66 
Mesepimeral (posthumeral) black 
stripe 
Mid-dorsal pale brown stripe on 
abd. segm, 3-7, viewed from 
above 
Abd. segm. 9 blackish, with (¢) 
Predominant colour on sides of 
NEUROPTERA. 
1. H. lugens. 
connected with the black humeral 
stripe at its lower end and also 
by a narrow “ bridge” of black 
farther up. 
one-half (on 3) to one-third (on 6) 
. a8 wide as the segments ¢ Q. 
a central, mid-dorsal, pale brown 
spot, and a pale brown stripe 
each side. 
pale brown. 
2. H. funcki. 
connected with the black humeral 
stripe at its lower end only, no 
upper bridge. 
absent, or present on 3 and 4 only 
as an indistinct narrower stripe 
3 (as in lugens, Cuernavaca, 3 ); 
one-third as wide as 3, suc- 
cessively narrower on each fol- 
lowing segment, a mere line on 
6and 7 9. 
a transverse reddish-brown stripe 
on apical fourth to half, reduced 
in some to a pair of apical spots. 
black. 
3-7 (2) 
‘8-9 inferiorly with (2) some indistinct blackish marks. a black stripe. 
Abdomen S .. sss sees eee eee 34°5-41°5 mm. 43-47 mm. 
9 Dec cece west cnae 34-40 mm. 41-47 mm. 
Hind wing gow... see e eee 29-32 mm. 33-37 mm. 
” Dec c cece cena 30-35 mm. 35-40 mm. 
I cannot find any differences in the male appendages, nor in the female mesostigmal 
lamine, of these two forms, which, I suspect, will hereafter be shown to intergrade 
completely. The male appendages much resemble those of Argia mesta, Hagen. 
‘1. Hyponeura lugens. 
Agrion lugens, Hagen, Syn. Neur. N. Am. p. 95 (1861) °. 
Hyponeura lugens, Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg. (2) xx. p. 382 (1865) *. 
3. Black paramedian stripe (on either side of the mid-dorsal thoracic carina) reaching from the anterior 
mesepisternal border to the axillary callus and touching the mid-dorsal carina, or not touching any of 
these three, asin the 9. Segment 8 blackish, with a median, dorsal, pale brown stripe from base not 
quite to apex, tapering posteriorly, and a pale brown lateral stripe as long as, or shorter than, the 
segment, or some or all of these pale brown markings absent. 
3 2. Pterostigma on the front wings surmounting 2 (27 °/, d, 46°6 °9/, 9), 14 (55 °/, 5, 26°6 %/, ), or 
2+ (18 °/, 5, 26°6 °/, 2) celis; on the hind wings 2+ (47 9/60, 56 °/o92), 2 (875 %/od,19 %/o Q), 
or 1+ (15°55 °/, 3,25 9/5 © ) cells. 
Antenodal cells on the front wings 6 (50 °/, 3, 64 °/, 9), 5 (23 9/6 6,18 %/o 2), 7 (12 Jo 5,6 Jo 2), B+ 
(9/0546 Jo 2), 4 (6 lod), Or 5+ (6%/o 2); on the hind wings 5 (82 %/.d, 833 Jo 2), 412% d 
55 lo 2), 6 (6 lod), or 5+ (1 °/o 2 ). 
Hab. Unirep States, Las Vegas, Hot Springs, New Mexico (coll. T. D. A. Cockerelt), 
Arizona (0. U. lot 35*, M,C. Z.: 144,52 ).—MeExico!? (coll. McLachlan: 12, with 
label “ Hyp. lugens, H.,” in de Selys’s handwriting), Dublan in Hidalgo (Barreté, coll. 
Adams: 1 6, 32; coll. P. P. O.: 16), Cuernavaca (Barrett, coll. P. P. C.: 
1 ¢). 
* ©, U. lot 35 indicates a lot of insects purchased by the Cornell University from H. K. Morrison, as 
Prof, Comstock has kindly informed me; but it is not known what part of Arizona furnished the specimens. 
