194 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 



the superior ones forcipated, clavate at the apex, the inferior ap- 

 pendages extremely short, cylindrical ; wings luteo-subhyaline, an 

 obsolete band upon the middle of the anterior ones, and some spots 

 nearer the apex, fuscous ; veins fuscous, luteous upon the middle 

 of the costal space. (J 1 and ?.) 



Length to tip of wings 60 75 millim. Alar expanse 85 130 

 millim. 



Hob. Mexico (Koppe) ; Cordova (Saussure). 



5. C. hieroglyphica! 



Neuromus hieroglyphicus Ramb. ! Neuropt. 442, 2. Hermes hieroglyphicus 

 Walk. ! Catal. 206, 12. 



Pale yellow; mandibles of the male not elongated; antennas 

 black, with the base yellow; head with the sides convex; pro- 

 thorax cylindrical ; occiput with two spots, prothorax with four, 

 and the mesothorax with two spots, black ; appendages of the 

 male, the superior ones longer, with the apex recurved ; the infe- 

 rior ones stout, with the apex clavated; feet yellow, base and apex 

 of the tibia?, and apex of the tarsi black ; wings yellowish-hyaline, 

 the transverse veins in part black ; the anterior wings spotted with 

 black posteriorly. 



Length to tip of wings 40 63 millim. Alar expanse 64^90 

 millim. 



Hob. Mexico (Ehrenberg) ; Venezuela ; Brazil. 



It varies very much in size and marking ; sometimes it is almost 

 unicolored, pale yellow. 



RAPHIDIA 



Prothorax cylindrical, long, much narrower than the head ; an- 

 tennae short, filiform ; wings with a pterostigma ; anal space of the 

 posterior wings very small, inflexed ; the third article of the tarsi 

 dilated, bilobed ; the fourth article extremely short, cylindrical ; 

 vagina of the female long, ensiforra. 



Larva living under bark. 



Three ocelli. 



