126 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



segment, very small, black, flat, obtuse ; wings subfumose, flaves- 

 cent anteriorly, pterostigma narrow, fulvous ; rnembrauule fusco- 

 ciuereous. Female. Twenty antecubitals; twelve postcubitals. 



Length 18 inillim. Alar expanse 102 millim. Pterostigma 4 

 millim. 



Hob, Mexico (Deppe). 



It is most like ^E. luteipennis Burm., but distinct by the front, 

 immaculate above, the stripes of the thorax being broader, not 

 well terminated. 



13. 2E. dominicana. 



^Esclina dominicana Selys' Collection. 



Hal. St. Domingo. Unknown to me ; similar to .JE juncea. 



14. 2B. contorta. 



jEschna contorta Selys' Collection. 



Hob. Nova Scotia. Unknown to nae ; similar to ^33. cyanea. 



15. 2. cyanifrons. 



jEschna cyanifrons Selys' Collection. 



Hab. Jamaica. Unknown to me ; similar to ^33. confusa. 



16. 2B. grandis! 



JEschna grandis Linne. Selys, Revue Odonat. Eur. 131, 10 (with the 

 synonymy). 



Fuscous ; head luteous, front with a spot above, anteriorly, fus- 

 cous ; thorax fulvous, the sides each, with two oblique, yellow 

 stripes, which are bounded with fuscous; feet fulvous; abdomen 

 long, equal, behind the base inflated, then slightly narrowed, rufo- 

 fuscous, with lateral, divided, blue spots ; appendages fuscous, 

 superior ones straight, foliaceous, carinated within, narrow at the 

 base, at the apex obtuse ; the inferior one-half shorter, triangular, 

 obtuse; wings flavescent, pterostigma small, fulvous; membrauule 

 cinereous. 20 22 antecubitals; 12 postcubitals. 



Length 70 millim. Alar expanse 94 millim. Pterostigma 3 

 millim. 



Hab. Bergen Hill, New Jersey (Guex) ; I saw a single male. 

 It is also common in Europe and Asia. 



