248 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



7. B. apicalis! 



Bittacus apicalis Uhler ! MSS. 



Luteous, shining ; ocelli somewhat obscured with black ; apex 

 of the tarsal articles brownish-black ; wings hyaline, the apex 

 nigro-fuscous ; abdomen fuscous ; the superior appendages of the 

 male short, oblong, the apex broader, obliquely truncated. 



Alar expanse 36 millim. 



Hob. Southern Illinois (Kennicott). 



(The pterostigma of the female is dusky, and there is a dusky 

 mark each side upon the upper part of the face ; the antennae are 

 honey-yellow, obscurer towards the apex, and covered with black- 

 ish pile, Uhler.) 



MEROPE Newman. 



Ocelli absent; eyes large, reniform, connate at the vertex; 

 antennae short, thick, the apex narrowed ; wings broad, transverse 

 veins very numerous ; subcosta and radius joined together at the 

 apex ; feet shorter than the wings, slender, apex of the tarsi with 

 two unguiculi, which are entire, and a plantula between them ; 

 abdomen of the male with a very large forceps. 



1. M. tuber ! 



Merope tuber Newm.! Entom. Mag. V, 180. Westw.! Traus. Eut. Soc. 

 Loud. IV, 194, tab. xiv. fig. 2. Walk.! Catal. I'JG, 1. 



Luteous ; apex of the rostrum fuscous ; antennae luteous, fus- 

 cous in the middle ; prothorax luteo-fuscous ; feet luteous, the 

 anterior ones a little thicker, luteo-fuscous ; apex of the tibiae with 

 two spurs ; wings cinereous, veins luteous, radius and longitudinal 

 ones posteriorly, black; anterior wings on the posterior margin at 

 the base, with a small, rounded, fuscous lamina; abdomen luteous; 

 appendages of the male very long, flat, almost as long as the body, 

 luteous ; the basal article almost straight, the base a little curved ; 

 the apical article shorter, cylindrical, the apex dilated, emarginated, 

 subbifid. 



Alar expanse 30 millim. 



Hab. Berkeley Springs, Virginia (Osten Sacken) ; Pennsylvania. 



An extremely rare insect ; it is not to be met with in any of the 

 European collections, excepting the type (a female) in the British 



