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 19 millim. 
 
 If<(!>. Washington (Osten Sacken). 
 
 The siiecimen is mutilated. 
 
 8. S. flaveolata! 
 
 Setoili s JJareolata Hagen ! 
 
 Pale yellow, with yellow hair ; nntonnro whitish-yellow, a little 
 annulated with fuscous, the basal article yellow; palpi, head, tho- 
 rax, and feet, pale yellow; anterior wings yellow-ochreous, with 
 yellow hair, veins, and cilia; posterior wings cinereous. iMido and 
 female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7 millim. Alar expanse 13 millim. 
 
 Hab. Washington (Osten Sacken) ; New Orleans. 
 
 9. S. resurgens. 
 
 Liptorcnts rfnurtjens Walk.! Catal. 70, 58. 
 
 Fuscous, with whitish hair; palpi and feet fulvous, a little co- 
 vered with whitish hair; anterior wings fuscous, with white spots 
 
SET0DE8. 
 
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 at tlic base, and at the disk and apex of the apical areoles ; pos- 
 terior winp;s cinereons. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of v/wgs 16 millim. Ahir expanse 30 niillim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barns- 
 ton). 
 
 10. S. albida. , 
 
 L, ploa'.rus alhidus Walk.l Catal. 71, 62. 
 
 Fuscous, with whitish hair ; base of the antennic annnlatcd with 
 white ; palpi testaceous ; feet whitish ; wiufrs w hitish, with testa- 
 ceous veins. (From the descrii)tion of Walker.) 
 
 Lenrrih to tip of win?;s 13 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Ray (Barns- 
 ton). 
 
 Allied to S. resurgens; — may it not be immature ? 
 
 11. S. injusta ! 
 
 Sctodca injusta Hagen ! 
 
 Luteons, with luteous hair; antennsc Inteous, subannidiiled with 
 fuscous; palpi with luteo-fuscous pile; feet and abdomen ])ale lu- 
 teous; anterior wings luteous, with ochreous pile and cilia, the 
 anterior margin at base a little ol)scurer; the anal angle a little 
 fuscoiis, and ciliated with fuscous hair; posterior wings luteous, 
 with pale cilia. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hah. St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken); Chicago (id.). 
 
 12. S. immobilis! 
 
 Sdodca iiilinohilis Ilageil ! 
 
 Fuscous, with luteous hair ; ant^nna^ fuscous, the basal article 
 luteous; palpi with fuscous hair; head and thorax fuscous; feet 
 luteous; abdomen fusco-luteous ; anterior wings fuscous, with lu- 
 teous hair, the margin obsoletely spotted with fuscous, ciliated 
 with fuscous; posterior wings browu-gray, with gray cilia. Male. 
 
 licngth to til) of wings 1 millim. Ahir expanse 13 millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken). 
 
 13. S. micana ! 
 
 Selodcs iiiiains Hagen! 
 
 Luteous, with fuscous hair; antenna whitish-yellow, the basal 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 article Intcons; palpi with fascous hair; head and abdomen luteous; 
 feet whitish-yellow ; anterior wings luteo-fuscous, subniule, the disk 
 shining purple, anastomosis fuscous, cilia long, fuscous; posterior 
 wings obscure, entirely shining purplish, with fuscous ciliii. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar exi)anse 15 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Washington (Osten Sacken); Mexico (Deppe). 
 
 Is this Z. incertus Walker ? 
 
 14. S. Bagltta ! 
 
 Setodes Bagitta Hagen ! 
 
 Luteous, with luteous hair; antennse whitish, a little annulated 
 with fuscous; palpi with fuscous hair; head and thorax luteous; 
 feet whitish-yellow; anterior wings luteous, subnude, ciliated with 
 luteous, anastomosis and apical margin spotted with fuscous; pos- 
 terior wings gray, the apex long, acute, narrow, ciliated with gray. 
 Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 21 millim. 
 Hab. Florida (Osten Sacken). 
 
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 Sub-Fam. IIYDROrSYCHIDES. 
 
 Ocelli none or three; the last article of the maxillary palpi very 
 long, filiform, multiarticulate. 
 
 MACRONEMA Pictet. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 2, 4; ocelli absent ; antenna; extremely long; 
 the second article of the maxillary palpi longer than the first, the 
 fifth extremely long ; intermediate feet of the females dilated. 
 
 1. M. pallidum ! 
 
 lAptoncma pallida GuC'rin, Icon. Regn. Anim. Teste. 306 ; Walk. Catal. 
 78, 1 — Macronevia alhovirens Walk.I Catal. 7(5, t». 
 
 Pale testaceous, almost unclothed; antenna; pale, slightly annu- 
 lated with fuscous ; palpi, head, thorax, abdomen and feet pale tes- 
 taceous ; wings pale, anterior ones hardly clothed with testaceous 
 hair, veins pale. Male and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 18 millim. Alar expanse 31 millim. 
 
 Hab. Yera Cruz, Mexico (Sulle) ; Cordova (Saussure); Vene- 
 zuela (Appun); Brazil (Classen). 
 
MACUONEMA. 
 
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 2. M. chalybeum ! 
 
 MucroHdiia chalybrum Hagen I 
 
 Blackish-fuscous ; anteniiiB black, the basal article orange ; head 
 orange, each side anteriorly with an oblique fuscous line; palpi 
 black; thorax rufous, the disk fuscous; feet bright sulphureous; 
 abdomen luteous ; anterior wings blackish-fuscous, nude, with a 
 steel-blue reflection, veins with golden hair; posterior wings fus- 
 cous. -Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 I/ab. Cuba (Poey). 
 
 3. M. aeneum! 
 
 Macroncma aeneum Ilagen ! 
 
 Fuscous; antcnnse, ? basal article fulvous; palpi fuscous; head 
 fulvous; thorax fulvous, each side with a fuscous stripe ; abdomen 
 luteous ; tibiaj fulvous, all the tarsi and the posterior tibiaj fuscous; 
 anterior wings nude, fuscous, with a brilliant brazen reflection, 
 veins fuscous ; posterior wings fuscous. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Mexico (Sallo). 
 
 May it not be the female of the preceding ? The specimen is 
 mutilated. 
 
 4. M. flavum ! 
 Macronema Jiavum Hagen I 
 
 Yellow, pale ; antenniE yellow, slightly annulated with fuscous ; 
 palpi, head, thorax, feet, and abdomen pale yellow ; anterior wings 
 yellow, subnude, a little clothed with golden hair, veins and cilia 
 yellow; posterior wings whitish-yellow, ciliated with pale. Alale. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 17 millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. Louis, Missouri (Osten Sacken). 
 
 5. M. zebratum! 
 
 Macrom ma zebratum Ilagen I 
 
 Brassy-fuscous, spotted with yellow ; antenna) black, head, tho- 
 rax and abdomen brassy-fuscous ; palpi yellow ; feet yellow, the 
 anterior tibiie and base of the femora a little infuscated ; posterior 
 tibiiB with long, yellow spines ; anterior wings subnude, yellow, 
 with longitudinal stripes at base, and transverse ones on the disk, 
 
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 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
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 fuscous ; tlie apex fuscous, with an orbicular, yellow spot ; poste- 
 rior wiii<?s cinereous, the anterior uiurgiu and pterostij^ma yellow. 
 Male and female. 
 
 Var. Anterior wings less spotted, the basal stripes shorter, the 
 disk spotted, and the apex with an incurved band, which has the 
 open side inwards, fuscous. 
 
 Ifuh. St. Lawrence River, Canada ; Washington ; Virginia 
 (Ostcn Sacken); Maryland; Niagara Falls; immensely common 
 upon the foliage of trees on Goat Island (Uliler). 
 
 I possess a very small si)ecimon from Washington, only 11 mil- 
 lim. long ; but it is not diU'erent. Sometimes the bands of the 
 wings are almost altogether confluent. 
 
 6. M. cupreum ! 
 
 Macronema cuprea Walk. Catal. 76, 8. 
 
 Fuscous ; antennas fuscous, with the base luteous, the incisures 
 fuscous ; face, palpi and feet luteous ; head and thorax fuscous, 
 partly clothed with golden pile ; anterior wings luteo-fuscous, with 
 golden hair, before the apex clouded with black ; posterior wings 
 luteo-cinereous, the anterior margin luteous. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 17—20 millim. Alar expanse 32—34 
 millim. 
 
 Hah. Mexico (Deppe) ; Brazil. 
 
 I saw a male and female from Mexico in the Berlin Museum 
 (immature specimens), the wings were luteo-fuscous, the golden pile 
 was almost wanting or rubbed ufiF; the other specimens from Brazil 
 are not different. 
 
 Does M. auripenne, Rambur, differ from this species ? 
 
 HYDROPSYCHE V 
 
 ICTET. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4 ; antennte rather long, slender; ocelli 
 absent ; second article of the maxillary palpi long, the fifth equal 
 to all of the others together; intermediate feet of the female 
 dilated. 
 
 1. H. scalaris ! 
 
 I/i/(lropsi/c/ie scalaris Hagen I 
 
 Black-gray, with white hair; antenna^ luteous, the base obliquely 
 striated with black, the first article with snow-white hair; hetul 
 
IIYDROPSYCIIE. 
 
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 prnyish-fuspons, with siiow-whito hair ; thorax grayish-fnscons, 
 with a l)roa(l, medial stri})e of white hair; eyes of tlie male larger, 
 approximated ; palpi luteo-fuscous ; abdomen fuscous ; feet pale 
 luteous ; anterior wings blackish-gray, densely flecked with white; 
 veins black ; posterior wings cinereous, luteous at base. Male 
 and female. 
 
 liCngth to tip of wings 13 millira. Alar expanse 25 niillim. 
 
 Hah. St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken); Washington. 
 I possess a male from N. Red River (Kennicott) which is extremely 
 like this, but the eyes are larger, more approximate, the front 
 hardly broader than the eyes. Is it diflerent? 
 
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 2. H. morosa! 
 
 II ydropxijche morosa Hagen ! 
 
 Luteo-fuscous, with luteous hair; antenna? luteous yellow, an- 
 nnlated with fuscous ; palpi fuscous ; head and thorax luteo-fus- 
 cous, with luteous hair ; feet luteous ; abdomen fuscous ; anterior 
 wings luteo-fuscous, densely guttated with luteous, veins luteo- 
 fuscous ; i)osterior wings luteo-cinereous. JNIale and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 — 13 millim. Alar expanse 19 — 25 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Lawrence River, Canada ; "Washington (Osten Sac- 
 ken) ; N. Red River (Kennicott) ; Trenton Falls, New York 
 (Osten Sacken). 
 
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 3. H. phalerata! 
 
 Ilijdrojjsycha phalerata Hagen 1 
 
 Fuscous, with luteous hair ; antenna; fuscous, annulated with 
 luteous ; palpi and feet luteous ; head and thorax fuscous, with 
 luteous hair ; anterior wings fuscous, guttated with luteous, with 
 larger spots at the base, pterostigma and anal angle; veins fuscous; 
 posterior wings blackish-gray. Male and female. 
 
 A variety has the anterior wings less spotted, the female ob- 
 scurer. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7 — 10 millira. Alar expanse 13 — 19 
 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Lawrence River, Canada ; "Washington (Osten Sac- 
 ken) ; Pennsylvania (Zimmerman). 
 
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 NEUROFrERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 4. H. alternans. 
 
 Philupotamus alturnana Walk.l Catal. 104, 8. 
 
 I?lack, with hoary hair ; base of the antennm fulvous ; feet and 
 npiccs of the abdominal segments fulvous; anterior wings fus- 
 cous, closely irrorated with hoary; posterior wings cinereous. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 niillim. Alur expanse 23 millim. 
 
 llah. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, lludsou's Bay (Barn- 
 eton). 
 
 6. H. indeclsa. 
 
 Philopotamus indecisus Walk.! Catal. 104, 9. 
 
 Blackish, beneath testaceous, antenuui testaceous, annulated with 
 fuscous; palpi testaceous, fulvous at base ; feet testaceous ; ante- 
 rior wings cinereous, closely guttated with yellow. (From the 
 description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, lludsou's Bay (Barn- 
 Bton) ; Nova Scotia (Redman). 
 
 I;^ this //. morosa ? 
 
 6. H. reclproca. 
 
 Philopotamus nciprocus Walk.! Catal. 104, 10. 
 
 Blackish; antenna; and feet testaceous ; palpi ferruginous, with 
 the base black ; anterior wings subfuscous, closely irrorated with 
 yellow ; posterior wings pale fuscous. (From the description of 
 Walker.) 
 
 . Length to tip of wings 14 millim. Alar expanse 27 millim. 
 Hub. North America ? 
 It is very much like //. i7idecisa. 
 
 7. H. dubia. 
 
 Ilydropsijche duhia Walk.! Catal. 112, 33. 
 
 Black, beneath testaceous ; nntennse pale testaceous, annulated 
 with fuscous, the apex fuscous ; palpi i Truginous ; feet testaceous: 
 anterior wings subfuscous, obsolctely irrorated ; posterior wings 
 subcinereous. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Hub. North America ? 
 
IIVDROPSYCHE. 
 
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 8. H. dubltana. 
 
 Ifi/ilnipsi/clw. duhitans Walk.l Catal. 113, 34. 
 
 Piceoiis, with pale hair; antenna; testaceous, the apex hhick ; 
 pectus ferrujj:inous ; palpi, feet and apices of the abdominal sej?- 
 ments testaceous ; wings cinereous, the anterior ones with fuscous 
 hair and some paler spots, composed of yellow pile. (From the 
 description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 11 millim. Alar expanse 23 milliui. 
 
 Hab. North America (Douhleday), 
 
 9. H. macullcornis. 
 
 JJi/ilrofxijrri(! maculicornis Walk.l Catal. 113, 36. 
 
 Blackish, hairy ; antennse testaceous, annulatcd with fuscous ; 
 palpi pale; pectus ferruginous; feet testaceous; antciior witigs 
 fusco-cinereous, with obsolete irrorations ; posterior wings cine- 
 reous. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 15 millim. 
 
 Jlub. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's iJay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
 10. H. robuata. 
 
 Jli/dropsijche robusta Walk.! Catal. 114, 37. 
 
 Ferruginous, hairy ; antenme, palpi and feet testaceous ; thorax 
 bivittated with piceous; wings cinereous, somewhat covered with 
 yellow hair ; the anterior wings with pale spots, which arc clearer 
 at the margin. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 17 millim. 
 
 Bab. North America ? 
 
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 11. H. transversa. 
 
 Ilijaropsychf; transversa Walk.! Catal. 114,38. 
 
 Testaceous; antennns black, testaceous at base; abdomen black, 
 apices of the segments pale ; feet white ; wings whitish, the ante- 
 rior ones on the front margin and at the veins, yellow, with nume- 
 rous, transverse cinereous spots, part of which are confluent ; the 
 apex subcinereous, spotted with i)alc ; veins pale yellow. (From 
 the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 
 
 Sab. Georgia (Abbot). 
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 200 
 
 NKUUltl'TKllA UF NOllTU AMKUIOA. 
 
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 12. H. chlorotica ! 
 
 llildfit}mjc.y chlorotica llagen I 
 
 Pule oclircous, with ochreons hair; nntenrifD ochreous at Imso, 
 nnmilated with fuscous, tin- ni)cx fuscous; |)iili)i fuscous; fed hito- 
 ous; licail and tliorrvx hitco-fuscous, with hitoous iuiir ; nlxlomcn 
 lutcous; autei-iorwiugs ociireous, tiicanal aii),'ic and ajiical miir-j:iu 
 ciliated with fuscous ; [losterior wings cinereous. Male aud fe- 
 
 uuilc. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10—12 millim. Alar c.xpanac 19—23 
 
 niilliin. 
 
 Jhib. St. Tiawrence Kivcr, Canada; Chicago, Trenton Fulls 
 (Oslen Sacken); N. Ued Uivcr (Kcnuicott). 
 
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 13. H. depravata! 
 
 llijdrupsijchi (lipmvnta llagen! 
 
 lilackish-fuscous ; antcnnro blackish-fuscous, the base annulatcd 
 with lutcous; palpi blaokish-fuscous ; head, thorax and abdomen 
 fuscous ; feet brownish luteous ; anterior wings blackish-fuscous, 
 ol)soletely irrorated with lutcous ; posterior wings blacki.sh-gray. 
 Female. 
 
 Length to tij) of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 milllra. 
 
 Jhib. Dalton, Georgia (Osten Sacken). 
 
 One specimen only, which is not fully unfolded. 
 
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 14. H. sordida! 
 
 J/i/drnp^i/ehc soriUda llagen ! 
 
 Blackish-fuscous; antennae and palpi fuscous; head and thorax 
 blackish-fuscous, with luteous hair ; feet luteo-fuscous, femora fus- 
 cous- anterior wings blackish-fuscous, with fuscous hair; posterior 
 wings blackish. Male and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 15 millim. 
 
 I/ab. St. Lawrence lliver, Canada (Osten Sacken) ; Washing- 
 ton (id.). 
 
 15. H. incommoda! 
 
 Jlijdropsijclit' iiiconunoda Hagen ! 
 
 Luteous, with luteous hair; antennas, palpi and feet luteous; 
 head and thorax luteous, with luteous hair; anterior wings luteous, 
 with luteous veins, and obsoletely irrorated with brownish-gray, 
 
nnuii'OTAMus. 
 
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 fHj)cciiilly at the ptorostigina; posterior wings lutcous ; posterior 
 tibiiB ciliiitod. Male. 
 
 TiCiiKtIi to tip of wings 10 iiiillim. Alar expanse 19 uiiliiiii. 
 
 J lab. (Jeorgia (Collection of Ilagcn). 
 
 16. H. bivlttata ! 
 
 J/i/dro/isijche ? biviltata Ilagen I 
 
 ]}lacl<, with blaejj hair; antcnniu pale whitish-yellow; palpi 
 lutt'o-fiiscons ; feet whitish, the futir jiostcrior femora, tibiic, and 
 the apices of tlie tarsi brownish-hlaek; wings black, the anterior 
 ones with black hair, and two white, transverse streaks, the apical 
 one interrupted. 
 
 Length to tip of wings G milliin. Alar expanse 11 niillirn, 
 JI(iIk Panama. The specimen is mutilated;— does it belong to 
 this genus ? 
 
 
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 PHILOPOTAMUS Lhach. 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4; ocelli three. 
 
 1. P. COnfUBUB. 
 
 Philopotamus coiifusus Walk.! Catal. 103, 7. 
 
 Black, with hoary pile ; base of the antennae annulated with Ics- 
 taceous; abdomen beneatli, palpi and feet testaceous; wings cine- 
 reous, tlie anterior ones obsoletely irroratcd with pale. (From the 
 description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Arctic America; Slave and Mackenzie Rivers (llichard- 
 son). 
 
 2. P. distinctuB. 
 Philopotamus distinctus Walk. ! Catal. 104, 11. 
 
 Black, with black and yellow hair; antennae much longer than 
 the body ; palpi and iVet testaceous; anterior wings brownush-gray, 
 closely guttated with yellow. (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings G millim. Alar expanse 11 millim. 
 
 Huh^ Trenton Falls, New York (Doubleday). 
 
 Does the apterous female of Philopotamus observed by Double- 
 day at the same place belong here? See Entomol. Mag. v. 279. 
 
202 
 
 NEUUOITEUA 01' NOHTH AMKUICA, 
 
 POLYCBNTROPUS (uutih. 
 
 SpurH firranpfcd 3, 4, 4; ocelli absent; fcirialo with tlio liiternic- 
 diatu Tout dilated ; anteitiuu thick, rather shurt. 
 
 1. P. validut. 
 
 PnlycintropHs vnlidm Walk. I Catal. loO, 10. 
 
 Blackish, with yellow hair, beneath fernif^inous; maxillary jialpi 
 testaceous, the first article black ; anteniiiu stout, fulvous; feet tes- 
 taceous ; winfjfH cinereous, with yellow pubescence. (From the de- 
 scription of Walker.) 
 
 liCiigth to tip of \viiif,'s 8 milliin. Alar expanse 15 millim. 
 
 JIab. United iStates (Doubleday). 
 
 2. P. craaslcornia. 
 
 PolyciiitropuH cmssicoriiis Walk. ! Catal. 101, 11. 
 
 Ferruginous, densely clothed with yellow hair, beneath testa- 
 ceous; antenna' stout, fulvous; pal[)i and feet testaceous; wintrs 
 cinereous, the anterior ones with yellow pubescence and irroration. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 7 — D millim. Alar expanse 13 — 10 
 millim. 
 
 Ilab. Georgia (Abbot). 
 
 A variety has the anterior wings immaculate. 
 
 3. P. Invarius. 
 
 Polycenlropus invarius Walk. ! Catal. 101, 12. 
 
 Fulvous, with golden hair; vertex and disk of the thorax black; 
 antenna) black, the base fulvous; feet testaceous; anterior wings 
 subfuscous, with ferruginous veins; posterior wings cinereous. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 16 millim. 
 Hub. Nova Scotia (Redman). 
 
