6 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Hal. Panama, Obispo (Motschulsky). 

 Imago unknown. 



7. T. tennis ! 



Termes tennis Hagen ! Linn. XII, 231, 57 ; tab. iii, fig. 35. 



Pale yellow; head and protborax a little brownish; wings 

 opaque, pale whitish-yellow, the costal veins luteous ; head oblong, 

 convex, a salient point in the middle ; ocelli absent ; prothorax 

 quadrangular. 



Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Body 3 millim. Expanse 

 of wings 20 millirn. 



Hob. St. Domingo, Port au Prince (Ehrenberg) ; Columbia 

 (Moritz); Brazil (Helm). 



The ocelli, which are present in the other species, are absent in 

 this. In other respects it belongs to the genus. 



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8. T. simplex! 



Termes simplex Hag.! Linn. XII, 238, 60 ; tab. iii, fig. 23. 



Fulvous, antennae and feet yellowish, wings hyaline, a little 

 roughened, costal veins yellowish ; head rounded, convex, a dis- 

 tinct fovea upon the middle, ocelli small, closely approximate ; 

 prothorax flat, semicircular ; wings with the median nervure ab- 

 sent. 



Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Body 5 millim. Expanse 

 of wings 17 millim. 



Hub. Cuba (Poeppig). 



An anomalous species. Only a single, very much damaged, 

 specimen seen. 



9. T. nigriceps. 



Termes nigriceps Haldeman, Proceed. Acad. Pliilad. 1853, June, VI, 

 3G5. Hag. Linn. XII, 230, 55. 



Workers and soldiers nasute ; head blackish-brassy, pyriform, 

 nasute, antennre, feet and body yellow. 

 Length of body 3 millirn. 

 Hob. Western Mexico (Leconte). Unknown to me. 



10. T. strenuus ! 



Termes strenuus Hagen! Linn. XIV, 105. 



Fuscous, villose ; mouth, antenna?, feet and margins of the 



