CHAULIODES. 189 



Length to tip of wings 10 12 millim. Alar expanse 17 20 

 millim. 



Hob. Cuba (Poey). 



CHAULIODES LATREILLE. 



Prothorax quadrangular, almost equal to the head ; three ap- 

 proximate ocelli; antennas pectinated or serrated; wings veiny, the 

 transverse veins slender; articles of the tarsi cylindrical; caudal 

 appendages of the male conical, simple. 



The larva is unknown; perhaps it is aquatic. 



1. Ch. pectinicornis ! 



Hemerobius pectinicornis Linne, Amoen. Acad. VI, 412. Linne, Centur. 

 Ins. 1763, 29, 87. Linne, Syst. Nat. ed. XII, 911, 1 ; ed. XIII, vol. 

 V, 2638, 1. Fab. Syst. Ent. 309, 1. De Geer, Mem. Ill, 562, 2 ; tab. 

 xxvii, fig. 3. Drury, Ins. I, 105 ; tab. xlvi, fig. 3. Semblis pectini- 

 cornis Fab. Sp. Ins. I, 386, 1. Mant. Ins. I, 244, 1. Entom. Syst. 

 II, T2, 1. Chauliodes pectinicornis Latr. Gen. Crust. Ill, 198. Burm.l 

 Handb. II, 950, 2. Cuv. Icon. Regn. Auim. Masson. tab. cv, fig. 2. 

 Ramb. I Neuropt. 444, 1. Walk. ! Catal. 198, 1. Hermes indecisus 

 Walker ! Catal. 204, 7. (Female.) 



Luteo-cinereous ; antennas fuscous, pectinated ; occiput with yel- 

 lowish flat streaks and spots ; prothorax with a middle stripe be- 

 hind, and another flexuous one each side, yellowish; feet luteous, 

 tarsi fuscous ; the anterior wings subcinereous, obscurely clouded 

 with fuscous, veins with white interrupted spots; the wings some- 

 times have rather clearly-defined fuscous transverse streaks. Male 

 and female. 



Length of body 37 55 millim. Alar expanse 58 90 millim. 



Hob. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Mas- 

 sachusetts ; Trenton Falls, New York ; Berkeley Springs, Virginia 

 (Osten Sacken) ; Maryland (Uhler) ; Columbia (collection of Saus- 

 sure) is not this an error ? 



2. Ch. rastricornis ! 



Chauliodes rastricornis Ramb.! Neuropt. 444, 2. Walk.! Catal. 198, 2. 



Luteo-cinereous ; antennae fuscous, denticulated ; occiput with 

 flat black streaks and spots ; prothorax posteriorly, with a flexuous 

 stripe each side, obsolete upon the middle, impressed ; feet luteous, 