 4. P. crepnacularls. 
 
 BnichjccHtrus crepuscularis Walk. ! Catal. 87, 6. 
 
 Black, with luteous hair; antenna) testaceous, obsoletely annu- 
 lated with fuscous, the apex black; apices of the abdominal seg- 
 ments, and the legs testaceous ; wings cinereous, the anterior ones 
 
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P0I,YCENTlUiPU8. 
 
 293 
 
 10 liituriiiu- 
 
 illary imlpi 
 18 ; feet tes- 
 om the de- 
 
 luillim. 
 
 oath testa- 
 
 OHs ; wiiifrs 
 
 irrorati()ii. 
 
 ISO 13—10 
 
 orax black ; 
 
 eriof wings 
 
 cinereous. 
 
 millim. 
 
 letely annu- 
 3minal seg- 
 iterior ones 
 
 with trslaceoiis piilieseeiicc, veins fulvous. (From the description 
 of Wallicr.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings fl millini. Alar expanse 10 milliiu. 
 
 Jhih. St. .Martin's Fulls, Albany lUvcr, Hudson's IJuy (IJarns- 
 ton). 
 
 6. P. vestltuB. 
 
 i'olycfulropua veslilttn Ilngont 
 
 Tiiiteo-fuscons, with fuscous liair; antenna! yellow, a little annu- 
 lated with fuscous; palpi luteous; feet luteo-fiiseous, the tarsi ob- 
 soletely annulated with yellow; head and thorax with fuscous hair; 
 the disk with yellow hair; anterior wings fuscous, with fuscous 
 hair; posterior wings black. Male. 
 
 licngth to tip of wings 7 millini. Alar expanse 13 millim. 
 
 //«/>. Washington (Usten Sacken). 
 
 6. P. cinereus ! 
 
 PulijcintroiiHs ciiierrun Iliigou 1 
 
 FuscoiiR, with fuscous and whitish hair; antennno fuscous, annu- 
 lated with white; pal[ii luteous, head with white hair, occi|)ut each 
 side with fuscous hair ; disk of the thorax with white hair; feet luteo- 
 fuscous, the femora luteous; abdomen fuscous, beneath pale; an- 
 terior wings fuscous, with fuscous veins, and closely guttated with 
 white; posterior wings blackish-gray, ciliated with black. Male 
 and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 — 10 millim. Alar expanse 15 — 19 
 millim. 
 
 II((b. St. Lawrence llivcr, Canada (Ostca Sacken). 
 
 7. P. confusua ! 
 
 Pohjccntropus confusus Hngen ! 
 
 Fuscous, with luteous hair; antenna; yellow, annnlatcd with fus- 
 cous ; pali)i fuscous, annulated with i)ale; disk of the head with 
 luteous hair; feet luteo-fuscous; abdomen fuscous; the apex in the 
 female triangular, acute; the anterior wings fuscous, closely gut- 
 tated with yellow ; posterior wings brownish-cinereous. Male and 
 fenuUe. 
 
 Ijength to tip of wings 8 — 10 millim. Alar expanse 15 — 19 
 millim. 
 
 Jfab. Trenton Falls (Osten Sacken); Washington (id.). 
 
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 NEUUOPTERA OF NORTH AMEraOA. 
 
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 8. P. lucIduB ! 
 
 Pol ijccntr opus lucidus Ilagen! 
 
 Luteous, subnucle; antennae luteo-fuscous, obsoletely annulated; 
 palpi luteous; head and thorax luteo-fuscous, prothorax yellow; 
 feet luteous; wings fusoo-hyaline, with fuscous veins, the anterior 
 ones subnude, in part a little clothetl with luteous pile. Male. 
 
 Length to tij) of wings 1 milliin. Alar expanse 13 millini. 
 
 Hub. Trenton Falls (Osten Sackeu) ; Pennsylvania (Zimmer- 
 man). 
 
 The specimen may have been defaced, and is possibly immature. 
 
 PSYCHOMYIA Latreille. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4 ; second, third and fourth articles of the 
 maxillary palpi equal, longer than the first ; wings rather acute, 
 narrow ; ocelli absent ; apex of the abdomen of the female acute, 
 recurved. 
 
 1. P. flavida ! 
 
 Psychomyia Jlavida Hagen I 
 
 Yellow, with ochreous hair; antenna) whitish, with obsolete 
 annulations; palpi and feet whitish; head and thorax luteous; 
 anterior wings yellow, with dense ochreous hair and cilia ; poste- 
 rior wings cinereous, acute, with cinereous hair. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 5 millim. Alar expanse 9 millim. 
 
 Hoh, St. Lawrence River, Canada (Osten Sacken) ; Washing- 
 ton (id.). 
 
 2. P. parva. 
 
 JJi/droptila? parva Walk.! Catal. 134, 12. 
 
 Testaceous ; dorsum of the abdomen piceous ; wings whitish. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4 millim. Alar expanse 6 millim. 
 
 Ilab. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (I3aru- 
 ston). 
 
 The type is very much mutilated ; it certainly is not an Ilydrop- 
 tila. Does it belong to this genus ? 
 
Tl NODES — RH Y ACOPII I LA, 
 
 TINODES Stephens. 
 
 295 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4 ; ocelli absent, the third article of the 
 maxillary palpi longer than the others, almost equal to the fifth ; 
 apex of the abdomen of the female acute, recurved. 
 
 1. T. livlda ! 
 
 Ttnodcs? livida Ilagen ! 
 
 Luteous, with gray hair; antenna? luteous; palpi luteo-fuscous; 
 feet pale, the anterior ones luteous; head and thorax luteo fuscous, 
 with luteous hair; anterior wings gray, with gray hair and an 
 anal luteous spot ; posterior wings grayish hyaline. Female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 8 millim. Alar expanse 15 millim. 
 
 Jlab. St. Ijawrence River, Canada (Osteu Sacken). 
 
 Does it belong to this genus ? 
 
 2. T. hirtlpes. 
 
 Tinoihaf hirlipes Curtis, Append, to Sir John Ross's Second Voyage. 
 Wiegmann's Archiv. Zool. II, 1, 288. 
 
 Grayish-piceous ; wings pale fuscous ; it has the habitus of a 
 Tinodef, but the reticulation is different ; posterior tibia) with only 
 two spurs. 
 
 Alar expanse 19 millim. 
 
 Hub. Arctic America. 
 
 Is it a Tinodes ? 
 
 Sub-Fam. EnYACOnilLIDES. 
 
 Maxillary palpi with the last article entire, straight, shorter than 
 the rest. 
 
 RHYACOPHILA Pict. 
 Spurs arranged 3, 4, 4 ; three ocelli. 
 
 1. R. fuacula. 
 
 Neuronia fuscula Walk.! Catal. 10, 12. 
 
 Ferruginous, partly with black hair, beneath testaceous; thorax 
 each side with a subfuscous spot; feet testaceous, apex of the an- 
 terior tibiic fuscous ; wings cinereous^ the anterior ones irrorated 
 
 i4 
 
 I ^1 
 
 I, 
 
 ri^ 
 
 pi 
 
296 
 
 NEUUOPTERA OF NORTH AMiOUICA. 
 
 b 
 
 '•a 
 
 
 
 with wliitish and with many marginal gutta). (From the descrip- 
 tion of Walker.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 25 raillim. 
 
 Ilah. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
 It is allied to R. vulgaris Pict. 
 
 2. R. torva! 
 
 lihijacoplula torva Hagen ! 
 
 Itufo-fuscons ; antenna? and palpi rnfo-fuscons ; head and thorax 
 l)rownish-black; feet testaceous ; abdomen luteous ; wings fiisco- 
 hyaline, with fuscous veins ; anterior ones with dense luteous 
 guttic. Male. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Alar expanse 19 millim. 
 
 Hub. Washington ; Trenton Falls (Osten Sacken). 
 
 BERAEA Stephens. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4 ; palpi densely pilose ; the first article 
 of the antennie thick, pilose; no ocelli. 
 
 1. B. maculata ! 
 
 Bcrwa? maculata Hagen! 
 
 Black, with black hair ; antenna;- yellow, the base, middle and 
 apex blackish-fuscous ; pali)i fuscous ; feet whitish, anmdated with 
 black; abdomen pale beneath; anterior wings black, with black 
 hair and cilia, with two white, transverse apical lines, and the apex 
 pointed with white; posterior wings black, the anterior at the 
 apex emarginated. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4 millim. Alar expanse *\h raillim, 
 
 Ihib. St. Lawrence Uiver, Canada (Osten Sacken). 
 
 Does it belong to this genus ? 
 
 2. B. viridiventrls. 
 
 Phri)<jini,M rirklivintris Say, West. Quart. Report. II, 1(10, 1, 
 
 Tale fuscous, with cinereous hair; antennjc pale fnscous, the 
 base wliilish; feet, head, and thorax beneath, while; abdomen 
 green ; the anterior wings blackish, ciliated, beyond the middle 
 with a few whitish spots, somewhat arranged in two bauds ; 
 
 %V 
 
CIIIMAmillA. 
 
 29t 
 
 posterior wings black; interinediate tarsi dilated. (From the de- 
 scription of Say.) 
 
 Length to tip of wings 4 millim. Alar expanse 11 millim. 
 
 Jfdb. Cincinnati, Ohio River, May; common (Say). 
 
 Is this not B. maculata ? 
 
 CHIMARRHA Leach. 
 
 Spurs arranged 2, 4, 4 ; basal joint of the maxillary palj)! short, 
 the others longer, equal; three ocelli. 
 
 1. C. aterriiua! 
 
 Chimarrha aterrima Hagen 1 
 
 Deep black, with black hair; body, antennae, palpi and feet blackj 
 the front with hardly hoary hair; anterior wings with black hair. 
 Male and female. 
 
 Length to tip of wings 6 — 8 millim. Alar expanse 11 — 15 
 millim. 
 
 Ilah. Pennsylvania; Washington; Dalton, Georgia; St. Law- 
 rence River, Canada (Osten Sacken). 
 
 m ' ■■' 
 
 2. C. socia! 
 
 Chimarrha socia Hagen ! 
 
 Blackish-fuscous, with fuscous hair ; antenna} blackish-fuscous ; 
 palpi and feet luteous ; head and thorax blackish-fuscous, with 
 luteous hair ; anterior wings blackish-fuscous, with fuscous hair, 
 and black cilia; posterior wings bhickish-hyaline. 
 
 Length to tip of wings G millim. Alar expanse 11 millim. 
 
 Hab. Washington (Osten Sacken). 
 
 3. C. obscura. 
 
 IJcraia ubscura Walk. ! Catal. 121, 4. 
 
 Blackish, with fuscous hair ; thorax and abdomen ferruginous ; 
 feet testaceous ; antennaj black ; wings brownish-black, ciliated. 
 (From the description of Walker.) 
 
 LiMigth to tip of wings 4^ millim. Alar expanse 8 millim. 
 
 ]Jab. St. ^Martin's Falls, All)any River, Hudson's Bay (Barn- 
 ston). 
 
 Docs it belong to this genus ? 
 
 E 
 
298 
 
 NEUaOI'TERA OF NOllTII AMERICA. 
 
 IK 
 
 4. C. piilchra ! 
 
 Chiinarrlni fiiilrlira Ilagtin ! 
 
 Browiiisli-bliick, with golden Imir; nnteiina) and palpi brownish, 
 black ; head and thorax oranfro, with golden hair ; alxlouicn 
 testaceous ; feet brownish-blucU, the posterior femora testaceous ; 
 anterior wings l)rowiiish-l)lack, with a longitudinal, broiul, golden 
 slrii)e, which is a little incurved towards the apex, at tiie anterior 
 margin reaching to the i)terostignia ; posterior wings bluck. 
 
 Ticngth to tij) of wings 8 — 10 nulliiu. Alar ex[)anse 15 — ID 
 miiliin. 
 
 J/<il>. Cuba (I'oey, Ostcn Sacken). 
 
 Ptilostomis kowalcwskii Kol., from Xorth America, Wien. Ent. 
 Zeit. 1859, p. 21 (a new genus separated from lihijacujMln), is 
 I. )ticed only by name. It is unknown to me. 
 
 
 :tlfc'l 
 
 % 
 
 m 
 
 :!• 1 
 
LIS T 
 
 OP 
 
 SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 
 Fam. I. TEIIMITINA. 
 
 Caloterilies llagen. 
 
 castaneua ! (Compare North Am. Nour.). 
 
 ILvii. Coluinhia, Vouozuola ; Brazil, Rio, St. Leopold ; Chile. 
 nodulosus! Cali>leriius tiodulosus IIagkn, Limu'ea, XII, (jl, 11; pi. ii, 
 
 lig. 4. 
 
 Hab. lii.izil, St. Jo^o del Roy. 
 rugosus! Culo/crmca rni/osus IIaorn, Linnoea, XII, G3, 12 ; pi. iii, fig. 4. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Constauoia near Rio. 
 brevls! (S(!e North Amor. Near.). 
 
 llAii. St. Fe do Bogota; Brazil. 
 serrifer ! Caloienius sirrifir IIaoen, Linusea, XII, 72, 19 ; lA. i. fig. (5. 
 
 Had. Santarem (Bates). 
 
 llodoternies Ilagen. 
 
 quadricoUis ! Tcriiws qundricollis RimA Neuropt. 304, 4. Linnaia, XII, 
 101,12; pi. i. fig. It). Tirmi'S chilmsis Uay! Fh. Cliil. Nonropt. 
 ]il. i. fig. 1 — 3, Termes paltidus Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 504, 2. 
 Had. Chill (Gay). 
 
 Termes Linne. 
 
 dirus! Termes dims Buum.! Ildb. II, 7G(I, 8. Ramb.! Neuropt. 307,13. 
 Walk.! Catal. Br. Mas. HIO, 0. IIac.kn ! Peters' Reise Mozambi(iue, 
 II, 83; pi. iv, fig. 1—8. LiniifEa I XII, 151, 14; pi. i. fig. 7; pl. ii, 
 flgs. 16, 17 ; pl. iii, figs. 17, 37—40. T. JIavicollis Peuty! Delect. 
 128, pl. XXV, figs. 11, 13. r. faialis Peuty! Delect. 127, pl. xxv, 
 fig. 8. Termes coslatus Rajii!.! N">uropt. 305, 9. Termes ohscnrvm 
 Blaschakd, Hist. Ins. pl. xlvii, fig. 1. Westwood! Introd. II, 12, 
 fig. 58, 1. (Soldier.) Termes sjuiiosum Latr.! Hist. Nat. XIII, 70, 8. 
 Dictionn. d'hist. Nat. XXII, U3. Termes dubius Ramb.! Neuropt. 
 309, 17. 
 
 Hab. Guiana; Brazil, Amazon, Cargara, Rio, Congonhas, Lagoa 
 Santa (Burmeiater). 
 
 Iii 
 
300 
 
 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROI'TERA. 
 
 I)*' 
 
 l^ 
 
 J 
 
 kiifMitt: 
 
 grandis!' Termrs fjravdis Ramr.! Neuropt. 30(5, 10. Walk. C.atal. Br 
 Mus. r)19, 2(». IIAOEN ! Linn,nca, XII, 157, 15 ; pi. ii, fig. 10 ; pi. iij* 
 flg. 18. Tcrnips dicumainin Erichs.! Schoraburgk, Reise Ouir.na, III 
 5S2, 1. Teriiifis costalus Walk. C.atal. Br. Mus. 518, 19. IWrnr's 
 fim-um Latr.? Uist. Nat. XIII, 68, 2. Dictionn. d'liist. Nat. XXII, GO. 
 Hah. Cayenne ; British Ouiana. 
 
 molestua ! Termns mohxtm Burm.! Hdb. II, 766, 9. Walk. Catal. Br. 
 Mus. 512, 10. IlAOEN ! Limic-ea, XII, 159, 16, pi, iii. fig. 19. 
 IlAn. Brazil ; Amazon. 
 
 nigricans! Ter.'. •••■•■.»,* Ramb.! Neuropt. SOS, 14. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. 5h' ■ ' \GEN- ! Linufpa, XII, 162, 18. Termrs trinm-ius 
 
 ?IlAfiEN, Pett eise Mozamb. II, 85. Tf-rmos destructor Fabr.? 
 
 Entom. Syst. Ii, 89, 2. Termes cephalotes Ramb.? Neuropt. 309, 18. 
 Hab. Brfvzil. 
 
 cum-clans! Termes cumulaiis Kollar! Polil's Reise Brazil. I, 111, fig. 9. 
 
 Kollar! Brazil, laestige Insect. 13, fig. 9. IIaokn! Linna'a, XII, 
 
 16r,, 19 ; pi. ii, flg. 11 ; pi. iii, fig. 20. Termes AmerirMuus Rexooer? 
 
 Reise Paraguay. Termes palUdipennis Blancuard ? Voyage d'Or- 
 
 bigny. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Ypanema ; Barra do Rio Negro (Natterer). 
 similia ! Termes similis Hagen I Linnrea, XII, 167, 20 ; pi. i, fig. 5 • pi. 
 
 iii, fig. 21. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Lagoa Santa, Congonhas (Burmeister) ; Para. 
 Striatus ! 'Trmes sirialus Uack^^I Liunjea, XII, 171, 21. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 cingulatiia! Trmis cingnlntus Burm.I Ildb. II, 767, i:i. Walk. Catal. 
 
 B Mus. 515, 14. Haoem ! Linnaja, XII, 187, 28 ; pi. i, fig. 13 ; pi! 
 
 iii, flg. 24. ^ 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Porto Allegro; British Guiana (Schoraburgk). 
 marabitanas! Tirmes marahiianus IIaoen! Linnava, XII 191 29- nl i 
 
 flg. 4; pi. iii, flg. 25. ' . -i-- . 
 
 Hab. Brazil, St. ,Jose de Marabitanas (Natterer). 
 tenebii-osus ! Termes tei]ehri>s\i^Y{xnv.^\ Linuiea, XII, 193 30. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Ypanema, New Friburg, near Rio. 
 ater ! Termes ut,r Hagen ! Linna-a, XII, 195, 31 ; pi. iii, fig. 26. Termes 
 
 morio Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 514, 12. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, New Friburg (Burmeister) ; Columbia. 
 Opacus! Tirmis (ijiacus IIage.n I Linna;a, XII, 196, 32; pi. iii fl^r. 27 • 
 
 pi. i, fig. 19. ' = . 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Lagoa Santa, Congonhas (Burmeister) ; Para ; Cassa- 
 pava. 
 testacens ! ILmerohius festaceus LiNNfi I Eyst. Nat. X, 550, 6 ; XII, 912, 
 
 8; XIII, 2641, 8. T'-rmrs ^,s7nc<-!(s Burm.! Hdb. II, 767, 10. Hagen! 
 
 Linnnoa, XII, 198, 33; pi. ii, fig. 12; pi. iii, fig. 28. Trmes morio 
 
 Fabu. Entom. Syst. II, 90, 3. Ramb.I Neuropt. 305, 7. Erichs.! 
 
 Reise Guiana Schoraburgk. Ill, 582, 2. 2\rmrs neisulus Walk,! 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 50i), 5. Perln fusca Degeer! Mem. Ill, 567, 1 ; pi. 
 
 xxvii, figs. 4, 5. Retzh's, 60, 2.i5. 
 
 Hab. Surinam ; Cayenne ; British Guiana ; Venezuela, Puerto Ca- 
 bello; Brazil, Para; Chili, Valparaiso; Sautarom. 
 
^^ 
 
 OLYNTIIA. 
 
 301 
 
 morlo! (See Catal. North Amer. Neuropt.) 
 
 Had. Venezuela; Brazil, Santarem (Hates). 
 Blmplicinervis ! Trrmta sinijiliciitcrvis IIaoen 1 Linntea, XII, 204, 35. 
 
 Hah. JJrazil, Sautarem (Bates). 
 debllis! (See North Amer. Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Congouhas (Burmeister). 
 exlguus! Termim exi(/uns Haoen ! Linnaea, XII, 208, 39. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Sautarem (Bates). 
 trispinosus ! Termes trisfinosus Haoen ! Linnaea, XII, 210, 41 ; pi. i, 
 
 fig. 11. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Santarem (Bates) Miles. 
 rippertii! (See North Amer. Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Columbia; Brazil, New Friburg; Ypanema. 
 arenarius! Ttrmes armarius Haoen ! Linnaea, XII, 222, 50. Termes tes- 
 
 taceus Walk.I Catal. Br. Mus. r)13, 11. 
 
