206 SILAID^E. 



10. HEKMES PBASINUS. 



Viridis, depressus ; caput thorace paullo latins ; prothorax sub- 

 transversus, antice fere rectus, postice rotundatus ; seta can- 

 dales 13-articulattB ; alee pallide virides. Long. alar. 24 lin. 



Chloroperla prasina, Newm. Zool. iii. 853, 2. 



This species seems to connect the Perlides with the Semblides. 

 . New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



11. HERMES TESTACEUS. 



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Testaceus ; antennis, prothoracis maculis quatuor, iibiis basi tarsis- 

 que nigris ; alls albis, venis transversis basi infuscatis. 



Neuromus testaceus, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur.442, 1, pi. 10, f. 1. 

 Like the three following species in structure. 



a. East Indies. 



b. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



12. HERMES HIEROGLYPHIC us, 



Testaceus ; capitis maculis duabus, prothoracis maculis quatuor . 

 mesothoracisque duabus nigris ; alls albis, strigis plurimis 

 fuscis, venis transversis nigricantibus. 



Neuromus hieroglyphicus, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 442, 2. 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



13. HERMES ALBIPENNIS. 



Testaceus ; caput thorace multo latius, maculis duabus lateralibus 

 punctoque antico antennisque nigris ; thorax vittis duabus la- 

 teralibus abdominisque apice nigris ; alee albidce. 



Pale testaceous : head much broader than the prothorax, with 

 a black mark on each side behind the eyes, and with a black dot in 

 front of the anterior ocellus, and having a tooth on each side* which 

 is also a character of the two preceding species : antennae black ; 

 first joint testaceous : prothorax having on each side a black inter- 

 rupted stripe which is continued in a spot on each side of the meso- 

 thorax : abdomen black towards the tip : wings whitish ; veins pale 



