126 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



segment, very small, black, flat, obtuse ; wings subfumose, flaves- 

 cent anteriorly, pterostigma narrow, fulvous ; membranule fusco- 

 ciuereous. Female. Twenty antecubitals; twelve postcubitals. 



Length T8 millim. Alar expanse 102 millim. Pterostigma 4 

 millim. 



Hob. Mexico (Deppe). 



It is most like ^E. luteipennis Burm., but distinct by the front, 

 immaculate above, the stripes of the thorax being broader, not 

 well terminated. 



13. 2B. dominicana. 



jiEschna dominicana Selys' Collection. 



Hob. St. Domingo. Unknown to me ; similar to A juncea. 



14. JB. contorta. 



^Eschna contorta Selys' Collection. 



Hob. Nova Scotia. Unknown to me ; similar to ^E. cyccnea. 



15. JE. cyanifrona. 



JEschna cyanifrons Selys' Collection. 



Hob. Jamaica. Unknown to me ; similar to JE. confusa. 



16. IB. grandis! 



JEschna grandis Linne. Selys, Revue Odonat. Eur. 131, 10 (with, the 

 synonymy). 



Fuscous ; head luteous, front with a spot above, anteriorly, fus- 

 cous ; thorax fulvous, the sides each, with two oblique, yellow 

 stripes, which are bounded with fuscous ; feet fulvous ; abdomen 

 long, equal, behind the base inflated, then slightly narrowed, rufo- 

 fuscous r with lateral; divided, blue spots ; appendages fuscous, 

 superior ones straight, foliaceous, carinated within, narrow at the 

 base, at the apex obtuse ; the inferior one-half shorter, triangular, 

 obtuse; wings flavescent, pterostigma small, fulvous j membranule 

 cinereous. 20 22 antecubitals; 12 postcubitals. 



Length 70 millim. Alar expanse 94 millim. Pterostigma 3| 

 millim. 



Hob. Bergen Hill, New Jersey (Guex) ; I saw a single male. 

 It is also common in Europe and Asia. 