 11 AB. Brazil, Santarem (Bates). 
 albidiis ! Termes alhidus Haoen ! Linnaea, XII, 225, 51 ; pi. iii. 34. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Santarem (Bates). 
 devastans! Tenms devastans Kollar! Pohl'a ReiseBrasil. I, Hi.'. 8. Kol- 
 
 LAR ! Brasil. laestig. Insect. 13, fig. 8. Haoen 1 Linnaea, XII, 229, 
 
 54. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Rio. 
 tenuis ! (See North Amer. Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 marginalia! Jlemerobius manjinaJis Linnk! Syst. Nat. X, 550, 7; XII, 
 
 912,9. Termes marginalis ^kOV.Ti\ Linnaea, XII, 234. Perla nasuta 
 
 De (itEERl Mem. Ill, 5()S; pi. xxvii, fig. ti, 7. Retzius, 60, 20(j. 
 
 Termes nasutum Latr. Hist. Nat. XIII, ti9, 4. Dictioun. d'hist. Nat. 
 
 XXII, (il. BuRM.l Hdb. II, 704, 4. 
 
 Hab. Surinam. 
 nasutus! Termes nasutum PertyI Delect. 127, pi. xxv, fig. 10. Haoe.n! 
 
 Linn;ea, XII, 237, 59, pi. ii, fig. 14; pi. iii, fig. 1. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
 Kl I, 
 
 m 
 
 Fam. II. EMBIDINA. 
 
 Olyntlia Gray. 
 
 brasiliensis. Ohjntha Brasilitnsis Gray! GriiF. Anim. Kingd. X'V, 347; 
 
 pi. Ixxii, fig. 2. Westw.I Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII, 373 ; pi. ii, fig. 
 
 3. Bl'km. Hdb. II, 770, 1. Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 532, 1. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 ruQcapilla. Olijiitha rujicapilla Bcrm. Hdb. II, 770, 2. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. 532, 2. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Venezuela? 
 klugii. Embia Kluejii Rajib. Neuropt. 313, 3. Walk. Catal. Br. Mu.s. 
 
 530, 3. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 OhjHtha skijiliilinoides Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 532, 3, from Brasil. Is 
 
 it Forjicida ? 
 
s^.i 
 
 302 
 
 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUHOI'TERA. 
 
 I- 
 
 * ^ ' t 
 
 ! 
 
 UUui] 
 
 mm 
 
 Fam. III. PSOCINA. 
 
 Tliyrsoplioriis Burmeister. 
 specIoBua! T/ii/rsophorus .y>,-ciiin,is BvnsiA Ildb. II, 782, 1. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Hr. Mus. 478, 1. ThijrsophoTus spinolae Rdr.I Neuropt. 318, 1. 
 
 Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus, 479, 3. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Para, 
 pennicornis! T/iyrso}>fwrus pcnmcomts BvnyiA llAh. 11,782,2. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 478, 2. Thyrsophorus raiiwsus Walk.! Catal. Br 
 
 Mus. 480, 5. 
 
 Had. Brazil, Bahia, Para. 
 leucotelu3. IVi/jr.tnphorus leucotelus Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 479 4. 
 
 IIai). Brazil, I'ara. 
 anticus. T/ii/rsophorus anticus Walk. I Catal. Br. Mus. 480, G. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Para. 
 
 Psocus Latreillo. 
 
 fuflclpenniaf Psncus fuscipennis Burm.! Ilclb. II, 778, 9. Walk. Catal 
 
 Br. Mus. 484, 8. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 opacus ! Psocus opacus Uagen, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 Stlcticus ! Psocus sticticns Haoen, Collect. 
 
 Hab.' Brazil. 
 alblcinctus! Psocus albicinctus Hagen, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 lepidus ! Psocus Icpidus Haoen, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 quadrisignatus ! Psocus quadrisignatus Hagen, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 pictus ! Psocus pictus Hagen, Collect, 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 marginatus ! I'socus marginatus Hagen, Collect, 
 
 Hab, Brazil. 
 
 Fam. IV. PERLIXA. 
 
 Pei'la Geoffrey. 
 
 uubes. Prrla nuhes Pict. Perl. 174, 9 ; pi. ix, fig. 7, S. Walk. Catal, 
 
 •Br, Mus. l-'5, 14. 
 
 Hab. America. 
 braziliensis. Perla hrazUiensis Pict. Perl. 21t;, 24; pi. xviii, fig. 3. 
 
 Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 151, 3(3. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 intermixta. Pcria intermixta Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 153, 42. 
 
 Ha J!. Venezuela. 
 luteicollis. Ptrla luteicollis WALK.! Catal. Br. Mus. 154, 4(j. 
 
 Hab. Venezuela. 
 
CAI'NIA. 
 
 303 
 
 repanda ! Pcrla n-panda Haoen, Collect. 
 
 IlAii. Cliili. 
 blfaaclata! J'rrla hlfaariata Pict.! Porl. 229, 30; pi. xx, fig. 5. "Walk. 
 
 C'atiil. Br. Mus. 15(), 51. 
 
 IIab. Columbia. 
 slgnata. Pirhi nitjiiata Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 157, 54. 
 
 Hah. Venezuela. 
 gayl. Perla gmji Pict. Perl. 238, 33 ; pi. x, fig. 3. Walk. Catal. Br. 
 
 Mus. 158, 55. 
 
 Hah. Chili. 
 longicauda! Perla lonf/icauda Pict. Perl. 236,34; pi. xxii, fig. 5 — 8. 
 
 Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 158, 57. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, New Fribiirg. 
 dilaticoUis ! (See North Amer. Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Columbia. 
 hyalina. Pcrla hj(diiia Pict. Perl. 247, 39 ; pi. xxi, fig. 5—10. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 159, Gl. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 annulicauda. (See North Amer. Neuropt.) 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 annularis. Perla annn'orls Pict. Perl. 252,42 ; pi. xxv, fig. 3 — 5. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. ItJO, 03. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 debiliB. Pi'rla dchilin Pict. Perl. 255, 44 ; pi. xxvi, fig. 4. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. IGl, GO. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 klugii. Pirla fduyii Pict. Perl. 267, 50 ; pi. xxv, fig. 1—2. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. 162, 72. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 obacura. Perla oli^icura Pict. Perl. 269, 51 ; pi. xxviii, fig. 1 — 4. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 163, 73. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 polita. J'n-la polita Burm. Hdb. II, 879, 6. Pict. Perl. 271, 52; pi, 
 
 xxviii, fig. 5—9. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 163, 74. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 morio ! Prrla morio Pict.! Perl. 272, 53; pi. xxx, fig. 1 — 5. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 163, 75. 
 
 Hab. Columbia. 
 fenestrata! JWla feuestrafa Pict.! Perl. 281, 57; pi. xxxi, fig. 1 — 4. 
 
 Walk. Catal. lir. Mus. 167, 85. 
 
 Hab. Columbia. 
 
 j''it«' ;-; !'■ 
 
 C'apiiia Pictet. 
 
 cancellata. Capnia cancdlata Pict. Perl. 328, 4; pi. xli. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. 175,4. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 gracHis! Cupnia (jracilis Pict,! Perl. 330, 5; pi. xlii, fig. 1 — 3. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 175, 5. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
r-"i 
 
 304 
 
 LfST OP 80UTII AMERICAN NEUHOl'TERA. 
 
 m 
 
 ii 
 
 Fam. y. EIMIKMERINA. 
 
 Fplit'iiici'a LiiiiK'. 
 
 colorablas. F.i>h'mrra culombUte Walk. Catal. 037, 6. 
 JIau, Columbia. 
 
 
 Paliiifft'iiia Burmoistur. 
 
 albicans. Kjiln nu ra alhivtms rKitciinuoN, Ooii. Ina. Livr. VI, Ninimpt. 
 
 111. vi. I'uliiHji'iiia albicans Hvrm. Ildb, II, SOU. ricr. K|ilifmt'r. 
 
 1 ID, 4 ; vol. xiii, Ilg. 1—3. Walk. Catal. 548, 4. 
 
 IIaii. IJrazil. 
 dorsalia ! J'dliiujinla dorsdlis BfUM. lldli. II, S0.3, 3. I'ictet. Epbemer. 
 
 U>3, (i, tab. xiii, fig. 5. Walk. Catal. .'i4!>, .'). 
 
 IIah. Bia/il. 
 atrOBtoma. J'^i'ln imra almslomn Wkiiku. Obs. Eiitom. 99, 1. PiCTi:r. 
 
 Kpluiuior. LI?. Walk. Catal. D.OO, 9. 
 
 IIau. Brazil, 
 albifilum. /'iiliiiijciiiii nihljllum Walk.! Catal. .'554,19. 
 
 Had. I'ara. 
 curta. J'aliiijcnia curta IIaoejj. PalitK/enia albljilum Walk.! var. Catal. 
 
 ■'i.H 19. 
 
 IIah. Para, 
 latipennis. Pnlingcnlrt latlpeniih Walk.! Catal. 5y4, 20. 
 
 IIah. I'ara. 
 umbrata ! Paliugenia umbrata Hac.kn, Collect. 
 
 11a it. Amazon. 
 dorsigera ! Puliiuji m'a dursiffcra IIaobn, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Moutevideo. 
 
 Baetis Leach. 
 
 alblvitta. Baitis albivitta Walk, Catal. 5G6, 33. 
 Hah. Para. 
 
 pf 
 
 Cloe Leafih. 
 
 fasciata! Che fasciata Pictet. Kphemer. 2G2, 9 ; tab. xli, flg. 4. Walk. 
 Catal. .')7r)", 9. 
 IIah. Brazil. 
 
 Oligoneurja Pictet. 
 
 anomala ! Oligoneuria anomaln Pict.! Epliomer. 291, tab. xlvl at xlvii. 
 Hagen! Stett. Eut. Zeit. XVI, 2U9, 2. Walk. Catal. 585, 1. 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 
LAIS — IIETAEtirNA. 
 
 805 
 
 Fam. VI. OnONATA. 
 
 Tribe I. A(aiI01\IIVA. 
 
 Sub-Pam. I. CALOI'TERYGINA. 
 I^aiH IIaoen. 
 
 globifer! T.nin ghhifer IIaokn ! Monogr. Calopt. 88, 28; tab. x, (Ig. 1. 
 
 Hci.yh! Hynops. 27, 2M. Walk. Cutal. 013, 1. 
 
 Had. Brazil, Now FriburK. 
 aenea! r.aU aenra Sei,yh! Monogr. Calopt. 91, 29; tab. x, fig. 1. Selys! 
 
 Hynops. 2S, 29. Walk. Catal. U13, 2. 
 
 IIaii. I'ara. 
 cupreal /.ais cnprea Selys I Monogr. Calopt. 92, 30; Selys! Synops. 28, 
 
 30. Walk.! Catal. G13, 3. 
 
 IIab. Urazil, Para. 
 hyalina! Lais lu/dliun IIaoen! Monogr. Calopt. 92, 31. Selys! Synopa. 
 
 28, 31. Walk. Catal. G13, 4. 
 
 IlAn. Brazil, 
 prulnoaa! /.uis jmdnom IIaoen! Monogr. Calopt. 93, 32; tab. x, flg. 3. 
 
 Si;Ly.s ! Synops. 28, 32. Walk. Catal. 615, 5. 
 
 H.'.B. Brazil. 
 pudica ! Lais pudica IIaoen ! Monogr. Calopt. Of), 33 ; tab. x, flg. 4. 
 
 Sklyh! Synops. 29, 33. Walk. Catal. (J15, 6. 
 
 Hau. Brazil, Ypauuma. 
 
 Ifetaerina Hngen. 
 simplex! fletaerina simjilex Selyh ! Monogr. Calopt. 98, 34; tab. x, flg. 
 
 5. Selyh! Synops. 30, 34. Walk. Catal. (Jl(j, 7. 
 
 IlAii. Brazil, Minaa Geral'S. 
 sanguinea ! Jlctaerina samjuinea Selys ! Monogr. Calopt. 100, 35 ; tab. 
 
 X, fig. 6. Selys! Synops. 31, 35. Walk. Catal. 617, 8. 
 
 Had. Para. 
 rosea ! Ilctacrina rosea Selys i T.Ionogr. Calopt. 102, 36 ; tab. x, flg. 7. 
 
 Selyh ! Synops. 31, 36. Walk. Catal. 617, 9. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas GeraiJs ; Chili. 
 caja! Libellula caja Ducuy, II, 82; tab. xlv, fig. 2. Calopteri/x caja 
 
 BuKM.! Hdb. II, 826, 5. lletuerina cnja Selys! Monogr. Calopt. 104. 
 
 HI ; tab. x, fig. 8. Selys ! Synops. 32, 37. Walk. Catal. 618, lO. 
 
 Had. Columbia, Venezuela, Porto Cabello (Appun). 
 c'ominula! Ihtatrina iliminula IIaoen! Monogr. Calopt. 107, r8; tab. 
 
 xi, lig. 1. Selys! Synops. 33,38. Caloptcri/x caja Ekicus.! Voyag. 
 
 Schomburgk, III. Walk. Catal. 619, 11. 
 
 Hab. Guiana, Surinam ; Brazil. 
 aurlpennis ! Calopteryx auripennis Burm. ! Hdb. II, 827, 10, Ramb. 
 
 Neuropt. 225, 13. IL tm rina auriponnis Selys! Monogr. Calopt. 109, 
 
 39; tab. xi, fig. 2. Selvs! Syuops. 33, 39. Walk. Catal. 619, 12. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Bahia, Rio. 
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 LIST OF SOUTH AMEIIICAN NEIIROPTERA. 
 
 hebel llildirina hihc HKr.vrt ! Miiuokt. Caloiit. 112, III; tab. xi, 11^,'. H. 
 
 HKiArit Synops. 34, 40. Walk. Ciitiil. tl^O, Vi. 
 
 Ham. Hra/.il. 
 sanguinolenta ! Iliimriiin sampiinolmta IlAriKN! Mono^r. Calopt. 11,1, 
 
 41 ; tab. xi, ««. 4. HelyhI 8ynop«. 3D, 41. Walk. Catal. G21, 14. 
 
 Had. Kra/.il, liahla. 
 mortual llitiurimi murlnn IIa(ien! Monogr. Calopt. 117,42; tab. xi, fig. 
 
 5. SKi.Vrt! Syiiopu. 'M, 42. Walk. Catal. (121, l.'i. 
 
 Had. Ouiaiia. 
 laesa! llctnvrina laesn IIaoen! Monogr. Calopt. lll>, 44. SbltsI Synops. 
 
 30, 44. Walk. Catal. (J22, 17. 
 
 IIah. Surinam. 
 longipes! ll<tairina Ininjiprs IlAnEs! Mono^jr. Calopt. 121, 45; tab. xi, 
 
 lit,. 7. Selys 1 Syuops. 37, 4r). Walk. Catal. G23, 18. 
 
 Hah. lira/il. 
 carnifex ! lliiiKrina nir/ii/rx Haoen! Monogr. Calopt. 123, 4(i; tab. xi, 
 
 lig. 8. fcJELYH! Syuops. 37, 4ii. Walk. Catal. G24, li). 
 
 Hah. Brazil, New Friburg, Minas Geraiis. 
 proximal Ilitiurui'i proximn SklysI Monoi^r. Calopt. 12r), 47; tab. xi, 
 
 tig. 9. Sklyh! Synops. 3S, 47. Walk. Catal. 024, 20. 
 
 Hah. lira/.il, Ypanenia. 
 CTUentata! (See North American Nouropt.) 
 
 Hah. Veno/uela, Muriila, ParanaH do St. Urban; Surinam, 
 vulnerata! (Seo North American Neiiropt.) 
 
 Hah. Columbia, Hra/.il. 
 amerlcana! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 moribunda! ILtairina morihumhi Haoen ! Monogr. Calopt. 134, 154; 
 
 tab. xii, lig. 4. Sely.'^ ! Synops. 42, 51. Walk. Catal. G28, 24. 
 
 Hab. Cayenne; Brazil, I'ara. 
 OCCisa! Ilclaeriiia uccisa Haoen ! Monogr. Calopt. 143, 55; tab. xii, fig. 
 
 a. Selys! Synops. 44, .55. Walk. Catal. 031, 2H. 
 
 Had. Columbia, Venezuela, Porto Cabello, Laguayra, Parauas do St. 
 Urban, 
 brightwelli! Ai/rion hrightwdli Kikhy, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIV, 107; tab. 
 
 iii, lig. 5. Vidoptiryx hri(jhl Willi 1!lkm. Hdb. II, 820, 5. llitmrina 
 
 hritjiitwelli Selys ! Monogr. Calopt. 148, 57 ; tab. xii, fig. 8. Selys ! 
 
 Syuops. 40, 57. Walk. Catal. 033, 30. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Rio, New Friburg, Irisauga. 
 majuBCula! ILuwrina mujuscula Selys! Monogr. 151,58; tab. xiii, fig. 
 
 1. Selys! Synops. 47, 58. Walk. Catal. 034, 31. 
 
 Had. Columbia ; Surinam. 
 
 Ileliocliaris Selys. 
 
 amazona ! llUorhnris amazona Selys! Monogr. Calopt. 188, 1 ; tab. xiv, 
 
 fig. 5. Selys ! Synops. 55, 71. Walk. Catal. 642, 1. 
 
 Hah. Hrazil, Kga (Hates), Amazon River. 
 brasiliensis ! Hduivhuris brasilii usis Haoen ! addit. Synops. Calopt. 9, 
 
 71, bis. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Bahia. 
 
MEdALOrUEl'lIH. 
 
 307 
 
 .{feiil 
 
 Diftvi'inH SelyH. 
 atrosanguinea ! DicUrins iiiniMiinjHiino Ski.yh! Moiiogr. Calopt. I'.il, 72; 
 
 tall, xiv, llg. (I. Sia.Vrt! Hyiiopn. rifi, 72. Walk. Cattil. (J-iJ, 2. 
 
 II All. Amazon RiviT (HatcH), 
 prooera! hii-hrim* jirocim Hahkn! aiMit. Syiiops. Culopt. lU, 72, bis. 
 
 Uau. Aiiia/uu Uiviir, ^autarem (Bate:*). 
 
 Aillltlii|>(t'l-y.\ Bulys. 
 
 agrioides! AmphiiiUrii.r nijriniilis Ski-vh! Mouogr. Calopt. 241, 92. Selyh! 
 Syiiops. (J(i, 1. Wai-k. Catal. Urj4, 1. 
 Hau. Colombia. 
 
 C'lialcoiitoryx Solys. 
 
 rutllans ! ('Iinlnipiiri/x riUilaiix Si'.lyh! Muiiogr. Calopt. 2r)1, n4; tab. ix, 
 lig. 7. Ski.ysI Hynops. 08, !t4. Walk. Catal. (J55, 1. Ithinonjjiha 
 rulili'ii!< Ra.mh.! Neiirojit. 233, 1. 
 Hau. Brazil, I'ara. 
 
 Tliore Ilngen. 
 
 gigantea! T/iore ylgantm Smlvs! Monogr. Calopt. 2r)4, 1. SklyhI Synops. 
 
 Gil, il5. Walk. Catal. 050, 2. 
 
 Hah. Colombia, Bogota. 
 picta ! Kujihui (I /licid Hamh. Nyuropt. 231, 4. Thorn pivta Skt.ys! Mouogr. 
 
 Calopt. 250, 90. SelysI Syuops. 7(i, !)6. Walk. Catal. 050, 3. 
 
 llAii. Cayt'iine; Para. 
 saundersii ! Thore miuiidirsn Srlys ! Monogr. Calopt. 257, 97. Selys? ! 
 
 Synops. 70, 97. Walk. Catal. 057, 4. 
 
 Had. Amazon River; Para. 
 faaciata! Tlmrc fm^rinia IIaiikn! Monogr. Calopt. 259,98; tab. Ix, %. 8. 
 
 Sklyh! Synops. 70, i)S. Walk. Catal. (157, 5. 
 
 Hah. Colombia, Venezuela, Porto Cabello (A])pun), 
 byalina! Thore hi/nliuu Selys! Mouogr. Calopt. 201, 99. Selys! Synops. 
 
 71,99. Walk. Catal. 058, 8. 
 
 Hah. Babia. 
 faatlgiata! Thtrc fiiAtiijiatn Selys! adJit. Synops. 16, 99, bi.s. 
 
 llAu. Colombia, Bogota. 
 
 f'ora Selys. 
 
 cyane ! Cora n/nnp. Selys! Monogr. Calopt. 2G3, 100. Selys! Synops. 
 71, 100. Walk. Catal. 058, 7. 
 Had. Venenuola, Porto Cabello (Appun). 
 
 Sub-Fam. IT. AGiilONINA. 
 
 Mo^nloprt'iilis Rambur. 
 caerulatua! (See tbe North American Neuropt.) Var. bolivar Selys. 
 Had. Colombia, Bogota. 
 
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 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 
 Microstigina RamLur. 
 anomalum ! Microsligmn anomaliim P.hr. Noiiropt. 289, 1. Microstigma 
 
 proximum IlnR. Neuropt. 28!), 2. 
 
 IIab. Amazon River, Santarein, Para (Bates), Cayenne. 
 rotundatum! Microstigma rotundatun SelysI Var. M. cxuUum Selys! 
 
