CHAULIODES. 189 



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

 millim. 



Hah. Cuba (Poey). 



CHAULIODES Lateeille. 



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

 proximate ocelli; antennae 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 ! 



Hcmerobins pectinicornis Linn§, 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, 5(32, 2 ; tab. 

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

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

 II, 7-, 1. — Chauliodes pectinicornis Latr. Gen. Crust. Ill, 198. Burm.I 

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

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

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



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

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

 hiud, 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. . 



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

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

 (Osteu 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, 



