260 NEUROPTERA. 
a. (No specimens conforming strictly to this condition as defined in the preceding table have been seen by me; 
see the remarks under a’). 
b. Thorax reddish-brown above, sides greenish. Abdomen reddish-brown, lateral margins of posterior 
segments black. Segments 3-6 of Guatemala City ¢ pruinose. Appendages ochreous. Post-triangular 
rows to level of nodus. front wing, three, or 8, 2, 3 (left side, San Pedro 3). Antecubitals, hind 
wing, 7-8. o. Abd. 18, hind wing 22; costal edge of stigma, front wing, 3 mm. 
Hab. Guatemaua, Guatemala City (Champion: 1 ¢); Honpuras, San Pedro Sula 
(Williamson, coll. ejusd.: 1 3). 
The San Pedro Sula male was taken February 25, 1905. 
Two immature males and one female taken at Amatitlan, Guatemala, February 7 and 8, 
1905, by Messrs. Williamson and Hine may also belong here or to b’. 
c. Colours of body similar to those of b or darker in shade in old males, of which latter a number are pruinose 
over more or less of the abdomen. Post-triangular rows to level of nodus, front wing, 3, or 3, 2, 3, 
or 2, 8, often asymmetrically in the same individual. Antecubitals, hind wing, usually 8. Abd., ¢ 16-21, 
© 155-18; hind wing, g 20°5-25, 2 19'5-22°5; costal edge of stigma, front wing, 2°5-3°5 mm. 
The Misantla males furnish the largest of these dimensions, but one of those from Coroico is nearly 
as large. 
Hab. Mexico, Misantla in Vera Cruz (F. D. G.: 2 8), Teapa in Tabasco (HH. H. 
Smith: 3 6,49); Guatemata, Livingston [1 ¢ ], Puerto Barrios [8 ¢, 3 @ ], Santo 
Tomas [1 3}, Los Amates [2 ¢ ], Gualan [7 ¢ ], between El Rancho and Sanarate 
[1 ¢ | (Deam, Williamson, Hine, colls. Wlimsn., O. S. U.); Costa Rica, Surubres near 
San Mateo (Biolley, coll. Kahl: 1 3 ).—Bo.tvia, near Coroico, Yungas (Gerhart, 
A, N.S: 3 6). 
Taken in January (Guatemala), February (Guatemala, Surubres, Teapa), March 
(Misantla), and May (near Coroico). 
Mr. Deam records a male from Los Amates as taken on “prairie in ditch,” 
Prof. Biolley that the Surubres example is from “ bord de la riviére Surubres.” 
d and intermediates in wing-colouring between c and d. 
The remarks made above under ¢ on colours and venation apply here also. Abd., ¢ 16-21, 9 16-18; hind 
wing, ¢ 19-26, 2 19-23; costal edge of stigma, front wing, 25-3 mm. The Brazilian examples are 
the largest. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Barrett, coll. P. P. C.: 1 3), Atoyac [4 6, 2 2], Teapa 
[22 ¢, 15 9] (2. A. Smith); Guaremata, San Gerénimo [4 ¢], Duefias [1 ¢ | 
(Champion), Sepacuite [Griggs: 1 ¢ ], Livingston | Maron & Hay: 1 3](U.S.N. I.) 
[9 ¢,5 2], Puerto Barrios [11 ¢, 12 2], Santo Tomas [1 ¢], Los Amates [4 3, 
1 ¢], Gualan [7 ¢,7 9] (Deam, Williamson, Hine, colls. Wlimsn., O. S. U.); Costa 
Rica, Caché (Rogers: 1 3 ).—Brazit, Nova Friburgo [7 ¢] in Rio Janeiro [3 2, 
2 9 | (Beschke, M. C. Z.), Desterro (H. H. Smith, Carn. Mus. Pittsb.: 13 ), Rio Grande 
do Sul (v. Lhering, A. N. S.: 5 3,2 2). | 
Taken in January (Teapa, Los Amates, Gualan), February (same three, Livingston, 
