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Elytra with lines of minute punctures ; a reddish spot 

 on each side at the base by the outer border, which is 

 dilated near the base. Length of the body, 3 lines. 



ORDER. NEUROPTERA. 



Fam. SIALID^:. (Leach.) Genus CHAULIODES. (Latr.) 

 Ckaidiodes disjunctus. N. S. 



Fuscus, cinereo-pilosus ; capite rufescente punctate, 

 postice sulcato, plagis convexis nigris ; mandibulis apice 

 nigris ; pedibus luridis ; alis cinereis e maculis plurimis 

 fuscis sublineatis; alis anticis plagis quinque, costali- 

 bus macularibus fuscis rnaculisque duabus basalibus 

 nigris. 



Brown, with cinereous hairs. Head dark reddish, 

 thickly punctured ; hind part with longitudinal furrows, 

 which intersect some elongated convex black shining 

 spaces. Mandibles with black tips. Prothorax elon- 

 gated, broader than long, much narrower than the 

 mesothorax. Legs lurid. Wings cinereous, with nume- 

 rous brown spots and dots, which form incomplete 

 transverse lines. Fore wings with some of the spots 

 collected into five costal patches ; two large black basal 

 spots. Length of the body, 18 lines; of the wings, 48 

 lines. 



This species is mostly allied to C. californicus, but 

 may be distinguished by its larger size and by the 

 difference in the markings. 



