4 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



wings whitish, a little roughened, costal veins yellowish ; head 

 quadrangular, flat, with a distinct fovea in the middle, ocelli dis- 

 tant, prothorax cordiforra. 



Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Body 5 millim. Expanse of 

 wings 16 millim. 



Hub. U. S. (Bosc, Beauvois, Schaum) ; Cleveland, Ohio (Le 

 Coiite) ; Cincinnati ; Paduca (Motschulsky) ; Pennsylvania (Hal- 

 deman) ; Maryland (Uhler) ; Washington (Osten Sacken) ; Caro- 

 lina (Zimmerman) ; Eutaw, Alabama ; Florida (Osten Sacken) ; 

 Mexico, Matamoras, Tamaulipas (Couch) ; Europe (Plant-bouses 

 of Schonbrunn, Kollar). 



Specimens from Florida are smaller and paler, but not distinct. 



2. T. morio! 



Termes morio Latr.! Hist. Nat. XIII, 69, 3. Diet, d'hist. nat. XXII, 3. 

 Burm.l II, 767, 11. Hagen ! Linn. XII, 201, 34; tab. iii, fig. 29. 

 Linn. XIV, 122. Termes cornigera Motschulsky! Etudes Entom. 

 IV, 10. 



Pitchy-black ; antennae, mouth, feet and venter yellowish ; wings 

 opaque, blackish-gray, costal veins black-brown ; head flat, quad- 

 rangular, a bifid impressed line upon the middle ; ocelli large, 

 distant ; prothorax small, semicircular. 



Length to tip of wings 12 14 millim. Body 5 to 6 millim. 

 Expanse of wings 22 25 millim. 



Hob. Guatirnala (Sivers); Panama (Motschulsky); St. Domingo 

 (Ehrenberg) ; Porto-Rico (Moritz) ; Martinique ; Venezuela (Mo- 

 ritz, Appun) ; Santarem, Brazil (Bates). 



Nasuti and workers from Matanzas, Cuba (Osten Sacken), seem 

 to belong here. 



3. T. debilis ! 



Termes debilis Heer ! Insektenfauna der Tertiiirgebilde 11,35, 19; tab. 

 iii, fig. 6 (contained in gum copal). Giebel, Fauna der Vorwelt, II, 

 295. Termes morio Burm. (in part) II, 767, 11. T. debilis Hag.! 

 Linn. XII, 205, 38 ; tab. iii, fig. 30. 



Brownish-black, antennas annulated with white ; mouth, feet 

 and middle of the venter yellowish ; wings opaque, blackish-gray, 

 costal veins fuseous ; head convex, square, an impressed point 

 upon the middle ; ocelli small, approaching the eyes ; prothorax 

 small, rounded. 



Length to tip of wings 8^ millim. Body Si millim. Expanse 

 of wings 16 millim. 