 Var. M. lunatum Sely3 1 
 
 Hah. Peru; Amazon River ; Para (Bates). 
 maculatum! Microstigma marulntnm IIaohn ! 
 
 ilAB. Cayenne ; Amazon River, Sautarem (Bates) ; Essequibo. 
 
 Pseudostigiiia Selys. 
 accedens! Pseudosligma accedeiis Sulys! (See North Amer. Neuropt.) 
 
 Had. Colombia. 
 
 ornatus ! 
 
 Hah 
 astictus ! 
 
 Hab 
 linearis ! 
 
 Itlecistogaster Rambur. 
 
 (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Venuzuela, Caraccas ; Surinam ; Lima. 
 
 Mccistogastcr astictus IIaoen t 
 
 Brazil, New Friburg. 
 
 Agrion linearis Vabr. Entom. Syst. II, 388, 5. Jllccisfogastcr 
 filigtrus Rbr. ! Neuropt. 287, 10, mas. Mccistogastcr signatus Rbr. 
 Neuropt. 28G, ft, fern. Mecistogaster Jlavistigma Ramb. Neuropt. 287, 
 11? fem. 
 
 Had. Guiana; Surinam; Amazon River; Para; Santarem, Colombia. 
 lucretia! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Had. Brazil, Amazon River. 
 marchali ! Mccistogastcr marchali Rbr. Neuropt. 28^, 2. Mecistogaster 
 jilum Ramd.! Neuropt. 284, 3. Mccistogastcr pcdicellatus Ramuu.! 
 Neuropt. 284, 5. 
 Hab. Guiana ; Surin^.m ; Amazon River ; Para. 
 
 Lestes Leach. 
 
 grandis! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Colombia. 
 forficula! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Had. Brazil. 
 undulata! L(stes undidata Say, Jmirn. Acad. Philad. VIII, 35. Lestes 
 
 vittata Haoen! Revue des Odonat. d'Kurope, 331. 
 
 Had. Montevideo ; Buenos Ayres ; Valdivia. 
 picta ! Lestes picta Hag en. 
 
 Had. Brazil. 
 tricolor! Lestes tricolor Ericiis.! Voyag. Schomburgk, III. 
 
 Hab. Guiana ; Bahia ; Pernambuco. 
 contorta! Lestes contorta \\xr,E:i\ 
 
 Had. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 striata. Lestes striata Selys. 
 
 Hab. Venezuela, Cayenne (not seen by me), 
 minuta. Lestes miuuia Si'LY'J, 
 
 Hab. Brazil (not seen by me). 
 
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 309 
 
 Ilypoiieiira Selys. 
 
 fanckii! ITi/poncura funckii Selys! 
 Hab. Colombia. 
 
 Eiiclea Selys. 
 
 terminalis. Eudca fcrminulis Selys. 
 
 IIau. Amazon River (not seen by me). 
 
 Podagrion Selys. 
 
 OBcillana. Podngrinn oscUlans Selys. 
 
 IlAn. Bogota (not seen by me). 
 megalopus. Podaf/rion megalopus Selys. 
 
 IIai!. Amazon River (not seen by me), 
 macropus. PuJar/rion macrojins Srlys. 
 
 IIau. Venezuela, Merida (not seen by me). 
 flavovlttatum ! Podaijrio)! JJavoviltatum Selys ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes. 
 venale ! Podiujrion venule Hagen 1 
 
 IIab. Colombia. 
 
 Leptogaster Selys. 
 
 OvatuB. Lrptogasfer ovatits Selys. 
 
 IIab. Baliia (not seen by me). 
 aurantlacus ! Lcplogastcr aurandacus Hagen 1 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 ciiinainomeus ! Lcptngaster cinnamomcus Hages ! 
 
 IIau. Baliia. 
 sordid as. LeptagaHcr sordidus Selys. 
 
 Hab. Santarem (not seen by me). 
 angustus. Leptagastcr angnslus Selys. 
 
 Hab. Santarem (not seen by me). 
 
 
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 Neoneui-a Selys. 
 
 Clliaris! Nconeura cUiaris Selys! 
 
 Hab. Brazil ; perhaps N. ancilla, 
 bilinearis! Neonewi- biUrnaris HelysI 
 
 Hab. Para, 
 rubriventrls ! Neoneura rubriventris Selys ! 
 
 Hab. Para. 
 fragllis! Agrion fragile IIkobsI 
 
 Hab. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 
 Sub-gen. Xolosticia De Selys. 
 
 melaiiostigma ! N'onrura melanosligma Hagex! 
 Hau. Venezuela. 
 
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 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 
 f£'J,1 
 
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 ■'i 
 
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 Protoiieura Seiys. 
 
 sancta! Profuneurasancta HxoEi^l 
 
 Hab. Columbia. 
 tenuia. Protmu ura tenuis Selys. 
 
 Hab. I'aia. 
 
 Agi'ion Fabricius. 
 
 Sub-gen. Ischnura Charpentiek. 
 
 gracile ! A/jrian gracilc Ramb.! Neuropt. 2(J0, 4. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Venezuela. 
 truncatam. Ayrion tnincatum Selys. 
 
 Hab. Minas Gteraus, Brazil. 
 chelifer. A<jrion chelifcr Sklys. 
 
 Hab. Minas Geraus, Brazil, 
 tuberculatum ! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 Hab. Cayenne. 
 verautum ! Ayrion versutum Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Chili. 
 simile ! Agriou simili' Selys ! 
 
 Hab. Venezuela, Merida. 
 rusticum ! A(/rion rusticum Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Bahia. 
 debile ! Agrion dihilc Hagen ! 
 
 Hab. Rio, Brazil. 
 cinctum ! Ai/rion cinctum Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Quillota, Chili. 
 floridum ! Aijrion jUridum Hagen ! 
 
 Hab. Lima. 
 hastatiim ! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 Hab. Merida. 
 capreolus ! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 Hab. Brasdl. 
 
 Sub-genus (new). 
 
 macilentum. Agrion macihiUum Rbr. Neuropt. 259, 4. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 bicorne. Agrion bicorne Selys. 
 
 Hab. Para, 
 bitaeniatum. Agrion hltaeniatum Selys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 longissimum ! Agrion longissimum Selts. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
 Sub-genus (new). 
 
 briseis ! Agrion briseis Hagen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 elongatum. Agrion elongatiim Selys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
PYRUH080MA. 
 
 311 
 
 porrectum ! Agrion porrectum Hagen. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 glaucopis ! Aijrion glaucopis Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Baliia. 
 Iris ! Agrion iris Hagen 1 
 
 Hab. Bahia. 
 thetis ! Agrion thetis Hagen ! 
 
 Hab. Bahia. 
 andromache ! Agrion andromache Hagen ! 
 
 Hab, Brazil. 
 macrurum ! Agrion macrurum Burm.! Hdb. H, 819, 4. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
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 Sub-gen. rijrrliosoma Chakpestier. 
 
 flavipes. Agrion flavipes Selys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 COraUinum, Agrion corallinum Selys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 COCCineum. Agrion coccinnim Selys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas GeraiJs. 
 erythrinum. Agrion crythrinum SeltS. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraiis. 
 rubeHum. Agrion rubcllum Sblys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 rubidum. Agrion ruhidum Ramb. Neuropt. 261, 8. 
 
 Hab. Buenos Ayres. 
 haematinum ! Agrion harmatinum^Eh'i^\ 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraijs. 
 terminale. Agrion terminate Selys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes. 
 vulneratum ! (See N. American Neuroptera.) 
 
 Hab. Guiana. 
 sulphuratum ! Agrion sulphuratum Hagen ! 
 
 Hab. Bahia. 
 croceum ! Agrion croceum Bckm.1 Hdb. II, 819, 6. 
 
 Hab. Surinam. 
 rubens. Agrion ruhens SelyS. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 basale. Agrion basale Selys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 angustipenne. Agrion angustipenne Belts. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes. 
 dlspar ! Agrion dispar Hagen 1 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Gerai-s. 
 filiola ! Agrion filiola Perty, Delect. Anim. 125 ; tab. xxv, fig. 4. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraiis, Pernambuco, Bahia. 
 pavidum! Agrion paridum Hagen! 
 
 Hab. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 rufovlttatum. Agrion rufovittatum Blanchard, Voyag. d'Orbigny. 
 Hab. Bolivia. 
 
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 LIST OP SOUTH AMEIIICAN NEUROI'TEUA. 
 
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 Sub-gen. Agrion Cuaupentiek. 
 
 doreale ! Afjrimi donah Bdrm.! Ildb. II, 819, 5. 
 
 Har. Brazil. 
 modestum. Agrion modestum Selys. 
 
 11 All. Brazil, Minas (reraiJs. 
 BOrdidum ! Agrion sonlidum IIaoen ! 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Now Friburg. 
 fiSBUm. Agrion JissHin Selys. 
 
 Hah. Columbia. 
 impurum. Argjja impttra Ramb. Neuropt. 2!^)!}, 1. 
 
 Hah. I'ara. 
 claussenli ! Agrion claussenii Selys ! 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 OCulatum ! Agrion ocu/atum Haorn ! 
 
 Hah. Veuoziiola; l't'rnainbiu;o. 
 infumatum ! Agrion infunuUum Selys ! 
 
 Hah. I'ara. 
 serva ! Agrion .wrva IIaoen ! 
 
 IIab. Brazil. 
 inBipidum ! Agrion insipidum IIaoen I 
 
 Hah. Guiana. 
 Incultum ! Agrion incultum IIaoen 1 
 
 Hah. Lima. 
 torvum ! Agrion torvum Haqen ! 
 
 llAB. Quillota. 
 nuptum ! Agrion nuptum IIaoen ! 
 
 Hab. Quillota. 
 cupreum ! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 Hab. Venezuela. 
 
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 Tribe II. AESCHIVIIVA. 
 
 Sub-Fam. III. GOMPIIINA. 
 
 CwOiiipIiiis Leach. 
 
 crotalfnus ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 paludoBUB ! Epigomphus paludosus Hagen ! Oompliin. 85, 22. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 molestus ! Ihmigomphus molestus Hagen ! Oomphin. 183, G5. 
 
 Hab. Chili. 
 
 Goiniilioidos Selys. 
 
 gracilis ! Progomphns gracilis Haoen ! Qompliin. 189, 67. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 complicata! Progomphus complicata SKhysl Gomphin. 198, GS. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, .iiia. 
 COBtaliB! Progomp .i' cos^dJ/s IIaoen I Gomph. 200, 69. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
ICTINU8 — COUDULEOASTER — I'KTALIA. 
 
 313 
 
 intrloata! Proyomphus intricatus IIaoen t (Jomphin. 421, 68, bis. 
 
 IIaii. Aui<a/.on. 
 infumata ! y>'/a.s<«<oHima i'/i/iimtt/Hw Ramb.1 Neuropt. ,4. Gomphoidca 
 iiifumala Selys 1 Uouipliiu. 210, 73. 
 Had. Brazil. 
 fuliginoaa ! (lowphoidrs fuliginoHn IIaoen 1 Gomi)hin. 211, 74. 
 
 Haii, British Guiana, l';HHe(iuibo. 
 audax! domjihoidi's audax Haoen 1 Goinpliin. 211!, 7.'j. 
 
 Had. Brazil, 
 diphylla ! Cyclophylla diphylla Selys I Gomphin. 217, 77. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, 
 gladlata ! Cijclophylla gladiata Haoen ! Gomphin. 219, 78. 
 
 Had, Brazil, I'ernambuco. 
 signata! Ci/clojdiijlla siynattillAOKul Gomphin. 220, 79. 
 Had. Brazil, Vei.ozuola. 
 
 Ci/rlophylla sordida Selvb ! Gomphin. 223, 80. 
 I'ara. 
 
 Apliylla hrevipes Selys! Gompliin. 227, 82. 
 Para. 
 (Seo North American Neuropt.) 
 
 sordida ! 
 
 IIah. 
 brevlpes ! 
 
 IIah. 
 producta < 
 
 llAit. British Guiana ; Surinam; Brazil, Baliia. 
 dentata! AphylUi dcniaUi Selys! addit. Synops. 21, 81, bis. 
 
 IIah. Amazon (Bates). 
 campanulata! Diusiai(immac.ampamd<iia'i\nviM.\\l<lh.ll, ,4. Conophora 
 
 ccmjiaiinldtii Selyb 1 (jomphin. 234, 84. 
 
 IIah. Brazil. 
 anguatipennis ! Diaphlehia aiujustlpcmiis Selys\ Gomphin. 237,85. 
 
 IIah. Amazon, Para. 
 brevistyhia ! (Seo North American Neuropt.) 
 
 IIau. Colombia. 
 
 fif«! 
 
 let in us Rambur. 
 
 latro ! Ictinus Intro Ericiis. 1 Schomburgk, Reiso Guiana, III. Selys! 
 Gomphin. 294, 102. 
 Hab. British Guiana. 
 
 Cordulegaster Leach. 
 
 diaatatops ! Thecaphora diastatops Selys ! Gomphin. 320, 105. 
 Hab. Colombia. 
 
 Pctalia Hagen. 
 
 punctata! Potnlin punctata Haoen ! Gomphin. 353, 117. 
 
 IIah. Chili, Ouchacay. 
 Btlctica! J'In/llopctatia siictica Haqen! Gomphin. 357, 118. 
 
 IIah. Chili, Valdivia. 
 apicalia ! rityllopeialia apicalis Selys! Gomphiu. 359, 119. 
 
 Hab. Chili, Valdivia. 
 
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 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 
 Phenes Rambur. 
 
 raptor! Phenes raptor Ramd.! Neuropt. 170,1. Selys ! Gomphin. 377, 
 133. 
 Had. Cliili, Valparaiso. 
 
 Sub-Pam. IV. AESCIININA. 
 
 Anax Leach. 
 amazili! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 llAB. Venezuela, Brazil, I'eruambuco. 
 
 Aesclina Fabricius. 
 variegata. Aeschna varie(jata Faiiu. Entom. Syst. II, 384, 2. 
 
 liAi!. Terra del Fuego (Banks). 
 costalis! Aeschna custalis BvrmA Hdb. II, 837, 3. Gi/nacantha ferox 
 
 Enicns.! Schomburgk. Guiana, III. 
 
 Hab. Guiana; Bahia. 
 luteipennis ! Aeschna luteipennis Burm.! Hdb. II, 837, 4. 
 
 Hah. Brazil ; St. Leopoldo. 
 reticulata! .^Ifsc/jna re</(u/a<a Bukm.! Ildb. II, 837, 5. 
 
 Hab. Brazil; Venezuela. 
 virena! Aeschna virens Rbr.I Neuropt. 193, 3. (See North Americaa 
 
 Neuroptera.) 
 
 Hab. St. Cruz de Bolivia; Venezuela. 
 marchali. Aeschna marchali Kamb. Neuropt. 203, 14, 
 
 Hah. Columbia. 
 difflnls! Aeschna dijfinis Rbr. Neuropt. 203, 15. 
 
 Hab. Chili. 
 bonariensis ! Aeschna Donariensis Rbr. Neuropt. 204, 1(5. 
 
 Hab. Buenos Ayres ; St. Leopoldo. 
 confusa. Aeschna confusa Ramb. Neuropt. 205, 17. 
 
 Hab. Buenos Ayres. 
 angusta ! Aeschna angusta Haod.n I 
 
 Hab. Brazil. (?) 
 jucunda! Aeschna jnc\mda'llkOF,-x\ 
 
 Hab. Montevideo, New Friburg ; Venezuela. 
 prasina ! Aeschna prasina Hagen ! 
 
 Hab. Peruambuco. 
 configurata ! Aeschna conjigurata Hagen I 
 
 Hab. Valparaiso. 
 depravata ! Aeschna depravata Haohn ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil; New Friburg. 
 lobata ! A<schna lobata HAoiiN I 
 
 Hab. Brazil. New Friburg. 
 brevifrons ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Valparaiso. 
 rufina ! Aeschna riijina IIaoen I 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes. 
 
OYNACANTIIA — CORDULIA — PANTALA. 
 
 315 
 
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 faunaria! Ai sclma faunaria Haoen I 
 Had. Brazil, Uio. 
 
 Gynacantlia Rambur. 
 gracilis! Aeschna gracilis IJuuM.! Ildb. 11,837.6. Gynacantha nervosa 
 
 Ramh. Neuropt. 213, 7. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, St. Cruz de Bolivia, Surinam, Pernambuco, Rio. 
 trliida! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Had. Brazil. 
 Beptlma. (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 lanceolata ! (lijnacantha lanccolata Haoen. 
 
 Hah. Pernambuco. 
 elata! Gijnucantha eluta Haoen! 
 
 IIah. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 Obscuripennis ! Aeschna obscuripennia Blancuakd, Voyag. d'Orbigny. 
 
 Haj). Bolivia; Venezuela. 
 tenuis ! Gijnacanlha tenuis Haoen I 
 
 Had. Brazil. 
 COnica! Gynacantha conica Haoen! 
 
 Hah. Venezuela, Surinam. 
 
 *Vi 
 
 Tribe III. L,IBEI.LrLI\.4. 
 
 Sub-Fam. V. CORDULINA. 
 Cordulia Leach. 
 
 valga ! Corthtlla valga Haoen ! 
 
 Hah. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 forclpula 1 Cordulia forcipula Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Miis. Berlin. 
 rustlca ! Cordulia rusticn Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Mus. Berlin. 
 setifera ! Cordulia .letifera Haoen I 
 
 Had. Brazil, Mus. Berol. 
 Chilensia ! Cordulia chihnsisRAcn^l 
 
 Hab. Chili ; Brazil, Salto Grande. 
 tomentoaa. Lihellula tomcntosa Fabr. Entom. Syst. II, 381, 34. 
 
 Hab. America. 
 villosa. Ciirdulia villosa Rbe. Neuropt. 144, 1. 
 
 Hab. Chill. 
 
 Sub-Fam. VI. LIBELLULINA. 
 Paiitala Hagen. 
 
 flavescena! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 Hab. Venezuela ; Surinam ; Brazil. 
 
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 LIST OP SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 
 TraiU(>a Hagen. 
 
 baaalis ! l.ihcUuln basalis Bukm. Hdb. II, 8ri2, 25. 
 
 Har. I{i'a/,il. 
 blnotata ! LihvUala binotata RnR.I Neuropt. 3G, 7. 
 
 IIah. Uiazil, Minas OeraeH. 
 cophysa ! l/ihdiula cuphijsa Koli.ar. 
 
 J I AH. ]5razil. 
 marcella ! lAhilhtla marcdla Selys. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 argo ! Traima anjo Haoen I 
 
 Uab. Rio, Brazil. 
 
 I 
 
 Libel 111 la Linuti. 
 appendiculata ! TJhcUula apiiendiculata Selys ! 
 
 Had. Merida, Venezuela. 
 umbrata ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Had. Venezuela, Porto Cabello ; (hiiana ; Surinam ; Esseqnibo ; 
 Brazil, Biihia, Kio; Buenoa Ayrea. Everywhere common. 
 cyanea. Lihellula cyanea Fabb. Eutom. Syst. II, 381, 3(5. 
 Hah. America. 
 It ia a species unknown to me; perhaps L. quadrupla?, but the "ab- 
 domen" is said to be "cylindrical." 
 
 Sub-gen. Orlhemis Haoen. 
 
 discolor ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hah. Venezuela, Porto Cabello ; Guiana ; Surinam ; Chili ; Ecuador, 
 Guayaquil ; Brazil, Bahia, Pernambuco, Minas GeraiJs, Rio. Ex- 
 tremely common. 
 
 W'\ 
 
 r S 
 
 "I 
 f 
 
 lieptliemis Hagen. 
 vesiculosa ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hah. (Juiana ; Brazil, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio. 
 haematogastra ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hah. Surinam ; Brazil, Pernambuco. 
 verbenata ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. Venezuela, Porto Cabello ; Surinam ; Brazil. 
 picta ! Lcpthemis picta IIagen ! 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 cardinalis! LibdMa cardinalis Eiiicns. ! Schomburck, Vovac. Guiana, 
 
 III, 583. b , ^ b 
 
 Hab. Guiana, Essequibo. 
 attenuata! Uhdhda attenuata Erichs. I Schomburgk, Voyag. Guiana, III, 
 
 Ooo. 
 
 Hab. Guiana; Brazil, 
 extensa ! Lcpthemis eitensa Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Pernambuco. 
 cultriformis ! Lepthemh cullriformis Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
 H ' '' I 
 
DYTITEMIB — ERYTIIEMTS. 
 
 81t 
 
 
 Dytlieini» Hagen. 
 
 pleuroBtlcta ! (See North Amorioan Neuroptera."^ 
 
 IIah. IJiazil. 
 tenuis! J)i//hi mis tenuis U\nF,ii\ 
 
 IIah. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 infamls ! Dijlhrmis in/amis Haoen ! 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Purnambuco. 
 marmorata ! J)ijlhimis narmorata Haoen I 
 
 Hau. Brazil, Now Friburg. 
 hemichlora! Librllula himichlomBvRM.l Ildb. II, 849, 4. 
 
