226 NEUROPTERA. 
Exped.*: 3 g)in Yucatan; Panama, La Chorrera®,—West Inpims, Havana (Baker, 
coll. P. P. C.: 1 2) in Cuba %, Jamaica 4, Hayti (Cabot, M. C. Z.: 1 3). 
Taken in March (Tekanto) and November (Acaponeta, Tepic). In September, 1893, 
at San José del Cabo, Dr. Eisen obtained 140 specimens ”. 
4, Micrathyria dissocians, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 19-21.) 
Colours almost exactly as in M. hagenii, except for the differences given on p. 222, and that the pale stripes 
on abdominal segments 3 and 4 are narrower, the spots on 7 larger. Front wings with 9-10 ante-, 
7-8 postcubitals; stigma 2°8-3 mm. long. Other characters are given on p. 222. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith: 2 3 ).—West Inpies, Mayaguez 
in Porto Rico (Barrett, coll. P. P. C1: 1 3). 
Taken in May at Atoyac, in January at Mayaguez. 
The specific name refers to the divergence of the tips of the superior appendages as 
seen in dorsal view. 
5. Micrathyria ocellata. (Tab. IX. figg. 22, 23.) 
Micrathyria ocellata, Martin, Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. Ixvi. p. 589 (1897) °. 
The Mexican and Guatemalan examples differ from those from the type-locality as follows :— 
Mexico.—Guatemala. Guayaquil, Ecuador. 
Abdomen ¢ (in mm.)...... 215-24 25°5—28°5 
» & 9) eee 21 25-27 
Hind wing ¢ 4... 24-26°5 27-30 
” Ogg tee ee 26 28-30 
Antecubitals, front wing.... 8 8-10, more often 9 
” hind ,, .... 6 7, occasionally 6 
Brown stripe on obsolete first| forked in its upper half. not forked. 
lateral suture 
Brown metepimeral stripe} near lower end of suture,| above mid-height, stripe 
running off from the second| stripe itself almost reach-| itself much shorter. 
lateral suture ing hind wing-base. 
Yellowish-brown at base of| to not more than halfway | to submedian cross-vein or 
hind wing reaching out to submedian cross-vein. to arculus. 
Tips of wings ............ not darker or differently | smoky or brown in to the last 
coloured. postcubital or not so far. 
In the Mexican and Guatemalan specimens the pale antehumeral stripe does not reach the pale transverse stripe 
in front of the antealar sinus ; in some examples from Ecuador these stripes are confluent, in others not so. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (Schumann: 1 3); Guatemaia, Los Amates 
[6 ¢ |, San José [3 2 | (Williamson, coll. ejusd.).—Ecuapor, Guayaquil! (coll. P. P. C. 
ex coll. R. Martin: 1 3) [9 6, 10 9], Duran [1 2], El Salado [1 ¢ ] (Campos, 
A.W. 8.). 
Taken in January and February at the Guatemalan localities. 
* For a sketch-map of the route traversed by this expedition in Yucatan and the location of Tekanto, see 
Pilsbry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1891, p. 310. 
