146 NEUROPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 



rior appendages of the male fuscous, rufous at base, as long as the 

 two apical segments ; the inferior appendage extending a little 

 farther than the denticulated portion of the superiors ; hamule 

 exceeding the genital lobe ; vulvar lamina as long as the segment 

 upon which it is placed, excised ; posterior wings with a narrow 

 fuscous band, veined with yellow, not attaining the anterior mar- 

 gin ; the anal margin with a very small hyaline spot ; pterostigma 

 short, brownish-black ; membranule white ; twelve antecubitals ; 

 ten postcubitals ; four discoidal areolets. 



Length 46 millim. Alar expanse 86 millim. Pterostigma 2<| 

 millim. 



Hob. Mexico ; Guadeloupe ; Cuba (Poey). 



6. T. insularis ! 



Tramea insularis Hagen! 



Rufo-fuscous ; middle of the labrum, front above, and the apex 

 of the vertex, brassy-purple ; feet black, base of the femora rufous; 

 the two anteapical segments of the abdomen above with a black 

 band ; superior appendages of the male long, rufo-fuscous, the base 

 rufous, as long as the three apical segments of the abdomen ; infe- 

 rior appendage short, reaching a little beyond the denticulated 

 portion of the superiors ; hamule shorter than the genital lobe ; 

 vulvar lamina of the length of the segment upon which it lies, 

 excised, rounded at the apex; wings partly veined with rufous, the 

 posterior ones with a narrow, fuscous band at base, which is veined 

 with yellow, and does not attain to the anterior margin ; the anal 

 margin with an oblong, hyaline spot ; pterostigma short, fulvous ; 

 membranule white ; twelve antecubitals ; nine postcubitals ; four 

 discoidal areolets. 



Length 45 millim. Alar expanse 80 millim. Pterostigma 3 

 millim. 



Hal. Cuba (Poey). 



7. T. simplex! 



Libellula simplex Ramb. Neuropt. 121, 128. Selys, Poey Ins. Cuba, 

 452. 



Rufo-fuscous; front and vertex brassy-purple; thorax pruinose 

 above (adult male), the sides obscurely marked with black ; feet 

 nigro-fuscous, base of the femora rufescent ; three apical segments 

 of the abdomen above with a black band ; superior appendages 



