240 NEUROPTERA. 
The range of size for the species as a whole is: abdomen, 3 39 (Duran)—44°5 (Altamira), 9 41 (Altamira, 
Port-au-Prince)-46 (Atoyac, Babahoyo); hind wing, d 36°5 (Port-au-Prince)-42 (Altamira), 2 39 
(Port-au-Prince)—44 (Vera Cruz) mm. ; 
So far as known, the pale markings of the body are retained throughout life, although their tint becomes 
duller. 
- Hab. Unrrep Staves, Key West (A. WV. 8.: 1 ¢) (Morrison, M. C. Z.) in Florida, 
Corpus Christi? (Aaron, A. N. S.: 2 6,2 9) and Esperanza Ranch near Brownsville 
(Schaeffer, Brooklyn Inst.: 1 2) in 'lexas.—Mexico }, Matamoros? and Altamira 
(Hoag, coll. P. P. C.: 18 ¢, 3 2) in Tamaulipas, Mazatlan 5 (Crotch, M. C.Z.; Eisen 
& Vaslit ), Santiago Iscuintla (Schumann: 4 ¢ ) in Jalisco, Misantla (#. D.G.: 1) 
and Atoyac (Schumann: 1) in Vera Cruz (coll. Adams: 3 3, 6 2), Acapulco 
(H. H. Smith: 19; Hasler Exped., M. C. Z.), Tehuantepec (coll. Deam: 1 ¢), 
Lumija (coll. Westcott: 1 3) in Chiapas; Guaremana, Chacoj [3 ¢, 1 9 |, Panima 
[1 ¢ ], San Gerénimo [1 ¢, 1 2], El Reposo [1 ¢ | (Champion), San Felipe (Maxon & 
Hay, U. 8. N. M.: 1 ¢), Puerto Barrios (Hine, 0. 8. U.: 1 2) [1 ¢ ], Zacapa [1 3] 
(Deam, coll. Willmsn.); Honpuras, Puerto Cortez (teste Wiimsn.); Costa Rica, San 
Gabriel near San José (Tristan: 12); Panama, Chiriqui (coll. McLachlan: 1 3), 
La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler’), Colon (Howland, coll. Needham: 2 3), Panama °® 
(M. C. Z.).—CoLomBIa, Barranquilla 4, Bonda [H. H. Smith: 5 3,392] in Dept. 
Magdalena, Bogota [1 9] (Carn. Mus. Pittsb.) ; VENEZUELA (U.S. N. M.: 26)3 
Guiana 2, Georgetown (A. Ul. W. H.: 26,1 2), Paramaribo [Miss K. Mayo: 1 2]; 
Ecuapor, El Salado [3 ¢, 8 2 ], Duran [2 ¢, 1 2 ], Babahoyo [4 6, 1 2 ], Guayaquil ” 
[1 3] (Campos R., A. N.S.); Braztn, Santarem 7, Itacoatiara’, Manaos 7, Mosqueiro ’, 
Pernambuco 2, Bahia 2, Rio Janeiro 2, Chapada (H. H. Smith, Carn. Mus. Pittsb.: 1 ¢ ), 
Santa Anna do Japara (Moenkhaus, coll. Adams: 1 9); Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster, 
U.S. N.M.: 2 6); Wust Inpiss, Havana (Baker, coll. P. P.C.: 1 ¢) and Cardenas * 
in Cuba2, Port Morant (Moore & Bullock, Univ. of Pa. Exped.: 13, 2 2), Bath 
(Mrs. Swainson ®) and Half-way Tree (Aaron, coll. P. P.C.: 1 ¢) in Jamaica (Johnson), 
Port-au-Prince (coll. Adams: 43,4 2) in Hayti? * (Abbott, A. N.S.: 2 2), Mayaguez 
(Barreit, coll. P. P. C.: 1 3) in Porto Rico 4, St. Thomas ?, St. Vincent ®, Barbados 3 
(Todd, A. NV. S.: 1 2), Union ®, Grenada ®. 
Taken in February (Guatemala, the Amazon’, Sapucay, Port-au-Prince), in July 
(Esperanza Ranch, Altamira, Santiago Iscuintla, Lumija, Colon), in almost every 
month of the year in the West Indies. 
Prof. Campos has a note’? on this species attacking the Lepidoptera, Junonia 
cenia and Pieris monuste, at Guayaquil. 
PACHYDIPLAX. 
Pachydiplax, Brauer, Verh, zool.-bot. Ges, Wien, xviii. pp. 368, 722 (1868); Kirby, Trans. Zool. 
Soc. Lond. xii. pp. 263, 305 (1889) ; Cat. Odon. p. 40 (1890); Calvert, Trans. Amer. Ent. 