 Had. Vonezucla, Porto Cabello ; Brazil, Bahia. 
 tessellata ! Lihdlula tcssMata Bdum.! Hdb. II, 849, 5. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, 
 aterilis! Dijlhanis stcrilis Hag en 1 Libcllula tessellata Ramd.! Neuropt. 
 
 89, 82.' 
 
 Uad. Venezuela; Brazil, Pernambuco, Rio ; Surinam; Lima;»Bueuo8 
 
 Ayros. 
 lepida ! Di/themis hjiiila ITaoen ! 
 
 ITab. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 gerula ! Dijlhimis gcrula Haoen ! 
 
 Hau. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 liriope ! l>;)llit mis liriope IIaoen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 apicalis ! Dythmis ajncalis IIagen 1 
 
 Hau. Brazil, Rio; Surinam. 
 cydippe ! Di/ihemis cifdippe IIagen ! 
 
 llAit. Brazil, Rio. 
 typographa ! Djthemis typographa .' 
 
 Hah. Chili. 
 Icterica ! Dijtlumis icterica IIagen ! , 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Surinam. 
 phryne. Libi Hula phrijne Peuty, Delectus Anim. 125; tab. xxv, fig. 3. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Piauhy. 
 columba ! Di/ihonis culumba IIagen 1 
 
 Ha.'. Venezuela. 
 tabida ! Dijllumis tabidallAOEsl 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 musiva! Di/ihemis musiva Haoen! 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Rio, Minas (reraes. 
 catenata ! iJjihemis cat< iia/a IIagen I 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Minas Gerai's. 
 rapax ! Di/ihanis rapax Haoen. 
 
 Hab. Venezuela. 
 nubecula! Di/thrmis nubecula RnnA Neuropt. 122, 129. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 
 
 Erytlieiuis Hagen. 
 
 furcata ! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 Had. Brazil, Bahia. 
 
818 
 
 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUUOPTERA. 
 
 longipea ! (?<■<> North American Neuroptern.) 
 
 IIaii. Hrii/.il, liio, Miliar {IcrjveH. 
 blcolor ! (H((e North American N«uroptera.) 
 
 Ham. Surinam; ftuiana; Urazil. 
 peruviana. l.iUiUuln juruniinn Rnu. Nouropt. 81, 69. 
 
 IIaii. I'Hrii. (Perhapn A', hicolor.) 
 lavata ! Uri/l/innis Invata IlAaisN ! 
 
 IIaii. Venezuela. 
 rubrlventria ! IJI» Hula rnhrivi nirl.t Br.ANc irAUD, Voyag. d'Orbigny. 
 
 IIaii. Corrieiites. (Is it ol this genus ?) 
 
 r 
 If'. ! 
 
 i I 
 
 I 
 
 IVIeNotliciuiH Hagen. 
 gilva ! MiKolhimin ^!h-a IIacien I 
 
 Had. Venezuela, 
 annulata! I.ihdiula ammlnta Pamh. df, Bkauv. Ins. Neur. 58, tab. Hi, 
 
 lig. 3, RrtMunu! Neuropt. 78, Gf) (partly). 
 
 Uab. Brazil, 
 plebeja ! LiMlula pl< uja Ramd. Neuropt. 107, 106. 
 
 IIaii. Cliili; Grallota. 
 connata ! FAlnflnla connuta Bcrm.1 Ilbd. II, 855, 44. 
 
 IIai!. Valparaiso; Guillota. 
 communis. l/ihrUuIn rommnnis Rbr. Neuropt. 93, 88. 
 
 IIah. Chili. (Is it of this genus ?) 
 distinguenda. LilxUula (lisllii<iue.ii(ln Ramr. Neuropt. 81, 68. fAhdhda 
 
 iiK-iimpla Ramb. Neuropt. 119, 124 (fem.). 
 
 IIaii. Cayenne. 
 abbreviata. /.ihiUula ahhrcviata Ranr. Neuroj t. 119, 123. 
 
 II AB. Cayenne. (Is it of this genus?) 
 
 Diplax Charpentiei. 
 ocliracea! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 IIai!. Venezuela, Porto Cabello; Guiana; Surinam; Brazil; Bahia. 
 minuscula! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 IlAii. Brazil. 
 Credula ! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 IIab. Brazil, Minas Geraiis. 
 abjecta ! (See North American Neuroptera.) 
 
 IIaii. Venezuela, wa/iil, 
 obesa ! Diplar obesa Hagen 1 
 
 IIaii. Brazil, 
 unimaculata ! Lihillula unimaculata De Geek, Mem. Ill 5.J8 4 tab. 
 
 xxvi, fig. :,. BuRM. Ildb. II, 855, 43. 
 
 Har. Surinam, Guiana; Brazil, Pernambuco. 
 famula ! / ■Uidn famula Erichs.I Sclioxnburgk, Voyag. Guian. Ill, 584. 
 
 Hah. (tuiana. 
 fuscofasciata. LihiUulafuscofanciata Blaxciiard, Voyag. d'Or'>igny. 
 
 Har. Corriontes. (Is it of this genus ?) 
 fusca! /w'6f //i(/a /((.s-r« Rrr.! Neuropt. 78, 64. 
 
 Had. Cayenne; Brazil. 
 
PKRITHEMia. 
 
 apoUlna ! T.ihrVuln npallina Dk Sklyh 1 
 
 Hah. Urazil. 
 catharina ! LihilUda calharina De Sblys I 
 
 Ham. Brazil. 
 Indlgna ! J'ijilu.r iiiilii/nali\aKv\ 
 
 IlAii. Urazil. 
 juUana ! l.il>illHlajulia>inT)?.SEhYS\ 
 
 Had. Brazil. 
 pOBtica ! Diiihtx postica IIaoen 1 
 
 liAii. Brazil. 
 fauata ! LihellulafaustaliK Selyh ! 
 
 IIaii. Brazil, 
 faustina ! /-('/" Uulafaustina De Fklys. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 contusa ! Lihdhda contusa Haoen I 
 
 Hah. Brazil, 
 latimacula ! Libt Hula latimacula De Srlys 1 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 BObrina. Libellnla subrina Rbii.1 Neuropt. 114, 116. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, 
 effrenata ! I.ibcllula effrenata Haoen I 
 
 Had. Brazil. 
 famlUarls ! l^iphix familiai •; IIaoen I 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 agricola ! l>ipla.v agricola Haoejj ! 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 luoiana ! Libillula luciana De Selys t 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 flavilatera ! Diphix Jiavilatera Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 bilineata ! Libvllula bilinmta Hagen I 
 
 Hab. Brazil, New Frilnirg. 
 venosa ! lAbelhda venosa BiutM.! Hdb. II, 848, 1. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Bahia. 
 OBCularis! JJi/dax oscularis UaoesI 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 cyanifrons ! Libtlhla cyanifrons IIagen ! 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 pulla ! lAbdhda pulla Bdkm.1 Udb. II, 855, 41. 
 
 Hab. Surinam. 
 nigricans! J.Uiellula m'f/ricans Ramb. Neuropt. 97, 95. 
 
 Hah. Buenos Ayres. 
 vlUs. Libellula vili.i Rbk. Neuropt. 98, 9 (J. 
 
 Hab. Buenos Ayres. 
 
 819 
 
 !■ IJ 
 
 m 
 
 Peritlieniis Hagen. 
 
 domitia! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hab. VeneziU'la ; Brazil, Bahia, St. Leopoldo. 
 
 laia! Ldnliula hiis 1'kkty, Delect. Anim. 125, tab. xxv. 
 Hau. Brazil, Peruambuco. 
 
hr 
 
 320 
 
 LIST OP SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROITEIU. 
 
 thals ! /'' ritlii mix thnin IIaokn ! 
 
 IIaii, Aiiwuoii Riv*>r, 
 oloe I /'< riili, iiil.i cliit IIaoen I 
 
 IIaii. Hra/.il. 
 bella ! J'lrillumis bvlla IIauen 1 
 
 IIab. I'aru. 
 
 ?ir 
 
 IViiiiiiopliya Rambur. 
 
 aemlaureal lAhiUula srmiauna liurliu Muhuuiu. 
 
 Hah. I'ara. 
 prodita ! f.iln Hula proditn IIaobn. 
 
 IIau. iira/il, reruambuuo. 
 
 I'raciH Rniubur. 
 
 imbuta ! f.iln llula imhtita Bdrm.I Ildb. II, 850, 9. Uracis quadra Rdr.I 
 
 Nouropt. 31, tab. ii. flg, 5. 
 
 IIaii. Suriiuim; Brazil, Ualiia. 
 fastlgiata! Ai7«;//u/a/aWiV/»a^a Buum.! Ildb. II, 850, 10. 
 
 Hah. Babia. 
 irrorata ! C/nn-is irrorata IIaqen ! 
 
 IIah. Bahia. 
 ovata ! I'racin ovata IIaoen 1 
 
 Had. Bahia. 
 
 IH 
 
 Sub-gen. (now). 
 
 guttata ! f.ihi Hula guttata Euiciis.l Schoniburgk, Voyag. Guiana, III, 584. 
 
 IIah. (iuiana. 
 infumata ! l.ibcllula infumata Rdk. Neuropt. 74, 5S). 
 
 IIah. Brazil. 
 amphithea ! JAhelhla amphithea De Selys. 
 
 IIah. Brazil. 
 
 Clymene ! JAhi llula clj/iiune Hagen ! 
 
 Uah. Brazil, Peruambuco. 
 
 Palpopleiira Rambur. 
 fasciata ! Libdiulafasciala Linnk, Syst. Nat. II, 903, 12. Fabu. Entom. 
 
 Syst. II, 378, 20. Buum. Udb. II, 854, 37. Ramuur, Neuropt. 134, 
 
 8 (partly). 
 
 Hah. Brazil ; Surinam. 
 americana ! Libellula aunricana Linn£, Syst. Nat. II, 904, 16. Fabr. 
 
 Eutom. Syst. II, 378, 2(». Degeer, Mum. Ill, 559, 7; tab. xxvl, fig. 
 
 7. Seba, Thesaur. tab. Ixxviii, fig. 11 — 12. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 clrcumcincta ! Palpopleura drcumcincta IIaoen t 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 
DIASTATOl'8 — ClIAL'LIODES— COUYDAUS — RAl'IUnrA. 
 
 321 
 
 DiRHtatopN Ram1)ur. 
 
 dimldlata! /.ihi'lluin diuililinin liiNSK, SyHt. Nat. II, 0(i8, 14. Dixikkr, 
 
 Miinolr. Ill, ri.'jH ; tal). xxvi, ilg. li. Hi'UM. Ildl). II, s.'i4, 'M. Uam- 
 
 iiuu, NtHiiopt. l-U, 1. I'luiciif. Voy. ydiomburgk, III, .'■|84. 
 
 Ham. Surinam; i<l8HU(|Uilio, (iuiaim. 
 tlnota ! Jiianttitoim linctti Kamii. Neuropt. 135, 1. Kuichs. Voy. Suhoiu- 
 
 liiirgk, 111,584. 
 
 IIaii. l)ra/.i' ; Ht. Louis do Maranhon ; Ouiana. 
 pullata ! l.iheUnlii pnllata liUKM.l lltlb. II, 854, 34. Ramh. Neuropt. 13'!, 
 
 '2; tab. iii, tig. 4. ' 
 
 IIaii. Brazil ; Poriianibuco ; Peru ; Moxoa. 
 Obscura ! /.ilidhtla nhsrura Faiiij. Kiitom. SyHt. 377, 15. Ik'ini.! Ildb. 
 
 11, 5s4, 35. Uamii. Nouropt. 137, 3. 
 
 Hah. Urazil. 
 
 V ft 
 
 Fam. VII. SIALIXA. 
 
 CiiailliodOH Latreillo. 
 
 chilensis! fluiuJiuilfs cliih ii.ii.i IIaokn, Collect. 
 IIaii. Valiiaraiso, Vuldiviii. 
 
 C'orydalls Latreille. 
 
 armata ! ('nrijilallii arma'ua IIacen. Cori/ilntis curnuta Rajiii.! Nouropt. 
 
 440, 1. Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 208^ 1. 
 
 IIaii. Columbia, Venezuela. 
 aflBnis! ('(jrydnlif aj/ini.i lUitJi.! Ildb. II, 1)51, 2. Corijdalis cri>h(ilolcs 
 
 Kamii.! Neuropt. 441, 2. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 208, 2. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, New Friburg. 
 armigera ! t'linjdalis armiijera Uagkn, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, 
 vetula! Cori/dalis vetula IIaoes, Collect. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 ancllla! Covi/ddllx ancilla IIaoe.v, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Paraguay. 
 nubila! Coi-i/daUs nuhlla Eniciis.! Schomburgk, Reise Guiana, III. 
 
 Hah. British Guiana; Venezuela. 
 hleroglyphica ! XturDiims hivroi/lijjihlcus'Rnn,\ Neuropt. 442, 2. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 2im;, 12. 
 
 Hab. Cayenne ; Venezuela ; Brazil ; Buenos Ayres. 
 livida! Coriidalis livida Uaoen, Collect. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 illotr! Cnri/ihilis illota Haoen, Collect. 
 
 Had. Brazil. 
 
 (ICapliitlia Linne.) 
 
 (UaiMiiUia Lunie.; 
 
 R. varia Walker and tlie species described by Dr. Fischer, belong 
 Miiiilispa. 
 
 21 
 
 to 
 
ROr 
 
 LIST OF SOUTU AMERICAN NEUUOI'TEIIA. 
 
 Fam. VIII. IIILMEKOniXA. 
 
 Ili'iliei'uliiiis LinnO. 
 leutUB ! /A w, n^hiits lenttis ILuiUN, Colloct. 
 
 ll.Mi. linuil. 
 sigiiatiiB ! //' nil robins sijiKilus Uaokn, Colluct. 
 
 ILvii, Cliili. 
 
 R9* t * , 
 
 
 (- i 
 
 Maiifisita Illiger. 
 semihyalina ! Manthpn ycmi/iijaltiKt Shuville, Eucycl. Moth. X 270. 
 ilAMit. Nem-opt. 434, 7; pi. x, lig. .'i. Wu.stwood, Tntiis. Ent! Hoc. 
 Loud. 8or. 2, I, ^rjli, 1. Walk.! (Jatal. lir. Miia. 214, 1. Maiitispa 
 cliahjhm KiticHs.l Cermar ZoitscLr. I, 1(J0, 1. Manlisua rrandls 
 DuiiM. Udl.. II, 1)(;7, 4. 
 Hah. iJrazil, Suriuaiii. 
 
 ambuBta. Mnntkpa (imhrntu ERions. Oonnar Zeitschr. I, 1(;2, 4. We.i^t- 
 \V()on, Trans. Ent. Sou. Loud. ser. 2, I, 254, 4. Walk.' Catal. Br 
 Mu.s. 2ir>, 4. 
 Hai!. Montevideo. 
 
 irrorata ! Mnudsint irrorata Eiuriis.! Genuar Zeitschr. 1, 1(52, ,'5. West- 
 wood, Trans. Ent. Soo. Loud. ser. 2, I, 254, 5. Walk. Catal. lir. 
 Was. 215, .'), liaphidia r'uddiaua l-'isciiEU, Bullet. Moscow VII 
 321) ; tab. vii, lig. 1. 
 llAi!. Brazil. 
 
 decorata ! Manlif,M dccurata Euicirs.! Gorniar Zeitschr. I, 1(]3, G; pi. 2 
 lit,'. 5. Wkstwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ser. 2, 1, 254, G. Walk' 
 Catal. Br. Mas. 215, G. 
 Had. Brazil. 
 
 prolixa! Mantispa proli.ra Ericiis.! Oermar Zoitschr. I, 1(J3, 7. West- 
 wood, T.ans. Ent. Hoc. Loud. ser. 2, I, 254, G. 
 IIah. Brazil. 
 
 costalis. Mantispa coDtalis Ekichs. Germar Zeitschr. I, 1(;4, !). West- 
 wood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. ser. 2, I, 254, 9. Walk. Catal B- 
 Mus. 21G. !>. 
 Hah. J?razil. 
 
 flaveola! ^l/a/i/Zs/w^aivo/d Enu-iis. Germar Zeitschr. 1.1(18.13. West- 
 wood, Trans. Eut. Soc. Loud. ser. 2, 1, 254, 13. Walk. Catal. Br. 
 Mus. 211), 13. 
 Had. Para. 
 
 gracilis! Mnntispa (jrarilis Eiiicns.l Germar Zeitschr. I, 1(19, IS. West- 
 wood, Trans. Eut. Soc. Loud. ser. 2, I, 255, 18. Walk. Catal. Br. 
 Mus. 219, 18. 
 Hah. Brazil, Pernamhuco. 
 
 viriduia! Mantispa riridula Emeus.! Germar Zeitschr. I, 170, 19. West- 
 wood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ser. 2, I, 255, 19. Walk. Catal. Br. 
 Mus. 219, 19. liaphidia murjaritavcu FiscuEK? Bullet. Moscow, VII, 
 330; tab. vii, lig. 1. 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 
TUICII0SCELI8 — CIIRYSOrA. 
 
 323 
 
 flavomaculata. AfantisiKiJlarnmaru/ald Latu. (Um. Crust. Ill, 94. EitiniH. 
 
 (Jcniiar Zciitsclir. 173, 24. Wkstwood, 'I'miis. Kiit. Soc;. Loud. sor. 
 
 2, '2.:,r>, 28. Walk. Catal. lir. Mas. 22(t, 23, M,mlisi>a lillimtnnu Oliv. 
 
 Eucycl. Mcth, VII, G40, 3. Stoll, Spuctr. VII, pi. ii, fig. 7. 
 
 Had. Suriuani. 
 iridipennis, MuniiHpii irhlipennh Qvdutt, Icon. Ref,'ii. Aiiim. Ins. 302. 
 
 Miuilispa i/rarilix Ramii. Nour. 433, I) ? Wkktwood, Trans. Ent. boc. 
 
 Loud. Her. 2, I, 200, 30, Walk. Catal. I3r, Mus. 222, 30. 
 
 IIaii. Columbia, 
 areolaris. Mantispa nrfolnris WkotwoodI Trans. Ent. Soo. Lond, sor, 2, 
 
 I, 2(;r), 41 ; pi. xviii, lig. 3. Walk. Catal. Br, Mus. 22G, 41. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 chilenais! Manthpa ddhnsis IIaoen I Stett. Ent. Zoit. 1859, 708, 8. 
 
 Had, Chili, 
 
 :h 
 
 Triclioscelis Westwood. 
 notha! Mdnlispa noihd Bdkm.! lldl). II, 9(J8, ■I. Eiuniis.! fJorm. Zuitschr, 
 
 I, 170, 20; pi. ii, fig. (!. Westwood, Trans, Eut. Hoc. Loud, ser. 2, 
 
 I, a.-JS, 20, Walk, Catal, Br. Mus. 219, 2o. 
 
 IIah. Brazil. 
 fenella. Mantixpa fmdla Westwood! Trans, Ent. Soc. Lond, ser, 2,1, 
 
 2(19, 40 ; pi, xviii, lig. 7, Walk, Catal, Br. Mus, 227, 4(j, 
 
 Had, Para. 
 varia, liaphidia varia Walk.! Catal. Br, Mus, 212, 13. 
 
 IIab. Brazil. 
 
 Chrysopa Loach, 
 
 divlsa! Chn/snpa divisa Walk,! Cutal, Br, Mus. 242, 12. 
 
 IlAii. B azil. 
 hybridal L'hriisopa hi/Mda ScnNEin. Chrys. 81, 10, pi. xvi. Rajiu. 
 
 Neuropt. 42(1, 7. Walk, Catal. Br. Mus. 24r), 20. 
 
 Had. Brazil, 
 brasiliensis. Clirijsopa lirasilimsis Sciixeid. Chrys, 83, 11, pi. svii. 
 
 Walk, Catal. Br. Mus. 24G, 21, 
 
 IIab, Brazil, 
 cincta. Chrijsopa cincta Scuneil. Chrys, 80, 13, pi. xix. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br, Mus, 247, 24, 
 
 Had. Brazil, Para, 
 circumfuaa ! Chri/sopa circumfuaa Sciineid.! Chrys. 87, 14, pi. xx. Blum. 
 
 lldb. II, 980, 3. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus'. 247, 25. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 crueutata ! V/irijsnpa crucntata Scuneid.! Chrys. 89, 15, pi. xxi. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 24s, 2(J. 
 
 IIau. Brazil. 
 COatalia! Chrysopa costalis Scuxeid.! Chrys. 90, IG, pi. xxii. Walk, 
 
 Catal, Br, Mus. 248, 27. 
 
 IIaii. America. 
 intermedia! Clir/jsopa intirnudia Scu.veid. Chrys. lOG, 27, pi. xxxiii. 
 
