116 NEUROPTERA. 
The name employed by Mr. Kirby? appears to me to be correct, and I have 
consequently followed his Catalogue in this respect. 
Key to the Central-American Species. 
§ I. Rear of the head black or dark metallic green. 
1. Prothorax of the females without processes. 
A. Larger species (abdomen and hind wing 23 and 15 mm. long respectively 
or longer): mid-dorsal thoracic carina dark, mesepimeron with a small 
inferior dark spot or stripe in some males only of T. griffini, but 
otherwise unspotted in both sexes; inferior appendages of the males 
curved upward and toward each other. 
B. Superior appendages of the males wider than long ; inferiors two and 
one-half times as long as the superiors, tapering to apex in profile, 
obliquely truncated at apex in dorsal view ; dorsum of abd. segs. 1-3, 
8-9 red (¢), 1-3, 8-10 pale (2), of the others dark metallic green 
orblack . . .. - . toe ew ew ew ew ew hw he ed collopistes, 
BB. Superior appendages of the males three times longer than wide; 
inferiors one and one-quarter times as long as superiors, tapering to 
the apex both in profile and dorsal views ; dorsum of abd. segs. 1-10 
reddish or reddish-yellow (3), dark metallic green or black (¢) . 2. griffinii. 
AA. Smaller species (abdomen and hind wing 19 and 13 mm. long respectively 
or shorter) : mid-dorsal thoracic carina pale ; mesepimeron with a black 
stripe for all or the greater part of its length ; inferior appendages of 
the males subparallel to each other, obtuse at tip ; dorsum of abd. segs. 
red (¢@), bronze(?). - . + > . ~ . - » © 38. filtola. 
2. Prothorax of the female with two slender forwardly-directed processes on 
the hind lobe; dorsum of abd. segs. 1-10 dark metallic green (9). 
Male unknown. . . 4. digiticollis. 
SII. Rear of the head pale ; abdomen bright red (3h) or brownish-yellow ( F ). 
(The female of T. isthmica is unknown.) 
1. Dark mid-dorsal thoracic stripe of almost uniform width throughout, no 
dark mesepimeral stripe or spot ; males with the inferior appendages about 
one and one-half times as long as the superiors, parallel to each other, 
truncated and obtuse at tip... . . oe ew ew wl wht) OD tsthmica. 
2. Dark mid-dorsal thoracic stripe more or less abruptly and angularly widened 
a short distance below its upper end, the carina pale, a dark inferior 
mesepimeral stripe or spot; males with the inferior appendages about 
twice as long as the superiors, tapering to the acute tip which is curved 
upward and inward. . 1. 1 6 + es ee eee ee ee ew 6, Salva. 
1. Telebasis collopistes, sp.n. (Tab. V. figg. 27, 28.) 
g. Bright red, with the following exceptions: lips yellow, frons inferiorly and gene pale green or blue, nasus 
obscure, possibly similarly coloured; vertex and rear of the head black with a coppery reflection ; 
prothorax with a transverse black or ‘metallic-green spot separating the anterior from the middle and one 
