72 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



1. P. zoe ! 



Paraphlebia zoe Selys ! Monog. Agrion. 



Apex of the wings black. 



Hob. Mexico (Collection of De Selys Longchamps). 



PALAEMNEMA SELYS. 



The quadrangular space oblong ; the second sector of the tri- 

 angle almost panting. 



1. P. paulina! 



Agrion paulina Drury, II; tab. xlvi, fig. 4. Euphaea paulina Ramb. 

 Neuropt. 231, 5. Oliv. Enc. Method. VII, 572, No. 18. 



Reddish-blackish ; thorax thick ; wings hyaline, fuscous at the 

 apex, at the base having the second and third humeral spaces yel- 

 lowish-rufescent; pterostigma long, narrow. (Rambur.) 



Hob. Honduras. (Collection of De Selys Longchamps.) 



TRICHOCNEMIS SELYS. 



Quadrangular space sub-oblong ; pterostigma rhomboidal (cf, 

 Poey, Ins. Cuba, 464.) 



1. T. tibialis. 



. -Platycnemis tibialis Ramb. Neuropt. 241, 3. 



Azure-blue ; thorax in front with three stripes, and a lateral line 

 black-greenish ; abdomen above greenish-black, a dorsal interrupt- 

 ed line, the posterior margin of the segments, the last segment and 

 the sides yellowish or blue(?); feet armed with long cilia, yellowish, 

 the anterior femora black, the base interiorly yellow, the anterior 

 tibiae exteriorly black ; the posterior femora black exteriorly, line- 

 ated with yellow, tarsi black ; wings hyaline ; pterostigma rufous. 

 (9. From the description of Rambur.) 



Hob. North America. (Collection of De Selys Longchamps.) 



2. T. minuta. 



Trichocnemis minuta Selys, Poey Ins. Cuba, 464. 



Brassy-brown ; mouth, front, a transverse occipital stripe, an 

 antehumeral stripe, the sides of the thorax and the base and sides 

 of the segments of the abdomen, pale reddish; wings hyaline; 