 Walk. Catal. Br, Mus. 252, 40. 
 
 LIau. Brazil. 
 
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 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA 
 
 m' 
 
 internata! Chrysopa intcrnata Walk.! Catal. I5r. Mws. 1252, 41. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, 
 nigrovaria. Clinjsnpn ni<jrovuria Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 253, 42. 
 
 Hah. Venezuela. 
 elegans! Ilcmeruhius ehgans Gof:n. Icon. Ri^gn. Anim. 388. Sciineid.! 
 
 Chrys. 134, 42, pi. xlii. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 201, 59. 
 
 Har. Brazil. 
 varia. Clirysopa varia Schneid. Chrys. 154, 52 ; pi. 1, viii. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. 2(18, 71. 
 
 IlAn. Brazil, Para. 
 longicornis. Jloneroliiun Joitr/iromix Gray, Griff. Anim. Kined. XV, 331 ; 
 
 1)1. Ixsii, fig. 3. ScusEiu. Chrys. ITiO, 53 ; pi. lix. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. 270, 75. 
 
 Hai!. ]5razil. 
 iridea. ]/c7iii rohius irkh us Oliv. Encyc. Meth. VII, 50, 4. Scuneid. Chrys. 
 
 IGl. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 274, 84. 
 
 Hah. Surinam. 
 CC -formis. li nurohius conformis Ramb. Neuropt. 426, 8. Scuneid. Chrys. 
 
 1()3. Walk, Catal. Br. Mus. 275, 88. 
 
 Hab. Colombia. 
 valida! ILmerobins validns Eiiicns.! Scliomburgk, Reise Guiana, 580. 
 
 SciiNEiD. Chrysop. 1G4. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 275, 89. 
 
 IIah. British Guiana ; Brazil, I'eruambuco. 
 ternata ! Chnjsopa ternata Hag ex, Collect. 
 
 ILvn. reruambuco. 
 marionella! lleimrubius marimulla G0£k. Revuo. Walk.! Catal. Br. 
 
 Mus. 271, 78. 
 
 Hah. Para. 
 Schneider, Mongr. Chrysop. p. Rfl, affirms tliat Chr. cnhjnris, a very 
 
 abundant luiropeau species, is found iu Brazil. I have never seeu 
 
 au American specimen. 
 
 'X t- 
 
 Belonoptcra Gerstaecker. 
 
 spec. nov. 
 
 Hab. Cassapava, Brazil. (Mus. Berlin.) 
 
 Acaiitbaclisis Rambur. 
 
 striata! AcaulhacUsis striata Haoen. 
 
 Had. Colombia (Satissure). 
 fallax! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 Hah. Colombia ; Guiana ; Brazil. 
 
 itl^i 
 
 Myrincleoii Linnk. 
 
 immitis. M;/rme!eon immiiis Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 331, 5ii. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Santarem. 
 anomalus. Mijrmelton anomaliis Ramb. Neuropt. 388, (j. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mus. 333, 54. 
 
 Hab. Colombia. 
 
I 
 
 MYRMELEON. 
 
 325 
 
 Ingeniosus. ^fl/rmcIeon ingeniosus WAiiK. Catal. Br. Mus. S"?, G3. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, 
 cautus. Mtirmclion cautus Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 34!), 70. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 doloBUS. Mjinnt'leon dnloxns Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 38.3, 144. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, Santarem. 
 metuendua. Miinnehon metuendus Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 387, 140. 
 
 Hais. Venezuela. 
 efiferus. Mt/nneleon effcrus Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 387, 150. 
 
 Ham. Para, 
 praedator. B/i/miflcnn pmedator Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 301, 15(3. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Santarem. 
 elegans. ^fjirmrhon elcrjaiis Perty, Delect. 125 ; pi. xxv. Ramh. Neuropt. 
 
 400, 43. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 395, 163. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 subdolus! Miinmdenn suhdohts Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 305, 104. 
 
 Hah. Lima. 
 sticticua. Mi/nnrlcon stic^icrlm'nh^vcu. Orbigny Voy. 218, 753 ; pi. xxviii, 
 
 lig. 17. ' Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 404, 187. 
 
 Hah. Chiquibos, Boli^na. 
 taraalia. Formicalp.o tarsalis Guildin'o, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. XVI, 51, 2. 
 
 Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 410, 215. 
 
 n<Mi. Demerara? 
 chilensia ! Mi/nneleon chilensis Hagex, Collect. 
 
 Hah. Chili. 
 corax! ^fl|rm<h■on corax IlAdEN, Collect. 
 
 Hah. Venezuela. 
 impar ! ^fl/nm^ll'on impar Haoen, Collect. 
 
 IlAH.' Chili. 
 ornatua ! Mjirmeleon ornatus Kluo 1 Hagen, Collect. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 aericeua ! Mi/nnvlcon siriceus HagesI 
 
 Hah. Chili. 
 leproaiia ! M/i.tiuieonlcprosusllxoKsX 
 
 Hah. Chili. 
 compensua! Mijrmeleon compmsus IIari:\ 
 
 Hah. Chili. 
 ereptua !. Myrmchon creptus Hagen ! 
 
 Hab. Venezuela. 
 congruua! i]fijniu'l('on congruusUxGE^ 
 
 Hah. Amazon River. 
 arcuatua! Murmdeon arcuatus HAOEy. 
 
 Hab, Bahia. 
 aanctua ! Mynncleon sanctus Haoex, 
 
 Hab. Pernambuco. 
 mucoreua ! Mi/rtmlcoti mucoreus Hagen. 
 
 Hab. Pernambuco. 
 nervosua! Mijnnelcon nervosus Haoen ! 
 
 Hab. Amazon River. 
 
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 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 
 
 centiirlo ! }fiirmcU'nn centu. io IIagex ! 
 
 Had. IV'inambueo. 
 
 infantilis ! Mi/rmeleoii infantilis Uacex ! 
 
 IIai!. Columbia. 
 
 aequalia ! Mi/rmcffon aequalis Haoex! 
 
 Hab. ColuniMa. 
 
 Hi 
 
 W' 
 
 # . 
 
 'iil 
 
 Ascalaplitis Fabriciua. 
 * Ej/cs suhuted. 
 
 loquax. Ascalnphus loquax Walk. Catal. 434, 4S. 
 
 llAn. Brazil. 
 Bubvertena. Ascalnphus subvertens Walk, Catal. 437, 55. 
 
 IIah. St. Lucia. 
 inhoneatus ! Ascalnphus inhonestus Walk.! Catal. 437, 50, 
 
 IIab. Brazil, 
 aubrlplena. Ascalaphus suhripiens Walk. Catal. 443, 04. 
 
 Hab. Venezuela. 
 impavidus. Ascalaphus impaviclus Walk. Catal. 443, 65. 
 
 IIab. Brazil, Santarem. 
 intempeativus. Ascalaphus intempestivus Walk. Catal. 444 60. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Santarem. 
 aepultua. Ascalajthus sejmltus Walk. Catal. 445, 67. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 nobilia ! Ascalaphus nobilisIlAaE^ I 
 
 Hab. Columbia. 
 apicalis ! Ascalaphus apicalis Lefed.I (Mus. Berlin.) 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 calidua ! Ascalaphus calidus HagenI 
 
 Hab. Brazil, rernambuco. 
 limbatua! (See North American Nearopt.) 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 modestua ! Ascalaphus modestus Hagen ! 
 
 Hah. Venezuela ; Surinam ; Paramaribo. 
 Chloropa. Ascalaphus chlorops BLAycn.Yoyng. d'0Thigny,2lS 754' tab 
 xxviii, fig. 8. Walk. Catal. 453, 81. , , . • 
 
 Hab. St. Cruz, Bolivia. 
 cayennenaia. Ascalaphus cai/emiensis Fabr. Entom. Syst. II, OG 0. 
 Hab. Cayenne. ' ' ' • 
 
 macrocerua! Ascalaphus macrocerus BuR^ulUdb. U 1000 3. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Baliia. ' ' 
 
 Perhaps .1. impacidus Walk. ? 
 veralcolor ! Ascalaphus versicolor Bi-km.! Ildb. II, 1000, 4. Aicalaphus 
 
 appindlfcr Lefebvue! Mus. Berlin. Walk. Catal. 420, 23. Valohop. 
 
 terus leptoccrus Rbr.! (mas.) Neuropt. 301, 1. Walk. Catal 44(i 50 
 
 Cahboptcrus nematocerus Rbr.I (lem.) Neuropt. 301, 2. W\lk 
 
 Catal. 441, 00. 
 
 Hab. Brazil. 
 surinamenala ! Ascalaphus surinamcnsis Fabr. Entom. Syst. App. 2(17, 
 
 4—5. Corduleccrus surinamensis Rajib. Neuropt. 360, tab. ix, fig. 1.' 
 
BITTACU^. 
 
 827 
 
 Ascnhiphw vulpccula BcuM.l Hflb. II, 1001, 6 (mas., wings immacu- 
 late). Asatldjihus (jarriiluK Walk.! Catal. 441, (51 (mas.). Jsc'k- 
 
 hipliua alnpeciiius lii'iiM.! Ildb. II, lOUO, 5 (fern.). Ascaluphiis liti- 
 gious Walk. Catal. 441, 62. 
 
 IIah. Surinam, Brazil, Br.hia. 
 vetula. Ulitin wtida Ramb. Neuropt. 358, 2. Walk. Catal. 436, 52. 
 
 IIai). Brazil, Campos OeraiJs. 
 
 * * Eijes entire. 
 COatatua! Ascnhphus costntus Ik'KM.! Ildb. II, 1000, 1. Ascahiplnm con- 
 
 trarins Walk.1 Catal. 452, 79. Asculaphus imperator Lekeu.! (Mus. 
 
 Berlin.) 
 
 Had. Surinam ; Brazil, Bahia, Para. 
 (Perhaps Bijas microcerus Rnu. ?) 
 subcostatus ! Ascalaphm snhcostntus Bvr^i.I Hdb. II, 1000, 2. Axraii'- 
 
 phus i)ijurius Walk.! Catal. 447, 72. Ascalaphtts impcdiens Walk.! 
 
 Catal. 449, 74. Ascahiphns damno/ius Walk. Catal. 449, 75 f Ascd- 
 
 laphuK hiteus Walk.! Catal. 450, 77. 
 
 IIab. Brazil, Amazon River, Santarem, Para, 
 albistlgma ! Ascnhiplms albistirjmn Walk.! Catal. 452,80. Ascalaphii.t 
 
 circiimflexus Walk.! Catal. 451, 79. 
 
 IIat!. Venezuela ; Brazil, Santarem, Para. 
 iniquus. Ascalnplius iniquus Walk. Catal. 448, 73. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 arenosua. Asculaphus arenosus Walk. Catal. 450, 76. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 appendiculatua. Ascalaphus appendicnlatus Fabk. Ent. Syst. II, 9(1, 4. 
 
 llitphxjlenius appcndiculatu.i Ramb. Nouropt. 3G3. Walk. Catal. 
 
 446, 69. 
 
 IIah. Brazil. 
 Perhaps the male of A, costatus ? 
 
 
 
 Fam. IX. rANOrvPIXA. 
 
 Bittacus Latr. 
 
 braailiensia 1 IJittacns hrnsiHensis Klcg ! Acad. Berol. 1836, 98, 3. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 466, 4. 
 
 Hab. Brazil, Cassapava. 
 femoralia. Bittacus fnnoml is Knjo I Acad. Berol. 1836, 98, 5. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 466, 5. 
 
 IlAIi. 
 
 Qaveacena! Bittacus flavesrmsKLVci] Acad. Berol. 1836, 99, 7. Walk. 
 
 Catal. Br. Mus. 4ti6, 7. Bittams affinis Wkstw. Trans. Ent. Soc. 
 
 lond. IV, 196, 1. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 468, 12. 
 
 II AH. Brazil, Para, 
 chilensia. Bittacus chilmsis Kluo ! Acad. Borol. 1836, 100, 9 ; pi. flg. 6. 
 
 Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 467, 9. 
 
 Hab. Chili. 
 
 i i\ 
 
 I, • 
 
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 LIST OF SOUTH AMKRICAN NEUROI'TKRA. 
 
 blancheti! /h'/tnrus hlatirhii Vwr. Mvm. Ociir-vo. VII, 40:i, flir. ?,. Kr.rn ! 
 Aciid. licrol. IS.'iC, 1(M>, Id. Kamm.! Nfuropt. WSl, ;}; pi. viii. lig. (1. 
 Wai,k. ("••itiil. Br. Mus. 4i;7, Id. 
 Hai!. Brazil. 
 
 Fam. X. ririlYGANINA. 
 
 Ilarypt'iifliiis Burmuirttor. 
 
 coiicolor. linri/pnithus conculor Bukm.1 lldb. II, l)2!t, 2. Walk. Ciital. 
 
 Br. Mils. r)4, 1. 
 
 llAii. Brazil. 
 nifipes. Jlan/pinlhus Tujipes Buini.t Il.lb. II, 920, 2. Walk. Catal. Br. 
 
 Mils. r)ii, 2. 
 
 llAii. Brazil. 
 
 m^. 
 
 Kericostoiiia Latreillo. 
 tropica! Siricostoma? trajiica IlAdjiN, Collect. 
 Had. Brazil. 
 
 ITIarroiioiiia Pictet. 
 hyaliniim. Macronrmum hi/dlinum Pict. Mi-ra. Oenuve. VII. Bl-km. IMli. 
 II, !IIU, 3. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. Tf), 3. 
 IlAii. Brazil. 
 
 speciosum. .^facmncmutn spvciosum Buum. Ildb. II, 91G, 1. Walk. Cat'il 
 Br. Mu3. 74, 1. 
 IlAM. Brazil, 
 lineatura. Miwronima liinnia Pirr. Mi'm. Genovo. VII. Bruji. Ililb. 91i; 
 2. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 74, 2. ' ' 
 
 Had. Brazil, 
 auripenne! Mfacronrvia anripenne Ramh. ! Neuropt. 507, 2. Wvlk. 
 (';itai. Br. Mus. 7'), 4. 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 rubiglnosum. Macronema ruhiyinosa Cvkn. Icon. Picgn. Auiiu. Toxte, 
 :m. Walk. Catal. Br, Mus. 75, 5. 
 II Ail. Brazil, 
 oculatum. Macrouvma ocuhita Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 75, i!. 
 
 11 AH. Venezuela. 
 cuprenm. Macronrmn cnprtum Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 7i;, 7. 
 
 llAii. Brazil. {Vcv\ia\i9. M. nnripcnu, ?) 
 apicale. M<icT,ii<cma apicalis Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 78, 15. 
 
 llAii. Venezuela. 
 pallida ! (See North American Neuropt.) 
 
 IIai!. Venezuela, Brazil, 
 vicarium. IL/dropsijcfic ricuria Walk.! Catal. Br. Mus. 114, 39. 
 
 Hai;. Venezuela. 
 agraphum. Macroncma agraphum Koli;s. Wien. Knt. Zeits. 1S59, p. 57. 
 
 Hai!. Brazil, 
 artuatiim ! Macnmcma arcuatum Eititiis.! Scbomburgk, Reise Guiana, III. 
 IIau. Britiali Guiana. 
 
IIYPROPSYCIIE — LEI'TOCERUS — CIIIMAIUtllA. 829 
 
 IlydropHyclie Pictot. 
 
 auBtralis ! 1 1 iiihopsijclw australis IIaoen, CoUeot. 
 llAi!. Brazil. 
 
 I.eiitocci'us Loach, 
 alblcornifl. Miistnciihs dlhicornis IJuusi. lldb. II, OlS, 1. Walk. Catal. 
 
 Br. Mns. (;!t, 54. 
 
 Hah. Jiia/.il. 
 gracilis. MuMacidis gracilh BcRM. Ildb. II, 921, 12. "Walk. Catal. Br. 
 
 MuH. (i!t, .^.'). 
 
 IImi. Brazil. 
 prlnceps. Mi/si,icidcs princeps BnuM. Ildb. II, 021, 13. Walk. Catal. Br. 
 
 Mils, (jii", m;. 
 
 llAii. Brazil. 
 maculatua. riirii<jnnM mnc.ulata rERTV, Deloot. 129, pi. xxv, fig. lO. 
 
 Walk. Catal. Br. Mas. 74, 70. 
 
 Hah. ]5razil, St. Paul. 
 diaphanus. HlqiharopuR dinphanus Kol. Wiun. Knt. Zuit. Is59, p. JiS. 
 
 Hah. South America. 
 
 I III 
 
 I 
 
 Cliiiiiarrlia Loach. 
 morio ! Chimarrhn moriu BuuJi. Ildb. II, 911, 2. Walk. Catal. Br. Mus. 
 
 81, 2. 
 
 Hah. Brazil. 
 maculata! r/,/»i((r)7/a ? macu/a^a IIaoen, GoUoct. 
 
 Hah. Brazil, 
 
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 LIST OF THE NErROrTERA DESf'RHlED IN THE SYXORSIS 
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 25 Mecistogastor . 
 
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 27 Paraphleljia. . 
 
 28 Palaemnema 
 
 29 Triehocnemis . 
 
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 32 Iselinura . . . 1 
 
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 42 Cordtilegastei . 
 
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 43 Petalura . . . 
 
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 44 Anns .... 
 
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 45 j Aeschna ... 2. 
 
 46 1 Gynncantha. . i 
 
 47 Macromia . . 4 
 
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 49 Didymops . . 2 
 
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 50 Cordulia . . . I5 
 
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LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN NEUROrTERA. 
 
 881 
 
 
 Liiit of the N 
 
 f.urnptera of North America— 
 
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 329 
 
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 52 Pantnla . . . 
 
 2 
 
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 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
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 7 
 
 3 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 4 
 
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 54' Celithainis . . 
 
 2 
 
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 55 
 
 I'liithfinia . . 
 
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 67 
 
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 58 I>ytliemis . . 
 
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 59 
 
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 77 Chrysopa 
 
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 78 Aciinthaclisis . 
 
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 82 
 
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 80 Panorpa . . . 
 
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 84; nittacus . . . 
 
 7 
 
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 3 6 
 
 1 
 
 
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 85 1 Merope . . . 
 
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 80 1 Neuronia . . 
 
 8 
 
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 4 6 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 87 PhryRanea . . 
 
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 2 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 88 Liiuiiii|,liilus 
 
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 18 
 
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 89 Aniilidlia. . . 
 
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 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 94: Xotidobia . . 
 
 3 
 
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 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
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 95 
 
 90 
 
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 2 
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 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 97 iM<innnnia . . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
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 i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9S 
 
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 2 
 
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 2 2 
 
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 99 
 
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 3 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 . . 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1(10 
 
 Mcilanna . . . 
 
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 2 
 
 1 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 101 
 
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 13 
 
 5 
 
 7 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 102 
 
 .Sotddes . . . 
 
 14 
 
 9 
 
 2 10 
 
 6 
 
 
 2 . 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 103 
 
 Mucronema . . 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 4 
 
 i 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 i678 
 
 225 
 
 2 
 
 01 :420 
 
 . 140 
 
 7 
 
 ;i 
 
 30 i 8 
 
 5 
 
 
 53 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 4 
 
 ' Africa, Asia, Polynesia. 
 
 Asia. 
 
 'm 
 
 fiiti 
 
332 
 
 
 LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN NEUROPTERA, 
 
 ^''"^ "ftf"' y<-i(r<>pfn-a of North America— Cmi\\\\m\. 
 
 .5 3 
 
 a I 
 
 "y 
 
 S.2 
 
 104 
 
 Il)l>, 
 
 1(171 
 1118! 
 111!) 
 IK), 
 111 
 
 Ilyill'np-iycllo 
 Pllilii|i..l:llllU» 
 
 P(il_vi'(Mitrii|iua 
 INvi'liiiinin 
 Till- I, < . . 
 lUiviic'diihila 
 Ileraeii 
 Cliiiniirrlia . 
 
 Total . 
 
 078 228 
 
 201 
 
 420 
 
 140 
 
 in| ,^ 8 
 
 12 
 
 H 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 8; 4 
 
 
 5 
 
 .3 
 
 2! 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 1 
 
 
 , 
 
 2 
 
 2 1 
 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 2 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 4 .■! 
 
 
 2| 
 
 I 
 
 7 I I.JO 
 
 la 
 
 ■'/.■ -■! 
 
 TS !■ -3 
 
 a i o -3 , 
 ■I- M f/j a ■< Oi 
 
 710 247 220 
 
 4431 151) 
 
 7 !130 
 
 8f) 
 I 
 
 o;) 10 
 
 14 
 
 87 
 
 53 10 
 
 14 
 
 Thp number of species entirely unknown to mo in considerahly less than what 
 isiuouliono.l in tlie column of " i^ppciM not e.xamin.Ml;" this inclmlcs many 
 species at one time seen in the British Museum, but which I have n^t since 
 been able to re-cxamino. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 FAMIIJ 
 
 Term it ilia 
 
 Kiiibidina . 
 
