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by the greater length of the male abdomen, and also by the shape 

 of the inter-antennal mark, which is not plainly transversely 

 divided above antennae, and is pointed on the median line below. 



Brachynemurus carrizonus Hagen. 



All my specimens (15) have the appendages as Hagen describes 

 them, about as long as the last abdominal segment. The inter- 

 antennal mark is transversely divided above the antenna?, and the 

 lower margin is not pointed on median line. 



Brachynemurus ferox Walker. 



JB '. peregrinus Hagen. 



I have compared the descriptions of Walker and Hagen with 

 specimens from California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and 

 Arizona, and think there cannot be the slightest doubt of the 

 synonymy. 



Brachynemurus dissimilis, n. sp. 



Face pale yellow, a transverse black spot from eye to eye extending more 

 below antennal bases than in B. assimilis or B. carrizoriia;, above cut off 

 by a pale band from the curved black band on front margin of vertex; lat 

 ter with a dot and line each side; palpi tipped with black; antennae long, 

 brown; prothorax with four black stripes and side margins black, not con 

 nected in front; rest of thorax marked with black, two stripes on meso- 

 and metascutellum. Legs pale, lightly dotted with black, and the tibise 

 and tarsi black-tipped; legs more slender than in allied forms. Abdomen 

 pale at base, lineate with black, beyond middle black, but with a distinct 

 yellow spot on posterior margin of each segment on each side in both 

 sexes. Wings marked as in allied forms, the cubital marks not very heavy. 

 Abdomen long and slender, the last segment, however, not as long as in 

 B. asstmtlts, the superior appendages long and slender, black, and curved 

 toward each other, plainly a little shorter than last abdominal segment. 



Length, r^, 39 mm. ; 9 > 2 5 mm. 



Habitat, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California. This is the 

 species that I had previously considered B. peregrimis in my 

 paper on the Neuroptera of Baja California. 



Brachynemurus texanus, n. sp. 



Face yellowish, a transverse inter-antennal mark, concave on lower 

 margin, separated by a yellow band from the black band on front margin 

 of vertex; the latter with a triangular mark each side; palpi tipped with 

 black; antennae pale brown. Prothorax with four black lines, somewhat 

 broken in male; rest of thorax maculate with brown, two stripes on meso- 

 and metascutellum; legs heavily dotted with black, tibiae and tarsi tipped 

 with same. Wings marked as in allied species. Abdomen pale at base, 

 lineate with black, black beyond middle, but with pale spots on the pos- 