 Psnciiia 
 
 IVrlina 
 
 Kphcmorina 
 
 O.loiiuta . 
 
 Sialiiia 
 
 Ilcinprobina 
 
 l'niior])iiia 
 
 Phryganina 
 
 Goncni. 
 
 3 
 1 
 3 
 7 
 
 6 
 43 
 
 4 
 14 
 
 4 
 20 
 
 in 
 
 Spoc; 
 
 1 
 18 
 61 
 45 
 
 273 
 19 
 
 111 
 22 
 
 150 
 
 716 
 
DISTIUUUTION OF SPECIES, 
 
 833 
 
 i 
 If 
 
 -3 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 « 
 
 
 •^ 
 
 f' 1. 
 
 n< 
 
 
 
 
 •r, 
 
 4. 
 
 2 2 
 
 1 
 
 a 
 
 S. 
 
 o 
 
 '/.' 
 
 =»-^ 
 
 a. 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 H 
 
 rnvhat 
 
 many 
 
 . since 
 
 1 
 18 
 61 
 45 
 !"?, 
 Ill 
 II 
 22 
 50 
 
 DISTRir.UTION m SPKCIKS, 
 
 (AS FAK AS AT PUESKNT KNOWN 
 
 
 Sprci.'S. 
 
 
 SpcclOH. 
 
 I 
 
 HiiocleH. 
 
 Miis-iicliiicetts . 
 
 27 
 
 Ohio .... 
 
 21 
 
 Alaliania . 
 
 1 
 
 \'i'i'mi'iit . . . 
 
 1 
 
 J Micliij,'an . . 
 
 1 
 
 Florida . . . 
 
 ;i5 
 
 Nrw York . . 
 
 lilt 
 
 Indiaiui . . . 
 
 22 
 
 Louisiana . . 
 
 ;!;i 
 
 Pi'iiii^vlvaiiiii . 
 
 nr> 
 
 IllilKlis . . 
 
 44 
 
 Te.xaH .... 
 
 43 
 
 Ni'W .Ifisiy . 
 
 25 
 
 AlissDiiii . . . 
 
 IIS 
 
 California . . 
 
 32 
 
 I'.'linvaro . . 
 
 1 
 
 AViHODiisin . . 
 
 5 
 
 North Anioricn, 
 
 
 Miiryliind . . 
 
 42 
 
 ! N. W. Territory 
 
 » 
 
 I'liileil Stairs 
 
 
 \y\A. (irColumbia 
 
 78 
 
 i Carolina . . . 
 
 2» 
 
 without locality 
 
 35 
 
 Virgiiiiii . . . 
 
 24 
 
 1 Tenni's^oe . . 
 
 3 
 
 Arkansas . . 
 
 2 
 
 Kuutucky . . 
 
 « 
 
 Qeorgiii . . . 
 
 104 
 
 Siississiplii . . 
 
 2 
 
 (Jroenlnml . . 
 
 fi 
 
 '• Mexico . . . 
 
 112 
 
 .AIartini(|ne . . 
 
 8 
 
 Ai'itip Amcrion 
 
 21) 
 
 Central America 
 
 22 
 
 SI. Thomas . . 
 
 12 
 
 Russian Culouit'S 
 
 7 
 
 Culm .... 
 
 oT 
 
 (hiachiloiiiie . . 
 
 3 
 
 Ciiiiailii . . . 
 
 ion 
 
 ! St. JJominf^o 
 
 15 
 
 l!!irl)ailofs . . 
 
 1 
 
 Lalirailor . . 
 
 fl 
 
 Porto Kiou . . 
 
 7 
 
 St. Cruz . . 
 
 1 
 
 NoVii Scutia . . 
 
 33 
 
 Jamaica . . . 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 1 St. Vincent . . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Cdliiinirm, Veno- 
 
 
 ' Ouiiina, Puri- 
 
 
 Brazil .... 
 
 38 
 
 y.iiolii . . . 
 
 30 
 
 1 nam. Cayenne 
 
 \ 
 
 13 
 
 ! Chili .... 
 Peru .... 
 
 3 
 1 
 
334 
 
 LIST OF 80UTII AMERICAN NEUHUWEUA. 
 
 ^••: 
 
 
 bU/^l 
 
 MST OF TIIH Ni;i'I!01'Ti:ilA KNTMI-HATrD I\ TIIF 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 .'i 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 fi 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 U 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 i;i 
 
 14 
 
 IT) 
 
 If) 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 lit 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 2,i' 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 20 
 
 27 
 
 2S 
 
 211 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 tiE.NEnA. 
 
 30 
 37 
 38 
 
 3y 
 
 40 
 41 
 42 
 43 
 44 
 45 
 
 4(5 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 51 
 
 ♦ "iiliilcnncH , 
 
 IllllliitlTIUU!) . 
 
 TiTiaea . . 
 •Mynlha . . 
 Thyrsiijihorus 
 
 I'sdt'llS . , 
 
 i'"rla . . , 
 ''n|inia . . 
 K|iiifmera , 
 I'lilingeniii . 
 liai'tis, , , 
 Cloii . . . 
 <Mij,Mnouria . 
 Liii.i 
 
 Hi'tiiorina 
 lK'li(H'lmri3 . 
 1-Mcluriiis . 
 Amiilii|,toryx 
 Ciiluiiteryx . 
 Tli(ire . 
 Corn . . . 
 Mi'Knldprepus 
 Miuro.-iti^jmn 
 I'.-i'udosii^ma 
 Meoistuga.-^tor 
 
 Ifyiiiiiieura . 
 
 Kiu'k'ii . . 
 
 l'(Kliif,'rion . 
 
 Lfjitiigaster . 
 
 Neiuifura 
 
 I'riiliiiieura . , 
 
 A^'rion . . , 
 
 Uiiuiiihus . . 
 
 (^I'luiphoides 
 Ii'liniis 
 
 Cnniult'gnster , 
 IVtalia . . . 
 Phones . . . 
 Anax . . . . 
 Aeschna . . . 
 Uynncuntlia. . 
 Cciidiilia . . , 
 1'antuJ.a . . . 
 Traiiiea . . 
 Lilu'lliila . 
 I'l'I'tlicnii.s , 
 iJyllifiiiig 
 Ei'vtlu'iuis . 
 
 Wi'snlhemis . 
 
 l^ipliix . . 
 
 I 
 
 r. a 
 
 
 b 
 1 
 25 
 3 
 4 
 8 
 19 
 2 
 1 
 8 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 fl 
 
 20 
 2 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 fi 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 I 
 6 
 8 
 1 
 
 3 
 2 
 
 i;i 
 1 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 23 
 3 
 4 
 
 8 
 2 I 10 
 
 ! 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 5 
 fl 
 2 
 
 5« 
 3 
 
 17 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 
 18 
 8 
 7 
 1 
 
 5| 
 
 4 
 
 S 
 21 
 
 
 
 7 
 31 
 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 5 
 5 
 6 
 2 
 42 
 
 9 
 4 
 6 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 3 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 Id 
 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 C 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 18 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 21) 
 
 2 P a 
 ^ - r. 
 
 Its 
 
 
 2 
 5 
 3 
 1 
 2 
 5 
 
 |355 ,144 I 75 
 
 >, ■' 
 "'. -2 
 « 5 
 - ' . 
 a ■" r 
 i-eC 
 
 44 |2ti5 i 45 I 03 8 i 24 
 
IK 
 
 LIST OF SOUTH AMERICAN NEL'ROl'TEUA. 885 
 
 List of lite Xrurojjtera of Houlh America — Contimietl. 
 
 i 
 
 
 aE>'EUA. 
 
 i 
 i I 
 
 1.3 
 
 til 1; 
 
 11 . 
 
 I.2I 
 
 u 
 
 III 
 
 
 £ 
 
 .A 
 
 ^2 
 3 ? «• 
 
 
 :)i.i 144 
 
 75 
 
 44 
 
 2il5 
 
 45 
 
 63 
 
 8 
 
 24 
 
 8 
 
 52 
 
 I'lirillii'inirt , , 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 63 
 
 Niiminiih^'ii . . 
 
 2 
 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 2 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 
 
 
 64 
 
 UruL'iH . . . 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 , , 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 , , 
 
 
 
 
 65 
 
 i'iil|iii|ilt'iira 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 , , 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 , . 
 
 
 
 
 6« 
 
 DillHtlltdpM . , 
 
 4 . 
 
 
 
 ^ , 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 57 
 
 Cliini1i(ji|fi4 , . 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 
 
 
 58 
 
 Ci)rviliiliM . . 
 
 « 
 
 5 
 
 , , 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 . . 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
 Ilf uifroliius . . 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 1 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 
 
 00 
 
 Mllnti^^I)a . . 
 
 13 . 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 61 
 
 Tricho^cclis . . 
 
 3 . 
 
 
 2 
 
 , , 
 
 3 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 
 
 
 62 
 
 UolDnniitera . . 
 
 1 . 
 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 
 J , 
 
 , J 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 63 
 
 Clirysii|ia . . 
 
 18 
 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 64 
 
 Acanlliiiclisia . 
 
 2 
 
 
 , , 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 65 
 
 MyniiL'leim . . 
 
 2!) 1 
 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 66 
 
 Asciiliiphus . . 
 
 24 
 
 
 12 
 
 1 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 
 , . 
 
 
 67 
 
 IJiltaoiH . . . 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 2 
 
 , , 
 
 4 
 
 , , 
 
 , J 
 
 
 
 
 68 
 
 Harjiienthus 
 
 2 . 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 6<J 
 
 SiTifo.-tciina . , 
 
 1 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 . . 
 
 
 
 
 70 
 
 MiicroniMna . . 
 
 12 . 
 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 71 
 
 Il.vili(>[isyt'ho . 
 
 I 
 
 
 , , 
 
 , , 
 
 I 
 
 , , 
 
 . . 
 
 
 
 
 72 
 
 lii'ljtoi'iriis . 
 
 . 
 
 
 5 
 
 , . 
 
 5 
 
 . , 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 73 
 
 CUiuiarrha , . 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 507 |U 
 
 iS 
 
 128 
 
 63 
 
 377 
 
 62 
 
 88 
 
 10 
 
 33 
 
 10 
 
 ™ 
 
 FA. 
 
 vriT.IES. 
 
 fii 
 
 ucra. 
 
 
 Spcrit's. 
 
 
 1 
 
 Termitiua 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 31 
 
 
 2 
 
 Kiiibidina . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 3 
 
 r.<(ieiiia . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 4 
 
 Perlina 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 Kphfinurina 
 Oiloniita . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 43 
 
 
 12 
 
 208 
 
 
 7 
 
 Siiilina 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 8 
 
 llfiiier<ibina 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 02 
 
 
 <J 
 
 PaiKji'iiinii 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 10 
 
 I'hrjijaniua 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 23 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 73 
 
 JU7 
 
 '''''I 
 
33G 
 
 SUMMARY. 
 
 S U M 31 A R Y. 
 
 North America contains 
 South Anicrioii contains 
 
 Tutnl 
 
 71() spscios. 
 1223 " 
 
 Deducting 5;i species found in both North nnd South America, tlie whole con- 
 tinent of America contains 1170 species; of which 430 are new to science. 
 
 The actual number of "species not examined," 220 for North America and 
 128 for Soutli America (total 318), is considerably less in reality; the species 
 entirely unknown to me are 83 for N,.rth America and 29 for .South America 
 (total 112), mostly described by Say, Asa Fitch, and Pictet. 
 
 f4.i 
 
 . ' >!• 
 
 mm 
 
GLOSSARY/ 
 
 I, 
 
 Abnormal. Devinting from the usual type. 
 
 Accessory subcostal vein. The vf in ^'iven off from the siibcosia, aud 
 
 hrniichiiig towards the apex of the wine;. 
 Acuminate. Fiiniishod witli a produced i)oint. 
 Adult. The fully matured state of an insect. 
 Anal angle. The posterior interior corner of a vring. 
 Anal space. The area at th(» post.'rior haso of the hind wings, which 
 
 fdl Is together when the wings ai'e at rest, as in most Phrijijanex,kc. 
 Anastomosis. The thickened point of juncture of nervulea. 
 Angulose. Constituting an angle or angles. 
 Annulated. Ringed ; furnished with ring-like band.s. 
 Annulus. A ring ; a narrow, encircling hand. 
 Antecubital. Pertaining to the space between the base of the wing and 
 
 the nodus. 
 Antehumeral. Pertaining to the space immediately before the origin of 
 
 tlie wiugs. 
 Antennae. Two articulated A^elers placed superiorly upon the head. 
 Anteocular. In front of the eyes. 
 Anterior. Before ; forward part. 
 Anteriorly. Forwardly ; in front. 
 Anus. The vent, or fundament. 
 
 Apex. The extremity, or smaller end opposite to the base. 
 Apical. Pertaining to the apex. 
 
 Apical sector. One of th. longitudinal veins of the apex of a wing. 
 Approximated. Placed near ; close together. 
 Arcuated, ("urvcd, as a bow. 
 Article, or Articulation. A joint; or segmoit between two 'ransverae 
 
 sutures. 
 Areolate. Furnished with small areas. 
 Auricle. A small ear, or ear-like process. 
 Auriculated. Furnished with anriclrs. 
 Basal. Pertaiuimr to the base. 
 
 • This Glossary lias liecn prepared ))y Mr I'iu.kr, at tlio roiiuost of tlie Smithsouian 
 
 Instiliilinii, witli the view of furuisliing iiu exjilauation i.'f tUo techuical terms employed 
 iu tlio present work. 
 
 22 
 
338 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 < ,*., 
 
 ■■f 
 
 Base. Tlio foundation ; as, Base of tlio head : that part of thf lic.i.l 
 
 plied against the thorax. 
 Biarcuated. Twice-curved. 
 Bicolored, Two-colored. 
 Bidentate. Two-toothed. 
 Bifid. Two -branched. 
 Bifurcated. Two-forked. 
 Bi-iinpressed. Twice-impressed. 
 Bilineated. Marked witli two lines. 
 Bilobed. Fiirnislied with two lobes. 
 Bimaculated. Twice-spotted ; liaviug two spol^. 
 Binotated. With two marks, or dots. 
 Biovate. Twice-ovate. 
 Biparted. Separated into two parts. 
 Biserrated. Troviiled with two small trian;,'ular (ecni. 
 Bisetous. Furnished with two hristle-like a.Mpendaycs. 
 Bituberculated. Provided with two tubercles. 
 Bivittated. Marked with two lom^itudinal stripes. 
 Branchiae. Breathing tubes analogous to gills. 
 Calcarated. Armed with spurs. 
 Carbonaceous. Resembling diarcoal. 
 Carina. An elevated keel-like edge. 
 Carinate. Furnished with a carina. 
 Carpus. The ptiroxiiijma. 
 
 Caudal. Pertaining to the end of the abdomen. 
 Cellule. A little space surroumled by veins, on tins win-s. 
 Cerci. The .superior processes at the .'ud of the abdomen. 
 Chalybeoua. Of a steel-blue color. 
 Cilia. Hairs set like a fringe : resembling eyelashes. 
 Ciliated. Furnished with rilia. 
 Cinereous. Of an ash-gray color. 
 
 Clavate. Furnished witli a thickened extremity like a club. 
 Clypeus. That part of ff,.' head immediately above the labrum. 
 Compressed Flattened together, as if by pressure applied at each side. 
 Confluent. Flowing together ; united at the ends, as the veins of win-s. 
 Connate. United ; not separated by an articulated suture. 
 Cordiforra. Hhai^ed like a heart. 
 Coriaceous. Of a consistence resembling leather. 
 Costa. Tli* game as costal rein. 
 Costal. Pertaining to the costa. 
 
 Costal area. A space between the coMa and tlio next longitudinal vein. 
 Costal vein. Tlie rtb-Htte vein of the anterior margin of tlu! wing';, fol- 
 lowed, in the section X nroptrrn, by the suhcosia, the ra,lius, and the 
 cnl.ltm; the latt.T is frcjuently double (cuh. anticus, cub. i^sficns). 
 Cultriform. Shaped like a pruning-knife. 
 Cuneiform. Shaped like a wedge. 
 
 r- 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 339 
 
 Cupreous. Of a coppor-polor. 
 
 Deciduous. Casting oil' tliu wings. 
 
 Dentated. Furiflshed with teelli. 
 
 Denticle. A .small tootli. 
 
 Depressed. Flattened down. 
 
 Dilated. Widened, expanded. 
 
 Discoidal. Pertaining to tlie di.sk or middle. 
 
 Discoidal areolets. Spaces of tlie middle of a wing ; in the LiheHulhm 
 
 they are i)laced beyond the triangle. 
 Disk. The middle surface. 
 
 Divaricated. Spreading apart, as two gradually separating branches. 
 Dolabriform. Shaped like a hatchet. 
 Dorsum. The superior surface of the thorax or abdomen. 
 Elliptical. Elongate-oval. 
 Emarginate, or Emarginated. Notched. 
 
 Ensiform. Sword-shaped ; sharp on both edges, and tapering to a point. 
 Epistoma. That part of the face between the Jhjul and labrum. 
 Equal. Of the same size or length. 
 
 Exciaiofl. A cut out of an edge, not always of the same sha/.o 
 Facies. Aspect ; appearance. 
 Falcate, -^ickle-shaped ; curved like a sick' ■.. 
 Fascia. Used here as a stripe broader thar. a lit. . 
 Femora. Tli*» thighs. 
 Femor. A thigh. 
 Fenestrated. Marked with transparent spots surrounded by a darker 
 
 colur, somewhat like panes ot glass in windows. 
 Ferruginous. ' ust-colored. 
 Filiform. Sh'uder and cylindrical, like a thread. 
 Flavescent. Somewhat yellow. 
 
 Flexuoufs Almost zigzaL' more acute at the an^^les than undulating. 
 Foliaceous. Leaf-like. 
 
 Forcipated. FurnisJied with two pieces approaching at the ends like 
 
 jiincers. 
 Fovea. A more or less rounded depression. 
 Foveolate. Furnislied witli , or depressions. 
 
 Free. Unrestrained in articuiaud movement; not soldered at the points 
 
 of contact. 
 
 Front. The fore-face, bounded by the eyes, the vertex, and usually be- 
 neath by the <ijislom<i. 
 Frontal. Pertaiiiing to the front. 
 Fuliginous. Of tho color of dark »m#ke. 
 Fulvo-aeji«0U9. Brazen, with a tinge of hrownisli-yellow. 
 Fulvous. Tan ,,y, color of the common deer. 
 Furcates Forked ; >>plit into two separating ends. 
 Fuscescent. Mrasin^^'ly fuscous. 
 Fusco-ferruginoim ii. i^t ,<,i,,ivd, wi vnish tinge. 
 
I 
 
 340 
 
 GLOSSARY, 
 
 Fusco-teataceoua. Dull lodilisli-lirown. 
 Fuscoua. Dark hrown, apinoacliiiii; black. 
 
 Fusiform. Spinillo-slmpcd ; cradiially tnpiiriiig at oa?1i end. 
 
 Genital lobe. Tlie bau-Iikc appendage ii])on tho socoud vontral seL'rn.cnl 
 of tlio iiialo dragon-lly. 
 
 aenltal accessory organs. Tlia hooks, &c., situated beneatlitlie second 
 voiitral segincnt of the iiialo dragon-lly, &c. 
 
 Glaucous. Of a soa-grcon color, 
 
 Guttae. Marks resoinI)ling dots or small spots, 
 
 Guttated. Marked with (jultw. 
 
 Gradate. Step by step; successive. 
 
 Granulated. Provided witli uilnuto, close prominences, like very small 
 grains of sanil, he. 
 
 Hab. Abbreviation of Ilah'nat. 
 
 Habitat. The place or region wlu'oh an insect inhabits. 
 
 Habitus. Aspect ; general appearance, or likeness. 
 
 Hamate. Furnished with hooks, or hook-like processes. 
 
 Hamule. A small hook. 
 
 Hastated. Halberd-shaped ; excavated at tho base and sides, but with 
 
 spreading lobes or angles. 
 Hastiform. Shaped like a lialherd. 
 Haustellate. Furnished witli a prol)oscis-like mouth. 
 Hirsute. Clothed witli shaggy liairs. 
 Humeral. lU'hniging to the hunt, run or .slioulder. 
 Hyaline. Transparent ; of tho color of water. 
 Imagines. Phiral of imaijo. 
 
 Imago. The insect in i..s last staae, alt(-r passing through larva and jnqHU 
 Immarginare. Not furnished with a turned-up eilge, 
 Incanous. Hoary; clothed with whitish hair or powder. 
 Incision. A silt-like cut. 
 
 Incisures, The impressed transverse lines between the segments of the 
 
 abdomen, &c. 
 Incomplete. Not fully developed, 
 Inferlorly. Beneath; pertaining to the lower surface. 
 Infracted. Bent ; suddenly bent. 
 Infumated, Clouded, as if witli tohacco-snioko. 
 .Tnfuscated. Darkened with a blackish vinge. 
 Interrupted. Suddenly stojiped. 
 Involuted. Rolled inwards spirally. 
 Irrorated. Marked with spots like i eckles. 
 Labium. The lower lip of an insect, 
 Labrum. The upper liji of an insect, 
 Lamelliform. Sli,i]ied like a plate of metal, &c. 
 Lamina. A plate or sheet-like piece. 
 Laminated. Provided with lamina. 
 Lanceolate, or Lanceolated. Shaped like a !-pc.n. 
 
 i 
 
 C 
 
 c 
 c 
 
GLOSSARY, 
 
 341 
 
 Larva Tlio first stage of an insoct after it k excluded from the egg. 
 
 Lateral, rertaining to tlio sides. 
 
 Laterally. Sideways. 
 
 Linear. Sliapod li]<e ;. line ; very narrow in form. 
 
 Llneated. Provided witli line-like marks, 
 
 Lunule. A half-moon-.shaiied object or mark. 
 
 Lurid. Bright colors obscured. 
 
 Luteous. Egg-yellow; clay-yellow. 
 
 Maculosa. S])otted. 
 
 Mandibles. Jaws ; two, generally liorny pieces of the mouth, imme- 
 diately under the labrum. 
 Mandibulate. Tarnished with mandibles. 
 Margined. Edged ; jirovidiid with a margin. 
 Marmorated. Marbled ; veined like marble. 
 
 Maxillae. Pieces of the mouth which occuT,y the places of the jaw-bones. 
 Maxillary palpi. Jointed appendages attached to the 7naxill:v. 
 Median, or Medial. Of, or occui.ying the middle. 
 Median Nervule. The thir.l basal nervule in ('alopirrninn, kc. 
 Median space. The posterior space at the base of the wings in Cah.,.- 
 Iiriix, kii. 
 
 Membranaceous. Of a membrnne-like character. 
 
 Membranule. The small triangular llap at the interior base of the wiuf^ 
 in J.ilivlluliiia, &c. 
 
 Meridional. E(iuatorial. 
 
 Mesothorax. Middle primary division of the thorax. 
 
 Metathorax. The posterior primary division of the thorax. 
 
 Mobile. Movable. 
 
 Monlliform. Bhappfl like a string of beads. 
 
 Multi-areolate. Comjjosed of many small areas or spaces. 
 
 Multi-articulate, (\imposed of many articles or joints. 
 
 Mutic. Unarmed, i. >., without spines, &c. 
 
 Nasus. A space directly abovf the lahrura. 
 
 Nasute. Bearing a projection like a nose; said of certain workers. .U., 
 
 amongst the Termites. 
 Nebula. A cloud-like spot. 
 
 Nodal. ler'aininc to an oblique stout vein, tailed the nodus. 
 Nodulose. Clothed with knot-like small prominences. 
 Nodus. A stout, obli.jue, short vein in the fklonata, at the place where 
 
 the anterior margin of the wings is somewhat drawn in. 
 Obovate. Inversely ovate, the smaller end turned towards the base. 
 Obsolete. Not distinct, or almost lost to view. 
 'btected. Covered. 
 
 Oi;elli. The simple eyes ex insects : usually three amongst the NmropUra 
 Ochraceous, or Ochreous. Of a more or less deep ochre-color. 
 Occiput. The back part of the liead behind the vtrlrx. 
 Olivaceous. Of an olive-color. 
 
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342 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 'Mr 
 
 I 
 
 Onychium. See Plantula. 
 Oval. Kpg-sliaped. 
 Ovate. More or less oval. 
 
 Palpi. Tho feelers attached to the mouth of insects. 
 Pectus. The breast, or inferior surface of tho llwrax. 
 Petlolated. Narrowed into a handle-like neck ; as tho base of tho wings 
 ill Ai/rion. 
 
 Phalerated. Marked with stripes and bands like the harness of a horae. 
 Piceous. Color of pitch. 
 
 Pile. Hair; usually hair arranged somewhat in rows. 
 
 Pilose. Clothed with pile. 
 
 Plantula. A small lap or membranous appendage between the tarsal 
 
 nails of insects ; also called 0>ii/r/iium. 
 Plicited. Furnished with folds ; folded. 
 Postcostal, or Postcubltal. Pertaining to the space between the nodus 
 
 and ji/< nistic/iim. 
 Posteriorly. Ikdiind; after. 
 
 Process. A prolongation of the surface, such as an ear-like elevation, &c. 
 Produced. Drawn out ; prolonged. 
 Prothorax. The first segment of tho llumtx. 
 Pruinose. Clothed with bluish or white bloom or powder. 
 Pterostigma. A more or less colored mark upon the anterior man?in 
 before tho apex of a wing, between the costal and tho followhig 
 longitudinal vein. 
 Pterostigmatical. Pertaining to the pterostigma, or its locality. 
 Pubescent. Clothed with sliort, soft, line hair or down. 
 Punctiform. Shaped like a point or dot. 
 Pyriform. Shajied like a pear. 
 Quadrangular space. The space immediately beyond the basal one and 
 
 in front of the median space of the wings. 
 Radius. The vein just behind the subcostal one. 
 Raptatorial. Adapted for seizing prey. 
 Recurved. Curved backwards. 
 Reniform. Kidney-shaped. 
 
 Reticulated. Furnished with veining or marking like network. 
 . Reticulation. Veining, or marking like the meshes of a net. 
 Rhinarium. The nostril-piece ; a portion of the nasus, or its eiiuivalent 
 nhen reduced in size. 
 
 Rhombical. Quadrangular, with two opposite angles acute and two 
 
 obtuse. 
 Rhomboidal. Somewhat in tlie shape of a rhomb. 
 Rufescent. Somewhat reddish. 
 Rufous. li eddish. 
 
 Rugose. Wrinkled ; furnished with numerous rough, small elevations 
 
 like wrinkles. 
 Rugulae. Minute wrinkles. 
 Rugulose. Minutely wrinkled. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 343 
 
 bo winga 
 ' a horse. 
 
 10 tarsal 
 he nodus 
 tioD, &c. 
 
 inargin 
 
 illowimr 
 
 one and 
 
 livalent 
 lul two 
 
 vations 
 
 Salient. Projecting ; jutting out. 
 
 Sanguineous. IJIood-red. 
 
 Sectors. Longitudinal nerves which strike tlie principal nerves at au 
 
 angle, and usually reach the apex or hind margin of the wing. 
 Semlhyaline. Half tran.si)arent. 
 Semilunar, llalf-moou shaped. 
 
 Sericeous. Having the surface with a silk-liko gloss, usually from 
 miimte, dense hairs. 
 
 Serrated. Having prominences like saw-teeth. 
 
 Seta. A bristle-like appendage, such as at the tail of fCj>h,m< m, &c. 
 
 Setaceous. Bristle-like ; resembling a bristle. 
 
 Setae. Plural of Seia. 
 
 Setiform. Bristle-shaped. 
 
 Sinuated. Scooped out, or broadly shallowly excavated on a margin. 
 
 Spurs. Stiff bristle-like appendages upon the tihw. In the Pl,i v-ganeffi 
 they are either at the tip or in the middle of the tibia' ; their number 
 affords an important character for classilication, an, I is expressed 
 by tliree figures, meaning the three successive i)airs of fe(.t ; thus 
 2, 4, 4, means two terminal spurs on the fore tibi;e, two terminal 
 and two mid,Ho ones on the middle tibia>, and two terminal and 
 two miildle ones on the hind tihi.-e. 
 
 Stramineovt. Straw-colored; yellow. 
 
 Stria. A line, usually depressed, sometimes composed of punctures. 
 
 Striae. Plural of stria. 
 
 Striated. Charged with stria). 
 
 Subaduncate. Sominvhat hooked or curved. 
 
 Subcinereous. Somewhat gray. 
 
 Subcosta. The vein just behind the cnsta. 
 
 Subhyaline. Almost transparent, or water-colored. 
 
 Subimago. A state of Ephemera, ka., wherein the wings, &c., are covered 
 with a m..m])rane, which is cast off when it becomes au Immjo. 
 
 Submarginal. Just behind the margin. 
 
 Submedian nerv>^. The longitudinal lar-e nerve just behind the mcdinn. 
 
 Subnude. Ahmst without clothing; without hairs, in:. 
 
 Subocular. Beneath the eyes. 
 
 Subrect. Almost straight. 
 
 Subscabrous. Indistinctly rough. 
 
 Subulate, Shaped like an awl. 
 
 Sulcus. A croove-like excavation. 
 
 Sulphureous. Of a eolor resembling sulphur. 
 
 Suture. A senm, or impressed line ; usually between secments. 
 Tarsus (plnral Tarsi). The terminal, almost always jointed divisions of 
 
 the foot of an insect, immediately after the tibia. 
 Teneral. A state of the immjo after exclusion, in which it has not fully 
 
 completed its coloring, clothing, kc. 
 Testaceo-hyaline. Transixirent, with a slight tinge of dull reddish. 
 Testaceous. Dull brick-color. 
 
844 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 m 
 
 
 :^iii 
 
 Tetragonal. Having n.ur sides or nn^-los. 
 
 Thorax. Th.. socon,! i.ri.u.iry sogment „f tho l,oily, bo.arinc? the lo-s an.l 
 
 AVI lips. 
 
 Thyridium. A small palo or almost transrarcnt spot near tho anasto- 
 mosis of tlio disk of tho wings in J'/,n/,i,nniin. 
 
 Tibia. Tl,o shanks ; that part of tho h.g botwoon tho fomnr and tarsus. 
 
 Trapezoidal. T'our sidd, with two si.los uno,p,;i! and parallol. 
 
 Triangle. A throe-sidod llgure; found in tho front wings oi Lil.lhda 
 iioar tlio liaso. 
 
 Triarticulate. Composod of throo joints or articlos. 
 
 Trifid. t'loft into throo onds. 
 
 Trifoveolated. Furnisliod witli throe pits or fovea;. 
 
 Trigonal. Triangnlar, tliroo-si(U'd. 
 
 Trilobed. Having tliroe h)hos. 
 
 Triquetral. Having tliroo more or less long an.'lo.s. 
 
 Trochanters. The joints of the logs situated ^between tlie r,;unra and 
 
 rii.rii . 
 
 Truncated. Cut S(|uare ofT. 
 
 Tuberculoid. Kosombling a fuberole. 
 
 Tuberculose. Covorod with tiibondo-liko prominences. 
 
 Unguiculus. A nail, liko that at tho extremity of the /arsu. 
 
 Unguiculi. I'lural of i'n,,nirnl,„. 
 
 Unique. A single irdividual of a kind. 
 
 Vaginated. Covorod with a sheath-like plate, or v„.,i„n. 
 
 Valvule. A small valve-Iiko iweess. 
 
 Venter. The under .suffac«» of the «W.»,h. 
 
 Ventral. Pertaining to tl„. under .surskeo of tho al.donK-u. 
 
 Verrucose. Covered with x\art-liW prominenees. 
 
 Vertex. TW upiwr part of the hea,l, just above tho /)•-,„'. 
 
 Vesicle of the penis. The h:,.-.Uke appendage on' the seeond ventral 
 
 segtiii'iit lit tlie utale dragon-fly. 
 Villose. Clotho,! wjih soft, rather long, hair. 
 Violaceous. Viok't-colorod. 
 Viridescent. S.mewh.-it greenixh.. 
 Vulva. The oiiilee of tl.e fema.lie genital tube. 
 Vulvar. IVrtaining to the viiit«-a. 
 
 Vulvar lamina. The scale or appendage upon the ventral surface of the 
 eijjhth segment in the female dr.agon-fly. 
 
 -Al. 
 
 TV those doMron. of becoming better acquainted with the terminology 
 <rf ^europto,.a o.poc.ally that of the neuration of tho wings, the followii.g 
 niexjHMis.ve httle work may be reeommon,led: Xrur.,,Ura ..sV./..., by 
 Fnedr. Brauer and Fran. Loew, Vienna, 18,^,7, with live plates. Although 
 written m Geuuan, it will prove useful, on account of its plates, even to 
 those not familiar with that language. 
 
legs and 
 aiiasto- 
 tcirsus. 
 
 aIii lltila 
 
 I X D E X . 
 
 rn and 
 
 oiitral 
 
 3f Ihi 
 
 ology 
 wing 
 
 '', i>y 
 uitgh 
 JH to 
 
 AennthnpIiKi?, 223, 324 
 Aeschna, I HI, ;!14 
 Aksciinina, (IH, 117, 312, 
 
 31 1 
 ARriim, 7t, 87, 310, 312 
 Al.'HIl.MNA, ,0(), 02, 05, 
 
 3().'i, 3(17 
 Aleuriiiiia, IHO 
 Amjiliiiiti'i-yx, 307 
 Aimliiilin, 204 
 Aniix, 117, 31 1 
 
 Diilymop.'i, 13,5 
 Di|)la.x, 173, 3IS 
 l^yllicmis, 102, 317 
 
 A fill tan ia, 270 
 Apcaldiihus, 237, 326 
 Atroiios, 8 
 
 Partis, 41, 301 
 Uaryiientluis, 328 
 lit'Iunojitora, 321 
 liiM-aea, 21)0 
 liiltacu.s, 210, 327 
 limous, 210 
 llrachycc'iitrus, 272 
 
 Cnenis, 54 
 
 CALOrTEKVOIJfA, 56, 305 
 
 Calopteryx, ."iO 
 
 Cttliiterines, 1, 299 
 
 Cnpnia, 32, 303 
 
 Celitheniis, M7 
 
 ChaU'oiiteryx. 307 
 
 Chaiiliiiaes, 180, 321 
 
 Chiiiiarrha, 207, 329 
 
 Chry.si.im. 211, o23 
 
 Clol-, 52, 304 
 Clothilla, 7 
 Col]ii)taiiliiis, 253 
 Caniojiteiyx, 197 
 Cora, 307 
 
 ConhilcKapter, 115, 313 
 Cordulia, 130, 315 
 CoKDtr.iNA, 132, 315 
 Corydalis, 192, 321 
 
 Dasystoma, 27.1 
 Besniotaiilius, .163 
 Biaslatdpp, 321 
 Uicterias 307 
 
 ESmbidina, xix, 7, 301 
 
 Kiuiicyla, 207 
 j Kiilieinora, 38 
 I Ephcmcrina, xlx, 38, 
 
 304 
 E|iitlieon, 134 
 Ki'potdgdiiii.lius, flS 
 Kryllieini.a, 108, 317 
 Kiu'loii, 309 
 Euptiloii, 237 
 
 (JoMPiiiNA, 98, 312 
 (}om|ili()i(lux, 111, 312 
 Oomphus, 98, 102, 312 
 Gynacaiitha, 131, 315 
 
 Ilageniiis, 114' 
 irallesiis, 205 
 Ik'lidcliaris, 306 
 Hcmcrobina, xx, 196, 
 
 322 
 Ilemerobiiis, 200, 322 
 llctaorina, 58, 305 
 Ilodoteniicp, 209 
 IIy(Iro|i.syclif, 280, 329 
 lIviilKII'SVClllDE.S, 284 
 
 llydioptiln, 274 
 Ilyponeiira, 309 
 
 lotinus, 313 
 Tsuliiiura, 75, 310 
 IsDptei-yx, 31 
 
 Lais, 305 
 Lepthemis, 100, 316 
 
 L^Iitcigiister, 3(19 
 Li;cT<i(Ki!ii)i;s, 275 
 Lcptoceriis, 270, 329 
 Lesto?, 05 308 
 Leiictra, 37 
 Lilielluln, 150, 316 
 LlllEI.LULlNA, 132, 141, 
 315 
 
 LfMNopiiii.iiiKs, 253 
 Liiiiiiiipliihin, 253, 254 
 iMai'i'iiMiia, 132 
 MiicrDiicma, 2SI, 328 
 Mantispa, 207, 322 
 JNIccis^tdirastor, 04, 308 
 AIf;;al(iniiis, 19S 
 ; Mi'f,'iil(iprc|iiis, 02, 307 
 M.'ltMima, 210 
 Me-iipc, 218 
 Mo.siitlieinis, 170, 318 
 Mioniiiiii^, lils 
 MicrDHliijiiiii, 303 
 Miilaiina, 275 
 Muninini.'i, 273 
 Jlyniifloun, 225, 324 
 
 Nannopliya, 180, 320 
 N(diah>iiiii«, 74 
 Ncmimrii, 30 
 Ni'of,'(iiiuiliup, 110 
 Neo'iifura, 309 
 Neiii-diiia, 249 
 NKiiioi'TKitA, xix, 187 
 Notiildhia, 271 
 Nutusticttt, 309 
 
 Odonata, xix, 55, 305 
 Olij^oneiiria, 304 
 Olyiitha, 7, 301 
 Opliiofroinjiliijj,^ 101 
 
 Ortliemiri, 100, 310 
 
 Palinptenia, 40, 304 
 Palpcple'ira, 320 
 raiiuriia, 211 
 
 Panorpina, xx, 240, 327 
 Pantala, Ml, .'iLi 
 Pahii'iiuu'iiiii, 72 
 Pantiihloliia, 71 
 Peritheiiiis, 185, 319 
 Perla, 17, 302 
 Perlina, xx, 14, 302 
 Petal ia, 313 
 Petalura, 117 
 Plitncs 314 
 Pbilopotamus, 291 
 
U; 
 
 !(■■ 
 
 iPi 
 
 w ^^ 
 
 I 
 
 316 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 f 
 
 I'liryganoa, 2,'J2 
 
 I'llUVdAMIiKS, 21!) 
 
 Phrvganina, xx, 2i0, 
 
 Platlienii.i, I 111 
 l'o(lat?rii)n, .'fOU 
 PolycBntrdpiip, 202 
 Poly toeclidtoK, 200 
 PoliuuanthuH, 51 
 Pronomphiis, 1 10 
 Protoneura, 7.'i, .'ilO 
 
 PSBLDONEIHIUITEU.V, x'lX, 
 
 1 
 
 Pseiidnstifjina, Ti;!, .inS 
 
 PSEUDOSIIOMATA, 02 
 
 rsocina, xx, 7, 302 
 
 Psn.MIS, H, 3tl2 
 INyt'lioMiyiii, 2'.'4 
 PtiMonarcyH, 14 
 PyrrliDHomii, 85, .311 
 
 Hniihidin, 10.1, .•?2l 
 Uliyiir.iphilii, 20,') 
 
 UUYAl IH'IIILIUES, 295 
 
 Sorioogtoma, 270, .n2S 
 Skiiicostomiiieh, 270 
 Sotodfs, 2H(> 
 Sialina, x\, 187, 321 
 
 siuiis, la? 
 
 Ril.., ■J72 
 Sixyiii, 107 
 Tatniopteryx, 31 
 Tcritio.-, .'1,'200 
 Tormitina, xx, 1, 
 TeriiiiipMi.i, ;( 
 Tf t.r»j;iiiieiiria, 140 
 Tliyrsojihiirus, 302 
 Tliore, 307 
 TiiKide.-t, 205 
 Trnmoa, 143, 3IH 
 Trichdcnumis, 72 
 Triohosctdis, 323 
 
 Uraois, 320 
 
COnilECTIONS AND ADPITfoNg, 
 
 347 
 
 It 
 II 
 
 CORRECTIOXS AND ADDITIONS. 
 
 rag« 2, 1 ine 23, place semicolon instead of comma after »/, Ihnrhh. 
 
 4, line 2, n.ld : " witli a distinct fovea in the middle," wliiclj is oc- 
 cuiiicd by a minute, elevated point. 
 
 R, lino 7, dele last e in remiginou.s ; alno on page HO, lino r,, nixl 
 wherever found so spelt, 
 (ft), bottom of page, dele dia>resi9 from a in Ilag.-n. 
 C4, lino If), for Meeistogastur rend Mecistogaster. 
 'It), lino 24, place a comma after the word front. 
 Tit, line ID, place a comma before the word pniiiiose. 
 
 70, lino 21, remove t!io comma from behind the word cxieriorh, -md 
 place it before. 
 
 7^ lino 21, add the word wll/,, to the clause : a dorsal line, &o. 
 
 Sr,, lino 27, place a comma before and after I>rasx^.,jr<e„. 
 118, line 'M, plans a semicolon in the st.-ad of comma before bnr <,//,. 
 131, line 30, place a comma after iiarroiml. 
 143, line 22, pi. xxxviii: ohniige to pi. xlviii. 
 170, bottom of pn.ir.., for Iluastee rcwl Iluastec. 
 218, lino 34, far little read dot. 
 
 223, lino 19, jilace a comma after fide. 
 
 224, lino 1, ])lac(! a comma after hmruth. 
 
 2.'.(J, place after de^^eription of l.lmnnplulus rad>a,„., Ilab. N W Ter 
 ritory (Say). • "^' 
 
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 II 
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 II 
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